The basic situation of French clothing industry
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The French clothing industry basic situation is that, at present, French has around 5900 garment production enterprise, of which 5043 are small business, and they just have less than 20 workers. There are only 8 business has more than 500 workers, the rest of the enterprises have between 20 and 250 workers medium enterprises. These garment production enterprise is mainly distributed in the Paris region; there are 11. 4% business is distributed in Loire area; there are 11. 3% business is distributed in Ronaldinho alpine area; North Calais area is 7. 8%; the central region 6. 1%, and the others just occupy a small proportion. The French garment industry has about 8000 employees, the turnover is around 10 billion euros every year.
There are 20% clothing are women’s underwear; there are 16% clothing are men’s clothing; Other clothing and apparel accounted for 14%; Tailored clothing occupies 4%; Overalls accounted for 3%; and leather product accounted for 1%. The French garment industry workers hourly wage is $15. 93, it is the seventh highest in the world textile industry, it behinds Denmark, Switzerland, Belgium, Japan, Netherlands and Germany. Labor cost is too high, workers total wages account for 60% of the cost of garments production, this is the main reason for the French enterprise migration. According to the statistics, 20% of the French textile and clothing production enterprise is in abroad. Currently, the clothing is not 100% made in France, shirt and trousers underwear, unless there is a luxury products. The French clothing industry production capacity has been declined. In addition, the 2001 French native clothing production has reduced 11%; in 2002, it has reduced 20. 1%; in 2003, it has reduced 20%. In 2004, it was expected to reduce 22%. At present, there are about 70% clothing in the French market are imported from abroad. Secondly, the French clothing market consumption is around 61. 4 million in total, French people pay attention to dress and lead the fashion, both men and women, young and old, all dressed appropriate in any kind of place. In recent years, France dress code has become simple and leisure. According to the market analysis, the French’s shop features are more and more care about the price, the good and cheap clothing can often attract consumers. nbsp;
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