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Textiles and Clothing in China: Competitive Threat or Investment Opportunity?

Published in January 1995

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  • 1.1 China: basic data
  • 1.2 World’s leading exporters of textiles and clothing, 1992
  • 1.3 China: economic structure, 1989-93
  • 1.4 Political structure of China
  • 2.1 Number of plants in China’s textile and clothing industry by sector, 1990-91
  • 2.2 Staff and workers in Chinese textile, apparel and related enterprises, 1985-92
  • 2.3 China’s output of textiles by province, 1992
  • 2.4 Statistics for China’s township textile enterprises by sector, number, employment and output value, 1992
  • 2.5 Installed spinning capacity in and foreign shipments to the Chinese spinning industry, 1984-93
  • 2.6 Chinese cotton spinning capacity, 1978-93
  • 2.7 Distribution of Chinese cotton spinning capacity by province, 1993
  • 2.8 Chinese wool spinning capacity, 1970-93
  • 2.9 Installed weaving capacity in and foreign shipments to the Chinese weaving industry, 1984-93
  • 2.10 China’s output of fibres, textiles and garments, 1993-94
  • 2.11 Profitability of China’s state-owned textile industry, 1990
  • 2.12 Freight, cargo and passenger volumes in China, 1991-92
  • 2.13 Energy production in China, 1991-92
  • 2.14 Utilisation of machinery, equipment and related items in the Chinese textile industry, 1985-92
  • 3.1 China’s top ten foreign trade corporations, 1991
  • 3.2 China’s top 20 textile foreign trade corporations, 1990
  • 4.1 Mill consumption of textile fibres in China, 1980-2000
  • 4.2 World raw cotton production and consumption by leading producing and consuming countries, 1988-94
  • 4.3 World raw cotton trade by leading exporting and importing countries, 1988-94
  • 4.4 Chinese man-made fibre production by fibre type, 1970-93
  • 4.5 Chinese imports of textile fibres, 1992-93
  • 4.6 Production of man-made filament yarns in China, 1980-93
  • 4.7 China’s top textile enterprises by sales value, 1991
  • 4.8 Expanded and newly established viscose fibre productive capacity during China’s Eighth Five Year Plan period, 1991-95
  • 4.9 World wool production by leading producers, 1991-94
  • 4.10 World raw wool imports by selected importing countries, 1988-93
  • 4.11 Chinese raw wool imports by main supplying country, 1990-92
  • 4.12 Chinese production of selected wool textile products, 1988-92
  • 4.13 Raw silk output and sown area of silkworm cocoons in China, 1987-92
  • 4.14 Sown area and output of ramie in China, 1987-92
  • 4.15 Sown area and output of flax in China, 1987-92
  • 4.16 Sown area and output of jute and ambary hemp (kenaf) in China, 1987-92
  • 4.17 Annual purchase of major textile commodities in China, per urban household, by fibre type, 1985-92
  • 6.1 Average annual wages and income per head in China, by selected provinces, 1990 and 1992
  • 6.2 Average annual wages of staff and workers in Chinese industry, 1978-92
  • 6.3 International comparison of labour costs and operating hours, summer 1993
  • 6.4 International labour cost comparisons in spinning and weaving, 1980-93
  • 7.1 China’s leading export categories, 1993
  • 7.2 Trends in Chinese textile and clothing trade, 1980-93
  • 7.3 Direct destinations of China’s textile and clothing exports, 1993
  • 7.4 Direct destinations of China’s clothing exports, 1985-93
  • 7.5 Hong Kong’s re-exports of apparel items and clothing accessories originating in China, by major destinations, 1989-93
  • 7.6 Final destinations of China’s textile and clothing exports by region, 1993
  • 7.7 Leading suppliers of textiles and clothing to the USA, 1993
  • 7.8 US imports of textiles and clothing from China, 1987-93
  • 7.9 Leading suppliers of textiles and clothing to the EU, 1993
  • 7.10 EU imports of textiles and clothing from China, 1987-93
  • 7.11 Chinese exports of selected fibres, textiles, garments and machinery, 1992-93
  • 8.1 Utilisation of Chinese textile and apparel quotas for the US market
  • 8.2 Schedule of quota integration and growth uplift under the WTO transition phase
  • 9.1 China’s principal imports by product category and value, 1992-93
  • 9.2 China’s fibre, textile and garment imports, 1992-93
  • 9.3 China’s fibre, textile and garment imports by country of origin, 1993
  • 9.4 World’s ten principal importers of natural textile fibres, 1985-92
  • 9.5 Chinese imports of selected textile materials, textiles, garments and machinery, 1992-93
  • 9.6 China’s tariff reduction plan, selected fibres, textiles, clothing, machinery and textile auxiliaries, 1994
  • 10.1 Foreign share of total investment in the Chinese fibre, textile and clothing industry by sector, 1989-92
  • 10.2 Foreign technology involvement in Chinese man-made fibre projects, 1994
  • 11.1 Hong Kong’s principal domestic exports by product category, 1993
  • 11.2 Export performance of Hong Kong’s textiles and clothing industry, 1990-93
  • 11.3 Major markets for Hong Kong’s textile exports and re-exports, 1993
  • 11.4 Major markets for Hong Kong’s apparel exports and re-exports, 1993
  • 13.1 MFN and non-MFN tariffs on US textile and garment imports, 1990
  • 15.1 China’s fibres, textiles and clothing trade with selected CIS and East European countries, 1993
  • 16.1 China’s 100 leading retail outlets, 1992
  • 16.2 Standard of living indicators in China, 1985, 1990-92
  • 16.3 Consumption per head in China, 1955-92
  • 16.4 Annual expenditure on clothing in China, per household, 1985-92
  • 16.5 Annual expenditure on clothing in China, per head by region, 1992
  • 17.1 Forecasts of China’s economic indicators, 1992-99
  • 17.2 Profitability of the top 42 foreign- funded textile and clothing enterprises in China, 1992
  • 17.3 Forecasts of China’s fibre consumption to 2000
  • A1.1 Quotas restricting Chinese textiles and clothing exports to the EU market, 1993 and 1994
  • A1.2 Quotas restricting Chinese textiles and clothing exports to the US market, 1994
  • A2.1 Selected Sino-foreign textile, garment and related projects as at December 1993