InvestinElSalvador

Textiles and apparel

MARIO

Mario Tenorio

Textile and apparel Specialist

mtenorio@investlbdev.consiti.com
Mobile: +503 7071-7046

El Salvador is the only country that has developed a complete synthetic cluster in Central America. The textile and apparel sector is one of the main drivers of development in El Salvador, with a value chain that has been consolidated and integrated towards higher value-added products.

The industry’s dynamic vertical integration process has incorporated all the productive activities of the textile and apparel chain, from fiber production, yarn and fabric manufacturing, product design, garment manufacturing, and associated logistics, in addition to offering countless opportunities to enter into new businesses at the upper and lower end of the value chain and related activities.

Total exports of textiles and
textiles and clothing

2,3
million

Export destinations

+80

Apparel supplier to the United States

#15
35.1% Participation

in Salvadoran exports 2023

Largest employer in EI Salvador with
83,000 jobs created
The only Central American country in
develop a
synthetic cluster
Investment opportunities

EI Salvador has a good base of technicians and professionals willing to join the country’s productive sectors.

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Manufacture of yarns and fabrics
(natural and synthetic)

Texture of sportswear made of polyester fiber. Outerwear for sports training has a mesh texture of stretchable nylon fabric

Manufacture of knitted garments with accessories and trimmings (embroidery, screen printing, heat transfers, etc.), sportswear, sportswear, performance wear and swimwear.

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Manufacture of garments included in the Rule of Origin category “Cutting and Assembly”: bras, girls’ dresses, underpants, sleepwear, suitcases, among others.

Advantages of
Investing in
El Salvador
Synthetic cluster
Producers of synthetic fibers and synthetic yarns
  • Extrusion
  • Texturization
  • Twisting
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Synthetic fabric mills
  • Knitted fabric
  • Fabric
  • Sewing
  • Elastic bands
  • Knitting to shape
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Clothing manufacturers
  • T-shirts
  • Pants
  • Shorts
  • Jackets
  • Underwear
  • Hoodies
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Success stories

In 2006, the company began operating in El Salvador. It invested in the Salvadoran textile and apparel industry to take advantage of its proximity to the US and because of the DR-CAFTA legislation. George C. Moore Co. manufactures plain narrow elastic, printed and jacquard woven fabrics for underwear, intimate apparel, athletic intimate apparel, athletic compression, men’s and women’s pants, performance apparel, dancewear, swimwear, orthopedic and medical, industrial and military markets.

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Juan Zigelboim

TexOps, Co-Founder and President

El Salvador is almost ‘the 51st state’ of the US. Our customers are in the same time zone and employees can interact with our product development teams on a daily basis, to move the process forward timely. We aim to offer the market speed and flexibility.

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Textile and Apparel Companies that rely on EI Salvador