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The Caribbean Clothing Industry: The US and Far East Connections

Published in October 1988

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2.1 Employment and number of establishments in the US apparel industry, 1985
2.2 Sales and earnings of 61 leading US apparel producers, 1987
2.3 Capital expenditures by the US textile and apparel industries, 1980 and 1985
2.4 Employment in the US textile and apparel industries, 1973-87
2.5 Average hourly earnings of apparel, textile and all manufacturing industry employees, 1973-87
2.6 Output per employee in the US textile and apparel industries, 1973-87
2.7 Analysis of retail profitability - ladies' seasonal fashion tops
3.1 The US apparel market, by volume, 1973-86
3.2 The US apparel market, by value, 1973-86
3.3 Average unit value of apparel supplied to the US market, 1973-86
3.4 Per caput disposable income and consumer expenditure, 1975-86
3.5 Imports as a proportion of US apparel market, 1973-87
3.6 US apparel production, imports and import/production ratios, 1973 and 1986
3.7 US imports of apparel by source, 1982-87
3.8 The US clothing market, 1975-95
8.1 Trade in apparel by EC, USA and Japan with developing countries, 1974-86
9.1 Comparison of 807 apparel manufacturing costs in Jamaica with US costs for similar items
9.2 Average values of imports of selected apparel, 1986
12.1 US imports of cotton, wool and man-made fibre apparel from CBI sources, 1979-87
13.1 Textile products subject to restraint under the USA/Dominican Republic trade agreement of 1983
13.2 Far Eastern owned apparel operations in the Dominican Republic, 1986
13.3 US owned apparel operations in the Dominican Republic, 1986
13.4 US imports of apparel from the Dominican Republic, 1985-87
13.5 US imports of restricted products from the Dominican Republic, 1987-88
13.6 USA/Dominican Republic textile agreement, quota levels for the year to the end of May, 1988
14.1 Textile products subject to restrictions under the Haiti/USA bilateral trade agreement, 1986
14.2 US imports of apparel from Haiti, 1985-87
14.3 US imports of restricted products from Haiti, 1987
15.1 Major apparel investments in Costa Rica, 1986-88
15.2 Export/investment incentives available in Costa Rica, 1987
15.3 Minimum hourly labour costs in the Costa Rican apparel industry, 1987
15.4 US imports of apparel from Costa Rica, 1985-87
16.1 Major Jamaican apparel exporters, 1987
16.2 Apparel categories placed under restraint in the USA/Jamaica bilateral trade agreement, 1986
16.3 Further apparel categories placed under restraint in the USA/Jamaica bilateral trade agreement
16.4 Further categories placed under restraint in the USA/Jamaica bilateral trade agreement, 1987
16.5 Foreign owned apparel companies in Jamaica, 1988
16.6 Jamaican exports of garments, 1982-87
16.7 US imports of apparel from Jamaica, 1985-87
16.8 Jamaican apparel exports by CMT and 807 categories, January-October 1987
16.9 Jamaican usage of guaranteed access levels, 1986-87
16.10 Jamaican usage of non-807a quotas, 1986/87
17.1 Breakdown of 807 operating costs, selected apparel categories, 1985
17.2 Labour costs and productivity in Caribbean apparel industries, 1987
Appendix B
US imports of restricted categories from China, 1986-88
Appendix C
Quotas established under the Trinidad & Tobago/USA textile trade agreement, 1986
Shipments under the USA/Panama textile trade agreement, 1/4/87-31/3/88
Appendix D
South Korean offshore apparel plant in the Caribbean, 1987