Kyrgyz Republic - The Garment Sector : Impact of Joining the Customs Union and Options to Increase Competitiveness

This note analyzes the impact that joining the Eurasian Customs Union will have on the Kyrgyz Republic s garment sector and options for improving the sector s competitiveness. The paper finds that joining the Eurasian Customs Union will lead to hig...

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Format: Policy Note
Language:English
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Published: Washington, DC 2015
Subjects:
GDP
ITC
WTO
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2014/06/20460187/kyrgyz-garment-sector-impact-joining-customs-union-options-increase-competitiveness
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spelling okr-10986-211032021-04-23T14:04:00Z Kyrgyz Republic - The Garment Sector : Impact of Joining the Customs Union and Options to Increase Competitiveness World Bank ACCESS TO CAPITAL ACCESS TO CREDIT ACCESS TO FINANCE ACCESS TO FINANCING ADOPTION OF TECHNOLOGY ADVISORY SERVICES AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS AGRICULTURE BANK CREDIT BENCHMARK BENCHMARKING BENCHMARKS BRAND BUSINESS CLIMATE BUSINESS INDICATORS BUSINESS OPERATIONS BUSINESSES CAPABILITIES CAPITAL INVESTMENTS CERTIFICATES COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE COMPETITIVENESS COMPETITIVENESS INDEX CONSUMER MARKETS CONSUMERS CORRUPTION CUSTOMER SEGMENTS CUSTOMS CUSTOMS CLEARANCE CUSTOMS CLEARANCES CUSTOMS UNION DIVERSIFICATION DOMESTIC MARKET ECONOMIC ACTIVITY ECONOMIC CRISIS ECONOMIC EFFECT ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIES OF SCALE ELECTRICITY EMPLOYEE EMPLOYERS EMPLOYMENT GROWTH ENTERPRISE SURVEYS ENTREPRENEURS EQUIPMENT EXPORT MARKETS EXPORT PROMOTION EXPORT PROMOTION AGENCIES EXPORTS EXTERNAL FINANCING FINANCES FINANCIAL CRISIS FINANCIAL DISTRESS FINANCIAL SERVICES FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT FOREIGN EXCHANGE FOREIGN INPUTS FOREIGN INVESTORS FOREIGN TRADE FOREIGN TRADE POLICY GDP GLOBAL COMPETITIVENESS GLOBAL ECONOMY HIGH INTEREST RATES IMPORT DATA IMPORTS INCOME LEVELS INDUSTRIALIZATION INFORMAL ECONOMY INNOVATION INNOVATION POLICY INTERNATIONAL MARKETS INTERNATIONAL TRADE ITC LABOR MARKET LACK OF ACCESS LICENSES LIMITED ACCESS LIMITED ACCESS TO FINANCE LOAN PROGRAM MANUFACTURING MARKET ACCESS MARKET DEMAND MARKET FAILURES MARKET FORCES MARKET INFORMATION MARKET POWER MARKET SEGMENTS MARKETING MATERIAL MERCHANDISE NETWORKS NEW TECHNOLOGIES NEW TECHNOLOGY NICHE MARKET NICHE MARKETS PERFORMANCES POOR ACCESS PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS PRODUCTION COSTS PRODUCTION PROCESSES PRODUCTIVITY PUBLIC POLICY PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS PURCHASING PURCHASING POWER PURCHASING POWER PARITY RECESSION REMITTANCES RESULT RESULTS RETAIL REVOLVING LOAN SALES SKILLED LABOR SOCIAL NETWORKS SUPPLIERS SUPPLY CHAIN SUPPLY CHAINS TARIFF LINES TARIFF SCHEDULES TAX SYSTEM TAX TREATMENT TECHNICAL EXPERTISE TECHNICAL SKILLS TOTAL COSTS TOURISM TRADE DATA TRADE INDICATORS TRADE POLICY TRADE PROMOTION TRADE REGIME TRADE REGULATIONS UNION USER VALUE ADDED VALUE CHAIN VALUE CHAINS WAGE RATES WAGES WORKING CAPITAL WORLD TRADE WTO This note analyzes the impact that joining the Eurasian Customs Union will have on the Kyrgyz Republic s garment sector and options for improving the sector s competitiveness. The paper finds that joining the Eurasian Customs Union will lead to higher prices for the textiles and cloth used in garment production. This will increase the cost of producing garments in the Kyrgyz Republic and will more than likely place downward pressure on exports from the Kyrgyz Republic, which will induce firms, particularly less competitive ones, to exit from the garment sector. To offset the increase in cost from higher tariffs, it is recommended that the Kyrgyz Government aims to increase productivity by lifting the constraints that reduce the sector s competitiveness. This can be done through interventions to increase the use of new technology, improve knowledge of consumer markets, and strengthen skills and education. This paper discusses these issues in four parts. The first provides an economic context for the discussion (Section I), which is followed by a discussion of the development of the garment sector and its importance for the economy (Section II). The paper then assesses the impact that joining the Customs Union (Section III) will have on production costs in the garment sector. Section IV describes the constraints the sector s competitiveness and possible interventions to lift these constraints. 2015-01-06T18:17:14Z 2015-01-06T18:17:14Z 2014-06 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2014/06/20460187/kyrgyz-garment-sector-impact-joining-customs-union-options-increase-competitiveness http://hdl.handle.net/10986/21103 English en_US CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ Washington, DC Economic & Sector Work :: Policy Note Europe and Central Asia Kyrgyz Republic
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language English
en_US
topic ACCESS TO CAPITAL
ACCESS TO CREDIT
ACCESS TO FINANCE
ACCESS TO FINANCING
ADOPTION OF TECHNOLOGY
ADVISORY SERVICES
AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS
AGRICULTURE
BANK CREDIT
BENCHMARK
BENCHMARKING
BENCHMARKS
BRAND
BUSINESS CLIMATE
BUSINESS INDICATORS
BUSINESS OPERATIONS
BUSINESSES
CAPABILITIES
CAPITAL INVESTMENTS
CERTIFICATES
COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE
COMPETITIVENESS
COMPETITIVENESS INDEX
CONSUMER MARKETS
CONSUMERS
CORRUPTION
CUSTOMER SEGMENTS
CUSTOMS
CUSTOMS CLEARANCE
CUSTOMS CLEARANCES
CUSTOMS UNION
DIVERSIFICATION
DOMESTIC MARKET
ECONOMIC ACTIVITY
ECONOMIC CRISIS
ECONOMIC EFFECT
ECONOMIC GROWTH
ECONOMIES OF SCALE
ELECTRICITY
EMPLOYEE
EMPLOYERS
EMPLOYMENT GROWTH
ENTERPRISE SURVEYS
ENTREPRENEURS
EQUIPMENT
EXPORT MARKETS
EXPORT PROMOTION
EXPORT PROMOTION AGENCIES
EXPORTS
EXTERNAL FINANCING
FINANCES
FINANCIAL CRISIS
FINANCIAL DISTRESS
FINANCIAL SERVICES
FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT
FOREIGN EXCHANGE
FOREIGN INPUTS
FOREIGN INVESTORS
FOREIGN TRADE
FOREIGN TRADE POLICY
GDP
GLOBAL COMPETITIVENESS
GLOBAL ECONOMY
HIGH INTEREST RATES
IMPORT DATA
IMPORTS
INCOME LEVELS
INDUSTRIALIZATION
INFORMAL ECONOMY
INNOVATION
INNOVATION POLICY
INTERNATIONAL MARKETS
INTERNATIONAL TRADE
ITC
LABOR MARKET
LACK OF ACCESS
LICENSES
LIMITED ACCESS
LIMITED ACCESS TO FINANCE
LOAN PROGRAM
MANUFACTURING
MARKET ACCESS
MARKET DEMAND
MARKET FAILURES
MARKET FORCES
MARKET INFORMATION
MARKET POWER
MARKET SEGMENTS
MARKETING
MATERIAL
MERCHANDISE
NETWORKS
NEW TECHNOLOGIES
NEW TECHNOLOGY
NICHE MARKET
NICHE MARKETS
PERFORMANCES
POOR ACCESS
PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS
PRODUCTION COSTS
PRODUCTION PROCESSES
PRODUCTIVITY
PUBLIC POLICY
PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS
PURCHASING
PURCHASING POWER
PURCHASING POWER PARITY
RECESSION
REMITTANCES
RESULT
RESULTS
RETAIL
REVOLVING LOAN
SALES
SKILLED LABOR
SOCIAL NETWORKS
SUPPLIERS
SUPPLY CHAIN
SUPPLY CHAINS
TARIFF LINES
TARIFF SCHEDULES
TAX SYSTEM
TAX TREATMENT
TECHNICAL EXPERTISE
TECHNICAL SKILLS
TOTAL COSTS
TOURISM
TRADE DATA
TRADE INDICATORS
TRADE POLICY
TRADE PROMOTION
TRADE REGIME
TRADE REGULATIONS
UNION
USER
VALUE ADDED
VALUE CHAIN
VALUE CHAINS
WAGE RATES
WAGES
WORKING CAPITAL
WORLD TRADE
WTO
spellingShingle ACCESS TO CAPITAL
ACCESS TO CREDIT
ACCESS TO FINANCE
ACCESS TO FINANCING
ADOPTION OF TECHNOLOGY
ADVISORY SERVICES
AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS
AGRICULTURE
BANK CREDIT
BENCHMARK
BENCHMARKING
BENCHMARKS
BRAND
BUSINESS CLIMATE
BUSINESS INDICATORS
BUSINESS OPERATIONS
BUSINESSES
CAPABILITIES
CAPITAL INVESTMENTS
CERTIFICATES
COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE
COMPETITIVENESS
COMPETITIVENESS INDEX
CONSUMER MARKETS
CONSUMERS
CORRUPTION
CUSTOMER SEGMENTS
CUSTOMS
CUSTOMS CLEARANCE
CUSTOMS CLEARANCES
CUSTOMS UNION
DIVERSIFICATION
DOMESTIC MARKET
ECONOMIC ACTIVITY
ECONOMIC CRISIS
ECONOMIC EFFECT
ECONOMIC GROWTH
ECONOMIES OF SCALE
ELECTRICITY
EMPLOYEE
EMPLOYERS
EMPLOYMENT GROWTH
ENTERPRISE SURVEYS
ENTREPRENEURS
EQUIPMENT
EXPORT MARKETS
EXPORT PROMOTION
EXPORT PROMOTION AGENCIES
EXPORTS
EXTERNAL FINANCING
FINANCES
FINANCIAL CRISIS
FINANCIAL DISTRESS
FINANCIAL SERVICES
FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT
FOREIGN EXCHANGE
FOREIGN INPUTS
FOREIGN INVESTORS
FOREIGN TRADE
FOREIGN TRADE POLICY
GDP
GLOBAL COMPETITIVENESS
GLOBAL ECONOMY
HIGH INTEREST RATES
IMPORT DATA
IMPORTS
INCOME LEVELS
INDUSTRIALIZATION
INFORMAL ECONOMY
INNOVATION
INNOVATION POLICY
INTERNATIONAL MARKETS
INTERNATIONAL TRADE
ITC
LABOR MARKET
LACK OF ACCESS
LICENSES
LIMITED ACCESS
LIMITED ACCESS TO FINANCE
LOAN PROGRAM
MANUFACTURING
MARKET ACCESS
MARKET DEMAND
MARKET FAILURES
MARKET FORCES
MARKET INFORMATION
MARKET POWER
MARKET SEGMENTS
MARKETING
MATERIAL
MERCHANDISE
NETWORKS
NEW TECHNOLOGIES
NEW TECHNOLOGY
NICHE MARKET
NICHE MARKETS
PERFORMANCES
POOR ACCESS
PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS
PRODUCTION COSTS
PRODUCTION PROCESSES
PRODUCTIVITY
PUBLIC POLICY
PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS
PURCHASING
PURCHASING POWER
PURCHASING POWER PARITY
RECESSION
REMITTANCES
RESULT
RESULTS
RETAIL
REVOLVING LOAN
SALES
SKILLED LABOR
SOCIAL NETWORKS
SUPPLIERS
SUPPLY CHAIN
SUPPLY CHAINS
TARIFF LINES
TARIFF SCHEDULES
TAX SYSTEM
TAX TREATMENT
TECHNICAL EXPERTISE
TECHNICAL SKILLS
TOTAL COSTS
TOURISM
TRADE DATA
TRADE INDICATORS
TRADE POLICY
TRADE PROMOTION
TRADE REGIME
TRADE REGULATIONS
UNION
USER
VALUE ADDED
VALUE CHAIN
VALUE CHAINS
WAGE RATES
WAGES
WORKING CAPITAL
WORLD TRADE
WTO
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Kyrgyz Republic - The Garment Sector : Impact of Joining the Customs Union and Options to Increase Competitiveness
geographic_facet Europe and Central Asia
Kyrgyz Republic
description This note analyzes the impact that joining the Eurasian Customs Union will have on the Kyrgyz Republic s garment sector and options for improving the sector s competitiveness. The paper finds that joining the Eurasian Customs Union will lead to higher prices for the textiles and cloth used in garment production. This will increase the cost of producing garments in the Kyrgyz Republic and will more than likely place downward pressure on exports from the Kyrgyz Republic, which will induce firms, particularly less competitive ones, to exit from the garment sector. To offset the increase in cost from higher tariffs, it is recommended that the Kyrgyz Government aims to increase productivity by lifting the constraints that reduce the sector s competitiveness. This can be done through interventions to increase the use of new technology, improve knowledge of consumer markets, and strengthen skills and education. This paper discusses these issues in four parts. The first provides an economic context for the discussion (Section I), which is followed by a discussion of the development of the garment sector and its importance for the economy (Section II). The paper then assesses the impact that joining the Customs Union (Section III) will have on production costs in the garment sector. Section IV describes the constraints the sector s competitiveness and possible interventions to lift these constraints.
format Economic & Sector Work :: Policy Note
author World Bank
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title Kyrgyz Republic - The Garment Sector : Impact of Joining the Customs Union and Options to Increase Competitiveness
title_short Kyrgyz Republic - The Garment Sector : Impact of Joining the Customs Union and Options to Increase Competitiveness
title_full Kyrgyz Republic - The Garment Sector : Impact of Joining the Customs Union and Options to Increase Competitiveness
title_fullStr Kyrgyz Republic - The Garment Sector : Impact of Joining the Customs Union and Options to Increase Competitiveness
title_full_unstemmed Kyrgyz Republic - The Garment Sector : Impact of Joining the Customs Union and Options to Increase Competitiveness
title_sort kyrgyz republic - the garment sector : impact of joining the customs union and options to increase competitiveness
publisher Washington, DC
publishDate 2015
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2014/06/20460187/kyrgyz-garment-sector-impact-joining-customs-union-options-increase-competitiveness
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/21103
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