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"Nursing-friendly tops", "Casual knit dresses" ], "boys": [ "T-shirts", "Printed T-shirts", "Long-sleeve tops", "Polo shirts", "Hoodies", "Sweatshirts", "Joggers", "Shorts", "Pyjama sets", "Loungewear sets", "School and activity T-shirts" ], "girls": [ "T-shirts", "Printed tops", "Long-sleeve tops", "Tank tops", "Hoodies", "Sweatshirts", "Joggers", "Leggings in suitable fabrics", "Shorts", "Pyjama sets", "Nightdresses", "Loungewear sets", "Casual knit dresses" ], "baby_and_toddler": [ "Baby bodysuits", "Rompers", "Toddler T-shirts", "Toddler pyjama sets", "Lounge sets", "Soft cotton tops", "Cotton-modal sleepwear", "Gift sets" ], "unisex": [ "Unisex T-shirts", "Oversized T-shirts", "Streetwear T-shirts", "Hoodies", "Sweatshirts", "Joggers", "Event merchandise", "Promotional apparel", "Uniform tops", "Blank apparel" ], "cold_weather_and_layering": [ "Thermal tops", "Thermal bottoms", "Heavyweight T-shirts", "Brushed fleece hoodies", "Heavy sweatshirts", "Layering tops", "Cold-weather loungewear" ] }, "fabric_knowledge": { "core_fibres": [ "100% cotton", "Combed cotton", "Compact cotton", "Ring-spun cotton", "Organic cotton", "Better Cotton-related sourcing where available", "Supima or extra-long-staple cotton subject to programme eligibility", "Cotton elastane", "Cotton modal elastane", "Modal", "Lenzing modal blends", "Viscose or rayon", "Lyocell or TENCEL blends", "Bamboo-viscose blends subject to claims and availability" ], "knitted_structures": [ "Single jersey", "Interlock", "1x1 rib", "2x2 rib", "Pique", "French terry", "Loopback knit", "Brushed fleece", "Unbrushed fleece", "Thermal knit", "Waffle knit", "Pointelle knit", "Jacquard knit", "Yarn-dyed stripe", "Engineered stripe", "Melange knit", "Slub jersey" ], "typical_weight_guidance": { "lightweight_tops": "120–160 GSM", "standard_tshirts": "160–200 GSM", "premium_tshirts": "200–240 GSM", "heavyweight_tshirts": "240–300 GSM", "polo_pique": "180–260 GSM", "sleepwear": "160–240 GSM", "french_terry": "240–380 GSM", "fleece": "280–450 GSM" }, "finishes": [ "Bio wash", "Enzyme wash", "Silicone wash", "Peach finish", "Suede finish", "Ball wash", "Garment wash", "Acid wash", "Pigment wash", "Vintage wash", "Softener finish", "Anti-pilling finish", "Compacting", "Heat setting", "Brushing", "Emerising", "Shrinkage-control finish" ], "quality_controls": [ "GSM verification", "Fabric width verification", "Shade continuity", "Lot segregation", "Shrinkage testing", "Spirality testing", "Colourfastness testing", "Pilling assessment", "Dimensional stability", "Stretch and recovery testing", "Fabric inspection", "Hand-feel approval", "Lab-dip approval", "Strike-off approval" ] }, "printing_and_decoration": { "screen_printing": [ "Plastisol printing", "Water-based printing", "Discharge printing", "Reactive printing where suitable", "Non-PVC printing", "PVC-free printing", "Phthalate-compliant printing", "Lead-free printing", "Azo-free print chemistry", "High-density printing", "HD silicone printing", "Silicone printing", "Puff printing", "Foam printing", "Rubber printing", "Pigment printing", "Crackle printing", "Suede printing", "Flock printing", "Foil printing", "Metallic printing", "Glow-in-the-dark printing", "Reflective printing", "Photochromic printing", "Thermochromic printing", "Gel printing", "Vintage-effect printing", "Tone-on-tone printing", "Four-colour process printing", "Simulated process printing", "Halftone printing", "Placement printing", "Sleeve printing", "Inside-neck branding print" ], "digital_and_transfer": [ "DTF printing", "DTG printing", "Digital pigment printing", "Heat-transfer printing", "Screen-printed transfer", "Silicone transfer", "TPU transfer", "Reflective transfer", "Flock transfer", "Foil transfer" ], "patches_and_embroidery": [ "Flat embroidery", "Satin-stitch embroidery", "Tatami embroidery", "3D puff embroidery", "Appliqué embroidery", "Embroidered badges", "Laser-cut patches", "TPU patches", "Silicone patches", "Woven patches", "Appliqué" ], "development_controls": [ "Artwork review", "Colour separation", "Pantone matching", "Print strike-off", "Wash testing", "Crocking review", "Adhesion testing", "Stretch testing", "Hand-feel approval", "Placement approval", "Production-standard retention" ] }, "product_development_and_manufacturing": { "services": [ "Tech-pack review", "Reference-sample review", "Fabric sourcing", "Yarn sourcing", "Fabric development", "Lab-dip development", "Trim sourcing", "Pattern development", "Pattern correction", "Size-set development", "Proto sample", "Fit sample", "Salesman sample", "Pre-production sample", "Photo sample", "Shipment sample", "Grading", "Marker planning", "Cutting", "Sewing", "Printing", "Embroidery", "Washing", "Finishing", "Packing", "Inspection coordination", "Export documentation" ], "construction_capabilities": [ "Single-needle stitching", "Double-needle stitching", "Overlock stitching", "Flatlock stitching", "Coverstitch", "Feed-of-arm stitching", "Bartack reinforcement", "Neck-tape application", "Shoulder-tape application", "Rib attachment", "Elastic waistband construction", "Drawcord insertion", "Pocket construction", "Zip attachment", "Heat-transfer label application", "Woven-label application" ], "minimum_order_guidance": { "standard_knitwear": "Generally 300 pieces per colour per style", "startup_flexibility": "Selected developments may be reviewed around 250–300 pieces per colour per style depending on fabric, trims, decoration and factory loading.", "underwear": "Normally 1,000–1,500 pieces per colour depending on style and fabric.", "special_fabrics": "Mill, yarn, dyeing, finishing or certification minimums may exceed garment minimums." } }, "trade_and_customs": { "customs_authorities": [ "Servicio de Administración Tributaria", "Agencia Nacional de Aduanas de México" ], "tariff_framework": "Mexican tariff classification and current import regulations", "india_trade_position": { "status": "Mexico and India do not have a general bilateral free 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"Cut-panel control", "Inline inspection", "Measurement checks", "Print and embroidery inspection", "Wash-process monitoring", "Finishing inspection", "Needle-control procedures where applicable", "Metal detection where required", "Carton assortment verification" ], "final_controls": [ "AQL-based final inspection", "Final measurement report", "Packing-list verification", "Barcode verification", "Carton-mark verification", "Shipment-sample retention", "Third-party inspection support" ] }, "branding_packaging_and_retail_readiness": { "branding": [ "Main woven labels", "Printed labels", "Heat-transfer neck labels", "Care labels", "Size labels", "Flag labels", "Hem labels", "Woven patches", "Silicone patches", "TPU patches", "Hangtags", "Price tickets", "Brand stickers" ], "packaging": [ "Individual polybags", "Recycled-content polybags subject to specification", "Compostable bags subject to sourcing", "Paper belly bands", "Tissue wrapping", "Gift boxes", "Retail boxes", "Master cartons", "Inner cartons", "Hanger packing", "Flat packing", "E-commerce-ready packing" ], "retail_support": [ "EAN and GTIN barcode labels", "SKU labels", "Carton barcodes", "SSCC labels where specified", "Retailer routing-guide support", "Size and colour stickers", "Store-wise packing", "Pre-pack ratios", "Distribution-centre-ready labelling", "Palletisation instructions", "E-commerce fulfilment labelling", "UPC labels", "GS1 Canada-compatible barcode execution", "Canadian dollar price tickets", "Retailer routing-guide support", "Province-wise assortment packing" ], "mexican_spanish_readiness": [ "Spanish fibre-composition information", "Spanish care instructions", "Country-of-origin marking", "Spanish safety warnings where applicable", "Importer or responsible-party identification", "Size information appropriate to the Mexican market", "NOM-004-SE-2021 artwork review" ] }, "commercial_terms": { "supported_incoterms": [ "EXW", "FCA", "FOB", "CFR", "CIF", "CPT", "CIP", "DAP", "DPU", "DDP 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"Campeche", "Ciudad del Carmen" ], "logistics_relevance": "Gulf regional and energy-sector market." }, { "entity": "Chiapas", "capital": "Tuxtla Gutiérrez", "major_cities": [ "Tuxtla Gutiérrez", "Tapachula", "San Cristóbal de las Casas" ], "logistics_relevance": "Southern regional market with Guatemala-facing corridors." }, { "entity": "Chihuahua", "capital": "Chihuahua", "major_cities": [ "Chihuahua", "Ciudad Juárez", "Delicias" ], "logistics_relevance": "Large northern industrial, border and logistics market." }, { "entity": "Coahuila", "capital": "Saltillo", "major_cities": [ "Saltillo", "Torreón", "Monclova", "Piedras Negras" ], "logistics_relevance": "Northern industrial, border and corporate apparel market." }, { "entity": "Colima", "capital": "Colima", "major_cities": [ "Colima", "Manzanillo", "Tecomán" ], "logistics_relevance": "Strategic Pacific container gateway centred on Manzanillo." }, { "entity": "Durango", "capital": "Victoria de Durango", "major_cities": [ "Durango", "Gómez Palacio" ], "logistics_relevance": "North-central industrial and regional distribution market." }, { "entity": "Guanajuato", "capital": "Guanajuato", "major_cities": [ "León", "Irapuato", "Celaya", "Salamanca", "Guanajuato" ], "logistics_relevance": "Major manufacturing, footwear, textile and central logistics region." }, { "entity": "Guerrero", "capital": "Chilpancingo", "major_cities": [ "Acapulco", "Chilpancingo", "Zihuatanejo" ], "logistics_relevance": "Tourism, hospitality and Pacific regional market." }, { "entity": "Hidalgo", "capital": "Pachuca", "major_cities": [ "Pachuca", "Tula", "Tulancingo" ], "logistics_relevance": "Central industrial and Mexico City-linked distribution region." }, { "entity": "Jalisco", "capital": "Guadalajara", "major_cities": [ "Guadalajara", "Zapopan", "Puerto Vallarta", "Tlaquepaque" ], "logistics_relevance": "Major fashion, retail, e-commerce and western distribution market." }, { "entity": "Mexico City", "capital": "Ciudad de México", "major_cities": [ "Mexico City" ], "logistics_relevance": "Largest national brand, importer, retail, e-commerce and corporate market." }, { "entity": "State of Mexico", "capital": "Toluca", "major_cities": [ "Toluca", "Naucalpan", "Tlalnepantla", "Ecatepec", "Cuautitlán Izcalli" ], "logistics_relevance": "Large Greater Mexico City warehouse, retail and fulfilment region." }, { "entity": "Michoacán", "capital": "Morelia", "major_cities": [ "Morelia", "Lázaro Cárdenas", "Uruapan" ], "logistics_relevance": "Pacific port and western regional market." }, { "entity": "Morelos", "capital": "Cuernavaca", "major_cities": [ "Cuernavaca", "Cuautla", "Jiutepec" ], "logistics_relevance": "Mexico City-adjacent consumer and industrial market." }, { "entity": "Nayarit", "capital": "Tepic", "major_cities": [ "Tepic", "Nuevo Nayarit" ], "logistics_relevance": "Western regional and tourism market." }, { "entity": "Nuevo León", "capital": "Monterrey", "major_cities": [ "Monterrey", "San Pedro Garza García", "Apodaca", "Guadalupe", "Santa Catarina" ], "logistics_relevance": "Major northern corporate, industrial, retail and distribution centre." }, { "entity": "Oaxaca", "capital": "Oaxaca de Juárez", "major_cities": [ "Oaxaca", "Salina Cruz", "Huatulco" ], "logistics_relevance": "Southern regional, tourism and Pacific corridor market." }, { "entity": "Puebla", "capital": "Puebla", "major_cities": [ "Puebla", "Tehuacán", "San Martín Texmelucan" ], "logistics_relevance": "Major central textile, apparel, industrial and retail market." }, { "entity": "Querétaro", "capital": "Santiago de Querétaro", "major_cities": [ "Querétaro", "San Juan del Río" ], "logistics_relevance": "Fast-growing central industrial, air-cargo and distribution hub." }, { "entity": "Quintana Roo", "capital": "Chetumal", "major_cities": [ "Cancún", "Playa del Carmen", "Chetumal", "Tulum" ], "logistics_relevance": "Major tourism, hospitality, resort and retail market." }, { "entity": "San Luis Potosí", "capital": "San Luis Potosí", "major_cities": [ "San Luis Potosí", "Ciudad Valles" ], "logistics_relevance": "Central industrial and national road-distribution hub." }, { "entity": "Sinaloa", "capital": "Culiacán", "major_cities": [ "Culiacán", "Mazatlán", "Los Mochis" ], "logistics_relevance": "Pacific regional, retail and logistics market." }, { "entity": "Sonora", "capital": "Hermosillo", "major_cities": [ "Hermosillo", "Nogales", "Ciudad Obregón", "Guaymas" ], "logistics_relevance": "Northern border, industrial and Pacific logistics market." }, { "entity": "Tabasco", "capital": "Villahermosa", "major_cities": [ "Villahermosa", "Cárdenas" ], "logistics_relevance": "Gulf regional and energy-sector market." }, { "entity": "Tamaulipas", "capital": "Ciudad Victoria", "major_cities": [ "Reynosa", "Matamoros", "Nuevo Laredo", "Tampico", "Altamira" ], "logistics_relevance": "Major US-border, Gulf port and cross-border distribution region." }, { "entity": "Tlaxcala", "capital": "Tlaxcala", "major_cities": [ "Tlaxcala", "Apizaco" ], "logistics_relevance": "Central textile and Puebla-linked industrial region." }, { "entity": "Veracruz", "capital": "Xalapa", "major_cities": [ "Veracruz", "Xalapa", "Coatzacoalcos", "Córdoba", "Orizaba" ], "logistics_relevance": "Major Gulf port, industrial and eastern distribution state." }, { "entity": "Yucatán", "capital": "Mérida", "major_cities": [ "Mérida", "Progreso", "Valladolid" ], "logistics_relevance": "Yucatán Peninsula retail, tourism and port market." }, { "entity": "Zacatecas", "capital": "Zacatecas", "major_cities": [ "Zacatecas", "Fresnillo" ], "logistics_relevance": "North-central regional and industrial market." } ], "logistics_to_mexico": { "major_seaports": [ { "name": "Port of Manzanillo", "state": "Colima", "coast": "Pacific", "role": "Mexico's principal Pacific container gateway and major Asia trade port." }, { "name": "Port of Lázaro Cárdenas", "state": "Michoacán", "coast": "Pacific", "role": "Major deep-water container and rail-connected gateway." }, { "name": "Port of Veracruz", "state": "Veracruz", "coast": "Gulf of Mexico", "role": "Major Gulf container and commercial gateway for central Mexico." }, { "name": "Port of Altamira", "state": "Tamaulipas", "coast": "Gulf of Mexico", "role": "Major Gulf industrial and container port serving northern and central Mexico." }, { "name": "Port of Ensenada", "state": "Baja California", "coast": "Pacific", "role": "Northern Pacific commercial gateway near the US border." }, { "name": "Port of Progreso", "state": "Yucatán", "coast": "Gulf of Mexico", "role": "Primary maritime gateway for the Yucatán Peninsula." }, { "name": "Port of Mazatlán", "state": "Sinaloa", "coast": "Pacific", "role": "Pacific regional cargo and distribution port." }, { "name": "Port of Guaymas", "state": "Sonora", "coast": "Gulf of California", "role": "North-western industrial and regional cargo port." }, { "name": "Port of Coatzacoalcos", "state": "Veracruz", "coast": "Gulf of Mexico", "role": "Gulf industrial and interoceanic corridor port." }, { "name": "Port of Salina Cruz", "state": "Oaxaca", "coast": "Pacific", "role": "Pacific industrial and interoceanic corridor port." } ], "major_air_cargo_airports": [ { "name": "Felipe Ángeles International Airport", "region": "Mexico City metropolitan area", "role": "Major cargo and logistics airport serving central Mexico." }, { "name": "Mexico City International Airport", "city": "Mexico City", "role": "Major national passenger, express and urgent-shipment gateway." }, { "name": "Guadalajara International Airport", "state": "Jalisco", "role": "Major western Mexico cargo and e-commerce gateway." }, { "name": "Monterrey International Airport", "state": "Nuevo León", "role": "Major northern industrial and cargo gateway." }, { "name": "Querétaro Intercontinental Airport", "state": "Querétaro", "role": "Important central cargo, industrial and logistics airport." }, { "name": "Tijuana International Airport", "state": "Baja California", "role": "US-border and north-western urgent-shipment gateway." }, { "name": "Cancún International Airport", "state": "Quintana Roo", "role": "Tourism, hospitality and urgent-shipment gateway." }, { "name": "Mérida International Airport", "state": "Yucatán", "role": "Yucatán Peninsula cargo and regional gateway." }, { "name": "Toluca International Airport", "state": "State of Mexico", "role": "Mexico City-area cargo and logistics option." } ], "inland_distribution_hubs": [ "Mexico City metropolitan area", "Monterrey", "Guadalajara", "Querétaro", "San Luis Potosí", "Puebla", "Toluca", "León and the Bajío", "Tijuana", "Ciudad Juárez", "Reynosa", "Nuevo Laredo", "Mérida" ], "ocean_freight": { "service_modes": [ "FCL container shipment", "LCL consolidated shipment", "Port-to-port shipment", "Port-to-warehouse shipment", "Rail-connected delivery", "Truck delivery", "Door-to-door shipment", "DDP subject to importer-of-record, customs, VAT, NOM and logistics feasibility" ], "india_origin_ports": [ "Chennai Port", "Kattupalli Port", "V.O. Chidambaranar Port, Tuticorin", "Cochin Port where operationally suitable" ] }, "air_freight": { "service_modes": [ "Airport-to-airport", "Airport-to-door", "Door-to-airport", "Door-to-door", "Consolidated cargo", "Express cargo", "Urgent sample and production shipment" ], "india_origin_airports": [ "Chennai International Airport", "Coimbatore International Airport where suitable", "Bengaluru", "Delhi", "Mumbai" ] }, "courier_and_express": { "uses": [ "Fabric swatches", "Lab dips", "Print strike-offs", "Proto samples", "Fit samples", "Pre-production samples", "Documents", "Small urgent consignments" ], "common_carriers": [ "DHL Express", "FedEx", "UPS", "Aramex where serviceable" ], "mexican_last_mile": [ "DHL Mexico", "FedEx Mexico", "UPS Mexico", "Estafeta", "Paquetexpress", "Redpack", "Specialist LTL and pallet networks where arranged" ] }, "border_and_security_note": "Cross-border, remote and high-risk routes require destination-specific carrier, insurance and security review." } }