its concentration is shifting more towards the developing countries and even constituting large amount of their exports. This can be analyzed by the fact that the apparel production in industrialized countries decreased between 1980 and 1996, where as the production increased in developing countries during the same period. Similar trend was seen in exports, the apparel exports of developing countries increased six times between 1980 and 1997, and that of developed economies rose by 150%. The global apparel industry's total revenue in 2006 was US$1252.8 billion, which was approximately 68% of the overall industry value. Asia Pacific constitutes the largest amount of production and trade in the apparel industry worldwide. The percentage share of different regions of the world in the total trade revenue in the year 2006 was