% of Mexico’s ready-to-wear market is illegally imported

Mexico’s “Financier” reported on January 9 that the National Association of the Garment Industry of Mexico pointed out that 58% of the clothes in the Mexican garment market are imported through illegal channels, such as smuggling, importing pirated clothes and importing second-hand clothes from the United States. , this is not allowed by law, and there are even stolen clothes on the street stalls. The total value of the Mexican ready-to-wear market is approximately US$18 billion per year, 60% of which comes from local production in Mexico.