Proile: Founded in 1991, China National Garment Association (CNGA) is a self-disciplining, nonprofit and nationwide intermediary organization of China’s garment industry. In line with the principle of promoting the development of China’s garment industry, CNGA provides garment-related services for government, industry and society.
Secretariat comprises Administration Department, Membership Department, Industry Department, Information Department, Exhibition Department, Liaison Department and Training & Co-ordinating Department. Additionally there are eight commissions, namely, Men’s Wear, Women’s Wear, Children’s Wear, Downwear and Related Products, Casual Wear, Accessories, Garment Auxiliary Material and Underwear. Other special entities like National Apparel Standardization Technical Committee, Research Institute of Industrial Economy and Beijing Fashion-Expo Co., Ltd. are also set up.
CNGA has over 1400 major members, which cover most of original apparel brands in China. Furthermore well-known apparel cities and townships in China are also appointed as Director Unit and drive the development of industry bases together with CNGA. CNGA’s service has covered thousands of companies.
CNGA takes on boosting the industry as its responsibility and commits itself to industrial structure adjustment and innovative growth pattern. On the basis of incubating, assisting and promoting China’s original apparel brands, CNGA enhances the communication and coordination with upstream and downstream industries, enterprises and governments, accelerates cooperation with international institutes and strives to create a favorable atmosphere for the development of Chinese apparel enterprises.
Profile: Industry Background The apparel and textile industry represent nearly 25% of Bulgaria’s foreign exports. The value of these exports exceeded 1.8 billion Euros in 2004. There are over 2,000 companies that specialize in the production of apparel in Bulgaria. Bulgaria boasts a tradition of high quality, reliability and competitive prices.
Presently, Bulgaria is Europe’s most resilient market for the production of apparel. For the first six months of 2005, when compared to the same period one year earlier, only China and India posted higher rates of growth in the value of apparel exports (measured in Euros), ranking Bulgaria 3rd in the world and first in Europe. During this same period, production of clothing from the EU-25 was down 9.3% from the same period just one year earlier. These trends demonstrate that Bulgaria is the least affected market in Europe by the abolishment of import quotas from Asian markets, which took effect at the start of 2005.
