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China and the International Relocation of World Textile and Clothing Activity By Kym Anderson and Young-il Park C o n t e n t s: I. Introduction. - II. Comparative Advantage in Fibres, Textiles and Clothing. -III. China and the other East Asian Economies. - IV. Conclusions and Policy Implications. 1. Introduction he dramatic reforms of Chinas economic policies since the late 1970s (particularly the opening up of China to international trade and in- T vestment) have stimulated very rapid growth in this populous econo- my. During the past decade Chinas real G D P per capita and volume of exports have grown at more than 6 and 10percent per year, respectively- treble the rates for other developing countries and for the world as a whole and close to the remarkable performance of East Asias more advanced developing economies. It is true that China still accounts for only a little over 2 percent of world G D P and 1 percent of world exports in aggregate, but for some basic commodities its importance in world markets is much closer to, and in some cases exceeds, the countrys 22 percent share of world population. Food, some minerals and metals, and fibres, textiles and clothing are in that exceptional category. This paper addresses the question: how important is China becoming in world textile and clothing markets? In particular, to what extent is China contributing to the international relocation of textile and clothing activity to the East Asian region? Will its growth in textile and clothing production lead to increased imports of fibres or will domestic fibre production expand to meet the fibre needs of Chinese