WASHINGTON— In an Op-Ed published by Morning Consult today, National Council of Textile Organizations (NCTO) President & CEO Kim Glas, outlines critical steps the Biden administration and Congress can take to help revitalize American PPE manufacturing and help our front-line workers.
Please see the Op-Ed here.
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NCTO is a Washington, DC-based trade association that represents domestic textile manufacturers, including artificial and synthetic filament and fiber producers.
U.S. employment in the textile supply chain was 585,240 in 2019.
The value of shipments for U.S. textiles and apparel was $75.8 billion in 2019.
U.S. exports of fiber, textiles and apparel were $29.1 billion in 2019.
Capital expenditures for textile and apparel production totaled $2.5 billion in 2018, the last year for which data is available.
CONTACT:
Kristi Ellis
Vice President, Communications
National Council of Textile Organizations
kellis@ncto.org | 202.281.9305