Thailand's Clothing and Textile Exports

Download or read book Thailand's Clothing and Textile Exports written by Suphat Suphachalasai and published by Institute of Southeast Asian. This book was released on 1994 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Chapter 2 gives a general view of the evolution of the Thai manufacturing sector. Chapter 3 describes the structure and development of the clothing and textile industry and government intervention, analysing protection policies as well as the effective rates of assistance (ERA) in the industry. Chapter 4 and 5 deal with MFA issues. Chapter 6 examines the exports of the Thai clothing sector in comparing its exports to Hong Kong. Chapter 7 presents a world clothing trade model to evaluate the welfare effects of the MFA on Thailand and to predict the future of Thai exports under different scenarios. Chapter 8 summarizes the conclusions