nis is the neighborhood of France, Italy, and German and has no quota restriction posed by EU, however, Tunis' textile & fashion export is still unsatisfied.
The purchasers who attend Tunis International Textile & Fashion Exposition held during June.14-16,2006 show that Tunis' many categories apparel can not compete with China while the product supplied by dealers from East-Asia and middle-Asia have improved quality.
Tunis have ever been 4th fashion supplier during 1997-2004, just followed with China, Turkey, Romania etc..
Now, Tunis fashion industry is ranked sixth and exceeded by Bengal and India. Facing the declining fashion trade with EU, Tunis government and fashion export is anxious.
At present, trousers, work clothes and lingerie account for 50% of Tunis'total export. However, the research of ECORYS-NEI and Business Mobility International show that according to the anticipated payoff ability in all countries from Europe and Med, Tunis is the best country to produce protective gown, work clothes and trousers, exceeding Rumania,Morocco and Turkey.
In reality, Tunis CMT product in Europe process system account for over 80% of total fashion export
Fashion industry still plays an important role in fashion industry. In 2005, the export value of fashion industry and small-scale textile reach 3.4billion USD, accounting for 33% of total export value.
