During the January–April 2006 period, Vietnam's textile and garment industry imported buttons worth over US $16.7 million for domestic consuption, recording year–on–year surge of 55.4 percent.
Hong Kong was the top supplier of these products.
Vietnam's textile and garment industry depends on imported materials for its production, as the country is not self sufficient in such accesory materials.
Fibre is one of several materials having high imports revenue for years.
In the first four months 2006, imports revenue of the materials reached 97.8 thousand tons, worth $150.9 million, registering year-on-year rise of 32 percent and 27 percent in term of volume and value, respectively.
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