The document summarizes research on the apparel industry. The largest apparel producers and exporters in 2006 were countries in Asia like China, Hong Kong, the Philippines, and India. Clothing is produced because it is a basic human need for covering the body, appearing attractive, work purposes, and special occasions. Many countries import clothing, such as those in Europe, depending on the cost of domestic production. New Zealand both exports clothing to countries like Australia and Europe but also imports much of its clothing or has it manufactured in other countries.

1. Research Activity Lucy Jiang Apparel

2. 1.Which countries are major producers of the product? In 2006, the largest apparel manufacturers and exporters were countries from the Asia-Pacific region which included countries like China, Hong Kong, Phillipines, Malaysia, Indonesia, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Thailand and India. The other major apparel manufacturing nations were USA, Italy, Germany and Mexico.

3. 2.Why is the product produced? Clothing are one of our basic needs for everyday’s life. They are the things we must have in order to sustain our life. There are several reasons why the clothing is important. To Cover Ourselves To Appear Attractive For Work Related Purposes For Special Occasions

4. 3.Which countries need to import the product? There are a lots of countries who import clothes. For example, Europe. This is depends on their cost of production of producing clothing in domestic.

5. 4.Does New Zealand export or import the product? New Zealand does export their clothes to other countries like Australia, Europe etc. But mostly they import clothes or manufacture their clothes in other countries.

6. 5.How much of the product did NZ export/import in the last Financial year of which figures are available?

7. By Lucy Jiang