> >Total employment, from the BLS establishment survey (thousands) > > 11/00 11/01 change >Textile mill products............... 514 447 - 67 >Apparel and other textile products.. 611 532 - 79 > >total textile & apparel -146 > >Doug
the timing suggests that the problem is the recession in which us based plants are having difficulty holding market share, no? Rakesh