ABMT + Andorra + Target = Supply Chain Collaboration
Advocating
For design and manufacture using Australian made fabrics
The Expanded Overseas Assembly Program (EOAP) is a duty concession scheme administered by Customs Australia that provides incentives for Australian businesses to use Australian made fabrics in garments assembled offshore.
The scheme has been in operation since 2000 and is due to end in June 2010. It was first established as part of the TCF Industry Plan and is intended to run to 2015 in support of a liberalised trade policy to help the industry cope with the impacts of Free Trade Agreements.
8 Years of Innovation
The EOAP scheme promotes innovative collaborations between local firms such as garment manufacturer Andorra Australia and fabric manufacturer ABMT, both based in Melbourne. Andorra and ABMT have collaborated over the past fifteen years to develop specialist fabrics such as ultra-lightweight merino wool blends for thermal base wear and an aloe vera infused cotton-lycra blend designed to add softness and freshness to undergarments. These garments are sold in Target and Target Country stores Australia-wide.