During the 4 Years: December, 1990 - December, 1994 * APPAREL JOBS LOST: (49,100) -5.4% * TEXTILE PRODUCT JOBS GAINED: 20,900 10.4% * TEXTILE MILLS JOBS LOST: (2,600) -0.5% * TOTAL INDUSTRY JOBS LOST (30,800) -1.9% NAFTA WITH MEXICO WAS PASSED IN NOVEMBER, 1993 TAKING EFFECT JANUARY 1, 1994. * TRANSFER OF MANUFACTURING TAKES A YEAR IN THE LAST 9 Years and 9 Months: Dec. 1994 - Sept. 2004 * APPAREL JOBS LOST: (571,000) -66.9% * TEXTILE PRODUCT JOBS LOST: (43,400) -19.5% * TEXTILE MILLS JOBS LOST: (246,300) -51.3% * TOTAL INDUSTRY JOBS LOST (860,700) -55.3% * TOTAL INDUSTRY JOBS Remaining 695,800 Source: US Dept. of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics and MBG Information Services "www.mbginfosvcs.com"
THOUSANDS OF JOBS IN TEXTILE MILLS (NAICS 313) --- Annual Change --- YEAR JAN FEB MAR APRIL MAY JUNE JULY AUG. SEPT. OCT. NOV. DEC. Number Percent (Seasonal Adjusted: 1,000) 1990 483.0 1991 482.9 477.6 478.3 477.4 478.2 478.8 479.8 480.3 480.2 483.6 481.0 480.5-2.5-0.5% 1992 479.2 479.9 480.3 479.5 478.9 478.7 478.8 478.1 479.1 478.3 477.6 478.9-1.6-0.3% 1993 479.1 480.2 479.6 481.2 481.1 479.9 478.6 475.9 477.9 477.2 475.9 477.3-1.6-0.3% 1994 477.6 475.8 476.1 475.2 475.6 476.9 477.7 479.1 478.8 480.0 480.2 480.4 3.1 0.6% 1995 480.9 480.9 479.5 479.6 474.1 470.9 464.6 464.7 461.9 457.8 456.6 453.2-27.2-5.7% 1996 449.3 448.4 446.1 442.8 444.1 443.7 442.8 442.4 440.3 441.3 438.9 437.9-15.3-3.4% 1997 438.3 436.7 438.7 436.6 436.1 436.3 435.8 434.6 434.4 435.3 434.5 435.6-2.3-0.5% 1998 433.9 433.5 432.2 431.4 429.9 426.7 422.4 419.4 420.1 417.2 414.5 412.0-23.6-5.4% 1999 409.6 406.9 404.0 401.5 398.7 396.6 395.8 393.1 391.9 390.9 388.5 387.1-24.9-6.0% 2000 383.9 384.2 383.2 381.9 380.7 380.3 379.6 380.0 376.7 373.3 371.1 366.9-20.2-5.2% 2001 363.7 352.6 352.2 346.5 341.9 335.8 330.9 324.0 319.1 314.7 308.9 305.7-61.2-16.7% 2002 301.6 298.6 296.9 295.2 293.2 290.7 292.3 289.9 286.9 284.2 282.7 279.7-26.0-8.5% 2003 278.7 276.6 274.2 270.4 265.6 262.9 256.9 251.8 250.2 247.0 245.1 241.0-38.7-13.8% 2004 239.2 237.3 237.1 235.8 236.1 235.0 235.6 234.8 234.1-6.9-2.9% 4 Years: December, 1990 - December, 1994 Textiles Jobs Lost: (2,600) -0.5% Last 9 Years and nine month: December, 1994 - September, 2004 Textiles Jobs Lost: (246,300) -51.3% Source: US Dept. of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics and MBG Information Services (202) 544-6490 Includes data released October 8, 2004
THOUSANDS OF JOBS IN TEXTILE PRODUCT MILLS (NAICS 314) --- Annual Change --- YEAR JAN FEB MAR APRIL MAY JUNE JULY AUG. SEPT. OCT. NOV. DEC. Number Percent (Seasonal Adjusted: 1,000) 1990 201.4 1991 201.3 199.3 198.5 198.0 197.4 198.3 198.6 199.1 199.9 200.6 200.8 200.8-0.6-0.3% 1992 200.3 200.7 200.7 201.5 202.2 202.2 202.3 201.8 202.0 202.8 203.8 203.9 3.1 1.5% 1993 204.1 204.6 205.2 205.7 206.5 206.3 206.7 207.8 209.0 209.7 210.7 212.1 8.2 4.0% 1994 213.4 214.4 215.5 216.6 217.3 219.0 220.2 221.3 221.9 221.5 221.4 222.3 10.2 4.8% 1995 223.9 223.3 222.8 221.2 219.8 218.2 217.4 216.9 216.4 217.1 216.5 216.0-6.3-2.8% 1996 214.9 216.0 215.5 215.7 216.1 216.7 216.6 217.0 216.7 216.8 216.9 216.9 0.9 0.4% 1997 217.9 217.8 217.7 216.9 216.9 216.7 216.9 216.3 216.6 216.6 216.6 216.5-0.4-0.2% 1998 217.1 217.3 217.3 217.8 217.8 217.3 214.3 217.5 217.4 217.0 215.6 217.3 0.8 0.4% 1999 217.6 216.4 216.6 216.5 217.1 217.4 217.2 216.8 217.3 217.6 218.1 218.3 1.0 0.5% 2000 218.0 218.2 217.9 217.8 217.0 216.4 215.9 215.8 215.1 215.0 214.5 214.6-3.7-1.7% 2001 213.6 212.2 209.8 209.4 207.4 207.6 206.5 202.2 203.3 201.0 197.6 198.3-16.3-7.6% 2002 200.0 196.6 195.9 195.7 195.5 194.5 194.2 193.8 193.3 193.0 191.8 190.1-8.2-4.1% 2003 188.0 187.8 187.2 184.8 182.7 181.6 178.7 170.7 173.7 172.6 175.2 174.3-15.8-8.3% 2004 176.9 176.6 179.7 180.1 181.4 179.7 179.3 178.8 178.9 4.6 2.6% 4 Years: December, 1990 - December, 1994 Textiles Jobs Lost: 20,900 10.4% Last 9 Years and nine month: December, 1994 - September, 2004 Textiles Jobs Lost: (43,400) -19.5% Source: US Dept. of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics and MBG Information Services (202) 544-6490 Includes data released October 8, 2004
THOUSANDS OF JOBS IN APPAREL (NAICS 315) --- Annual Change --- YEAR JAN FEB MAR APRIL MAY JUNE JULY AUG. SEPT. OCT. NOV. DEC. Number Percent (Seasonal Adjusted: 1,000) 1990 902.9 1991 903.4 899.8 898.4 891.1 893.6 896.3 900.1 903.2 902.5 910.2 913.2 917.6 14.7 1.6% 1992 912.8 912.3 910.2 909.4 907.8 906.8 908 900.8 896.4 896.8 897 898.4-19.2-2.1% 1993 896.9 898.9 896.9 892.5 891 886.6 879.5 877.6 874.8 868.3 866.6 860.1-38.3-4.3% 1994 857.8 855.9 856.3 857.2 858.6 857.3 856.4 856.2 857.8 859.1 855.9 853.8-6.3-0.7% 1995 849 842.1 836.8 833.9 827.9 820.3 812.7 806.9 801.6 788.3 780.0 771.0-82.8-9.7% 1996 761.7 767.5 757.9 752.2 746.8 741.0 738.7 734.6 732.5 731.2 727.6 724.6-46.4-6.0% 1997 721.5 721.8 714.4 711.1 706.9 701.9 692.4 695.4 689.6 686.9 682.9 679.2-45.4-6.3% 1998 675.4 668.4 662.0 654.2 647.4 641.5 636.4 629.4 627.0 615.2 606.4 602.3-76.9-11.3% 1999 597.6 585.5 576.2 570.2 564.2 556.3 549.1 545.8 538.7 533.6 529.1 522.9-79.4-13.2% 2000 518.0 515.3 512.5 508.4 503.6 499.7 498.2 491.0 486.4 482.2 477.4 472.6-50.3-9.6% 2001 469.0 463.0 458.2 450.2 440.8 431.2 429.2 411.2 403.5 395.8 386.0 381.1-91.5-19.4% 2002 375.4 370.7 365.6 363.0 361.2 361.9 363.5 358.6 356.2 350.7 346.9 341.6-39.5-10.4% 2003 336.2 331.2 326.8 321.7 318.5 313.2 307.5 304.0 299.8 299.7 297.7 297.7-43.9-12.9% 2004 296.1 297.1 294.3 292.7 290.8 286.8 284.8 284.5 282.8-14.9-4.4% 4 Years: December, 1990 - December, 1994 Apparel Jobs Lost: (49,100) -5.4% Last 9 Years and nine month: December, 1994 - September, 2004 Apparel Jobs Lost: (571,000) -66.9% Source: US Dept. of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics and MBG Information Services (202) 544-6490 Includes data released October 8, 2004
Textile Mill Jobs Pay 2.15 Times As Much As Leisure/Hospitality Sector Jobs Weekly Wages for Non-Supervisory Workers: September, 2004 $500 $484 $400 $348 $300 $200 $225 $100 $0 Textile Mills Apparel Leisure/Hospitality US Dept. of Labor, BLS and MBG Information Services
US Production of TEXTILE PRODUCTS (NAICS 313 & 314) Strong Gains Before and Unprecedented Losses After Nafta All data are seasonally adjusted by the Federal Reserve Board Annual YEAR JAN FEB MAR APRIL MAY JUNE JULY AUG. SEPT. OCT. NOV. DEC. % Change Index: 1997 = 100 1985 76.218 76.313 76.776 76.692 76.622 77.007 76.064 77.264 77.631 78.169 78.693 78.659 1986 78.461 78.538 78.724 78.213 78.591 78.732 79.476 80.746 81.406 82.252 84.518 84.984 8.0% 1987 85.513 86.810 87.279 86.802 87.931 88.310 89.305 90.818 90.256 90.854 90.178 89.953 5.8% 1988 89.875 89.392 88.670 88.852 87.996 87.634 86.170 86.675 87.255 87.497 87.031 87.920-2.3% 1989 90.378 88.887 89.243 90.237 89.835 89.486 90.324 89.509 89.196 88.832 88.607 88.924 1.1% 1990 88.870 89.224 87.557 86.784 85.887 86.072 85.578 85.136 85.821 84.054 83.006 82.543-7.2% 1991 80.661 80.507 81.924 82.475 83.906 85.204 86.370 86.623 86.267 86.407 87.095 88.554 7.3% 1992 86.960 88.471 88.349 88.292 89.644 89.069 89.268 89.495 90.146 90.349 91.339 90.336 2.0% 1993 92.840 91.725 89.342 91.692 93.198 92.365 93.816 93.050 92.930 94.337 93.856 94.193 4.3% 1994 95.702 94.282 95.288 97.274 96.782 97.845 98.336 98.371 99.014 100.48 100.162 100.992 7.2% 1995 101.451 100.974 100.027 99.474 96.801 95.820 94.718 95.510 96.321 94.024 93.877 93.855-7.1% 1996 90.706 92.470 94.864 93.093 94.269 96.693 94.127 95.094 95.223 95.501 96.671 97.797 4.2% 1997 96.742 97.935 99.712 98.708 99.090 100.281 100.417 100.522 101.027 100.437 103.015 102.114 4.4% 1998 102.626 100.238 99.100 97.697 99.309 98.204 98.785 99.325 97.192 98.201 97.373 97.248-4.8% 1999 98.457 99.192 97.760 98.527 100.921 98.580 99.207 98.459 98.448 99.941 98.808 100.093 2.9% 2000 100.538 99.962 99.790 100.383 98.836 98.733 98.220 95.344 95.381 94.298 92.752 92.738-7.3% 2001 91.767 90.366 90.975 90.430 88.306 87.640 86.563 86.346 86.923 84.342 83.202 83.566-9.9% 2002 83.073 83.039 84.701 84.770 85.258 86.158 84.698 83.929 83.168 82.345 83.212 82.284-1.5% 2003 79.792 80.385 80.109 78.513 77.745 77.237 76.739 75.934 74.917 76.201 77.939 76.645-6.9% 2004 78.111 75.389 73.896 73.658 74.905 74.119 75.014-2.1% Nine Years: December, 1985 - December, 1994 New Textiles Production: 28.4% Last Nine Years and Seven Months: December, 1994 - July, 2004 Textiles Production Lost: -25.7% Source: US Federal Reserve Board and MBG Information Services (202) 544-6490 Includes data released August 17, 2004
US Production of APPAREL (NAICS: 315) Stability Before Nafta But Unprecedented Losses After Nafta All data are seasonally adjusted by the Federal Reserve Board Annual YEAR JAN FEB MAR APRIL MAY JUNE JULY AUG. SEPT. OCT. NOV. DEC. % Change Index: 1997 = 100 1985 105.160 102.924 103.414 102.015 102.994 103.863 103.779 103.611 104.464 105.083 105.622 106.129 1986 107.185 105.323 105.331 105.594 105.311 105.247 104.639 105.375 104.796 104.593 105.901 106.086-0.0% 1987 104.860 106.800 105.204 105.327 106.163 105.692 106.312 106.246 105.652 106.697 107.375 107.144 1.0% 1988 106.073 106.905 106.637 106.338 104.956 104.377 103.932 103.024 102.170 101.676 102.466 101.739-5.0% 1989 102.322 100.261 100.363 100.863 99.128 98.636 98.393 97.867 97.895 98.694 97.672 97.323-4.3% 1990 99.784 97.814 96.893 97.748 97.215 97.519 96.841 97.599 97.888 96.127 94.348 95.096-2.3% 1991 95.596 95.389 95.518 94.713 95.715 97.043 97.983 99.120 99.459 100.096 100.304 100.400 5.6% 1992 99.925 99.968 99.326 98.118 98.360 99.010 99.802 99.541 99.474 99.774 100.482 100.717 0.3% 1993 101.304 102.578 101.128 102.274 102.500 102.228 102.551 102.504 102.273 101.401 101.805 101.077 0.4% 1994 101.232 99.931 102.314 103.196 103.619 103.614 103.981 104.67 105.37 106.851 106.517 107.356 6.2% 1995 107.261 105.985 106.324 105.107 105.608 104.265 103.185 103.351 103.967 102.351 101.498 100.893-6.0% 1996 97.776 101.151 101.010 101.281 101.446 101.613 100.502 101.798 102.002 102.389 102.383 102.273 1.4% 1997 101.210 101.307 101.243 100.879 100.316 100.336 98.466 99.797 99.587 99.337 98.776 98.744-3.5% 1998 97.659 96.869 95.910 95.412 95.252 94.799 93.791 93.361 93.303 93.037 92.649 92.912-5.9% 1999 92.152 92.895 91.707 91.794 91.349 90.086 89.672 90.140 88.383 90.290 89.997 89.936-3.2% 2000 89.022 89.730 89.791 89.164 88.443 87.813 87.673 86.793 85.442 85.027 84.950 83.623-7.0% 2001 84.581 84.158 83.404 82.527 80.335 78.470 77.741 75.227 73.065 72.928 71.477 71.165-14.9% 2002 70.657 69.975 70.259 69.393 70.585 72.226 72.209 71.594 72.249 70.167 71.070 69.237-2.7% 2003 67.560 66.205 65.223 63.449 63.591 61.833 60.886 59.092 59.096 60.248 60.598 60.344-12.8% 2004 60.469 61.263 61.863 62.787 61.511 60.664 59.651-1.1% Nine Years: December, 1985 - December, 1994 New Apparel Production: 1.2% Last Nine Years and Seven Months: December, 1994 - July, 2004 Apparel Production Lost: -44.4% Source: US Federal Reserve Board and MBG Information Services (202) 544-6490 Includes data released August 17, 2004
US Apparel Demand Goes Up While US Textile & Apparel Production Goes Down % Volume Growth and Decline Since 1993: (June Each Yr.) 60% 40% US Domestic Demand Growth for Apparel 20% 0% -20% US Domestic Textile Production Decline US Domestic Apparel Production Decline -40% '93 '94 '95 '96 '97 '98 '99 '00 '01 '02 '03 '04 US Dept. of Commerce and MBG Information Services MBG Information Services
US Textile and Apparel Industry Has Lost Over -950,000 Jobs To Imports Since Nafta Millions Of Textile and Apparel Jobs Since 1993 (June Each Yr) 1.8 1.6 1.4 109,100 Textile and Apparel Jobs Would Have Been Added Despite Productivity Growth IF Domestic Demand Growth Had Been Supplied By Domestic Production 1.2 1.0 0.8 0.6 But -846,500 Textile and Apparel Jobs Have Been Lost Despite Domestic Demand Growth That Was Even Stronger Than Productivity Growth Because A Flood of Imports Displaced Domestic Production '93 '94 '95 '96 '97 '98 '99 '00 '01 '02 '03 '04 US Dept. of Commerce and MBG Information Services MBG Information Services