Table 2 Descriptive data for GDDM of Vietnam and China’s G&T industry
From: A dynamic approach to assess international competitiveness of Vietnam’s garment and textile industry
Attributes | Variables | Proxies | Vietnam | China |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Factor Conditions | Domestic | 0.74 | 2.65 | |
Basic factors | Wage of G&T worker (USD/h) (2014) | |||
Number of workers and laborers in G&T industry (million people) (2013) | 2.5 | 23 | ||
Labor productivity in G&T industry (shirts/worker/day) (2012) | 7 | 16 | ||
Advanced factors | R&D expenditures (% of GDP) (2013) | 1.48 | 2.08 | |
International | ||||
Advanced factors | Manufacturing inward FDI flow (billion USD) (2013) | 17.14 | 455.54 | |
Manufacturing outward FDI flow (billion USD) (2013) | 1.96 | 71.97 | ||
Demand Conditions | Domestic | |||
Size | Total population (million people) (2014) | 90.7 | 1364.3 | |
GDP (billion USD) (2014) | 186.2 | 10,360.1 | ||
Employment rate (%) (2013) | 76.0 | 68.0 | ||
Sophistication | GDP per capita (USD) (2014) | 2052.3 | 7593.9 | |
Household rate of expenditure on G&T out of gross income (%) (2010) | 3.19 | 6.96 | ||
Educational index (2013) | 0.51 | 0.61 | ||
International | ||||
Size | G&T Export value (billion USD) (2014) | 26.18 | 287.59 | |
Average G&T export growth rate (%) (2012–2014) | 16.17 | 6.20 | ||
Related and Supporting Industries | Domestic | |||
Supporting Industries | Cotton output (1000 t) (2014–2015) | 1.36 | 6532 | |
Yarn output (million ton) (2013) | 0.72 | 32 | ||
Supporting infrastructures | Rail lines (total route—km) (2012) | 2347 | 66,298 | |
Roads, paved (% of total roads) (2010) | 47.6 | 60.9 | ||
ICT index (2013) | 4.09 | 4.64 | ||
International | ||||
Supporting industries | Cotton exports (1000 t) (2014) | 0.00 | 16,000 | |
Yarn and Fabric exports (billion USD) (2013) | 3.26 | 106.90 | ||
Supporting infrastructures | Container port traffics (TEU: 20 foot equivalent unit) (2013) | 8,121,019 | 170,080,330 | |
Air transport (registered carrier departures worldwide) (2014) | 144,630 | 3,356,756 | ||
Firm Strategy, Structure and Rivalry | ||||
Domestic | ||||
Rivalry | Intensity of local competition (2013–2014 weighted average) | 5.10 | 5.40 | |
Business context | World Bank DTF point (2014) | 64.42 | 62.58 | |
International | ||||
Rivalry | Market share of the country in G&T global market (%) (2014) | 3.16 | 34.69 | |
Business context | Average import tariff rate faced by G&T industry (%) (2013) | 12.4 | 12.8 |