Pakistan's Textile and Clothing Sector: Its
Future in the European Union
Karin Astrid Siegmann

Working Paper Series # 110
November 2009

All rights reserved. No part of this paper may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording or information storage and retrieval system, without prior written permission of the publisher.

A publication of the Sustainable Development Policy Institute (SDPI).

The opinions expressed in the papers are solely those of the authors, and publishing them does not in any way constitute an endorsement of the opinion by the SDPI.

Sustainable Development Policy Institute is an independent, non-profit research institute on sustainable development. © 2009 by the Sustainable Development Policy Institute

First Edition November 2009

Mailing Address: PO Box 2342, Islamabad, Pakistan.
Telephone ++ (92-51) 278134, 278136, 277146, 270674-76
Fax ++(92-51) 278135, URL: www.sdpi.org

Table of Contents
Abstract .................................................................................................................1
1.

EU-Pakistan Trade in Textiles and Clothing: A Love – Hate Relationship? ...........1

2.

Character matters: structural features of T&C trade..............................................1

3.

Anatomy of textiles and clothing trade between Pakistan and the EU ...................4

4.

Future scenarios for a contested relationship .......................................................6

5.

Measures supporting a healthy trade partnership ................................................

7

References ......................................................................................................................9
Annex