Section
Data
Datasets on apparel and textile trade, cost, capacity and benchmarks — with coverage, methodology, definitions and limitations stated.
A dataset without its definitions is a liability. Two people can compute two different answers from the same file if nobody wrote down what a row is, what period it covers and what was excluded. Every dataset here publishes with its variables defined, its period stated, its method described and its limits admitted.
What this section will never contain
No invented statistics. No figures without a source. No dataset described as comprehensive when it covers one country or one year. Where a number is an estimate, it is labelled as one and its method is stated; where it is measured, the source is linked.
Published datasets
Planned coverage
The categories this section is being built to hold.
- Apparel and textile trade data Export and import values and volumes by country and category.
- Cost benchmarks Cost-to-make ranges by garment type, with the basis for each range.
- MOQ and lead-time benchmarks Observed minimums and lead times by category and country.
- Capacity and capability Verified manufacturing capacity, by facility.