Mexico's National Textile Industry Chamber (CANAITEX) stated that in 2004 export markets and improved domestic economic performance bolstered the textile industry. In 2005, however, CANAITEX blamed the slump in textile output on:
1. Growing competition in the United States textile and apparel market from lower-cost countries;
2. Increased competition in the domestic market from foreign products that have been imported using methods designed to evade appropriate import duties;
3. Greater domestic production costs;
United States Department of Agriculture Foreign Agricultural Service
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