Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
07THEHAGUE1811
2007-09-28 13:57:00
UNCLASSIFIED
Embassy The Hague
Cable title:
TEXTILES AND APPAREL SECTOR: THE NETHERLANDS
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UNCLAS THE HAGUE 001811
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
STATE FOR EUR/WE (TSMTIH)
STATE ALSO FOR EEB/TPP/ABT (GCLEMENTS)
COMMERCE FOR ITA/OTEXA/DANDREA
STATE PLEASE PASS USTR FOR CAROYL MILLER
E.O. 12356: N/A
TAGS: ECON ETRD KTEX NL
SUBJECT: TEXTILES AND APPAREL SECTOR: THE NETHERLANDS
REF: SECSTATE 114799
UNCLAS THE HAGUE 001811
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
STATE FOR EUR/WE (TSMTIH)
STATE ALSO FOR EEB/TPP/ABT (GCLEMENTS)
COMMERCE FOR ITA/OTEXA/DANDREA
STATE PLEASE PASS USTR FOR CAROYL MILLER
E.O. 12356: N/A
TAGS: ECON ETRD KTEX NL
SUBJECT: TEXTILES AND APPAREL SECTOR: THE NETHERLANDS
REF: SECSTATE 114799
1. In response to reftel, the following is main sector
data for the Dutch textiles and apparel producing industry.
All data is for 2006. Some information is not currently available
due to internal problems at the Dutch Central Bureau of Statistics.
-- Total industrial production: Information not currently
available.
-- Total textiles production: Information not currently available.
-- Total apparel production: Information not currently available.
-- Share of textiles and apparel in total Dutch imports: 3.3
percent
-- Share of textiles and apparel in total Dutch exports: 2.6
percent
-- Dutch exports of textiles and apparel to the U.S.: 273 million
euros ($387 million)
-- Total manufacturing employment: 870,000 people
-- Total textiles, apparel, and leather employment: 22,000 people
2. For several decades, textile and apparel producing industries
have been in decline in the Netherlands. Remaining companies have
mostly outsourced their basic production to low-cost countries,
including China and Turkey. Producers have focused on specialized
"niche" products, including technical and functional textiles, which
are more capital intensive to produce. As a member of the European
Union, the Netherlands complies with EU policies. In general, the
Netherlands is a large importer of Chinese goods, but most of those
goods are intended for re-export to other European countries.
GALLAGHER
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
STATE FOR EUR/WE (TSMTIH)
STATE ALSO FOR EEB/TPP/ABT (GCLEMENTS)
COMMERCE FOR ITA/OTEXA/DANDREA
STATE PLEASE PASS USTR FOR CAROYL MILLER
E.O. 12356: N/A
TAGS: ECON ETRD KTEX NL
SUBJECT: TEXTILES AND APPAREL SECTOR: THE NETHERLANDS
REF: SECSTATE 114799
1. In response to reftel, the following is main sector
data for the Dutch textiles and apparel producing industry.
All data is for 2006. Some information is not currently available
due to internal problems at the Dutch Central Bureau of Statistics.
-- Total industrial production: Information not currently
available.
-- Total textiles production: Information not currently available.
-- Total apparel production: Information not currently available.
-- Share of textiles and apparel in total Dutch imports: 3.3
percent
-- Share of textiles and apparel in total Dutch exports: 2.6
percent
-- Dutch exports of textiles and apparel to the U.S.: 273 million
euros ($387 million)
-- Total manufacturing employment: 870,000 people
-- Total textiles, apparel, and leather employment: 22,000 people
2. For several decades, textile and apparel producing industries
have been in decline in the Netherlands. Remaining companies have
mostly outsourced their basic production to low-cost countries,
including China and Turkey. Producers have focused on specialized
"niche" products, including technical and functional textiles, which
are more capital intensive to produce. As a member of the European
Union, the Netherlands complies with EU policies. In general, the
Netherlands is a large importer of Chinese goods, but most of those
goods are intended for re-export to other European countries.
GALLAGHER