Apparel industry report.Dublin-based Research & Markets on Oct. 23 announced the addition of Profile of the Maquila ma·qui·la n. A maquiladora. Apparel Industry in Honduras to its offering. In 2002 Honduras exported 121.1 million garments, making it the largest supplier of clothing in Central America Central America, narrow, southernmost region (c.202,200 sq mi/523,698 sq km) of North America, linked to South America at Colombia. It separates the Caribbean from the Pacific. : Honduras is also the third largest foreign supplier to the USA, after China and Mexico. In Nov. 2003 the maquila sector comprised about 176 companies, most of them members of Asoc. Hondurena de Maquiladores (AHM AHM Automated Hacking Machines AHM All Hands Meeting AHM Academy for Healthcare Management AHM Atom Heart Mother (Pink Floyd album) AHM Airport Handling Manual AHM Acutely Hazardous Material AHM Anti-Helicopter Mine ). The sector began to boom in the late 1980s following implementation of the US Caribbean Basin Initiative The Caribbean Basin Initiative (CBI) was a unilateral and temporary United States program initiated by the 1983 "Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act" (CBERA). The CBI came into effect on January 1 1984 and aimed to provide several tariff and trade benefits to many Central (CBI CBI abbr. cumulative book index CBI Confederation of British Industry CBI n abbr (= Confederation of British Industry) → C.E.O.E. ) and passage of the Honduran Export Processing Zone Law; A recent significant increase in added value reflects the gradual transformation of companies from "807" manufacture (the assembly of US components) to "full package", where the plant acquires inputs and coordinates all parts of production. Fabric production here is growing rapidly. Details: Laura Wood. Email: press@ researchandmarkets.com Web: www.researchandmarkets. com/reports/c72013 |
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