There is an urgent need for the industry to restructure into larger manufacturing units, and to re-equip itself with modern high-tech machinery in order to secure greater economies of scale, higher productivity and an improvement in its competitiveness. On an encouraging note, there has been a substantial increase in foreign investment in the past five years. Much of this has come from other Asian producers. Research and investment is also going into the development of indigenous fibres—such as abaca, banana, pineapple and silk—in order to ease the country’s serious lack of locally sourced raw materials.

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• Profiles of textile and apparel companies and countries
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• Innovations and technological developments in the industry

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1. Philippines: political and economic profile, 2005
2. Philippines: economic indicators, 2003-05
3. Philippines: average monthly wage rates of workers in selected occupations and selected industries, 2005
4. Philippines: electricity rates, Sep 2004
5. Philippines: water rates, Sep 2004
6. Philippines: freight rates for cargoes using ocean-going vessels, Sep 2004
7. Philippines: freight rates for export cargoes using domestic vessels, Sep 2004
8. Philippines: freight rates for containerised cargoes of local origin or destination, Sep 2004
9. Philippines: mailing rates, Sep 2004
10. Philippines: textile and clothing exports, 1970-2005
11. Philippines: textile and clothing exports, 1997-2005
12. Philippines: textile and clothing exports by major destination, 2002-05
13. USA: imports of clothing from the Philippines by fibre type and by value, 2004 and 2005
14. USA: imports of clothing from the Philippines by fibre type and by volume, 2004 and 2005
15. Philippines: clothing exports by product, 2003-05
16. Philippines: textile and clothing imports, 2001-05
17. Philippines: indices of textile, clothing and footwear production by value and by volume, 2000-06
18. Philippines: foreign direct investments, 1996-2005

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