The United States Wears American Apparel Law To Support American Manufacturing.

The National Textile Organization Committee supports the 2012 wear of the United States. clothing Law. US Senator Brown Sherrod Brown (D-OH) proposed this legislation today, requiring government agencies to purchase 100% us made products when purchasing textiles, textile accessories and clothing products. The American dress code will only increase the content requirements of the purchase of textiles, textile accessories and clothing in the US law, and still comply with the purchase of the US law, but exceptions can be bought in a domestic product.

Senator Brown said: "manufacturing helps the United States become a great country. High wage manufacturing jobs enable millions of Americans to afford a house, send their children to college, and enjoy retirement protection. But over a long period of time, we saw jobs in the US manufacturing industry shift overseas, including the textile and clothing industries, because unfair trade impacted the employment opportunities of American workers. We know how to make products in the United States, and the textile industry employs about 500000 workers in the United States. That's why the federal government should buy clothing produced in the United States instead of buying it in other countries. As our trade deficit is bigger and bigger, we should do everything possible to support the manufacturing industry in the United States and create jobs for the United States. "

Cass Johnson, President of NCTO, said: "on behalf of the American textile industry, I appreciate Senator Brown's leadership and recognize the value of textiles and clothing products purchased in China for our government and the national economy. Whether it is in the competitive arena or because some federal agencies use American made brands, they should be an integral part of how the United States can show its citizens and other countries in the world. Our country should be proud of its manufactured products, proud of our manufacturing base and proud of the workers who produce them. "

Johnson also pointed out that "increasing US purchases of textile and clothing products from the United States will also help us grow. Don't outsource these products, let's help bring more manufacturing back to the United States. In the United States, every creation of a textile employment opportunity supports three other American jobs, so the returns to the US economy as a whole are significant.

Johnson said: "the introduction of the American law is very timely. Over the past three years, the US textile industry has invested more than 3 billion dollars, including building new factories in the United States and producing more innovative yarn and fabrics. The US textile industry created more than 2000 new jobs during the difficult period of the US economy. As a matter of fact, the textile industry delivered by the US textile industry last year reached US $53 billion, so we can easily provide the federal government with all the textile products and clothing that the government needs to purchase.

NCTO points out that the main research of Boston Consulting Group and other agencies is to promote the purchase of American products. These studies point out that China's labor and higher spanport costs continue to improve, and the productivity of American factories has greatly reduced the "China advantage" of many manufacturing products.

The main facts of the American textile industry

The American textile industry is a big manufacturing employer in the United States. In 2011, the overall textile industry - garment textile fiber - employs 506000 workers.

Only textile companies employ 238000 workers.

The US government estimates that every textile job in the United States supports three other job opportunities.

In 2011, US textile shipments totaled US $53 billion.

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The American textile industry is the third largest exporter of textile products in the world. In 2010, exports increased by 13.4% to US $about 17000000000, and the total export volume of textiles and clothing reached US $22 billion 400 million in 2011.

Nearly 2/3 of US textiles exported to our Western Hemisphere free trade partners in 2011. The textile industry in the United States exports to more than 170 countries, of which 22 countries purchase more than 100 million dollars a year.

The US textile industry provides more than 8000 different textile products to the US military every year.

The United States is the leader of the world's textile research and development. Private textile companies and universities develop new textile materials, such as conductive fabrics, which possess antistatic properties, monitor the heartbeat rate and other vital signs of electronic textiles, antibacterial fibers, enable people to wear anti body armor on their bodies, and carry their machines, adapt to climate change new clothes, and make the wearers feel warmer or cooler.

In the 2001-2010 years, the US textile industry invested 16 billion 500 million dollars in new factories and equipment. Recently, manufacturers have developed new fibers, yarns and recycling facilities to spanform textile wastes into new textile uses and resins.

Over the past 10 years, the productivity of the US textile industry has increased by 45%, making the textile industry the largest productivity growth in all industries.

In 2011, the average income of textile workers was 151% higher than that of garment workers ($575 per week to $229), while workers received medical care and retirement benefits.