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Challenges to the Arab World International Developments in the Textile and Systemic Challenges Clothing Industries: • Quota free World Challenges for Arab Countries • • • • Preference Erosion Constrained Policy Space Speakers: A ChangingDr. Business Environment Luis Abugattas Global Slowdown Dr. Ahmed Moustafa Policy-induced Changes United Nations Development Programme Regional Bureau for Arab States Arab Trade and Development Programme ATDP The Arab Textile Industries Forum (ATDP) 1 Challenges to the Arab World Systemic Challenges: • • • • • Quota free World Preference Erosion Constrained Policy Space A Changing Business Environment Global Slowdown Policy-induced Changes ATDP The Arab Textile Industries Forum 2 A Quota Free World The end of the Multi-Fibre Agreement (MFA) in 1995: WTO Agreement on Textiles and Clothing (ATC) All products integrated into GATT according to schedule, 10 year transition process Most quotas remained in place till the end of the ATC, further quotas against products of the most successful exporting countries (China) ATDP The Arab Textile Industries Forum 3 A Quota Free World Quotas introduced heavy distortions to Textile Trade: on January 1, 2009, all quotas have been abolished Consequences: • Sharp decline in prices • Adverse affects on many exporting countries, including in the Arab World • Concentration of production in less countries • China gain extended market shares ATDP The Arab Textile Industries Forum 4 A Quota Free World Table: EU imports from China in % 1999 2003 2005 2007 Growth 19992007 27.18 174% 38.32 83% Textiles China 9.94 16.8 23.4 Clothing China ATDP 20.93 25.49 35.32 The Arab Textile Industries Forum 5 A Quota Free World Table: US imports from China in % 1995 2000 2005 2007 35.44 42.59 22.04 30.77 Textiles China 13.78 14.03 Clothing China ATDP 10.5 7.86 The Arab Textile Industries Forum 6 Preference Erosion No reduction in tariff protection: in the US up to 32% and up to 12% in the EU. Non-reciprocal preferential schemes and evergrowing number of bilateral Free Trade Agreements diminish the value of preferences. WTO negotiations will decrease MFN in the US and the EU ATDP The Arab Textile Industries Forum 7 Constrained Policy Space Up to 70% of Textile Exporting Firms benefit from Export Processing Zones (EPZs) or similar institutions Agreement on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures (ASCM) prohibits export subsidies, abolishment at the latest 2015 The need to revise current policies and consider open and hidden Export Subsidies ATDP The Arab Textile Industries Forum 8 A Changing Business Environment Trends: • Concentration of the clothing retailing industry in the EU and the USA • Long term arrangements between producers and buyers • More sophisticated information technologies and logistics: a key competitive aspect • Private Codes of Conduct ATDP The Arab Textile Industries Forum 9 Global Slowdown World Economy heads towards recession Uncertainty about future demand Table: Percentage Change of US Imports of textile and clothing 2008 vs. 2007 2007 vs. 2006 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Total Textiles & Clothing -5 -6 -4 -7 3 1 2 1 Total Apparels -5 -3 -2 -1 9 5 2 -1 Total Non-apparels -5 -8 -6 -11 -1 -1 2 2 ATDP The Arab Textile Industries Forum 10 Global Slowdown Figure: Actual and projected GDP growth rates for the US ATDP The Arab Textile Industries Forum 11 Policy-induced changes Trade Liberalization in Arab countries ends decades of market protection and, therefore, requires adequate flanking policies Imports surged in recent years due to trade liberalization WTO negotiation deepens trade liberalization ATDP The Arab Textile Industries Forum 12 Arab textile exports to the EU Table: Shares of leading Arab textile exporters in extra-EU imports of textiles ATDP The Arab Textile Industries Forum 13 Arab clothing exports to the EU Table: Shares of leading Arab clothing exporters in extra-EU imports of clothing ATDP The Arab Textile Industries Forum 14 Arab textile and clothing exports to the US Table: Arab exports to the US in % 1995 2000 2005 2007 1.24 1.32 3.03 2.98 Textiles US 1.39 1.42 Clothing US ATDP 2.24 2.45 The Arab Textile Industries Forum 15 Concluding remarks Dismantling of quote system, preference erosion, global slowdown and new dynamics of international trade pose great threats to textile and clothing industry in Arab countries New trading environment offers also interesting possibilities for further development Devised strategies and implemented policies are necessary to confront the systemic changes Appropriate flanking measures are inevitable ATDP The Arab Textile Industries Forum 16 Thank you for your attention! ATDP The Arab Textile Industries Forum 17