Value Chain Report Mauritius
One of the major reasons for the country’s success has been the fact that by taking advantage of the Lomé Provisions, Mauritius has been importing raw material and exporting finished products with duty free access to the European market
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| Value Chain Report South Africa
South Africa has a well-developed textile industry. According to the Textile Federation, the textile industry in South Africa is the country’s sixth largest employer in the manufacturing sector and the eleventh largest exporter of manufactured goods.
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Value Chain Report Egypt
This study aims to provide data and information on the cotton and textile sector as an input to the RATES/COMESA/EAC/SADC effort of developing a trade policy framework, in support of regional and extra-regional trade in cotton and textiles from the ESA region.
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| Cotton, Textiles & Apparel Value Chain Report for Tanzania
Cotton plays an important role in the economy and rural development of Tanzania. Being the second cash crop after coffee, cotton contributes about 15 percent of the total country’s foreign exchange earnings.
In addition, about 40 percent of the country’s population depend on cotton alone for their livelihood.
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Cotton, Textiles & Apparel Value Chain Report for Kenya
On average, cotton farmers are making a loss of KES 3 per kg of seed cotton
produced, largely because of the high cost of production in an environment
characterized by a global decline in lint prices. World lint prices fell in real terms by
more than 60% between 1950 and 2000. Major cost drivers are cost of pesticides, lack
of extension services, and poor infrastructure. Costs associated with pesticides
constitute about 29% of the total production cost.
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| Cotton, Textiles & Apparel Value Chain Report Malawi
The revival of the local textile industry could further increase the flow of Malawi cotton from growers and ginners upstream. However, even without a recovery of the Malawi textile industry there are ample market opportunities for the sale of increased volumes of cotton lint within the region.
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Cotton, Textiles & Apparel Value Chain Report for Ethiopia
The Ethiopian economy is dominated by agriculture that accounts for over 50 per cent of its GDP, 90 per cent of its export earnings, and 88 per cent of the labor force. It also supplies food to the urban areas and raw materials to the manufacturing sector. A variety of crops are grown seasonally in different parts of Ethiopia, consisting of coffee, cotton, cereals, pulses and oil seeds.
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| Cotton, Textiles & Apparel Value Chain Report For Uganda
Cotton was introduced into Uganda in 1903 and dominated the economy as a leading
cash crop and foreign exchange earner until the 1950's, when it was superseded in its
importance to the agricultural sector by coffee. Cotton can be produced in most parts of
Uganda, but over 50 percent of the crop is today produced in the areas north and east of
River Nile.
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Cotton Market Assessment and Baseline Study - Zimbabwe
The purpose of the market analysis currently being undertaken of the cotton sector in zimbabwe is to identify actions and areas of development that could be used to enhance the regional trade in cotton, textiles and garments, where this is shown to be beneficial to the countries/regions concerned.
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| Cotton, Textiles & Apparel Value Chain Report - Zambia
Strategically situated in the Southern Region of Africa, Zambia shares borders with the Democratic Republic of Congo and Tanzania in the North, Malawi and Mozambique in the East, Botswana, Namibia and Zimbabwe in the South and Angola in the West. This aspect certainly puts Zambia at an advantage in terms of easy access to every expanding economic opportunities in the region.
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Regional Market Assessment on Lint and Textiles
The assignment required the consultant to visit six countries, namely, Uganda, Tanzania,
Mauritius, Republic of South Africa, Malawi and Zambia, to assess prospects for future
success at each of the cotton sectors in each of the countries relevant in both national and
regional terms. The emphasis of enquiry was placed upon discernment of apparent future
potentials and prospects, utilising where possible and appropriate structurally oriented
studies already conducted by RATES and others, to provide a current basis and some
historical perspective.
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