Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
07KUWAIT1293
2007-08-27 05:21:00
UNCLASSIFIED
Embassy Kuwait
Cable title:  

REQUEST FOR INFORMATION ON TEXTILES AND APPAREL

Tags:  KTEX ECON ETRD KU 
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VZCZCXRO0427
PP RUEHDE RUEHDIR
DE RUEHKU #1293 2390521
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
P 270521Z AUG 07
FM AMEMBASSY KUWAIT
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 9807
INFO RUEHZM/GULF COOPERATION COUNCIL COLLECTIVE PRIORITY
UNCLAS KUWAIT 001293

SIPDIS

SIPDIS

STATE FOR EEB/TPP/ABT, NEA/ARP; COMMERCE FOR ITA/OTEXA;
USTR FOR CAROYL MILLER

E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: KTEX ECON ETRD KU
SUBJECT: REQUEST FOR INFORMATION ON TEXTILES AND APPAREL
PRODUCTION

REF: SECSTATE 114799

Per reftel request, Post compiled the most recent data
available concerning Kuwait's textile industry from various
GOK sources. The textile industry in Kuwait is minuscule 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. Because of the
negligible presence of textile manufacturing in Kuwait's
economy, the questions in paragraph five of reftel do not
apply. The most recent data available concerning the areas
specified in reftel are as follows:

Total industrial production value in USD: $50.26 billion
(including oil and gas)

Total textiles and apparel production in USD: $267.2 million

Textile/apparel share of host country imports: 10.4%

Textile/apparel share of host country exports: 0.8%

Exports in textiles and apparel to the United States in USD:
$3.4 million

Total manufacturing employment: 101,118

Total textiles and apparel employment: 17,362

Source: Kuwait Ministry of Planning

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