Clothing Manufacturer for Berlin and German Brands

• Start with 50 pieces. A typical minimum of 50 pieces per item lets you test a design on your customers before you order in volume. Read what MOQ means.
• Four production countries. Choose the US, the UK, Pakistan or China for each order, weighing price, fabric and the EU duty below.
• Room to grow. Repeat orders can reach around 50,000 pieces in a single shipment, from the same approved sample.
• A predictable timeline. Samples take 2–3 weeks, and bulk orders usually arrive 3–4 weeks from the order date, shipping included.

We make t-shirts, hoodies, jeans, jackets, tracksuits and caps for German labels, including private label ranges under your own brand.

Germany charges the EU's common customs duty on clothing from outside the EU. The usual rate is 12%, and it drops to 0% for goods that qualify under a trade agreement or preference scheme.

Germany's standard VAT rate is 19%, and German Customs (the Zoll) charges it as import VAT when your goods are cleared. A business with a payment deferment from Customs (Zahlungsaufschub) does not pay it on the spot: import VAT deferred this way falls due on the 26th of the second month after the month of import.

If your brand is registered for VAT in Germany, the import VAT can then be deducted as input tax on your VAT return.

Anyone distributing packaged goods in Germany has to be registered with the LUCID Packaging Register, run by the Zentrale Stelle Verpackungsregister. Registration is online and free. Packaging that mostly ends up as waste in private households, such as the polybag around a garment or the box an online order ships in, also needs a contract with a packaging compliance system and regular reports of the quantities you put on the market.

Under Germany's Textile Labelling Act, clothing may only be sold on the German market when its fibre composition is labelled in German, using the EU's fibre names. A stretch T-shirt, for example, reads "95 % Baumwolle, 5 % Elasthan".

The same goes for the warning on real leather trims, such as a patch on jeans: in German it reads "Enthält nichttextile Teile tierischen Ursprungs".

A business based in Germany can use the small business scheme (Kleinunternehmerregelung) if its turnover was no more than €25,000 in the previous calendar year and stays at or below €100,000 in the current one. It then charges no VAT on its sales.

Berlin Fashion Week runs twice a year. The summer edition ran from July 2 to 5, 2026, and the next one is from January 29 to February 1, 2027. One sample round and the bulk order take about five to seven weeks plus your review time, so for new pieces at the January shows, aim to send your tech pack by late November 2026.

1. Send your designs or a tech pack, with quantities per size and color.
2. We confirm the minimum, price, production country and timeline in your quote.
3. We make a sample in 2–3 weeks so you can check fit, fabric and finish.
4. Once you approve it, the bulk order usually arrives in Germany 3–4 weeks from the order date, shipping included.