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National and Global Aspects of India’s Textiles and Apparel Industry and Trade: An Overview

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The elimination of Multi-Fibre Arrangement (MFA) quotas is expected to create a new environment for world trade in textiles and apparel by vastly increasing the scope for developing countries to expand their exports and thereby creating employment in this sector. As a natural consequence, a study of the true competitiveness of the exportables of the textile and apparel items of India in the international market becomes essential in order to make an informed projection for Indian exports vis-Ã -vis others beyond 2005. We discuss the national or domestic aspects of the textile and clothing industry of India with special emphasis on the domestic policies affecting the structural and performance indicators of the firms in this industry. Further, we offer measures of competition among firms in an industry, such as the indicators of industrial structure and performance. It seems that the level of industrial concentration in the textile sector has gone up in the post-MFA regime.

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  • Mausumi Kar, 2012. "National and Global Aspects of India’s Textiles and Apparel Industry and Trade: An Overview," South Asian Journal of Macroeconomics and Public Finance, , vol. 1(1), pages 81-133, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:smppub:v:1:y:2012:i:1:p:81-133
    DOI: 10.1177/227797871200100106
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    Keywords

    Multi-Fibre Arrangement; textile; competitiveness; concentration; India; F13; L11; L23;
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    JEL classification:

    • F13 - International Economics - - Trade - - - Trade Policy; International Trade Organizations
    • L11 - Industrial Organization - - Market Structure, Firm Strategy, and Market Performance - - - Production, Pricing, and Market Structure; Size Distribution of Firms
    • L23 - Industrial Organization - - Firm Objectives, Organization, and Behavior - - - Organization of Production

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