A Comparative Analysis of the Garments Sector of Pakistan

Hussain, Syed Turab; Malik, Kashif Zaheer; Khan, Muhammad Usman; Faheem, Adeel; Nabi, Ijaz; Hamid, Navid

doi:10.2139/ssrn.3117709

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“…Ninety per cent of the firms in Karachi have access to workforce training facilities, while only 65% firms in Sialkot and less than 40% in Lahore and Faisalabad do so. Despite having the comparative advantage of being the main sea port of Pakistan, the deteriorating security environment has reduced the competitiveness of the Karachi cluster, whereas Lahore and Faisalabad are affected mainly by high energy costs and a lack of skilled labor (Hussain et al, 2013). Production is organized in a large-scale and relatively well-organized segment and a disjointed SME segment.…”

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“…Karachi specialises in woven garments in the $5–10 unit price range, whereas Faisalabad produces knitwear garments in the $1–5 price range. Firms in Lahore mainly focus on woven garments in the $5–10 price range, as well as knitwear ($1–5), even though during the 1980s and 1990s, manufacturing units in Lahore were the most modern, large and vertically integrated (Hussain et al., 2013; Memon, 2009; Sandhu, 2011).…”

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confidence: 99%

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The ‘factory manager dilemma’: Purchasing practices and environmental upgrading in apparel global value chains

2019

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Economic and environmental upgrading in global value chains are intertwined processes. The existing global value chain literature has so far articulated the relationships between economic and social upgrading but has only recently started to explore the challenges of environmental upgrading from the perspective of suppliers in the Global South. In this article, we examine the ‘factory manager dilemma’ as a way of conceptualising the purchasing practices and environmental upgrading requirements faced by suppliers in their dealings with lead firms in global value chains. Specifically, we analyse the environmental upgrading challenges experienced by Pakistani apparel firms. We conclude that Pakistani apparel suppliers are required both to absorb the consequences of global buyers’ unsustainable purchasing practices and to reduce their own profitability – all in the name of sustainability.

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Section: Background On the Pakistani Apparel Sectormentioning

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Section: Background On the Pakistani Apparel Sectormentioning

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The ‘factory manager dilemma’: Purchasing practices and environmental upgrading in apparel global value chains

2019

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“…Moreover, while both countries have similar exports, they are players in different segments of the same market: Turkey focuses on the high end of the market spectrum with Pakistan located at the other extreme. Hussain et al (2013) find that, in 2011, readymade garments constituted about 13 percent of Pakistan's textile exports (worth US$ 9.6 billion) whereas raw cotton, cotton yarn, and cotton cloth constituted roughly 35 percent. Pakistan's share of the world's top garment products 17 is significantly lower than that of Turkey; Pakistan leads over Turkey in only one market, that for household linen.…”

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Analyzing Pakistan’s Trade Opportunity with Turkey

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2014

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Growing economic cooperation between the Pakistani and Turkish governments—manifested in the recently proposed preferential trade agreement (PTA)—has served to strengthen the historically good relations between both countries. This paper explores the trade relationship between Pakistan and Turkey in an attempt to analyze the potential gains for Pakistan under the proposed PTA. We evaluate potential trade opportunities using descriptive statistics and three trade indices: a trade complementarity index, export similarity index, and intraindustry index. Our findings suggest that Pakistan’s trade surplus with Turkey, strong export similarities, and intra-industry trade would allow greater opportunities for firm synergies between the two countries. This, in turn, would help Pakistan achieve greater value addition and a broader market base for its exports. The Government of Pakistan should, therefore, lobby strongly for the proposed PTA (which might later evolve into a free trade agreement) and leverage the agreement in such a way that Pakistan can maximize its potential benefits.

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