Textile industry 'green signals' DR-CAFTA enactment to meet global competition

20 May '05

2 min read

A nationwide coalition of trade associations representing a broad spectrum of the U.S. textile industry and its suppliers today announced its strong support for the Dominican Republic - Central American Free Trade Agreement (DR-CAFTA).

The coalition includes fiber and textile production, processing and handling plus textile machinery manufacturers and other product and service suppliers to the textile industry.

The pro DR-CAFTA coalition of associations represents more than $100 billion in annual U.S. textile sector production and sales, including:

* the National Council of Textile Organizations (NCTO) is the largest U.S industry textile trade association representing the entire spectrum of the textile sector. From fibers to finished products, from machinery to power suppliers, NCTO is the voice of the U.S. textile industry.

* the National Cotton Council (NCC), the central organization of the U.S. cotton industry, whose membership comprises three-fourths of all production, processing and handling of cotton by producers, ginners, seed handlers, warehousers, marketing cooperatives, merchants and textile manufacturers

* the American Fiber Manufacturers Association (AFMA), with membership accounting for more than 90 percent of the manufactured fiber produced and sold in the United States

* the American Textile Machinery Association (ATMA), founded in 1933, is the only U.S. trade association devoted solely to the advancementof manufacturers of textile machinery, parts and accessories. Its members annually manufacture the majority of textile machinery made in the United States.

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