Fig 4: USA Apparel Imports by
Source and Risk Level
2002 2005 (by US $ million)
Calculations based on data from the US;
Department of Commerce OTEXA Office
Notes: Trade Associations used in Fig 4 are as below (Ref 10)
NAFTA = North American Free Trade Association; (Canada; USA; Mexico)
SSA = Sub Saharan Africa (about 50 nations)
BBI = Caribbean Basin Initiative
Basically, these all represent efforts by the US government to ameliorate the impact of MFA and WTO quota and tariff charges. The intent
is to permit US businesses to relocate labour intensive operations to
(relatively) lower cost countries, and than have the goods re-imported to the US under certain rules of origin.
2.5.11 Indias Competitors
Indias exports fall into the low risk category because of its well
developed domestic textile industry.
Despite this, Indias exports do face serious competition
from the following countries :
- China
- Bangladesh
- Pakistan
- Sri Lanka
