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Manufacturing Trade Manufacturing Trade Liberalization in Pakistan,Liberalization in Pakistan, with a Special Focus on the Textiles and Clothing Sectorwith a Special Focus on the Textiles and Clothing Sector
Presented by: Presented by: Abeer Masood,Abeer Masood, Senior Research Fellow, Senior Research Fellow, Mahbub Ul Haq Human Development Centre Mahbub Ul Haq Human Development Centre
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Presentation OutlinePresentation Outline
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Characteristics of manufactured exports
Trends in manufacturing
Explaining the characteristics and trends
Impact on human development
Policy recommendations
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Characteristics of Manufactured ExportsCharacteristics of Manufactured Exports
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Undiversified basket of export products: Textiles and garments accounted for 55.26% of total exports in 2007-08.
Unsophisticated, low value-added products: Hi-tech goods only made up 1.37% of merchandise exports in 2007. This is problematic because the share of high-tech goods in world trade is rising rapidly.
Source: Medium Term Development Framework, GOP, 2005-10.
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Poor product quality: For example, in the textiles and clothing (T&C) sector, Pakistani yarn is of poor quality coarse and medium counts and fetches low prices in world markets.
Characteristics of Manufactured ExportsCharacteristics of Manufactured Exports
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Average Export Price of Yarn (1990-2006), $/kg
Source: UN Comtrade Database, 2009.
Few export destinations: In 2008, 25.7% and 18% of merchandise exports went to the EU and US alone, leaving the sector very susceptible to shocks in a few economies.
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Net manufactured exports have declined: From US$2.6 billion in 2000, to -US$3.4 billion in 2007.
Manufacturing’s share of GDP, employment and fixed investment is stagnant or falling:
The steep decline in fixed investment is of particular concern for the future prospects of the sector.
TrendsTrends
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Manufacturing as % of: 2005 2010
GDP 18.3 18.5
Employment 13.6 13.0
Fixed Investment 22.0 16.2Source: Economic Survey, GOP, 2009-10.
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In the Textiles and Clothing (T&C) sector, exports have fallen as a percentage of world trade in the post-2005, post-quota period:
(US$ million)
TrendsTrends
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2000 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
Total World T&C Trade 355,017 456,110 479,479 529,509 586,194 613,086
Pakistan’s Total T&C Exports
6,676 9,151 10,691 11,376 11,177 11,092
% of World Trade 1.88 2.01 2.23 2.15 1.91 1.81
Source: Economic Survey, GOP, 2009-10.
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Explaining the Characteristics and TrendsExplaining the Characteristics and Trends
Policy instability: Recent imposition of 15% regulatory duty on exports of cotton yarn is a prime example.
Industrial policy was centred on creating domestic self-reliance in consumer products and exploiting perceived comparative advantage.
Poor marketing skills: Includes poor branding, labeling, certification and standardization.
Poor public institutions create an unfavourable business environment: In the Global Competitiveness Index 2009-10, Pakistan ranks 100th and 103rd in the enforcement of property rights and efficiency of dispute settlement legal frameworks, respectively, out of 133 countries.
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Low investment in human resources, R&D and industry-academia linkages:
Infrastructure constraints: Some examples: Over a third of roads are unpaved Port-handling and customs procedures are lengthy and cumbersome Unavailability of treated water means modern machinery such as water-jet looms cannot be
adopted in the textiles and clothing sector
Explaining the Characteristics and TrendsExplaining the Characteristics and Trends
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Indicator Ranking (Out of 133 Countries)
Higher Education and Training 118
On-the-Job Training 109
Firm Level Technology Absorption 99
University-Industry Collaboration in R&D 92
Source: Global Competitiveness Report, 2009-10.
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Energy shortages: Low energy availability cost 2-2.5% of GDP during 2009-10. Total energy consumption in the industrial sector fell by 11.7% between 2008-09 and 2009-10.
War on terror: In 2009-10, the war-related costs to the economy stood at 6% of GDP and led to sinking investor confidence.
Recent developments: In 2008 and 2009, the financial crisis led to a decline in US imports of textiles and clothing by 5.2% and 7.5%, respectively.
Explaining the Characteristics and TrendsExplaining the Characteristics and Trends
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Poverty and employment: Removal of tariffs and quotas and reduction of subsidies to food and utilities have increased the vulnerability of the poor. Set-backs to the textiles and clothing sector, which employs about 40% of the manufacturing workforce, have been particularly damaging for employment.
Gender dimension: There have been improvements in women’s participation but increasing disparities in the male-female wage-gap in the manufacturing sector during the post-liberalization era.
Impact on Human DevelopmentImpact on Human Development
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Policy RecommendationsPolicy Recommendations
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Invest in human capital through innovative solutions
Stop supporting failing manufacturing entities; instead, invest in improving the competitiveness of the manufacturing sector
Identify and develop new, more sophisticated products
Encourage the growth of SMEs
Promote trade links with new destinations
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