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 Canadian Apparel Industry
Statistics, Analysis and Industry Profiles
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 Canadian Apparel
Apparel MarketThe Canadian apparel market was valued at $10 382 million in 2005, representing an insignificant decline of 0.6 percent from the previous year. The year-to-year decline was borne totally by reduced domestic shipments. They fell to $3 386.2 million in 2005, a year-to-year decline of 12.6 percent. Imports continued their relentless increase, rising 6.5 percent to $6 995.8 million in the one-year period.
In the most recent five-year period of 2000-2005, driven by rising imports and declining domestic shipments, the market has risen 7.6 percent. In the ten-year period of 1995-2005, again reflecting rising imports and declining domestic shipments, the market has risen 17.9 percent. With few exceptions, domestic shipments of apparel have been in decline historically and continue so to date. For example, domestic shipments of apparel declined 7.9 percent in 2001-2002, 5.7 percent in 2003-2004 and, as noted earlier, 12.6 percent in 2004-2005. Overall, they were 21.9 percent lower in 2005 than five years ago, and 35 percent lower than ten years ago. Imports, in contrast, have been exhibiting year-to-year increases since 1997, ranging from a peak of 20.4 percent in 1996-1997 to a low of 0.9 percent in 2002-2003. As noted earlier, they were some 6.5 percent higher in 2005 than a year ago. Overall, they were 31.7 percent higher in 2005 than five years ago, and a massive 94.9 percent higher than ten years ago.
Canadian apparel manufacturers continue to lose market share to offshore suppliers. Their share dropped to 32.6 percent in 2005, a decline of 12.1 percent from the previous year. Also, the domestic shipments share of the market in 2005 showed a 27.5 percent decline from five years ago and a 44.9 percent decline from ten years ago.
As imports continue to displace domestic shipments, the import share of a lower apparel market in 2005 rose to 67.4 percent that year, a gain of 7.1 percent from the previous year. Overall, import shares have risen 22.4 percent in five years, and 65.3 percent in ten years. Apparel IndustryAccording to Statistics Canada, the Canadian apparel industry in 2005 comprised some 2 150 establishments, employed about 69 911 workers, and shipped $5 594 million of apparel, of which some 39.5 percent was exported mainly to the U.S.A.
The Canadian apparel industry accounts for 1.2 percent of manufacturing Gross Domestic Product, 1.2 percent of manufacturing investment and 4.5 percent of manufacturing employment. The 10th largest manufacturing sector in Canada, the apparel industry, continues to restructure to exploit export opportunities and compete effectively with import competition. "The industry is an important source of employment for highly skilled professions, as well as entry-level positions for new immigrant workers and women, who account for the majority of sewing machine operators and other production related jobs. Apparel is manufactured in all provinces and territories, with Quebec accounting for 55 percent of the industry while significant concentrations of firms are found in Ontario, Manitoba and British Columbia. As of 2004, Canadian apparel industry shipments total $6.5 billion annually." -- Eileen Melnick McCarthy, Director - Communications, Canadian Apparel Federation. The majority of apparel companies are Canadian-owned. Foreign-owned firms, which are mainly subsidiaries of U.S. multi-national corporations, account for about 2 percent of the total. Comprising the larger firms in the industry, they are heavily involved in manufacturing large volumes of standardized products such as jeans, underwear and foundation garments. Notwithstanding the adoption of computer-assisted technology in several stages of apparel production, for example, computer-assisted design, computer-assisted pattern making/ grading, computer-assisted marking, automated cutting, and automated spreading, the apparel industry remains fragmented, labour intensive and a low barriers-to-entry industry.
Total apparel shipments were 12.9 percent lower in 2005 from one year ago, 24.2 percent lower in the five-year period of 2000-2005 and 14.8 percent lower in the ten-year period of 1995-2005. Domestic shipments followed the total shipments pattern of decline in all three periods. They went down 12.6 percent in the one-year period of 2004-2005, 21.9 percent in the five-year period of 2000-2005 and 35 percent in the ten-year period of 1995-2005. Exports differed somewhat with declines in two periods, namely, -13.3 percent in the one-year period of 2004-2005 and -27.4 percent in the five-year period of 2000-2005, but a massive 62.9 percent increase in the ten-year period of 1995-2005.
To offset the continuing decline of the domestic shipments share of total textiles shipments, domestic manufacturers continue to engage in sustained export market expansion. Thus, despite the 13.3 percent decline in export volume in 2004-2005, despite exports as a percentage of total shipments being virtually unchanged in 2005 from a year ago but down 4.3 percent from five years earlier, this share recorded a remarkable 91.3 percent gain from ten years ago. The Canadian apparel industry’s investments in machinery and equipment and its labour skills upgrading reflect the industry’s drive to sustained international competitiveness. In 2005, it is estimated that the apparel industry allocated some $100.3 million for new machinery, equipment and buildings, with about 72 percent taking place in cut and sew apparel manufacturing.
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