China keen to boost trade relations

13 Jul '07

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In order to establish and strengthen the contact with the apparel industry in Africa and to promote communication and cooperation, Executive Vice President of CNGA Jiang Hengjie led a commission and visited South Africa and Kenya from 3-14 June 2007.

The commission met with Mr. Jack Kipling (left fourth), the President of Clothing Trade Council of South Africa on June 7th. Mr. Kipling gave a brief introduction of the apparel industry in South Africa. Similar with our industrial upgrade with technology and innovation, South Africa also realized the importance of design and quick response capacities with the pressure from the competitive international market.

Local manufacturers in South Africa mainly specialize on the production of high end products with small volume and high value due to its higher labour cost, while the production of high-volume and low-price products has moved out of the country.

Compared with the situation of South Africa, the advantages of China's apparel industry lie on the completed industrial chain and strong processing capacity. Our production mainly focuses on the products of high volume and low cost. Therefore, we should strengthen the cooperation between our two industries and our corporations with mutual compensation, said Jiang.

In Kenya, the commission met with the President of African Cotton & Textile Industries Federation (ACTIF) Mr. Jas Bedi (right third) and the Secretary General Mr. Barry Fisher (right second). ACTIF is an organization for cotton, textile and apparel industries in Africa with members from 17 African countries.

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