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1、The Changing World Network of Trade in Textiles and ApparelThomas Vollrath，Mark Gehlhar，Stephen MacDonaldU.S.A./amberwavesThomas Vollrath, Mark Gehlhar, Stephen MacDonald, The structure of the global textile market is f

2、undamentally changing in response to policy reforms stemming from the 1995 Uruguay Round (UR) of the World Trade Organization. The UR instituted agreements to reduce tariffs on textile and apparel products to levels closer to those found elsewhere in manufacturing. It also established the Agreement

3、on Textiles and Clothing (ATC), which stipulates that all bilateral import quotas, sanctioned under the 1974 Multi-Fiber Arrangement (MFA), will be eliminated by 2005.Full implementation of the UR reforms will bring textiles and apparel into greater conformity with internationally accepted rules of

4、trade. Collectively, these reforms should stimulate growth in textile trade, which already outpaces trade in other sectors of the world economy. For example, trade in textiles and apparel in the last decade nearly doubled to $334 billion. These reforms also promise to significantly alter the locatio

5、n of production and the direction of fiber and textile trade.The Bilateral Fiber and Textile Trade database, available on the ERS website (/data/fibertextiletrade/), enables analysts to examine the evolving structure of trade among partners and across commodities and products in the

6、global market. This database, derived from UN Comtrade data, contains information about commodity and product trade flows among exporting and importing countries/regions between 1992 and 2002.The global network of trade in textiles and apparel has shifted significantly, with many low-income countrie

7、s benefiting from higher sales within the past decade. Unlike agricultural production, which depends on the availability of natural resources, the location of textile and, particularly, apparel production is highly mobile and extremely responsive to wage differentials. Textile and apparel production

8、 requires substantial labor, is not technologically demanding, and provides employment opportunities for the relatively unskilled laborers who transfer out of subsistence agriculture. It introduces workers to manufacturing and provides them with training opportunities in new and productivity-enhanci

9、ng activities.Competition from low-cost suppliers in developing countries has put considerable pressure on established exporters of textiles and apparel, particularly those in the newly industrialized countries (NIC) of Asia (Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, South Korea, and Taiwan). The Asian-NIC share

10、 of the global textile and apparel market halved, falling from 24 to 12 percent between 1992 and 2002. In contrast, the market share of developing-country suppliers, excluding the Asian NICs, increased 15 percentage points to 64 percent during this period. China was especially successful, raising it

11、s share of the global market to 25 percent in 2002, up 4 percentage points from 1992. Such competitive pressures from low-cost, developing-country suppliers are likely to accelerate following the elimination of MFA quotas by 2005.Textile and apparel trade is strongly influenced by established networ

12、ks and geographical proximity. Together, Africa, the Middle East, and Eastern Europe dominate the EU market because of preferential trading agreements and the economics of geographical location. In contrast, the most important suppliers to the United States are Latin America, China, and the Asian NI

13、Cs. With improved market access from the ATC, low-income Asian producers are likely to vie more effectively with these traditional suppliers for foreign market shares in the U.S. and EU markets.The UR reforms are expected to reduce prices for textiles and apparel, increasing worldwide demand for pro

14、ducts throughout the fiber-to-clothing supply chain. Demand for textile and apparel imports is already rising rapidly among the industrialized countries (IC). This demand is particularly strong among importers using MFA quotas (Canada, EU, Norway, and the United States). As consumer prices fall due

15、to ATC reforms, imports of clothing, bed linen, carpets, and other products are likely to continue to increase. Envisioned shifts in supply and demand for textile and apparel will enhance labor productivity in the developing countries, leading to income growth and greater global demand for agricultu

16、ral products, including food and raw fibers, such as cotton.不断变化的世界纺织品服装贸易格局托马斯·瓦拉斯，马克·葛赫哈，史蒂芬·麦克通纳德美国/amberwaves托马斯·瓦拉斯，马克·葛赫哈， 史蒂芬·麦克通纳德，全球纺织品市场结构是根据1995年世界贸易组织举行的乌拉圭回合的政策改革而发生着根本性的变化。乌拉圭

17、回合提议将纺织品和服装产品的关税降低到与这些生产国的关税比较接近的水平。它同样确立了纺织品与服装协定（ATC），ATC是保证在1974年多种纤维协定（MFA）下制定的所有的双边进口配额将会在2005年被取消。乌拉圭回合改革的全部实现将使得纺织品和服装与国际上公认的贸易规则更加地一致。总的来说,这些改革应该促进纺织品贸易的增长，这种增长会超过世界经济体中其它部门贸易的增长。譬如，纺织品和服装贸易在过去的十年中几乎翻了一倍达到3340亿美元。这些改革同样预示着纤维和纺织品贸易的生产地点和方向将会发生重大改变。ERS网站（/data/fibertextiletrade

18、/）提供的双边纤维和纺织品贸易数据库，能使分析家了解全球市场中合作伙伴之间和跨商品和产品之间正在演进的贸易结构。这个数据库，来源于联合国的Comtrade数据，它包括出口和进口国家/地区在1992年到2002年之间的有关商品和产品贸易流的信息。纺织品和服装贸易的全球格局已经发生了重大的变化，同时在过去的十年间许多低收入国家从更大的贸易销售中获利。与依赖自然资源禀赋的农业产品不同，纺织品生产的地点，特别是，服装的生产地点由于工资的差异在不断地转移。纺织品和服装的生产需要大量的劳动力，这种生产并不是技术性的生产需求，而是为大量从农业中转移出来的相对缺乏技术能力的劳动者提供就业的机会。它使工人们学会生产制造，并且提供给他们在新的并且生产效率不断提高的领域内培训的机会。不断变化的全球纺织品和服装出口国格局来自发展中国家低成本供给的竞争已经给原有的纺织品和服装的出口国施加了相当大的压力，特别是对于那些亚洲的新兴工业化国家（香港、澳门、新加坡、韩国和台湾）。亚洲新兴工业化国家在全球纺织品和服装市场所占的份额减少了一半，从1992年的24%下降到2002年的12