The U.S. International Trade Commission (USITC) is undertaking a new factfinding investigation that will examine the export competitiveness of the apparel industries in Bangladesh, Cambodia, India, Indonesia, and Pakistan.
This investigation, Apparel: Export Competitiveness of Certain Foreign Suppliers to the United States (Investigation No. 332-602), was requested by the U.S. Trade Representative in a letter received on December 20, 2023.
As requested, the USITC, an independent, nonpartisan federal agency, will prepare a public report. The report will provide, to the extent practicable:
A comparison of the relative U.S. market shares held by Bangladesh, Cambodia, India, Indonesia, and Pakistan currently (up to and including calendar year 2023, if available) and five (2018) and ten (2013) years ago; and an analysis of changing patterns in market shares and trade including against other top suppliers, noting any significant shifts;
Country-specific profiles of the apparel industries in the above-listed countries, including information on investment, vertical integration, duty-free access to the U.S. market, wages and labor productivity, and sourcing of inputs, as well as an assessment of the export competitiveness of each country in the U.S. market considering major factors of competitiveness such as trade, industry structure, price and costs, product differentiation, and reliability, using available statistical and qualitative information;
A review of general literature on the key determinants driving export competitiveness in the global apparel industry, to the extent that it is relevant to conditions in the selected countries; and
A data appendix, to the degree that additional data relevant to competitiveness are identified by the review of the literature and are available.
The USITC expects to submit its report to the Trade Representative by August 30, 2024.
The USITC will hold a public hearing in connection with the investigation at 9:30 a.m. on March 7, 2024. A link to the hearing will be posted on the Commission’s website at https://www.usitc.gov/calendarpad/calendar.html. Read More→
https://www.usitc.gov/press_room/news_release/2024/er0116_64763.htm
