Anyone have experience with blank clothes distribution?

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May 15, 2025

by a searcher from Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Lausanne in San Francisco, California, United States

Hi I own a garment factory in the best place in the world for export to the US (Egypt - 0% customs, 0% tarrifs thanks to a peace deal with Israel, salaries significantly cheaper than China / Bangladesh) and I'm looking to buy one or multiple distributors of blank garments that are used by print shops and other stakeholders of the events industry. A big name is https://sanmar.com/, but I'm looking for smaller guys who are purchasing blanks references from wholesalers. My landed cost for a 100% cotton 300gsm hoodie in the US is around $6 and a lot of distributors buy them at $12 from factories in Bangladesh / China so I'm wondering if it wouldn't be a simple way to dramatically increase margins.
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from ESSEC Business School in Torrance, CA, USA
We services many blank distributors in the US, particularly around the west coast and those prices you mentioned are a bit of a stretch. Most are buying in the range of $5 to $6 landed for 300 GSM / 100% Cotton and t-shirts (180 GSM) under $2.5 - that $12 price point you mentioned does not match with what any of them are buying on LDP basis (Landed-Duty-Paid)
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from University of Texas at Austin in San Jose, CA, USA
Given that the de minimis exemption still exists for Egypt, wouldn't shein or Temu be the ideal partner for you since they are actively looking to complement their chinese suppliers
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