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Viewing cable 06WARSAW1796, TEXTILES AND APPAREL SECTOR - POLAND

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Reference ID Created Released Classification Origin
06WARSAW1796 2006-08-25 15:00 2011-08-24 00:00 UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY Embassy Warsaw 
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Anne W McNeill  10/13/2006 02:58:34 PM  From  DB/Inbox:  Search Results

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UNCLAS        WARSAW 01796

SIPDIS
CXWARSAW:
    ACTION: ECON
    INFO:   MGT ORA FCS DCM AMB PAS POL ADM

DISSEMINATION: ECOX
CHARGE: PROG

APPROVED: ECON: RORORVIG
DRAFTED: ECON: HWMONSTER
CLEARED: ECON: LGRIESMER

VZCZCWRI805
RR RUEHC RUCPDOC RUEHKW RUEHZL
DE RUEHWR #1796 2371500
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
R 251500Z AUG 06
FM AMEMBASSY WARSAW
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC 1788
INFO RUCPDOC/DEPT OF COMMERCE WASHDC
RUEHKW/AMCONSUL KRAKOW 1276
RUEHZL/EUROPEAN POLITICAL COLLECTIVE
 
UNCLAS WARSAW 001796 
 
SIPDIS 
 
SENSITIVE 
 
DEPT FOR EUR/NCE AND EB/TPP/ABT 
EUR/NCE FOR DKOSTELANCIK AND BPUTNEY 
EB/TPP/ABT FOR THOMAS LERSTEN 
COMMERCE FOR ITA/OTEXA MARIA DANDREA 
STATE PASS USTR FOR ABIOLA HEYLIGER 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: ECON ETRD KTEX PL
SUBJECT:  TEXTILES AND APPAREL SECTOR - POLAND 
 
REF:  A) STATE 138090 
 
1. (U) In response to reftel, post provides the following 
information regarding the Polish textile and 
apparel sector, all data from end-year 2005: 
 
Total production: in textiles 8.96 billion PLN (2.89 
billion USD); in apparel 4.47 billion PLN (1.44 billion 
USD)(Note: revenues from activities which employ more 
than 49 workers) 
 
Total textile and apparel production by kind of product: 
-- manufacture of textiles 9.88 billion PLN (3.18 
billion USD) 
-- manufacture of wearing apparel and furriery 8.70 
billion PLN (2.80 billion USD) 
-- processing of leather and manufacture of leather 
products 3.19 billion PLN (1.03 billion USD) 
 
Textile/apparel share of Poland's imports and exports: 
-- Textiles: exports 1.2 billion EUR (1.54 billion 
USD); imports 1.46 billion EUR (1.87 billion USD) 
-- Apparel: exports 1.317 billion EUR (1.69 billion 
USD); imports  999 million EUR (1.28 billion USD) 
-- Textiles and apparel together account for 3.61% 
of Polish exports and 3.12% of Polish imports 
 
Destination of exports of textiles and apparel: 
approximately 80% to the EU, exports to the U.S. are 
marginal 
 
Total textile and total apparel employment: 
-- textiles 56,000 employees; apparel 73,000 employees 
 
2. (SBU) According to Krzysztof Zareba, expert on 
textile industry at the Department of Industry, 
Ministry of Economy, Polish producers are feeling great 
pressure due to increased competition from China. 
Poland is a member of the "southern countries" of the 
EU (including France, Greece, Spain, Portugal, 
and Italy) who support restrictions against China's 
exports of textiles and apparel, but is unlikely to implement 
any of its own restrictions.  Poland has not noted any 
closures of factories due to a company's desire to move 
production to Asia.  There have been some reductions in 
employment in the textile and apparel industry, but 
this is due to increased efficiency and automatization, 
thereby requiring less people to produce the same 
amount of goods. 
 
ASHE