Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
06KUWAIT3557
2006-09-04 06:08:00
UNCLASSIFIED
Embassy Kuwait
Cable title:
KUWAIT'S TEXTILE AND APPAREL SECTOR: UPDATED
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UNCLAS KUWAIT 003557
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
STATE/EB/TPP/ABT THOMAS LERSTEN
COMMERCE/ITA/OTEXA MARIA D'ANDREA
USTR ABIOLA HEYLIGER
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: ECON ETRD KTEX KU
SUBJECT: KUWAIT'S TEXTILE AND APPAREL SECTOR: UPDATED
STATISTICS
REF: STATE 138090
UNCLAS KUWAIT 003557
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
STATE/EB/TPP/ABT THOMAS LERSTEN
COMMERCE/ITA/OTEXA MARIA D'ANDREA
USTR ABIOLA HEYLIGER
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: ECON ETRD KTEX KU
SUBJECT: KUWAIT'S TEXTILE AND APPAREL SECTOR: UPDATED
STATISTICS
REF: STATE 138090
1. Per Reftel request, Post compiled the most recent data
available concerning Kuwait's textile industry from various
GOK sources. The industry in Kuwait is very small and does
not export significant amounts of textile product, nor does
it employ large numbers of people. The vast majority of
textiles produced are for local consumption, and much of the
total value of production is comprised of added value from
the custom tailoring of imported cloth. Most employees in
the textile industry work as tailors. The most recent data
available concerning the areas specified in Reftel are as
follows:
Total industrial production value in USD: $4.5 billion
Total textiles and apparel production in USD: $262.5 million
Textile/apparel share of host country imports: 5.59%
Textile/apparel share of host country exports: 0.17%
Exports in textiles and apparel to the United States in USD:
$3.1 million
Total manufacturing employment: 95,000 (estimated)
Total textiles and apparel employment: 15,775
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For more Embassy Kuwait reporting, see:
http://www.state.sgov.gov/p/nea/kuwait/cables
Or Visit Embassy Kuwait's Classified Website:
http://www.state.sgov.gov/p/nea/kuwait/
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Tueller
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
STATE/EB/TPP/ABT THOMAS LERSTEN
COMMERCE/ITA/OTEXA MARIA D'ANDREA
USTR ABIOLA HEYLIGER
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: ECON ETRD KTEX KU
SUBJECT: KUWAIT'S TEXTILE AND APPAREL SECTOR: UPDATED
STATISTICS
REF: STATE 138090
1. Per Reftel request, Post compiled the most recent data
available concerning Kuwait's textile industry from various
GOK sources. The industry in Kuwait is very small and does
not export significant amounts of textile product, nor does
it employ large numbers of people. The vast majority of
textiles produced are for local consumption, and much of the
total value of production is comprised of added value from
the custom tailoring of imported cloth. Most employees in
the textile industry work as tailors. The most recent data
available concerning the areas specified in Reftel are as
follows:
Total industrial production value in USD: $4.5 billion
Total textiles and apparel production in USD: $262.5 million
Textile/apparel share of host country imports: 5.59%
Textile/apparel share of host country exports: 0.17%
Exports in textiles and apparel to the United States in USD:
$3.1 million
Total manufacturing employment: 95,000 (estimated)
Total textiles and apparel employment: 15,775
********************************************
For more Embassy Kuwait reporting, see:
http://www.state.sgov.gov/p/nea/kuwait/cables
Or Visit Embassy Kuwait's Classified Website:
http://www.state.sgov.gov/p/nea/kuwait/
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Tueller