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Viewing cable 07CAIRO2903, EGYPTIAN TEXTILE PRODUCTION INCREASING DESPITE

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Reference ID Created Released Classification Origin
07CAIRO2903 2007-09-26 12:05 2011-08-24 16:30 UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY Embassy Cairo
VZCZCXYZ0009
PP RUEHWEB

DE RUEHEG #2903/01 2691205
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
P 261205Z SEP 07
FM AMEMBASSY CAIRO
TO RUCPDOC/DEPT OF COMMERCE WASHDC PRIORITY
RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 7026
INFO RUEHAK/AMEMBASSY ANKARA PRIORITY 0626
RUEHBJ/AMEMBASSY BEIJING PRIORITY 0186
RUEHRB/AMEMBASSY RABAT PRIORITY 0586
RUEHTV/AMEMBASSY TEL AVIV PRIORITY 1561
RUEHTU/AMEMBASSY TUNIS PRIORITY 0639
UNCLAS CAIRO 002903 
 
SIPDIS 
 
SENSITIVE 
SIPDIS 
 
STATE FOR EBB/TPP/ABT CLEMENTS 
COMMERCE FOR ITA/OTEXA D'ANDREA 
USTR FOR MILLER 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: ECON ETRD KTEX EG
SUBJECT: EGYPTIAN TEXTILE PRODUCTION INCREASING DESPITE 
CHINESE COMPETITION 
 
REF: A. STATE 114799 
     B. CAIRO 2887 
 
1.  (U) SUMMARY: Despite increasing competition from China, 
the Egyptian textile and apparel industry is growing robustly 
thanks to Egypt's preferential trade agreements with Europe, 
the United States, and Turkey, as well as rising costs among 
its regional competitors.  This message responds to Ref A 
questions on the state of the textile and apparel industry in 
the face of increasing international competition.  END 
SUMMARY. 
 
2.  (U) Total Egyptian industrial production in FY2005-06 was 
valued at $16.9 billion, according to a study by the American 
Chamber of Commerce in Egypt.  Egyptian textile and apparel 
production accounted for $1.7 billion, a little more than 10 
percent of total industrial production. 
 
3.  (U) Textiles and apparel represented 5.5 percent of 
Egyptian exports and 2.6 percent of Egyptian imports during 
that period, compared with 5.2 percent of exports and 2.9 
percent of imports during the first half of FY2006-07. 
Excluding oil and natural gas, textiles and apparel accounted 
for 12.4 percent of exports and 3.2 percent of imports in 
FY2005-06, compared with compared with 9.7 percent of exports 
and 3.3 percent of imports during the first half of FY2006-07. 
 
4.  (U) While the sector's share of Egyptian exports has not 
changed significantly, textile and apparel exports are 
increasing along with other Egyptian exports, said Mohammand 
Kassem of the Egyptian Chamber of Textile Industries. 
Egyptian textile and apparel exports increased 21 percent in 
2006 and another 14 percent in 2007, compared to the same 
period in 2006, he said. 
 
5.  (U) About one million Egyptians work in the textile and 
garment industry, including relatively well-paid workers in 
export-oriented factories as well as idle employees of 
inefficient state owned-enterprises.  Up to 24,000 workers at 
one of Egypt's largest public textile factories have been on 
strike since September 23 demanding unpaid bonuses, pay 
increases, and changes in company and factory union 
leadership (ref B). 
 
6.  (U) Egyptian textile and apparel exports to the United 
States were valued at $819 million in 2006, according to the 
US Census Bureau.  In the first half of 2007, Egyptian 
textile and apparel exports to the United States had already 
reached $539 million.  The increase is due largely to 
increasing exports under the Qualified Industrial Zone (QIZ) 
agreement granting duty-free status to Egyptian exports that 
include 11.7 percent Israeli content.  QIZ exports, which are 
almost exclusively in ready-made garments, were valued at 
$627 million in 2006 and $349 million in the first half of 
2007. 
 
7.  (U) According to Kassem, Chinese competition has forced 
Egypt out of export markets for exporting apparel categories 
in which China does not face export quotas and Egypt does not 
enjoy trade preferences. "No one has a chance to survive in 
these categories." But in categories in which China still 
faces quotas in the United States and Europe, such as knit 
tops and bottoms, Egypt remains competitive. 
 
8.  (U) Kassem reports that smuggling of Chinese textiles 
into Egypt is a significant problem.  Earlier this year the 
GOE reduced tariffs on textiles from 30 percent to 5 percent, 
and on fabrics from 45 percent to 12 percent, as part of 
efforts to reform trade policy and reduce the incentive for 
smuggling. However, sales taxes, fees, and the remaining 
tariffs still add nearly 40 percent to the price of legally 
imported textiles, leaving a significant incentive for 
smuggling. 
 
9.  (U) Despite the challenges, Egypt is attracting foreign 
investment in the garment and textile industry.  As regional 
competitor Turkey faces rising labor costs, Turkish garment 
manufacturers are moving operations to Egypt to take 
advantage of preferential trading arrangements with Europe, 
Africa, and the United States.  Egypt is also better equipped 
than garment factories in Tunisia and Morocco to meet buyers' 
 
increasing preference for certain types of packaging. 
JONES