Singapore exports grey cotton to many countries. It has strong economic and trade ties with many nations through various free trade agreements. The textile industry is an important part of Singapore's economy, contributing significantly to GDP, industrial production, and exports. It faces both opportunities and threats from shifts in markets, technologies, and regulations.

1. Export of Grey Cotton By Jitendra Kumar Jain to Singapore Date : 23-09-09 MIBS, Pune

2. Synopsis

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4. About Singapore Singapore was founded as a British trading colony in 1819 Population: 4,608,595 (July 2003 est.) Official Languages : English (main) Malay (national) Chinese Tamil HDI (2008): ▲ 0.918 (high) (28th) Ethnic Groups: Chinese 76.7%, Malay 14%, Indian 7.9%, other 1.4%

5. Foreign relations diplomatic relations with 175 countries does not maintain a high commission or embassy in many of those countries Singapore supports the concept of Southeast Asian regionalism and plays an active role in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), of which Singapore is a founding member. Dispute with Malaysia Water Air Route Mutual Maritime boundaries

6. Free Trade Agreements Singapore has 14 bilateral and multilateral trade agreements worldwide: Association of Southeast Asian Nations Free Trade Area (AFTA) ASEAN-China ASEAN-Korea (AKFTA) Australia India European Free Trade Association (EFTA: Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Switzerland) Jordan (SJFTA) Japan (JSEPA) New Zealand (ANZSCEP) Panama (PSFTA) Peru South Korea (KSFTA) Trans-Pacific Strategic Economic Partnership Agreement (Trans-Pacific SEP: Brunei, New Zealand, Chile, Singapore) United States (USSFTA)

7. Indian Exports Export Value of Goods in INR Crores

8. SWOT Analysis Strengths Patents of textile goods. Strong brand names for most of the products. Good reputation of the firm among customers. Cost advantages from proprietary know-how. Exclusive access to high grade natural resources. Favorable access to distribution networks.

9. Weaknesses Processing time is long for textile goods. Lack of market protection. High cost structure. Lack of access to the best natural resources. Tough to create brand name.

10. Opportunities Huge and potential Market Arrival of new technologies. Removal of international trade barriers. Increasing needs and changing consumer behaviour. Loosening of regulations.

11. Threats Shifts in consumer tastes away from the firm's products. Emergence of substitute products. New regulations introduced. New entrants in market. Increasing width of existing market.

12. Indian Textile Industry One of the oldest Consists of sector such as 1. Hand spinning and hand weaving 2. Power loom 3. Knitting 4. Highly sophisticated mills Textile sector as such contributes • About 4% to the gross domestic product • About 14% to the total industrial production • About 17% of the gross export • About 20% of the work force/employment

13. Indian Textile Industry In Indian textiles cotton dominates. • About 60% of the fibre used is cotton. • About 70% of the spun yarn produced is 100% cotton yarn. • About 18% of the spun yarn has cotton as one component. In exports • More than 50% of the export earnings come from garments which are almost entirely made up from cotton fabrics. • Of the 243 lakh bales produced during 2005-06 season, 46 lakh bales have been exported. • Of the 270 lakh bales and above production expected during present season, more than 50 lakh bales are likely to be exported.

15. Manufacturer's Certificate

16. Certificate of Chemical Analysis

17. Certificate of Shipment

18. Health/ Veterinary/ Sanitary Certification

19. Certificate of Conditioning

20. Antiquity Measurement

21. Shipping Order

22. Cart/ Lorry Ticket

25. IEnjoys a remarkably open and corruption-free environment, stable prices, and a per capita GDP equal to that of the four largest West European countries.

26. Economy depends heavily on exports, particularly in consumer electronics and information technology products.

27. Major hub for transshipments within South East Asia

28. Busiest port in the world in terms of tonnage shipped

29. Singapore is the world's fourth largest foreign exchange trading centreGDP (purchasing power parity):$228.1 billion (2007 est.) Reserves of foreign exchange and gold:$163 billion (31 Dec 2007 est.)

30. Social Analysis Ethnic groups:Chinese 76.8%, Malay 13.9%, Indian 7.9%, other 1.4% (2000 census) Religions:Buddhist 42.5%, Muslim 14.9%, Taoist 8.5%, Hindu 4%, Catholic 4.8%, other Christian 9.8%, other 0.7%, none 14.8% (2000 census) Languages:Mandarin 35%, English 23%, Malay 14.1%, Hokkien 11.4%, Cantonese 5.7%, Teochew 4.9%, Tamil 3.2%, other Chinese dialects 1.8%, other 0.9% (2000 census)

31. TECHNOLOGICAL ANALYSIS Singapore aims to be the hub of knowledge based industry. whole island through fiber optic cables. Services within the IT industry include: Internet applications including ecommerce, software development and applications; networking systems (LAN/WAN products); and IT training and education. it has more than 1.8 million mobile users. Internet subscribers stand at 1.7 million. 42% of homes in Singapore have internet access.

32. Literacy Definition: age 15 and over can read and write Total literated population: 92.5% Male: 96.6% Female: 88.6% (2000 census)Population: 4,853,009 (July 2008 estimated). Adult Literacy: 92.5% Singaporeans place a lot of importance on relationship building.

33. ENVIRONMENTAL ANALYSIS Climate: Tropical: hot, humid, rainy Two distinct monsoon seasons - Northeastern monsoon (December to March) and Southwestern monsoon (June to September); Land use: arable land: 1.47% permanent crops: 1.47% other: 97.06% (2005)