The Textile-Clothing Value Chain in India and Bangladesh : How Appropriate Policies Can Promote (or Inhibit) Trade and Investment

Kabir, Mahfuz ; Singh, Surendar ; Ferrantino, Michael J.

World Bank, Washington, DC

关键词: MICROENTERPRISE;    SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES;    TEXTILE INDUSTRY;    CLOTHING INDUSTRY;    TRADE AND INVESTMENT POLICY;   

DOI  :  10.1596/1813-9450-8731
RP-ID  :  WPS8731

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: World Bank Open Knowledge Repository

【 摘 要 】

There are significant value chainlinkages between India and Bangladesh, particularly in thetextile and apparel sector. India specializes in theupstream segment, supplying such intermediate inputs assilk, cotton, yarn, and fabrics to Bangladesh. Bangladeshspecializes in the downstream final apparel segment,exporting worldwide as well as to India. Tariffs andnontariff barriers in both countries inhibit the growth ofvalue chain linkages. In addition, subsidies and otherindustrial policies in India distort incentives away fromthe natural pattern of specialization. The results of a newsurvey of textile and clothing firms in both countriescorroborate these findings. Reforms in trade policy(including rules of origin), trade facilitation,trade-related standards, and institutions could help bothcountries better take advantage of value chain linkages.