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TABLE 4.2 Classification of Apparel Exporting Economies, by Decade and Share of Peak Apparel Exports
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Decade of peak apparel export share
Peak share >30%
Peak share 15–30%
Apparel export shares averaging 2.9–5.8%, 1975–2015
Top global apparel exporters but below world average (2.9%)
Peak share 6–14%
Peak share <6%
Timor-Leste (89%); Hong Kong SAR, China (41%)
Korea, Rep. (25%); Taiwan, China (18%); Uruguay (16%)
Israel (7%)
Austria (4%), Belgium (3%), Japan (3%), France (3%), United Kingdom (2%), Netherlands (1%)
1980sb
St. Kitts and Nevis (35%)
Cyprus (27%), Belize (18%)
Thailand (10%), Italy (9%), Panama (9%)
n.a.
1990sc
Tunisia (47%), Jamaica (33%), Turkey (33%)
Greece (26%), Portugal (24%), Costa Rica (23%), Croatia (20%), Philippines (18%), Lithuania (18%), China (16%), India (16%)
Lebanon (14%), Poland (13%), Estonia (13%), Hungary (12%), Serbia (11%), Indonesia (8%), Colombia (6%), Czech Republic (6%), Slovak Republic (6%)
Mexico (6%), Germany (2%), United States (1%)
2000sd
Lesotho (98%), Cambodia (84%), Macao SAR, China (82%), Maldives (75%), Honduras (63%), Mauritius (61%), El Salvador (58%), Madagascar (52%), Dominican Republic (51%), Nicaragua (43%), Fiji (43%), Lao PDR (42%), Nepal (37%), Jordan (36%), Albania (34%), Morocco (33%), North Macedonia (32%), Guatemala (31%)
Romania (28%), Eswatini (25%), Bulgaria (21%), Vietnam (19%), Moldova (16%)
Egypt, Arab Rep. (13%), Kenya (11%), Peru (9%)
n.a.
2010sd,e
Bangladesh (88%), Haiti (88%), Sri Lanka (55%), Myanmar (40%), Pakistan (39%)
n.a.
Armenia (14%), Syrian Arab Republic (7%)
n.a.
Late 1960s–1970s
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Apparel export shares averaging above 5.8%, 1975–2015
