| Author |
Date and source |
Quotes |
|
| Doha
Briefing notes |
October
2001
Textiles and Clothing
Doha
Briefing notes
|
" Developing
countries look at textiles and clothing - exports of which
amounted to $356 billion in 2000 representing 7.7% of world trade
in manufactures - as one major manufacturing sector in which they
have competitive advantage. They also believe that trade success
in this area would be an important step up in the industrial
development ladder." |
| Reuters |
16
October 2001
Reuters
|
" The
European Union's executive body proposed a package of trade
concessions[...] which it said could boost Pakistan's exports of
clothing and textiles by one billion Euros ($908.3 million) over
the next four years." |
| Pradeep
Agrawal |
13
October 2001
Economic and Political Weekly
|
"
Exports of textiles and garments (SITC categories 65 and 84)
account for about 25 per cent of India's total commodity exports
and about 40 per cent of its manufactured product exports. In
1999-2000, India's total commodity exports earned $38 billion, of
which exports of textiles and garments were worth $10
billion, of wich the US accounted for about $ 2.2 billion.
The total world imports of these commodities were worth nearly $
250 billion, of which the US import were for $ 50 billion. Thus,
there is still huge potential for India to increase its exports of
textiles and garments. Further, since textiles and garments are
highly labour-intensive, they are a majour source of employment
generation; in fact, this sector is the largest industrial
employer in India. The high labour intensity of this sector also
means that India has a potentially strong comparative advantage in
it. Thus, it is an important source of economic well-being for the
Indian economy by generating employment and foreign exchange
earnings." |
| WTO
Director-General, Mike Moore |
9
August 2001
Reuters
|
" Moore
expounded on those figures, noting that U.S. textile imports rose
196 percent from Pakistan, 85 percent from Bangladesh, 100 percent
from Indonesia and 99 percent from Thailand between 1995 and
2000." |
| US Trade
Representative, Robert Zoellick |
9
August 20001
Reuters
|
" Zoellick
noted that India's textile exports to the United States have risen
84 percent because of Uruguay Round reductions in U.S. barriers
and India's exports of farm goods to the United states have grown
by 74 percent." |
| US Trade Representative, Robert Zoellick |
5 July 2001
Dow Jones International News Service
|
"
According
to USTR (United States Trade Representative), countries which
qualified for trade concessions on textiles authorized by the
AGOA (African Growth and Opportunity Act) increase their
exports to the US by 23% during the first quarter this year.
During the same period, US exports to sub-Saharan Africa rose
30%". |
| Professor of Economics, School of International
Studies, JNU, Manoj Pant |
3 August 2001
The Economic Times
|
"
According
to estimates of UNCTAD, in the post-Uruguay round period, US
tariffs on more than half their textile imports still range
from 15 to 40 per cent as compared to the average industrial
tariff of around 3 per cent." |
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