Clothing Manufacturer for Australian Brands

• Small first runs. Our minimum is typically 50 pieces per item, so you can launch or test a style without committing to hundreds of units. Read what MOQ means for how order size affects price.
• Room to grow. The same pattern and approved sample carry through to repeat orders in the thousands.
• A choice of production countries. Our partner factories are in the UK, France, Germany, Croatia, China, the US and Canada. For Australia, that choice also sets your import duty, as the table below shows.
• Your brand on every piece. Custom labels and hangtags, with the care instructions Australian law requires.

We make sportswear, swimwear, t-shirts, hoodies, shorts, jackets, children's clothing and caps, for brands across Australia including Melbourne.

Most clothing imported into Australia pays 5% customs duty, but Australia's trade agreements remove it for goods made in several of our production countries.

GST of 10% is charged on the customs value plus international transport and insurance, plus the duty. Consignments worth more than A$1,000 need a full import declaration, and duty and GST are paid before release; most businesses use a customs broker. If your business is registered for GST, you can usually claim the GST back. Goods worth A$1,000 or less are generally free of duty and GST at the border.

• Care label (mandatory). Under the Consumer Goods (Care Labelling) Information Standard 2023, based on AS/NZS 1957, clothing needs a permanent care label. The wording must be in English and clearly legible, and the international care symbols can be used.
• Fibre content (voluntary, but must be accurate). Australia has no mandatory fibre labelling standard, but a fibre label that overstates or misstates content can breach consumer law, and the ACCC has acted on this.
• Country of origin (voluntary, but must be accurate). Australian law does not require an origin label on clothing, but any "Made in" claim must not be false or misleading.

If you also sell in New Zealand, fibre content and country of origin labels are mandatory there; see our New Zealand guide. Putting all three on every label is the simplest way to sell in both.

Australia's seasons run opposite to Europe's and North America's: winter is June to August and summer is December to February. Work back from the date your stock needs to be on the shelf.

• Summer ranges (swimwear, activewear, tees, shorts): aim for stock by spring, September to November.
• Winter ranges (hoodies, jackets, fleece): aim for stock by autumn, March to May.
• Allow time for each stage. Samples typically take about two weeks per round, then fit changes, bulk production and shipping. Ask for production and delivery dates in your quote.
• Watch the holidays. Factories in China close for Lunar New Year, and Christmas slows shipping everywhere, so book summer ranges early.

Swimwear and activewear are among the most searched clothing manufacturing categories in Australia. Both rely on stretch fabrics and specialist stitching such as coverstitch and flatlock seams, so a fit sample matters even more than for a t-shirt.

Put the fabric composition, weight and stretch in your tech pack, and test the sample through a few washes before you approve it. See our sportswear page for what we make.

Australia uses the same clothing size labels as New Zealand. Women's sizes (8, 10, 12 and so on) are close to UK sizing but different from US sizing, so a US size chart will confuse Australian shoppers.

Put your size system and full measurements in the tech pack. Our sampling and tech pack guide explains what to include.

1. Send your design, tech pack or a reference garment, with quantities and the date you need stock in Australia.
2. We quote, including the minimum for each item and the production country we recommend.
3. We make a sample so you can check the fit, fabric and labels.
4. Once you approve the sample, bulk production starts.
5. We ship the finished order to you in Australia.

See what affects the price of custom clothing, or how low MOQ production works.