The Italian fashion industry is seeking protection from cheap imports from China. A recent signature campaign carrying 100,000 signatures is to be presented to government representatives today in an effort to stem the abundance of free trade and unfair competition, particularly from China. The textile-clothing petition is being promoted by the Association for Italian Fashion, the Association for Italian Textiles and Tessilvari.
Monday was “texile day” in Italy. In addition to the presentation of the petition to government officials, activities in support of the sector are being held in 18 Italian towns. It follows on the heels of the muli-fibre agreement and opening up the market to the importation of textiles, and requests measures to prevent unfair competition.
According to the textile associations, Chinese imports have tripled in quantity. Meanwhile, prices have dropped by 75 per cent in a number of textiles sectors, namely in sweaters and t-shirts.
The Italian fashion market consists of three parts: high fashion, which consists mainly of Italian clothes, comprises 10 per cent of the market; medium fashion comprises 30 per cent of the market and in this category more than half of the clothes are Italian; the low end, which makes up the remaining 60 per cent, gets supplemented from abroad.
The textiles associations claim that in order to maintain the better-quality fashion market, it is becoming increasingly necessary to invest in the label and the higher added value to the clothes. The textiles sector provided direct employment to approximately 570,000 people working at 68,000 companies. Over a third of Italian commercial income comes from the textiles sector.
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