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Romania Light Industry
Traditionally the leading products of this sector were
processed foods, textiles and clothing, and furniture. In
the
1980s, food-processing plants produced about 13 percent of
total
industrial output, and processed foods were a major source
of
foreign currency earnings. The trend of the 1980s was to
locate
such plants in agro-industrial centers near the source of
agricultural products in order to reduce transport losses
and
streamline processing. Textiles and clothing accounted for
about 12
percent of industrial output in the early 1980s, but much
of this
production was exported. A severe shortage of all items of
apparel
persisted within Romania throughout the 1980s. After 1981
the
government stopped publishing production statistics for
cotton and
wool clothing, knitwear, underwear, hosiery, footwear, and
similar
items.
Furniture, especially wood furniture, had long been a
major
export product. In 1980, for example, Romania claimed to
be the
world's sixth largest furniture exporter. Important
furnituremaking centers were Tîrgu Mures, Iasi, Tîrgu Jiu, Arad,
and
Oradea.
Data as of July 1989
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