Indonesia**;s knitwear is gaining Canadian market share before December**;s trade deal begins. Exclusive TexPro analysis reveals where sourcing could shift, why woven garments are struggling, and which factories can claim the new preferences.
Canada**;s forthcoming trade agreement with Indonesia promises a substantial apparel tariff dividend. The catch is timing. When the Canada-Indonesia Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA) begins on December *, ****, duties on many mainstream garments will fall by just *.* percentage points. For those products, full elimination is scheduled for ****.
But Canadian sourcing patterns are already shifting and Indonesia**;s progress is strikingly uneven.
