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Hong Kong is the world's biggest exporter of clothing,
with 13% of world trade. Yet the industry hardly existed before the early
1950s. The report looks at the prospects for the survival of Hong Kong's
clothing industry following the Chinese takeover in 1997, and the impact of
Chinese rule and rising costs on the clothing industry's future.
- PART 1: INTRODUCTION
AND SUMMARY
- Chapter 1:
Introduction and summary
- PART 2: HONG KONG AS A
SUPPLIER OF CLOTHING
- Chapter 2: The
development of Hong Kong's textile and clothing
industries
- Historical background
Role of government
- Chapter 3: Profile of
the Hong Kong apparel industry
- Present industry
structure
Investment
Employment
Labour costs
Industry costs
- Chapter4: Material
supply
- yarn and thread
fabrics
- Chapter 5: Production
- Overall trends
Detailed review
- Chapter 6: Overseas
trade
- Hong Kong as a garment
exporter
The trading pattern
Export trade
Hong Kong as China's entrepot
- PART 3: HONG KONG'S
TEXTILE TRADE RELATIONS
- Chapter 7: The
international trading regime
- Textiles and the Gatt
Fiscal controls
Physical regulation
The Multi-Fibre Arrangement
- Chapter 8: The MFA
achievement
- The effect on world
trade
The industrial impact
- Chapter 9: Hong Kong's
trade relations
- Restraints on Hong
Kong's export trade
Hong Kong Strategy
The USA
The EC member states
Other outlets
- Chapter10: Textile
export control system
- The export control
regime
Quota allocation
The market in Transferred quota
- Chapter 11: Hong
Kong's performance in its major agreements
- The USA
The EC
Other markets
- PART 4: THE DIASPORA
OF THE HONG KONG CLOTHING INDUSTRY
- Chapter 12: An
offshore capability
- Background
The movement overseas: the rationale
Merits of alternative investment locations
- Chapter 13: Relations
with overseas associates
- Organisation of Hong
Kong's international enterprises Onwell Holdings Ltd: a
case study in centralised operations
- PART 5: HONG KONG'S
FUTURE AS A SUPPLIER OF CLOTHING
- Chapter 14: Factors
affecting the future of the Hong Kong clothing industry
- Chapter 15: Hong Kong
and the future of the international textile trading
regime
- The end of the MFA?
The attitudes of the parties
Negotiating positions in early 1990
After the MFA
Consequences for Hong Kong in 1991
- Chapter 16: Hong
Kong's relationship with China
- Preserving a distinct
identity
The legal position
Practical independence of the Hong Kong industry
- Chapter 17: Prospects
for Hong Kong as a garment supplier
- Still an attractive
location?
The economics of clothing production
Hong Kong as a marketing centre
The confidence factor
- Appendix A: Hong Kong
usage of US textile and apparel quotas
- Appendix B: Leading
Hong Kong knitting and apparel manufacturers
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