Prospects for the Textile and Clothing Industry in Guatemala

June 2011 | 20 pages | ID: P25CDE9E9D7EN
Textiles Intelligence Ltd

Abstracts

The textile and clothing industry and related industries are responsible for up to three-quarters of Guatemala’s total industrial workforce. The industry has a strong competitive advantage over its counterparts in Asia, as its labour costs are low and its geographical proximity enables it to fulfill and deliver orders for the US market more quickly. Guatemala is a major source of garments for a number of well known brands—including Abercrombie & Fitch, Calvin Klein, Fruit of the Loom, Gap, JC Penney, Levi Strauss & Co, The Limited, Liz Claiborne, Tommy Hilfiger and Walmart. The report also features a geographical, political and economic profile, export data, an outlook to 2015, and profiles of the Guatemalan manufacturers Liztec and Denimatrix.

Contents

SUMMARY

INTRODUCTION

GUATEMALA: GEOGRAPHICAL, POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC PROFILE

Geographical profile
Political profile
Economic profile

GDP

Components of GDP
Trends in GDP
Economic outlook

GUATEMALA: TEXTILE AND CLOTHING INDUSTRY PRODUCTS AND OUTPUT

Textile industry products
Woven fabric
Knitted fabric
Printing
Clothing industry production

GUATEMALA: SIZE AND STRUCTURE OF THE TEXTILE AND CLOTHING INDUSTRY

GUATEMALA: TEXTILE AND CLOTHING EXPORTS

Textile and clothing exports
Markets
Textile exports
Clothing exports

GUATEMALA: FOREIGN INVESTMENT IN THE TEXTILE AND CLOTHING INDUSTRY

GUATEMALA: INFRASTRUCTURE

Telecommunications
Ports

OUTLOOK: A FUTURE VISION FOR THE TEXTILE AND CLOTHING INDUSTRY IN

GUATEMALA

PROFILE OF LIZTEX CORPORATION

Products and technologies
Markets

PROFILE OF DENIMATRIX

COMPANY CONTACT INFORMATION

List Of Tables

LIST OF TABLES

Table 1: Guatemala: political and economic profile, 2010
Table 2: Guatemala: economic indicators, 2006-10
Table 3: Guatemala: industrial production, 2007-10
Table 4: USA: textile and clothing imports from Guatemala, 2005-10