Clothesource SOURCING INTELLIGENCE

Sourcing Intelligence is the most advanced information source of its kind, providing apparel buyers and manufacturers with in depth information about every manufacturing country in the world, and covering product categories.

It allows users to get instant pictures of the key sourcing trends in each category: market shares by country, major supplying countries’ share and pricing history, details of fastest growing and lowest prices, and data on protectionist measures in the category by the EU or US

Category profiles give, for each country and category combination:
- Yearly exports, in number of pieces to Japan, to US, to EU-15 and to the sum of these (JUSEU)
- Average price charged, separately, to EU and US for the most widely traded version of each - category, and therefore
- Annual weighted average price movement

And, for of the 92 countries specifically covered:

Econometric/Demographic data

For each country:

- GDP/head, Annual GDP growth, inflation, unemployment, commercial interest rates

Trade Environment:

For each country:
- Commentary on apparel trade
- Trade preference agreement status with EU and US
For each product category:
- China quota status for EU
- China quota status for US, and Vietnam surveillance

Trading History

For each country/category combination:
- Yearly exports, in number of pieces to Japan, to US, to EU-15 and to the sum of these (JUSEU)
- Average price charged, to EU and US for the most widely traded version of each category, and therefore
- Annual weighted average price movement

The information is available in two formats: in numerical tables, and in interactive charts. You can choose whichever format you find easiest to work with.