In the Material World trade show which will be held in United States, 29 Colombian companies will participate.

It is the third time that Colombian companies take part in such event. In the two previous ones, the 56 companies which took part managed to close deals worth more than US$7mil, according to Proexport, the Colombian export-promoting fund.

Among the 29 Colombian participants are groups such as Everfit, Confecol, LTC, Creatum, Induboton and Pastinovo. Colombian textile exports to the US totaled US$253.8mil in the first seven months of 2003, an increased of 60% on exports of US$158.5mil in the same period in 2002.