NO EASY ROUTE FOR EUROPEAN EXPORTERS TO CHINA – BUYERS ARE MORE DISCERNING AND HAVE INVENTORY

EUROPEAN clothing suppliers flocked to this year’s Intertextile Beijing Apparel Fabrics 2013 show to explore China-based sales, but told just-style of concerns that excess domestic inventory might impede export sales in this key emerging market. This year’s show at the China International Exhibition Centre was notable for a year-on-year 36% rise in European exhibitors, including a similar expansion of companies exhibiting at the pavilion operated by Italian textile producer organisation Milano Unica. Speaking on the sidelines at the opening of the fair, ...


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