Fabric & Textile–Footwear Materials

There’s a paradox sitting right inside the pride of Vietnam’s garment industry: we are the world’s second-largest clothing exporter, yet we import almost all the fabric used to make those clothes. In 2025, fabric alone consumed around USD 10.6 billion in imports, plus another USD 6.6 billion for textile and footwear materials — thread, buttons, zippers, tanned leather, shoe soles.

That paradox is exactly where money flows out of Vietnamese pockets at the very first step. A workshop takes a nice order, but most of the fabric’s value already belongs to a Chinese or Korean supplier. The more you depend on imported materials, the thinner your margin, and every swing in exchange rates or fabric prices leaves the whole workshop on edge.

But look closely and the materials problem is also where the game can turn. A business that buys the right fabric at the right price, delivered on time, protects its profit and controls its schedule. Conversely, just one shipment arriving late or in the wrong color can shatter a delivery plan for a foreign partner. A stable supply of materials, then, matters just as much as craftsmanship.

That’s where Meoketing steps in to ease your load. Instead of hunting for suppliers through a few contacts, you post your need on Meoketing and receive multiple transparent quotes for the same fabric, the same roll of material — compare, negotiate and close the deal on a single screen. The platform also supports quality checks and handles shipping and customs so your shipment arrives on time. You focus on sewing skillfully; finding the right source for the fabric and materials that feed those stitches, let Meoketing handle that.