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Textile, Wool and Fur Matters - http://www.ftc.gov/os/statutes/textilejump.htm
Rules and regulations under US products identification and labelling acts for the textile, fur and apparel industries. Text and PDF files. From the US Federal Trade Commission's web site. |
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Threading Your Way Through the Labeling Requirements - http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/edu/pubs/business/textile/bus21.shtm
A guide, stipulating U.S. federal labeling requirements for textile, wool and fur products. From the Federal Trade Commission, in cooperation with the American Apparel Manufacturers Association. |
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European Research in Textiles and Clothing Sector - http://www.euratex.org/download/publications/papers/rd-3-2002a2_-_research_strategy_paper_final.pdf
Euratex' 2002 position paper on the need to develop a common strategy for research and development policies and activities that should lead to a reinforcement of the leading position of the European textile and clothing industry. |
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Globalization in the Apparel and Textile Industries: What is New and What is Not? - http://www.hctar.org/pdfs/GS07.2.pdf
Extensive paper describing the development of globalization in the international textile manufacturing industry since the first half of the nineteenth Century. Authors: Frederick H. Abernathy and others. |
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The Future of the Apparel and Textile Industries: Prospects and Choices for Public and Private Actors - http://www.hctar.org/pdfs/GS10.pdf
Discussion paper showing that the advantages of proximity to small finished textile goods inventories will be continuing in the post textile quota world, as retailers will raise the bar on supplier responsiveness and flexibility. Authors: David Weil and others. |
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The Development of the China Apparel Industry - http://www.hctar.org/pdfs/GS01.PDF
Joint report of the China Textile University and the Harvard Center for Textile and Apparel Research, providing an outline of the size, structure, management, performance, technology, human resources, and organization for exports of the Chinese textile industry. Author: Prof. Gu Qingliang and associates. |
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An Overview of the Turkish Textile and Apparel Industry - http://www.hctar.org/pdfs/GS06.pdf
Extensive paper from 2001, providing an overview of the Turkish textile and apparel industry. Author: Baris Tan. |
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Apparel Apocalypse? - http://www.hctar.org/pdfs/GS-OPED1.pdf
Short article expressing the view that the end of import quotas on textile products presents a technology and marketing challenge rather than a threat to the existence of US textile manufacturing and retail industries. Authors: Fred Abernathy and David Weil. |
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The Influence of Quotas, Tariffs and Bilateral Trade Agreement on Post 2005 Apparel Trade - http://www.hctar.org/pdfs/GS08.pdf
Extensive paper about the influences of the abolishment of textile quotas on the US textile manufacturing and retail market. Author: Claire Chiron. |
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EPA. Sector Notebook Project - http://www.epa.gov/compliance/resources/publications/assistance/sectors/notebooks/plastic.html
Profile of the plastic resin and man-made fiber industries. Document, containing 190 pages. From the US Environmental Protection Agency. |
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The Global Textile and Clothing Industry post the Agreement on Textiles and Clothing - http://www.wto.org/english/res_e/booksp_e/discussion_papers5_e.pdf
Discussion paper, assessing the likely impact of liberalisation of the textile and garment trade taking into account recent technological and managerial developments, and focusing on recent development in supply chain management in the textile and garment sectors. Published by the World Trade Organisation. Author: Hildegunn Kyvik Nordas. |
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Textile and Clothing Industry: Adjusting to the Post-Quota World - http://www.unescap.org/tid/publication/tipub2500_pt1chap1.pdf
Position paper discusing the implications of the end of the quota system which governed the global textile export trade until January 1, 2005, and the expiration in 2008 of the subsequent safeguard measures imposed by developing as well as developed countries against Chinese textile exports. Authors: Ratnakar Adhikari and Yumiko Yamamoto. |
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New Biotech Tools for a Cleaner Environment - http://www.bio.org/ind/pubs/cleaner2004/CleanerExecSumm.pdf
Technical report about the evolution and recent growth of industrial biotechnology, the development of pollution prevention policies, and the potential for biotechnology to offer new ways of preventing pollution and foster sustainable development. Summary for policy makers, prepared by the Biotechnology Industry Organization. |
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Kenia's Apparel & Textile Industry - http://www.epzakenya.com/UserFiles/File/ApparelTextile.pdf
Export Processing Zones Authority of Kenia 2005 report, providing an overview of the state of affairs of the local cotton cultivation and processing, and textile and apparel industries. |
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Profile of the Textile Industry - http://www.epa.gov/compliance/resources/publications/assistance/sectors/notebooks/textilsn.pdf
Environmental profile of the textile industry, published by the US Environmental Protection Agency as part of the Sector Notebook Project, and including descriptions of history and processes, chemical releases, pollution prevention opportunities, federal statutes and regulations, and a compliance and enforcement profile. |
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The Global Textile and Garments Industry - http://www.infodev.org/en/Document.582.aspx
June 2008 World Bank report, presenting case studies of textile and apparel companies which have successfully used information and communication technologies for value chain exploitation. Edited by Kerry McNamara. |
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A Comparative Study of the British and Italian Textile and Clothing Industry - http://www.berr.gov.uk/files/file14772.pdf
April, 2003 published study, commissioned by the UK Department of Industry, comparing the performance of the UK textile and apparel industry relative to the Italian industry. Authors: Nicholas Owen and Alan Cannon Jones. |
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The Forces Shaping World Cotton Consumption After the Multifiber Arrangement - http://www.ers.usda.gov/publications/cws/apr05/cws05c01/cws05c01.pdf
Outlook Report from the Economic Research Service of the US Department of Agriculture, reviewing the influence of the phaseout of the Multifiber Arrangement (MFA) on the world's cotton and textile markets. Authors: Stephen MacDonald and Thomas Vollrath. |
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Pakistan Lags Behind in Technical Textiles - http://www.biztek.edu.pk/downloads/research/jmss_v3_n2/8%20Pakistan%20lags%20behind%20in%20Technical%20Textiles.pdf
Paper describing the technological and economical impact of technical textiles in the industrially developed countries, and the failure of Pakistani government and industry to invest their efforts in the development of a technical textiles industry. Authors: Noor Ahmed Memon and Noor Zaman. |
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The China Threat to the World Textile and Apparel Trade - http://www.ncto.org/textilecrisis/china.pdf
In-depth analysis of Chinese import increases and price shifts in quota controlled textile and clothing categories in the US, published by the American Textile Manufacturers' Institute (ATMI). |
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The Indian Textile Industry. Part 1 - http://texmin.nic.in/tnpl_chap1.pdf
First chapter of a review of the Indian textile raw materials and finished products industries, and road maps for its future development and promotion, containing an introduction, and a description of the reviews' objectives and methodologies. |
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Global Dynamics Impacting Yarn Production and Consumption - http://www.tx.ncsu.edu/jtatm/volume5issue4/Articles/Tangboonritruthai/TANGBOONRITRUTHAI_Full_185-06.pdf
Overview of research, trade literature and government statistical reports regarding yarn production, exports and imports, movement of machinery, preferential trade agreements and yarn consumption which combined provide the dynamics for competition in the global yarn market. Authors: Suvalee Tangboonritruthai and others. |
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Work and Efficiency in Cotton Mills: Did the Indian Entrepreneur Fail? - http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/economics/seminars/history/indian_cotton_mills4.pdf
Investigative study of September 2003 on the lack of productivity of Indian textile workers, arguing that nutrition levels and living conditions, in combination with managements' failure to recognise the connection between wages and efficiency may have caused workers' resistance to higher work intensities. Author: Bishnupriya Gupta. |
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Knitting the Future of the Textiles and Leather Sector: Four Scenarios - http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/emcc/publications/2004/ef0466en.pdf
In-depth 2004 report from the European Monitoring Centre on Change (EMCC), analysing the major socio-cultural, economic, political, technical and ecological trends and their associated drivers of change over the next 10 years in the textiles industry, and presenting possible future scenarios with regard to the development of ICT and production technologies, textile related technologies, the EU, international trade, and the economic situation within the EU. |
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Application of Simulation Technique in Weaving Mills - http://www.fibtex.lodz.pl/51_05_08.pdf
Comparative study, aimed at investigating the potential for increased worker efficiency by improving the organization of a weaving mill and removing bottlenecks, rather then investing in increasing the speed and performance of machinery. Authors: Pelin Gurkan and Cankut Taskin. |
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The Indian Textile Industry. Part X - http://texmin.nic.in/tnpl_chap10.pdf
Tenth and closing chapter of a review of the Indian textile raw materials and finished products industries, and road maps for its future development and promotion, providing a proposal for focus areas for strategy formulation. |
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The Indian Textile Industry. Part 9 - http://texmin.nic.in/tnpl_chap9.pdf
Ninth chapter of a review of the Indian textile raw materials and finished products industries, and road maps for its future development and promotion, focusing on problems and issues faced by the powerloom industry. |
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The Indian Textile Industry. Part 8 - http://texmin.nic.in/tnpl_chap8.pdf
Eighth chapter of a review of the Indian textile raw materials and finished products industries, and road maps for its future development and promotion, reviewing the awareness of local industries on modernisation and upgrading of technologies. |
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The Indian Textile Industry. Part 7 - http://texmin.nic.in/tnpl_chap7.pdf
Seventh chapter of a review of the Indian textile raw materials and finished products industries, and road maps for its future development and promotion, offering a discussion about marketing and related issues. |
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The Indian Textile Industry. Part 6 - http://texmin.nic.in/tnpl_chap6.pdf
Sixth chapter of a review of the Indian textile raw materials and finished products industries, and road maps for its future development and promotion, describing raw materials, quality and usage patterns. |
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The Indian Textile Industry. Part 5 - http://texmin.nic.in/tnpl_chap5.pdf
Fifth chapter of a review of the Indian textile raw materials and finished products industries, and road maps for its future development and promotion, reviewing products and production processes. |
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The Indian Textile Industry. Part 4 - http://texmin.nic.in/tnpl_chap4.pdf
Fourth chapter of a review of the Indian textile raw materials and finished products industries, and road maps for its future development and promotion, focusing on looms, weaving preparatory machines and their technology levels. |
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The Indian Textile Industry. Part 3 - http://texmin.nic.in/tnpl_chap3.pdf
Third chapter of a review of the Indian textile raw materials and finished products industries, and road maps for its future development and promotion, describing the structural pattern, business models, employment and investment capabilities in the powerloom sector. |
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The Indian Textile Industry. Part 2 - http://texmin.nic.in/tnpl_chap2.pdf
Second chapter of a review of the Indian textile raw materials and finished products industries, and road maps for its future development and promotion, focusing on the dispersal and structure of the powerloom industry of Tamilnadu. |
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Eco-Labels and International Trade in Textiles - http://www.card.iastate.edu/publications/DBS/PDFFiles/99wp221.pdf
Extensive paper presenting a formal analysis of the welfare and trade implications of eco-labeling schemes in the global textile industry. Authors: Wesley Nimon and John C. Behgin. |
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Applying Intelligent Systems as a Basis for Improving the Position and Competitiveness of the European Textile Industry - http://www.fibtex.lodz.pl/55_06_14.pdf
Paper presenting suggestions for the improvement of companies' position within the European textile and clothing industry, by maintaining or creating more complex machinery and equipment, sewing robots and functional units in medium developed industrial areas. Authors: Isak Karabegovic and Darko Ujevic. |
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Agreement on Textiles and Clothing - http://www.itcb.org/Documents/itcb-mi3.pdf
Paper presented to the World Trade Organization in order to facilitate an evaluation of progress in implementation of the Uruguay Round Agreements on Textiles and Clothing (ATC). |
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Analysis of Clothing Web Sites for Young Customer Retention - http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-10272003-150525/unrestricted/YKETD.pdf
Doctor of Philosophy thesis about research aimed at determining the effects of the attitude of a sample of young consumers toward their favourite web sites on intentions to purchase through Internet clothing sites and other channels. Author: Yoo-Kyoung Seock. |
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Textiles & Apparel - http://www.wa.gov/esd/lmea/sprepts/indprof/textiles.htm
Analysis of the US textile and apparel industry with regard to employment and average wages. From the Employment Security Department. |
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The Development of the Medical Textile Market - http://www.fibtex.lodz.pl/49_06_13.pdf
Presentation of the harmonisation of the global medical textile market into application categories, and an analysis of the trends in the foreign trade of medical textiles on the world economy. Author: Robert Czajka. |
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The Australian Technical Textiles and Nonwovens Profile - http://www.ttna.com.au/MSA%20DATA%20ON%20TTN.pdf
Detailed profile of the Australian technical textiles and nonwovens industry, based on research of publicly available data and an industry survey on behalf of Manufacturing Skills Australia. |
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The Polypropylene Fibres Industry in Japan - http://www.technica.net/NF/NF2/ejapanPP.htm
Extensive presentation of the Japanese polypropylene fiber industry in the last decade of the 20th Century. From New Fibres Magazine. Author: Hideo Sakakura. |
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Export Competitiveness of the Indian Textile and Garment Industry - http://62.58.77.238/downloads/conference%202002/1.2%20Samar%20Verma.pdf
Working paper from 2002 of the Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations, evaluating the export competitiveness of the Indian textile and garment industry in view of the quota free trade after 2004, including recommendations for policy reforms necessary in order to unlock India's export capabilities. Author: Samar Verma. |
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End-Use Products in Technical Textiles and Nonwovens - http://www.dratex.co.uk/acatalog/MedtechSUm.pdf
World market forecast to 2010 on the expected developments in the applications and consumption of finished products in the technical textiles and nonwovens industries. From David Rigby Associates. |
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The Polish Textile and Man-made Fiber Industry - http://www.technica.net/NF/NF2/epolonia.htm
Presentation about the facts and figures of the Polish textile and man-made fibers industry, delivered by Alojzy Urbanowski at the EATP 2000 Conference. |
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The Cost of EU Trade Protection in Textiles and Clothing - http://www.frihandel.nu/pdf/textilrapport.pdf
A March 2000 report estimating the costs of European Union restraints on trade in textiles and clothing, in light of its obligations under the Uruguay Round Agreement on Textiles and Clothing (ATC). Authors: J.F. Francois, H. Glissmann and D. Spinanger. |
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Hard Choices for Textiles and Clothing in SADC - http://qed.econ.queensu.ca/faculty/flatters/writings/ff_hard_choices.pdf
Extensive research paper describing the time-limited opportunities for southern African economies to benefit from increases in investment and employment in the textile and garment sector, after recent market-opening measures in major developed country markets. Author: Frank Flatters. |
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Crisis in the US Textile and Apparel Industry: Is it Caused by Trade Agreements and Asian Currency Meltdowns? - http://cnas.tamu.edu/publications/powerpoint/papers/Amponsaht.pdf
Extensive paper about the crisis which the US textile and apparel industry is currently facing, and seems to be fuelled by the dual effects of the US currency exchange rate, and trade policies. Authors: William A. Amponsah and Viktor O. Boadu. |
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The Technical Textiles and Nonwovens Industry in Turkey - http://www.ctacc.org/new/images/Industrialfiles/techtex.pdf
Paper prepared for the Export Promotion Center of Turkey, reporting on the state of the art in the Turkish technical textiles and nonwoven industry, including some production data. Authors: Alpaslan Emek and Oguz Kuyumcu. |
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Economic Impacts of Post-9/11 Security Initiatives on the International Textiles and Clothing Industry - http://students.washington.edu/dohne/Impacts_ExecSum.htm
In-depth June 2002 study aimed at unravelling the specific affects on the international textile industry of the Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism (C-TPAT) and the 24-Hour Rule, enacted by the US Congress during the immediate aftermath of the 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Center. Authors: Derik Andreoli and others. |
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Competitiveness of the Turkish Textile and Clothing Industry - http://www.inovasyon.org/pdf/ET.textile%20and%20clothing%20ind.15_09_02.pdf
Extensive paper presenting a study on the competitiveness of the Turkish textile and apparel industries, identifying its sources and changes in competitive conditions. Author: Erol Taymaz. |
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Insight into the Turkish Textile and Apparel Industry - http://ejt.marmara.edu.tr/ejt_articles/Akalin.pdf
Brief summary outlining the current situation of the textile industry in Turkey, and its position in the global economy. Author: Prof. Dr. Mehmet Akalin. |
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Interfiber Competition in Textile Mills over Time - http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/bitstream/15414/1/26010173.pdf
Study about the competition for market share between cotton and non-cellulosic fibers in textile mills during the period 1961-1990, indicating that the structure for the demand of cotton in unstable. Authors: Don E. Ethridge and others. |
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Producing Yarn of Required Quality at Competitive Prices - http://www.webtex.com.br/arquivosPDF/producing_yarn.pdf
Extensive article about the current state of the Pakistani yarn and textile industry, and the need to invest in new machinery and technologies. Author: Dr. H.R. Sheikh. |
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Man-made Fibers Fuel Growth of Nonwovens - http://www.ifj.com/issue/Feb01/35.htm
Report and forecast of the growth and development of the production volumes of the nonwovens industry, and the factors influencing the process. Author: Stan Dobson. |
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Growth Prospects for India's Cotton and Textile Industries - http://www.ers.usda.gov/publications/cws/jun05/cws05d01/cws05d01.pdf
June 2005 Outlook Report from the US Department of Agriculture, reviewing the prospects for increased demand for cotton and man-made fibers in the Indian textile and apparel industry, due to the growth in production and exports following the removal of quota's related to the Multifiber Arrangement. Authors: Thomas Vollrath and others. |
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Polyester in Technical Textiles and Nonwovens - http://www.textile-info.com/1875-ToC.pdf
In-depth world market forecast to 2010 for the development of the use of polyester fiber in the technical textiles and the nonwovens industries. From David Rigby Associates. |
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The US Textile and Apparel Industry - A Revolution in Progress - http://www.wws.princeton.edu/cgi-bin/byteserv.prl/~ota/disk2/1987/8733/8733.PDF
Original 1987 report from the OTA Project staff, describing the state of the US textile and apparel industry and strategies for the future. Includes a glossary of technical terms and definitions. |
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The Future of the Textiles and Clothing Sector in the Enlarged Europe - http://europa.eu.int/comm/enterprise/textile/documents/sec2003_1345en.pdf
European Commission staff working paper from 2003, providing and economic and competitiveness analysis of the European textile and apparel industry following the recent enlargement of the European Union. |
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Textiles and Apparel in NAFTA - http://www.bancomundial.org.mx/pdf/55.pdf
Policy research paper of the World Bank, examining the changes that Mexico's textile and clothing industry is likely to face under the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), comparing pre-NAFTA and probable post-NAFTA scenarios. Authors: Geoffrey Bannister and Patrick Low. |
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Position Paper on the Kenian Textile Industry - http://www.tradeandindustry.go.ke/documents/di_report_textile.pdf
Government publication from 2001, presenting a review of the economic development and current state of affairs of the Kenian textile industry since independence. |
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The Polypropylene Industry in China - http://www.chemsystems.com/search/docs/prospectus/MC06_China_PP_Pros.pdf
Nexant, Inc July 2006 in-depth analysis of the current state and future development of the Chinese polypropylene manufacturing industry. |
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World Outlook for Yarn Spinning Mills 2006-2011 - http://www.bharatbook.com/detail.asp?id=27167
Commercially available study covering the outlook for yarn spinning mills across more than 200 countries, providing estimates for the latent demand, potential industry earnings (PIE) for the country in question, the percent share the country is of the region and of the globe, using econometric models which project fundamental economic dynamics within each country and across countries. From the Bharat Book Bureau. |
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Review of the Nigerian Textile Industry - http://www.intercontinentalbankplc.com/admin/otherimg/Microsoft%20Word%20-%20NIGERIAN%20TEXTILE%20INDUSTRY4.pdf
Extensive review by the Intercontinental Bank, Plc of the development and current state of the Nigerian textile and apparel industry. |
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Fashioning the future: Challenges for the European textiles and clothing sector - http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/emcc/content/source/tn05002a.htm?p1=reports&p2=null
Report of a two-day workshop organised by the European Monitoring Centre on Change (EMCC) in Nottingham on 16-17 December 2004, examining the broad trends and drivers of change in the European textiles and clothing industry. |