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Special Reports
World Textile Trade and Production Trends

Published in June 1988

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PART 1: GLOBAL TRENDS IN PRODUCTION AND CONSUMPTION
Chapter 1: Fibre demand and production trends
World fibre demand
Competition between fibre types
Chapter 2: Textile and clothing demand and production trends
Technical change and developments
Demand for textile products
Changing textile industrial structure
Location of textile and clothing production
Costs of production
PART 2: INTERNATIONAL TRADE IN TEXTILES AND CLOTHING
Chapter 3: Trends in world textiles and clothing trade
The importance of world trade in textiles and clothing
The leading textiles and clothing trading countries
General trends in world textile and clothing trade
Developments in regional trade flows
Trade balances
Relative importance of clothing
Chapter 4: Import penetration in developed countries
Export shares
Sharing the burden of imports
Chapter 5: Trade regulation ? the Multi?Fibre Arrangement
Introduction
Operation of the Multi?Fibre Arrangement
Events leading to the establishment of the MFA
MFA renewals
The MFA in theory and practice
MFA IV: 1986?1991
Effect of the MFA on developing countries
Chapter 6: Structural adjustment under the MFA
Response of developed countries
Measures to encourage adjustment
Chapter 7: Other arrangements for trade regulation
Countries benefiting from EC preferential arrangements
US "807" arrangements
Autonomous arrangements
Tariff quotas
Tariff measures affecting textiles and clothing
Non?tariff barriers
World Textile Trade and Production Trends The Economist Intelligence Unit
Chapter 8: The future for trade regulation
Is the MFA here to stay?
US Textile and Apparel Trade Bill
New Gatt round
What if the MFA goes?
Is textiles still a special case?
PART 3: TEXTILE AND CLOTHING PROSPECTS BY COUNTRY
Chapter 9: USA, Canada and Japan
United States of America
Canada
Japan
Chapter 10: Western Europe
The European Community
Belgium
Denmark
France
West Germany
Greece
Irish Republic
Italy
The Netherlands
Portugal
Spain
United Kingdom
Other West European countries Chapter 11: USSR and Eastern Europe
Introduction
Mill consumption
Exports and imports
Outlook
Chapter 12: Egypt, Mauritius, Morocco, Tunisia and Turkey
Egypt
Mauritius
Morocco
Tunisia
Turkey
Chapter 13: Latin America
Comparisons of textile industries within the region
Brazil
Mexico
Chapter 14: Bangladesh, India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka
Bangladesh
India
Pakistan
Sri Lanka
Chapter 15:Asian
Introduction
Indonesia
Malaysia
Philippines
Singapore
Thailand
Chapter 16: China, Hong Kong, South Korea and Taiwan
China
Hong Kong
South Korea
Taiwan
Appendix
Annual average exchange rates