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Special Reports
The Clothing Industry and the Single European Market

Published in June 1991

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  • 1.1 Share of clothing industry output and employment in total manufacturing output and employment, 1969-89
  • 1.2 Shares of clothing employment and output in the EC by country, 1980 and 1989
  • 1.3 Number of firms in the EC clothing industry, 1980 and 1989
  • 1.4 EC clothing industry employment, 1980 and 1989
  • 1.5 Concentration in the EC clothing industry, selected countries, 1975-87
  • 1.6 Product specialisation index for selected EC countries, 1988
  • 1.7 Comparisons of investment rates as a percentage of gross value added at factor cost in selected countries and industries, 1985
  • 1.8 Indices of labour productivity in the clothing and textile industries based on output per person employed, 1963-88
  • 1.9 Labour costs in the EC clothing industry for selected countries as at Jan 1, 1989
  • 1.10 Efficiency/productivity ratio of EC clothing firms, 1980 and 1989
  • 2.1 Self-sufficiency ratios for clothing in the EC, 1980-87
  • 2.2 Clothing consumption and import penetration ratios in selected countries, 1986 and 1988
  • 2.3 Private consumption expenditure on clothing at current prices in selected EC countries, 1984 and 1988
  • 2.4 Ten major EC retail distribution chains, 1989
  • 3.1 Shares of EC clothing exports and imports by member state, 1989
  • 3.2 Export specialisation index, 1980 and 1989
  • 3.3 Intra-EC trade in clothing as a percentage of total clothing trade for France, Italy, the UK and West Germany, 1960-89
  • 3.4 Intra-EC trade in clothing as a percentage of total clothing trade for the smaller countries, 1973 and 1987
  • 3.5 Intra-EC trade in clothing for Greece, Portugal and Spain, 1980 and 1989
  • 3.6 EC foreign trade indictors, 1980-89
  • 3.7 Geographical destinations and sources of EC12 clothing exports and imports, 1989
  • 3.8 The EC12's major customers for clothing, 1986 and 1989
  • 3.9 Shares of member states in Efta countries' clothing imports from the EC, 1989
  • 3.10 Leading suppliers of EC clothing, 1986 and 1989
  • 4.1 Main indicators of the Austrian clothing industry, 1987 and 1989
  • 4.2 Clothing trade with Eastern trading area, 1988
  • 5.1 Standard VAT rates in the EC, 1989
  • 5.2 Importance attached to the removal of intra-EC trade barriers for EC firms
  • 6.1 Major indicators of the French clothing industry, 1975-89
  • 6.2 Main French clothing producing regions, 1988
  • 6.3 The French clothing industry by size group, 1987
  • 6.4 France: ten main export markets and import sources for French clothing, 1988
  • 6.5 Indicators of the French clothing industry by product group, 1988
  • 6.6 French outward processing imports by leading supplier, 1988
  • 6.7 Italy: major clothing industry indicators, 1984-89
  • 6.8 Italian clothing exports by product and destination market, 1989
  • 6.9 Italy's main clothing suppliers by product group, 1989
  • 6.10 Analysis of the competitiveness of Italian clothing exports, selected items, 1989
  • 6.11 Main economic indicators of the West German clothing industry, 1984 and 1989
  • 6.12 West Germany's main clothing producing regions, 1987
  • 6.13 Indicators of the West German clothing industry by subsector, 1988
  • 6.14 West Germany: wage/salary and productivity trends in clothing and all manufacturing, 1975-87
  • 6.15 Price trends in the West German clothing market, 1985 and 1987
  • 6.16 Share by country and region of West German clothing trade, 1988
  • 6.17 Geographical breakdown of West German clothing imports by main source, 1988
  • 6.18 Leading growth markets for West German clothing exports, 1988
  • 6.19 Extent of outward processing in West German trade by source, 1988
  • 6.20 Intra-German exchanges of clothing products, 1981-87
  • 6.21 Main indicators of the UK clothing industry, 1984 and 1989
  • 6.22 Shares of UK clothing and knitwear trade by leading import suppliers and export markets, 1988
  • 6.23 UK clothing: distribution of output, exports and import penetration by market segment, 1988
  • 7.1 Comparative structure of clothing and textile production and exports in Portugal, Spain, Greece, Republic of Ireland and Belgium, 1977-87
  • 7.2 Indicators of the Spanish clothing industry, 1989
  • 7.3 Main indicators of the Portuguese clothing industry, 1988-89
  • 8.1 Main indicators of the Belgian clothing industry, 1987-89
  • 8.2 Output and exports of the Belgian clothing industry by subsector, 1988-89
  • 8.3 Belgium's main trading partners in clothing, 1988-89
  • 8.4 Main indicators of the Netherlands clothing industry, 1988-89
  • 8.5 The Netherlands' major trading partners in clothing, 1988
  • 8.6 Sectoral distribution of Netherlands clothing output and exports, 1988
  • 8.7 Indicators of the Danish clothing industry, 1989
  • 8.8 Main indicators of the Republic of Ireland clothing industry, 1984, 1988 and 1990
  • 8.9 Irish clothing imports by sources and clothing exports by destination, 1990