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SUSTAINABLE GROWTH FOR TEXTILE & CLOTHING INDUSTRY
From MFA to ATC, 2005

Order #: T1849_2004TX; US$ 350.00
Published by: Competitive Advantage of Turkey, Jan. 2004; 512 Pages
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CD What will happen to the world textile & clothing industry? Will the global textile and apparel industry be blessed by sustainable growth? This in-depth research report explains what the global textile and clothing industry will face in 2005 and thereafter. It includes competitiveness models, as well as SWOT and Diamond Analysis for all segments of the Textile Industry. Strategic plans are discussed for both, individual textile companies and the entire textile sector.

The study covers for a variety of key countries the technical challenges, the changing social standards, the implications of quotas, and much more.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

    CHAPTER 1: THE PROGRESS OF TRANSITION FROM MULTI FIBER AGREEMENT TO TEXTILE AND CLOTHING AGREEMENT
    1. From MFA to ATC
    2. MULTI FIBER AGREEMENT (MFA)
      • How Does MFA Work?
      • The Unsatisfied Consensus
    3. THE DEVELOPMENT OF TEXTILE AND CLOTHING TRADE WITHIN THE SCOPE OF MFA
      • General View
      • Reconstruction in the Countries Imposing Quotas
      • Changing Situations in the Rest of the World
    4. AGREEMENT ON TEXTILE AND CLOTHING (ATC)
      • The Aim
      • ATC: Integration Program
      • The Growth of Quotas
      • The Administration and the Implementation of ATC
      • Safeguards
      • Searches for Dispute Settlement
    5. UPDATING OF THE MARKET
      • The Rules of the USA Place of Origin
      • The Point of View of Western Europe
      • The EU and Unfair Implementations
      • Generalized System of Preferences (GSP)
      • Eastern Europe and the Former Soviet Union
      • The Agreement of Tariff Made with the EU
      • Trade Depending on Foreign Procedure
      • Market Trends
    6. A FURTHER STEP: FREE TRADE IN TEXTILE AND CLOTHING?
      • Environmental Measures as Non-Tariff Restrictions
      • Trade Blocks and the Emergence of Free Trade Zones
    7. PROBABLE RESULTS OF THE AGREEMENT OF TEXTILE AND CLOTHING GOODS
      • Integration of Textile Trade into GATT
      • Integration Methodology
      • The Experience of Implementing Integration Process
      • Accelerated Quota Growth Order
      • The Realization of Preliminary Conditions
      • The Integration of Non-MFA Restrictions
      • The Safeguards of the Transition Period
      • Implementation Experience of the Conditions of ATC
      • The Rules of the Place of Origin
      • Increasing Usage of Anti-damping Measures
      • Preparation for the Increasing Competition
    8. TEXTILE TRADE AND THE DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
      • Lifting of the Quotas
      • Four Steps in the Integration Process: The Phaseout of MFA
      • The Growth of the Quotas
      • Abolition of Quotas and Quota Growth
      • Tariffs
      • Measures to Improve the Trade
      • Other Subjects Affecting the Textile Trade
      • Preferential Trade Agreements (PTA)
      • The Rules of Place of Origin
      • The Process of Integration-Delayed Implementation
      • Textiles Monitoring Body
      • Protective and Other Anti-Import Actions

    CHAPTER 2: MAJOR CHANGE FOR THE WORLD TEXTILE AND CLOTHING INDUSTRIES

    1. TRADE OF TEXTILE AND CLOTHING
    2. TEXTILE AND CLOTHING CONTRACT
      • Stages of Abolishment of Quota System
      • Effects of Abolishment of Quotas
      • Regional Differences in the Abolishment of the Quotas
    3. THE ENTRANCE OF CHINA TO WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION
      • China's Advantage of Competition
      • China's Performance in the Markets of the USA and Japan
    4. PREFERENTIAL ENTRANCE
      • Preferential Entrance Contracts
      • The Gradual Abolishment of the Quota System
    5. TRADE REGULATING RULES
      • Anti-damping and Countervailing Duty
      • Protections Exclusive to China
      • Inferences for Developing Countries
    6. THE RESULT OF GREAT CHANGE

    CHAPTER 3: SUSTAINABLE TEXTILE AND CLOTHING INDUSTRY AND OBSTACLES OF ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT ON RETAILERS

    1. SOCIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL TRENDS IN TEXTILE AND CLOTHING SECTOR
      • A Sector In Process of Change
      • The Problem of Sustainability Order
      • Response of the Sector
      • Recommendations for the Future
    2. CLOTHING AND SUSTAINIBILITY CONFLICT
    3. UNDERSTANDING CLOTHING TRADE
      • Clothing Chain
      • Rationalization of Supply Base, Clustering of Production in Specific Countries
      • Direct Purchase
      • Increasing in Retail Power
    4. STRUGGLE OF SUSTAINIBILITY
      • Critical Sustainability Issues
      • Environmental Threats in Production
      • Source Efficiency
      • Pollution and Wastes
      • Social Justice and Equality
      • Pressures for Change
      • Government Regulation
      • Public Pressure
      • Market Demand
    5. CASE ANALYSES
      • Case 1: Marks and Spencer
      • Case 2: Next
      • Case 3: C&A Advertisement
      • Case 4: Bhs
      • Case 5: Littlewood
      • Value of Development
    6. MOBILIZING THE CHANGE
      • Its Importance Concerning the Suppliers

    CHAPTER 4: ISO14000 ENVIRONMENT STANDARDS

    1. TECHNICAL OBSTACLE IN COMMERCE AND THE REFLECTION OF ENVIRONMENT CONSCIOUSNESS
    2. ARBITRARY STANDARDS CONCEPT
      • Who Constitutes the Arbitrary Standards?
      • Arbitrary Standards and Legal Regulations
      • Advantages and Oppositions of Arbitrary Standards
      • Advantages of Arbitrary Standards and Guides
      • Oppositions Against Arbitrary Standards and Guides
    3. WHAT IS ISO 14000, FOR WHOM AND WHY IS IT IMPORTANT?
      • Why is Environment Management System Standards Important?
      • What are Environment Management System and ISO 14000?
      • Internal Advantages
      • External Advantages
      • Why Should Environmentalists be Interested in?
      • Its Relation with Sustainable Development
    4. ISO 14000 BASIC CONCEPTS AND DOCUMENT SERIES
      • Basic Concepts (ISO 14050) Order
      • Institutional Standards
    5. TECHNICAL OBSTACLES IN COMMERCE
      • Law 4703 concerning Technical Integration with Europe and Products
      • The View of Efficient Management Leadership Education Center (EYLEM)
      • The View Of International Institute For Sustainable Development
      • Eco-Labels
    6. ECOLOGICAL IMPROVEMNETS AND STANDARDS IN TEXTILE SECTOR
      • Green Point
      • Research
      • Changes in Operation Fields
      • New Countries, which are Selected as New Export Market
      • Standards
      • Laboratories
      • Labelling and Packaging
    7. DOCUMENTATION PROGRESS
      • Documentation and Accreditation
      • Basic Concepts
      • Attention Points While Choosing Documentation Institution
      • Accreditation and Documentation Progress in Turkey
    8. ANALYSIS of the CURRENT POSITION of TURKEY with respect to ISO 14000
    9. REGULATIONS FOR CERTIFICATION INCENTIVES
      • Incentives for International Quality Certificates
      • Incentives upon Environmental Issues in Turkey
      • State Support on SMEs Investments
      • Support for Environmental Costs (Incentives to ISO and other International Certificates)
    10. RESULT

    CHAPTER 5: ECOLOGIC PRODUCTION AND ENVIRONMENT RELATION

    1. ECOLOGIC PRODUCTION AND ENVIRONMENT RELATION
      • Where and When does Eco-label Start?
      • Need for Eco-Label
      • How should be Criterions about Eco-labeling?
      • What should be Paid Attention in Eco-labels?
      • Which Features of eco-labels Could Assertion be Made on?
    2. ECOLOGY IN TEXTILE
      • Progress of Eco-textile
      • Ecological Production and Type of Fiber
      • Rehabilitation and Correction Firms and Production in Ecology
    3. THE VIEW OF EUROPEAN CUSTOMERS FOR ECOLOGIC TEXTILE AND CLOTHING PRODUCTS
    4. ECO-FRIENDLY TEXTILES and TURKEY
      • How can a Textile Product Become Eco-friendly?
      • Manufacturing of Eco-textiles in Turkey
    5. TEXTILE ENVIRONMENT LAWS in DEVELOPED COUNTRIES
    6. TURKEY and PRODUCTION of ECO-TEXTILES
    7. ECO-LABEL SYSTEM of EUROPEAN UNION
      • Eco-Conscious in EU Market and Eco-Labels that are Improved For Textile Products
      • Well-Known Eco-Labels in EU That Are Given for Textile Products
      • Eco-labels Concerning Organic Agriculture
      • Öko-Tex 100
      • Öko-Tex Standard 100
      • Toxproof, Ecoproof, SG
      • Milieukeur
      • White Swan (Miljömarkt)
      • Good Environmental Choice
      • Eco Label-EU Flower
      • Stiftung Warentest
      • Wollsiegel
      • Fair Wertung
      • DIP approved-trade'N'aid
      • Arbeitskreis Naturtextil (Working Party on Natural Textiles)
      • Eco-labels that are improved by Private Enterprises
      • Neckermann Umweltpradikat (Eco-label of Neckermann)
      • Hautfreundlich, Weil Schadstoffgeprüft
      • Green Cotton
      • Nature Calling
      • The Tendency of Eco-label in German Market
      • The Cost and Price of Eco-products
      • Eco Costs (Product: Inner clothing for men, Cost: Swiss Frang)
      • Price Comparisons among Environmental and Classic Products
    8. TYPICAL SECTOR ANALYSIS
      • Ecology in Cotton Production
      • Integrated Plant Protection
      • Medical Ruins in Cotton
    9. CONCLUSION

    CHAPTER 6: ADAPTATION TO INTERNATIONAL LABOR STANDARDS

    1. CHILD LABOR
      • The Definition of Child Labor
      • Factors affecting the supply of child labor force
      • Other reasons
      • The factors affecting the demand for the labor force in risky jobs
      • Its Advance and Process of Becoming a Current Issue
      • Its Status and Efforts in the World
    2. CHILD LABOR IN TURKEY
      • International Charters
      • Relevant ILO Articles Order
      • Relevant UN Resolutions
      • The Legal Situation in Turkey
      • Efforts Conducted In Turkey
      • National Document on Child Policy of 1990s
      • Action Plans Concerning Child Labor
      • Apprenticeship-Experience Apprenticeship-Mastery System
      • Dual Training-Apprenticeship Training
      • Dual Training- MEKSA Projects
      • The Efforts Made by the Turkish Development Foundation
      • The Fisek Model
      • The Turkish Labor Model
      • IDDG implementations
      • The Center of Children Working in the Streets of Ankara
      • The Recent Situation Concerning Working Children
    3. EMPLOYMENT AND WORKING CONDITIONS IN TEXTILES AND CLOTHING INDUSTRY SECTORS
      • Wages and Cost of Labor Force in Textiles and Clothing Industry Sectors
    4. THE RELATION BETWEEN TRADE AND WORKING STANDARDS
      • International Situation
      • The Definition of Working Standards and Its Scope
      • Child Labor and Foreign Investment
      • Global Initiatives on Child Labor
      • Approaches on a State Basis
      • Civil Attempts
      • The Emergence of Civil Formations
      • Working Regulations
    5. EXTERNAL AUDITING AND CERTIFICATION
      • Fair Labor Association (FLA)
      • Social Accountability International (SA8000)
      • Worldwide Responsible Apparel Production (WRAP)
      • Initiatives in Europe
      • Independent Efforts
      • Worker's Rights Consortium (WRC)
      • Arranging Working Conditions with Standards
      • Elements of SA8000 Standard
      • How Companies Can Implement SA8000?
      • Certification to SA8000
      • SA8000 Corporate Involvement Program
      • Benefits of SA8000
      • Benefits for Workers, Trade Unions, and NGOs
      • Benefits for Consumers and Investors
      • SAI Programs to Advance Social Accountability
      • Some Comments on the Situation of SA8000 in the World
      • Why are Certificates Important for 2005?
    6. WHAT CAN NGOs, EXPORTING AND PRODUCING COUNTRIES DO ABOUT THE PROBLEM OF CHILD LABOR?
      • The Structure of the Fair Wear Organization

    CHAPTER 7: THE GLOBAL AND SECTORIAL EFFECTS OF CHINA'S MEMBERSHIP IN THE WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION

    1. PROGRESS OF MEMBERSHIP IN WTO AND CHINA
      • The Process of Accession to The WTO is Composed of Four Main Steps
      • The History of China's Membership in WTO And The Global Effects of The Membership
      • Economic and Commercial Development of China Between 1995-2002
      • The Effects of Membership in World Trade Organization on China
      • The Effects of The Membership on Countries in The Region
      • The Effects of The Membership on The Labour Force Sector of The Countries in The Region And Trade Associations As A Solution
      • The Effects of the Membership on Developing and Developed Countries
      • Conclusion
    2. THE WORLD TEXTILE INDUSTRY AFTER 2005
      • The Main Textile Importer Countries
      • The Main Ready- Made Cloth Importer Countries
    3. DEVELOPMENTS AFTER CHINA'S MEMBERSHIP IN THE WTO
    4. THE STRUCTURE AND THE CHANGE OF THE CHINESE TEXTILE INDUSTRY
      • The Role of the State in the Reconstruction of the Sector
      • Analysing samples of Chinese Companies
    5. CHINA AND TRANSPORTATION
    6. FUTURE SYNDROME TOWARDS 2005: Views of Retailers

    CHAPTER 8: PROTECTIVE PRECAUTIONS: ANTI-DUMPING

    1. PROTECTIVE PRECAUTIONS in 2005 SUGGESTIONS
    2. DEFINITION OF DUMPING
    3. THE HISTORY OF DUMPING
      • Its Development from the point of International Institutions and Rules
      • Its History in Turkey
    4. MEASURES AGAINST DUMPING
      • The Implementations of Legislation and The Operations
      • Implementations
      • Procedure
      • Application
      • Examination
      • Opening the Investigation
      • Gathering the Information
      • Export Price
      • Normal Value
      • Price Comparison
      • Dumping Amount and Margin
      • Loss
      • Local Inspection
      • Time Period for Investigation
      • Hearing the Parties
      • Temporary Measures
      • Commitment Order
      • Exact Measure
      • Terminating the Investigation
      • Validation Period of the Measures
      • Revising the Measures
      • Announcements to WTO
      • Resolving Disputes
    5. SUBVENTION AND COMPENSATING MEASURES
      • Subvention (State Support)
      • Compensating Measures
      • Dispute Settlement Mechanism
      • Dispute Settlement System In Respect of The Subsidies Agreement
    6. COMPETITION POLICY
      • Competition Policy in Turkey
      • Competition Policies in Turkey- European Union Relations
      • Anti-Damping Policies in Turkey-European Union Relations After the Customs Union
      • The Relation Between Competition and Antidumping Policies
      • Competitive and Antidumping Policies From the Point of Economic Integration
    7. EUROPEAN UNION
      • The European Economic Area (EEA)
      • The Australia-New Zeland Close Economic Relations Trade Agreement (ANZCERTA)
      • Customs Union Between Turkey and European Union
      • The North American Free Trade Agreement
      • European Agreements
      • Conclusion

    CHAPTER 9: WTO, ANTIDAMPING, PROTECTIVE MEASURES, AND TECHNICAL BARRIERS IN TRADE, QUESTIONS & ANSWERS

    1. GENERAL ISSUES
      • What Are The Main Advantages Of Signing A WTO
      • Agreement Especially For Developing Countries?
      • Are The Agreements of WTO Going to Change The Way of Doing Business?
      • Does WTO Protect Local Industries?
      • Is the Financial Power of Less Developed Countries Going to be Enough for Possible Affects of The New Trade System
      • After They Enter into International Market?
      • How Will WTO Improve The Entering Into Market and Promote The Fair Rivalry?
      • Even If The Agreements Are Applied, Many Of The Enterprises in Developing Countries Will Not Take Advantage of These (They Will Not Make Use of Agreements Opportunities Because of Their Ignorance And Lack Of Knowledge). In Such A Condition, Can Any Country Withdraw From The Agreements and Support Its Domestic Laws?
    2. APPLICATION
      • What Are the Effects of WTO Agreement on the International Market?
      • How Will WTO Ensure the Legislation And Application of Necessary National Regulations, Which Must Exist in Developing Countries?
      • In Order To Provide Advantage To The Governments of Developing Countries And Help Them In The Application of WTO Decisions And Meeting The International Standards in Import And Export Through National Laws, Which Steps Are Taken?
      • What Is Done To Help Developing Countries When They Do Not Have The Necessary Technologies Or Sources To Improve Their Environmental Standards?
      • Is WTO Going To Help Developing Countries During The Application Of Agreements (In The Issues Of Draft Bills for Improving Infrastructure And Promoting Business Development)?
      • What Can Be Done To Protect The Interest Of Developing Countries (Especially LDCS) Among WTO Member Countries
      • As Their Bargaining Power On Agreements Is Not The Same With Others?
      • How WTO Ensure Appliance Of Minimum Standards Protecting Environment, Worker's Rights, Social Programs and Cultural Variation On Products, Services, Patent Rights, Food Security, Agricultural Politics And Other Issues In The Context of International Trade Law?
      • How The Governments Is Going To Protect Their Weak Industries, When They Make National Regulations For Applying WTO Agreements Become Law?
    3. OTHER TECHNICAL BARRIERS IN TARIFFS AND TRADE
      • What Can Be Done if Certain Countries Turn Back To Their Former Trade Barriers Violating The Import Regulations About Health?
      • Do WTO Regulations Include Import Quotas And Non Tariff Barriers?
      • If So, What is Being Done For This And is This Just For Developing And Less Developed Countries?
      • What does WTO think about Fixing Tariffs?
      • How Can The Effects Of Abolishing Quotas On Developing Countries Be Minimized?
      • What Are Other Non-Tariff Barriers Which May Occur As A Result Of Liberalism And Globalization?
      • What is The Tariff Discount Process For The Members And What Are The Conditions For Fixing Tariffs?
    4. WTO AGREEMENTS ON PRODUCT TRADE
      • What Are The Results Obtained By WTO About Liberalisation of Trade in Textile Products?
      • Will A Commitee Be Established To Seperate Rules Of Origin When MFA is Entegrated into GATT (And Numerical Restrictions Are Abolished)?
      • How Do Current Rules of Origin Affect Textile And Clothing Trade?
      • Are There Any WTO Regulations About Arrangements of Foreign investments To Sectors Which Are Declared To Be Domestic By Governments?
    5. TECHNICAL BARRIERS TO TRADE AND HEALTH REGULATIONS
      • What Are The Technical Barriers included in WTO Regulations?
      • What is the Importance Of ISO 9000 and Other Standard Certificates and is it Compulsory for Companies to Get IS0 9000 Certificate Before Exporting Their Products or Services?
      • Where Can I Get Information about Standards and Norms on Products Required by Developed Countries?
      • How Does WTO Regard a Country Which Applies the Standards not Accepted by International Institution Such As Codex Alimentarus?
      • Are Norms And Standards Implemented According To WTO Agreements Equally Convenient For Small, And Large Scale
      • Enterprises And Enterprises In Both Developing And Developed Countries? If So, How?
      • Will WTO Focus On Financial Problems Of Developing Countries (Especially in Those in Africa) And Does it Allow For Certain Loosened Norm And Standards For Exports From These Countries?
    6. ANTI-DUMPING TAX, EXTRA (MUNZAM) DUTIES, SUBVENTIONS AND PROTECTIVE MEASURES
      • How Do The Countries Implement The Anti-Dumping Duties?
      • What Can National Industries Do About The Anti-Dumping Forensic Regulations?
      • How Will The Poor Countries be Protected From Dumping?
      • Which Anti-Dumping or Other Regulation Will Limit or Forbid one Developing Country Companies' Trade Activities in Another Developing Country?
      • What Kind of Assistance Do The Anti-Dumping Laws Include For Developing Countries Which Need Statistical Data For Protecting Their Industry?
      • What are the Subventions?
      • Will The Subsidies (Such As The Special Interest Rates And Income Tax Reductions) That Are Provided To Domestic Industrial Products Producers by Less Developed Countries Continue When The Country Becomes A Member of Less Developed Countries or WTO?
      • What are the Customs Extra Measures?
      • What are the Protective Measures?
    7. DISPUTE SETTLEMENT
      • Which Regulations Can Be Used If One Member Violates any Provision of WTO Agreement and Can All These Regulation Be Applied To All Countries?
      • How Can The Industries Declare a Violation of WTO Rules?
      • How Does The Violation of Origin Rules Adopted at WTO Happen?
      • What Kind of Measures Have Been Taken in Developed Countries/Regions Such as European Union And America in Order to Incite and Increase The Trade Relationships With Developing Countries?
      • Are the Entries of Different Industrial Sectors into Privileged Markets in Regional Trade Decided According to The Conditions?
      • Could the Industries Take Part in the Process of Decision Making?
      • What Can Be Done To Help Enterprises Based on International Export in Case of An Export Subsidy Measure?
    8. AGREEMENT IN TERMS OF PATENT RIGHTS
      • How Will The Patent Law Be Implemented in Developing World?
      • How Does WTO Ensure That Patent Violations, Which Might Increase Through Illegal And Cheap Imports From the Countries Where There is No Protection for Intellectual Property, are Protected in Member Countries?
      • What Are The Rights of The Patent Owners in TRIPS Agreement?
      • What Role Does WTO Play in Strengthening International Property Rights Regime in Developing Countries?
      • Is There a Risk For Developing Countries to Get into Trouble Due to The Patent Rights of The Developed Countries?
      • Is it True That the Protection of Intellectual Property Rights only Draws the Attention of the Developed Countries?
      • Could Species of Plant Which are Also Existent in Developing Countries Be Patented by The Developed Countries?
      • What is The Effect of WTO in Technology Transfers Between Developed and Developing Countries?
      • What Measures Does WTO Take for Developed Countries to Comply With the Technology
      • Transfer Provisions of TRIPS Agreement?
    9. WTO, and SMALL and MEDIUM ENTERPRISES (SMEs)
      • What is the Role of WTO in Helping SMEs?
      • Does WTO Agreement Enable the SMEs in the Developing Countries to Be Recognized, to Enter the International Markets and to Present Their Products to Global Markets?
      • How Does WTO Protect The Producers That Need Raw Material Exports From The Developing Countries?
    10. WTO AND LESS DEVELOPED COUNTRIES (LDCs)
      • How Can the LDCs Play a More Significant Role in the Formulation and Application of The WTO Agreements?
      • What Does WTO Do to Make the LDCs Integrate More Closely in the Organization?
      • How Will a LDCs Participating in WTO and Accepting its Rules Protect its Own Rights in Case of a Problem With More Powerful Countries?
      • What Does WTO Advice the Developing Countries Which Have Fragile Industries and are Highly Based on Import to Do?
      • Do the WTO Trade Rules Applied by the Governments Effect World Wide Consumers?

    CHAPTER 10: A LIFE-SAVER IN TEXTILE AND APPAREL SECTOR R&D

    1. CONCEPT
      • What are the Methods Followed in the R&D Activities?
      • The Institutions of Public Sector
      • The Institutions of Private Sector
      • Hybrid Institutions
      • Investment - R&D Incentives Order
      • Other Strategies
      • International R&D Projects
      • Conglomeration
      • Technology Transfer
    2. R&D IN TEXTILE SECTOR
      • History of Turkish Textile
      • The World Textile Sector
      • R&D in Turkey
      • High Institute of Science and Technology (HIST)
      • R&D in World Textile
      • R&D in Turkish Textile Sector
      • Factors Which Make R&D Inevitable
      • Problems Encountered in R&D in Turkish Textile Sector
      • Basic Problems of Textile and Apparel Sector
      • Problems Encountered in R&D
      • Recommendations for the Problems
      • Conclusion
    3. EXAMPLES
      • Example 1: EUREKA and ERA
      • Eureka
      • European Research Area (ERA)
      • Example 2: Apparel Research Network (ARN)
      • Example 3: American Textile Cooperation (AMTEX)
      • Example 4: [TC]2 The Textile / Clothing Technology Corporation
      • Example 5: Strategic Transformation of USA Textile and Apparel Industry
      • Example 6: North Caroline Center For Applied Textile Technology (NCATT)
      • Example 7: Textile and Apparel Research Institute: A Regionally Applicable Model
      • Organizational Structure of the Institute
      • International Cooperation
      • The Reason and Aim of the Institute's Establishment
      • Services of the Institute for the Sector
    4. BENCHMARKING
      • Development Through International Business Profile Benchmarking
      • Case Studies
      • Sample Case Studies
      • Case Study 1
      • Case Study 2
      • Case Study 3
      • Case Study 4
      • Case Study 5
      • Case Study 6
      • Evaluation Discussions;
      • Result of the Programme

    CHAPTER 11: INDIRECT EXPORTATION COOPERATION OF CLOTHING-TOURISM SECTORS

    1. COOPERATION OF TOURISM-TEXTILE
      • France
      • England
      • Hong Kong
      • Istanbul
    2. SOLUTION PROPOSALS
      • Departmental Stores

    CHAPTER 12: SWOT ANALYSIS OF TURKISH TEXTILE AND READY-TO-WEAR INDUSTRY IN THE FRAME WORK OF EU AND 2005

    1. THE PAST AND TRENDS
    2. COMPETITIVENESS WHICH IS REACHED BY USING THE DIAMOND MODEL OF PORTER
      • Dynamics of Management
      • Strategy of the Firm, its Structure and Competition
      • Related and Sub Industries
      • Demand
    3. THE EFFECTS OF THE POLICIES OF EU
      • Customs Union
      • Trade Policy
      • Environmental Policies
      • Policy of Industry
      • Regional Policy
      • Competition Policy Order
      • Agriculture Policy
      • Fiscal Policies
      • Financial Markets
      • State Supports
      • Donations of EU and Debts
      • Free Flow of Labor
    4. SUMMARY OF THE EFFECTS
    5. RESULTS AND ADVICES
    6. ADVISES
      • Export and Import
      • Characteristics of Export
      • Characteristics of Import
      • Textile Import and Export of Turkey According to Countries
      • Textile Export and Import According to Its Parts
      • Ready-to- wear Export and Import According To Its Parts

    CHAPTER 13: DIAMOND ANALYSIS OF TURKISH TEXTILE AND CLOTHING INDUSTRY

    1. INTRODUCTION
    2. GENERAL SITUATION
      • General Situation of Textile Industry In the World
      • General Situation of Clothing Industry In the World
      • Value Added of Textile and Clothing Sectors
    3. GENERAL SITUATION IN TURKEY
      • Textile and Confection
      • Investments and Initiatives
    4. SUPPLIER
      • Cotton
      • Wool
      • Synthetic Fiber
      • Machine
      • Established Capacity
      • Machine Import
      • Machine Import of Turkey and Its Capacity
      • Thread Sector
      • Production and Trade in International Markets
      • Foreign Trade of Turkey and Competitor Countries
      • Cotton Thread
      • Wool Thread
      • Artificial Synthetic Thread
      • Weaving
      • Cotton Weaving
      • Woolen Weaving
      • Artificial Synthetic Weaving
    5. THE OTHER PRODUCTION FACTORS
      • Labor Costs
      • Energy Costs
      • Various Alternate Energy Types Used in Manufacturing Industry
      • Labor Costs
      • Financial Costs
      • Tax
      • Communication Costs
    6. COMPETITORS
      • Textile Industry
      • Cost Comparisons and Evaluations
      • Clothing Industry
      • Cost Comparisons and Evaluations
    7. CUSTOMERS
      • EU Market
      • West Europe
      • East Europe
      • Market of the other OECD Countries
      • Russian Market
      • Middle East Market
      • North Africa Market
      • Markets in Other Countries
    8. GOVERNMENT
      • Investment Initiatives
    9. TEXTILE AND CLOTHING TRADE ORDER IN THE WORLD
      • Multilateral Fiber Agreement
      • GATT Organisation
      • Functions and Principles of GATT
      • Principle so as not to Make Discrimination
      • Principle of Reciprocally
      • Trade Agreement in Cotton Textile (1961-1973)
      • Multi Fiber Agreement (MFA) 1. (1974-1978)
      • MFA 2,3,4
      • Evaluations
      • Relationship With EU and Customs Union
      • Customs Union
      • Turkey-AT Partnership Council Decisions
      • Effects of Customs Union on Turkish Textile
      • Negative Effects
      • Positive Effects
      • Evaluations
      • Free Trade Agreements
      • Last Developments: Process
    10. OPPORTUNITY
      • The Current Situation of Textile and Clothing Industries in Turkey
      • Advantages
      • Disadvantages
      • Competition Conditions in 2005

    CHAPTER 14: THE FORMULA FOR THE COMPANIES AND THE SECTOR TO GAIN COMPETETIVNESS: INDUSTRIAL CLUSTERS

    1. INTRODUCTION
    2. CLUSTER ANALYSIS
      • What is a cluster?
      • Cluster - Competition Advantage Relation
      • Cluster Approach
    3. ITALIAN CLOTHING CLUSTER
      • Cluster Approaches in Italy
      • Italian Textile Industry
      • Biella Industrial Region
      • Biella Textile and Clothing Cluster
      • Cooperation of Italian and Japanese Textile Clusters
    4. USA
      • Cluster Initiatives in USA
      • North Carolina Industrial Region
      • North Carolina Textile Cluster
    5. ENGLAND
      • Cluster Initiatives in England
      • English Textile and Clothing Sector
      • North West Industrial Region
      • The Features of North West Textile Cluster
      • Technical Textiles Cluster
      • Clothing Cluster
      • Home Textile Cluster
      • The Firms and Labor Force of North West Textile Clusters
      • The Application of Porter Diamond Model to North West Textile and Clothing Cluster (North West Development Agency)
    6. SPAIN
      • Cluster Initiatives in Spain
      • Catalonia Industrial Region
      • Spanish Textile Industry
      • Spanish Wool Industry
    7. AUSTRIA
      • Cluster Initiatives in Austria
      • Vorarlberg Textile Industry Cluster
      • Product Market Scope
      • Performance
      • Companies
      • Relationships among Companies
      • Supporting Services
    8. JAPAN
      • Appearance of Japanese Industrial Clusters
      • Japanese Textile and Clothing Clusters
      • Kiryu (Gumma)
      • Fukui and Ishikawa
      • Komatsu (Ishikawa)
      • Nishiwaki (Hyogo)
      • Gifu (Gifu)
    9. PORTUGAL
      • Textile and Clothing Clusters in Portuguese
      • Textile and Clothing Industry
      • Competitive Power of Portuguese Textile and Clothing Industry
      • Portuguese Textile Industry
      • Portuguese Clothing Industry
      • Supporting and Related Organizations
    10. AUSTRALIA
      • Cluster Attempts in Australia
      • New South Wales (NSW) Industrial Region
      • Sydney Clothing (Fashion) Industry
      • Competitive Advantages
      • Victoria Industrial Region
      • Geelong Industrial Region
      • Geelong Textile Industry
    11. CENTRAL AMERICA
      • Costa Rica Textile and Clothing Cluster
      • El Salvador Textile and Clothing Cluster
      • Guatemala Textile and Clothing Cluster
      • Honduras Textile and Clothing Cluster
      • Nicaragua Textile and Clothing Cluster
    12. CLUSTER ANALYSIS - APPLYING IN TURKISH TEXTILE INDUSTRY
      • Bayrampasa Tricot Cluster
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