What does MOQ mean?

Size breakdown (number of sizes per style) does not really matter. The factory will produce whatever quantities of sizes you need.

Fabric MOQ. Fabric MOQ mostly depends on the MOQ of the fabric dyeing houses. The circular knitted fabric dyeing house impose their minimums on us per colour, so if we order less fabric than their minimum they charge us extra which we have to pass on to our customers. Dyeing houses for knitted fabric in Vietnam have their minimums for fabric production. They are equipped with 300kg dyeing vats which can dye around 1,000 meters of fabric. If you use less than 1,000 meters, the order will not use up all the fabric yet you still have to buy all the fabric.

Artwork MOQs the quantity of appliqué, screen print or embroidery also need to meet the MOQs. For example, most screen printing factories have MOQ of 1,000.

All-Over-Print MOQ Another weakness of the Vietnam garment industry capacity is the all-over-print MOQ. The average MOQ is ~ 2,000 meters per color way.

1,000 pieces MOQ is rather small for the Vietnam garment industry capacity. Any factory that does less is a mom and pop operation and you need to proceed with caution. I recommend you be in Vietnam during production and monitor production closely. Most reputable factories in Vietnam have MOQ greater than 1,000 pieces per style.