美国是全球最大的纺织品进口国,历年来一直是世界各纺织品出口国竞争角逐的市场。据统计,10年来美国纺织品进口额增长1.5倍以上,而主要供应来源已从亚洲转移到拉丁美洲。1988年输美纺织品前六位分别是中国、台湾地区、韩国、香港、加拿大和墨西哥。而1998年中国由对美出口纺织 The United States is the world’s largest importer of textiles and has been a market competing with the world’s textile exporters over the years. According to statistics, the U.S. textile imports have increased by more than 1.5 times over the past 10 years, while the major sources of supply have been shifted from Asia to Latin America. The top six U.S. textile exports to the United States in 1988 were China, Taiwan, South Korea, Hong Kong, Canada and Mexico respectively. In 1998, China exported textile to the United States