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TABLE 4.3 Cotton woven apparel: ASEAN exports to selected markets, by value, 2004–08
Country 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
% change,
2004–08
thousand $
United States 3,360,705 3,757,580 3,913,203 3,776,907 3,694,324 10
EU-27 1,147,099 1,010,868 1,356,781 1,400,340 1,569,228 37
Japan 198,399 218,612 234,832 268,657 288,441 45
China 3,582 5,399 6,141 7,107 11,977 234
Subtotal 4,709,785 4,992,460 5,510,957 5,453,011 5,563,970 18
All other 451,704 517,860 582,261 691,541 774,612 71
Total 5,161,489 5,510,320 6,093,218 6,144,552 6,338,582 23
Source: WITS, Integrated Data Warehouse (accessed January 5, 2010).
Note: Data are based on ASEAN partner country imports.
TABLE 4.4 Cotton woven apparel: ASEAN member exports to ASEAN members, by value, 2004–08
Country 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
% change,
2004–08
thousand $
Indonesia 39,637 52,601 77,537 57,587 29,653 (25)
Malaysia 28,410 19,757 18,748 19,549 24,782 (13)
Thailand 16,074 13,449 16,234 15,135 15,946 (1)
Philippines 5,504 6,856 6,273 6,778 5,284 (4)
Cambodia 7,551 5,381 10,109 4,788 4,121 (45)
Singapore 546 673 1,315 1,685 3,428 528
Vietnam 5,138 3,648 3,137 2,448 3,341 (35)
Laos 233 760 775 1,072 1,509 547
Burma 2,621 435 587 971 940 (64)
Brunei 5,400 1,391 1,002 1,004 270 (95)
Total 111,114 104,951 135,720 111,018 89,275 (20)
Source: WITS, Integrated Data Warehouse (accessed January 5, 2010).
Note: Data are based on partner country imports. Brunei, Burma, and Laos do not report trade data, and the following
countries did not report data for selected years: Cambodia (2005–08), Philippines (2004–06), and Vietnam (2008). Trade
between these countries may therefore be undervalued.
Background
The following sections will describe the industry, with particular attention to two
important aspects—export competitiveness and inbound investment—as they relate to the
competitive factors affecting integrated production of cotton woven apparel among the
ASEAN countries. The cotton woven apparel industry encompasses an assortment of
different apparel items, including the production of most cotton trousers (including jeans
and khakis), as well as cotton woven blouses and shirts (such as men’s dress shirts).
Other products include cotton woven shorts, jackets, dresses, skirts, and underwear.
Although the industry’s exports account for a relatively small share of total ASEAN
textile and apparel exports (16 percent in 2008), the cotton woven apparel supply chain
provides opportunities for integration across the ASEAN region. 17 This supply chain
17 WITS Integrated Data Warehouse (accessed January 5, 2010).
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