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24208
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Globalization has been hard on some of North Carolina's traditional industries, such as textiles. This article discusses how various business, including IBM, are now owned by China and how U.S. consumers have created a trade imbalance by buying cheaper foreign goods.
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30238
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On July 15, 1993, Amazon Lines Limited from east coast South America began services to the North Carolina State Ports Authority’s Morehead City Terminal. Amazon Lines was attracted to Morehead City by the prospects of imported lumber for the North Carolina furniture industry. The company also brings spices, cocoa produces, frozen seafood and nuts from the Amazon region of Brazil.
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Cargo (NoCar HE 554 N8 C36x), Vol. 18 Issue 3, 3rd Quarter 1993, p12, il
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30603
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This article provides data for tonnage at the Port of Wilmington for fiscal 1988-89 and is an update of a previous article on port traffic over the 1980s. The information presented reveals a dramatic change in cargo tonnage movement through the North Carolina State Ports Authority over the last fiscal year.
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Carolina Coast Business Review (NoCar HF 5001 C38x), Vol. 8 Issue 1, Jan 1990, p16-19, il
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30589
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This article provides a detailed analysis of the traffic flow, cargo destination, and cargo movement by major commodity category at the Wilmington State Port for the last six fiscal years. This discussion should be of interest to shippers and users of the port facility, and to those who are interested in port activities, economic measurement and forecasting.
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Carolina Coast Business Review (NoCar HF 5001 C38x), Vol. 7 Issue 1, Jan 1989, p11-15, il, bibl, f
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24385
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Textile/Clothing Technology Corp. is a company that hopes to save U.S. apparel makers from faltering productivity and sales. Using innovation and equipment modernization, the company hopes to bolster the nation’s manufacturers, which have been suffering as a result of outsourcing and rising imports.
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32956
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North Carolina textile and furniture industries are competing with low-cost imports from Asia. As the state’s largest manufacturing employer, the textile industry’s future is directly tied in with the economic future of North Carolina. The trade deficit has accounted for textile-related industry plant closings and permanent employee layoffs.
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