Management Resources

Agreement on Textiles and Clothing
Summary, and full HTML, PDF and Word text files on the World Trade Organization's Uruguay round agreement outlining the process of liberalisation of the global textile and clothing industry.
http://www.wto.org/english/docs_e/legal_e/16-tex_e.htm

American Textile Industry Information
Guide for textile industry professional who will need to stay abreast of the current topics, issues, government legislation and agreements within the industry. Links to a professional associations, government agencies and regulations, industry news and information, and a history of the textile industry. Created by Jennifer Land.
http://www.libsci.sc.edu/BOB/class/clis748/Studentwebguides/fall02/Land_webguide2.htm

Cotton Marketing Services
From the US Department of Agriculture. Coordinated programs for preparing, distributing and encouraging universal cotton clasification standards.
http://www.usda.gov/ams/cotton/index.htm

DAMA. Demand Activated Manufacturing Architecture
USA. Introduction to a collaborative research project, funded by US government and textile industries, and dedicated to the development of methods and technologies to shorten the supply chain between raw materials producers, manufacturers and retailers with software for data analysis and sharing, production planning and material sourcing.
http://www.techexchange.com/thelibrary/Dama/Dama_Intro.html

Industrial Resource Network
From Neolink, Inc. Searchable database of manufacturers and suppliers of products and services. Free service industrial directory. Enter upon registration.
http://www.powersourcing.com/

InfoTex
Database of global textile intelligence, covering production information, trade agreements, quotas, tariffs and pricing, and information on the world market for yarns, fabrics, apparel and textile products. From Werner International Co.
http://www.wernerinternational.com/

OTEXA - Textile and Apparel Category System
United States Department of Commerce 2007 harmonized tariff schedule for the textile and apparel industries.
http://otexa.ita.doc.gov/corr.htm

OTEXA. Office for Textiles and Apparel
Information resource for individuals or companies interested in exporting U.S.-made textile and apparel products. Includes information about overseas markets, trade shows, textile-related legislation and international agreements, federal and state export programs and data.
http://otexa.ita.doc.gov/

SIGL. Textiles, Footwear and Steel Licence Management System
Web site of the European Union, providing information on current quota levels for the import of textiles, clothing, footwear and steel products into the EU. English and French.
http://trade.ec.europa.eu/sigl/

TexData
Switzerland. Technical database for the textile industry. Search engine for companies, products, machinery and services. Technical papers on PDF files. Requires Adobe file reader. From TexData International AG. English, Spanish, German, Italian and French.
http://www.texdata.com/

Textile Clothing Technology Corp
USA. Non-profit organization, dedicated to improving textile business systems and manufacturing resources. Also, education and training resource for fiber, textile, apparel, retail and sewn products companies.
http://www.tc2.com/

Textile Information Management System
Internet database and information resource for the global textile industry. Company listing, advertising, industrial and marketing information and market place.
http://www.unicate.com/

Textile Machinery Operators
Job outlook statement for textile machinery operators from the US Department of Labor's 2000-01 Occupational Outlook Handbook. This statement discusses the nature of the work, working conditions, employment, training, and various other qualifications and issues.
http://www.umsl.edu/services/govdocs/ooh20002001/128.htm

Textile Quota Information
US Customs Service general information, and past and current status reports for textile quotas.
http://www.cbp.gov/xp/cgov/trade/trade_programs/textiles_and_quotas/

Textiles and Clothing
Web site of the European Commission, Directorate General for Enterprise and Industry, aiming to disseminate information on all EU policies, actions and initiatives promoting growth and development of EU enterprises, focused on the textile, apparel and textile materials industries.
http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/textile/index_en.htm

World Trade Search
A multi-language, searchable export and import, trade and business site. Free registration.
http://www.world-trade-search.com/