Sourcing Textiles and Apparel from India

Sourcing Textiles and Apparel from India - Textiles Intelligence for the Apparel Industry & Textile Industry

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Employing almost 15 million people, India's textile and apparel industry is one of the largest in the world. All three major textile sectors - mill, powerloom and handloom - are interdependent, and all make products which are exported to the rest of the world. The report examines all three sectors. It provides data on prices by product category as well as analysing textile and clothing imports into India's major markets. Case studies of importers and manufacturers are presented, and lists of major apparel buyers and selling agents are given, together with their contact details.

PART 1: INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY
Chapter 1: Introduction: Summary
PART 2: THE US MARKET
Chapter 2: The US apparel industry: Profile
Investment
Employment
Wage levels and productivity
Meeting market requirements
Chapter 3: Apparel market trends: Supply to US market
Import penetration
The mid-1980s import surge
Import sources
The Tigers muzzled
Chapter 4: Textile trade policy: Policy considerations
The policy outcome
Chapter 5: The international framework: Influence of the USA
The Multi-Fibre Arrangement
Chapter 6: Regulatory instruments: Fiscal protection
Quantitative controls
Chapter 7: Policy implementation: Bilateral trade agreements
Administration
Chapter 8: The effectiveness of US policy: Objectives and achievement
Areas of weakness
Chapter 9: Promoting developing country exports: TSUSA 807
807 and the US industry
807 and developing country exports
Growth of 807 trade
Chapter 10: The Caribbean source: The Caribbean as a special case
The CBI Textile Program
Chapter 11: Alternatives to apparel trade policy: The US industry lobby
Protectionist measures in Congress
The lobby and the Caribbean
PART 3: THE CARIBBEAN SUPPLIERS
Chapter 12: Introduction: Overview of Caribbean exports to the USA
Structural adjustment
Chapter 13: The Dominican Republic: Industry structure
Institutional arrangements
International competitiveness
Overseas investment
Export performance
Chapter 14: Haiti: Industry profile
Institutional arrangements
International competitiveness
Overseas investment
Export performance
Chapter 15: Costa Rica: Industry structure
Institutional arrangements
International competitiveness
Overseas investment in apparel
Export performance
Chapter 16: Jamaica: Industry structure
Institutional arrangements
International competitiveness
Foreign investment
Export performance
Chapter 17: Comparative assessment: The Caribbean compared with other locations
The Caribbean producers
Chapter 18: Future prospects: The US market
Other markets
Other Caribbean producers
APPENDICES
Appendix A:: Subsidies and incentives in major apparel exporting countries
Appendix B:: US imports of restricted categories from China, 1986-88
Appendix C:: Other CBI textile trade agreements
Appendix D:: South Korean offshore apparel plant in the Caribbean, 1987

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