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Shipments of yarn machinery to the textile industry in China plunged in 2013 and at the same time, shipments to the industry in Vietnam soared. These trends reflected an apparent shift in the sourcing of textiles and clothing from China to other countries in Asia, and Vietnam in particular, according to a new report from the global business information company Textiles Intelligence – World markets for textile machinery: part 1— yarn manufacture.