TEGUCIGALPA, July 28 (Xinhua) -- U.S. clothing companies in Honduras said Tuesday that they were concerned about the political crisis in the country. They called for a dialogue to find a solution.

    Regional director of the Makers up Association of Honduras, Guillermo Matamoros, said on Tuesday that they had urged the Honduran government to solve the crisis with a dialogue.

    He said the companies were operating normally. However, they were worried that the conflict, which may affect their production, cannot be solved immediately.

    Clothing companies like Nike, Adidas and Gap that manufacture products in Honduran factories released a letter addressed to U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton calling for the "restoration of democracy in Honduras."

    They said they were "very concerned about the continuation of the violence, if the dispute is not solved immediately."

    They also sent a copy of the letter to the general secretary of the Organization of American States, Jose Miguel Insulza, and to the U.S. assistant secretary of state for Western Hemisphere affairs, Thomas Shannon.

    Honduran manufacture exports about 3 billion U.S. dollars per year. Most of the foreign clothing companies in Honduras are from the United States and Asia.