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Fashion and Textiles

International Journal of Interdisciplinary Research

Table 8 Manufacturing costs of detailed designs: blouse, jacket, and pants

From: Comparisons: women’s garments manufacturing cost survey between Korea and China

Items

Pieces

Country

Low cost

Middle cost

High cost

N

M

S.D.

T value

N

M

S.D.

T value

N

M

S.D.

T value

Blouse

500 pieces or less

C

22

$5.12

1.87

12.137***

22

$5.99

2.36

12.217***

22

$7.27

3.24

10.562***

K

22

$16.58

4.01

22

$18.31

4.10

22

$20.84

5.08

500–1000 pieces or less

C

22

$4.85

1.75

12.356***

22

$5.59

2.18

12.541***

22

$6.76

2.99

10.586***

K

22

$15.55

3.67

22

$17.11

3.72

22

$19.70

4.89

1000–5000 pieces or less

C

22

$4.50

1.76

12.269***

22

$5.27

2.21

12.403***

22

$6.45

3.05

10.239***

K

22

$14.50

3.40

22

$16.00

3.41

22

$18.48

4.59

5000–10,000 pieces or less

C

22

$4.19

1.75

11.276***

22

$4.93

2.14

11.662***

22

$6.12

2.99

9.932***

K

22

$13.39

3.41

22

$14.95

3.42

22

$17.28

4.34

Above 10,000 pieces

C

11

$3.93

2.07

6.813***

11

$4.64

2.46

6.841***

11

$5.79

3.28

6.325***

K

16

$12.54

3.81

16

$13.86

3.96

16

$15.60

4.35

Mean

C

 

4.58

   

5.37

   

6.56

  

K

 

14.62

  

16.18

  

18.57

 

Pants

500 pieces or less

C

22

$4.67

2.02

12.454***

22

$5.60

2.75

10.328***

22

$6.51

3.39

10.870***

K

22

$13.95

2.85

22

$15.88

3.77

22

$17.48

3.30

500–1000 pieces or less

C

22

$4.33

1.83

13.235***

22

$5.15

2.48

12.363***

22

$6.06

3.17

11.364***

K

22

$13.07

2.50

22

$14.57

2.57

22

$16.58

2.97

1000–5000 pieces or less

C

22

$4.06

1.77

12.825***

22

$4.86

2.43

11.899***

22

$5.81

3.18

10.686***

K

22

$12.02

2.31

22

$13.52

2.40

22

$15.49

2.82

5000–10,000 pieces or less

C

22

$3.70

1.63

12.758***

22

$4.45

2.24

11.738***

22

$5.37

2.92

10.676***

K

22

$11.04

2.15

22

$12.54

2.33

22

$14.46

2.72

Above 10,000 pieces

C

11

$3.23

1.74

8.279***

11

$3.97

2.40

8.0444***

11

$4.63

3.02

7.917***

K

17

$10.20

2.41

17

$11.58

2.47

17

$13.41

2.77

Mean

C

 

4.18

   

4.95

   

5.85

  

K

 

12.52

   

13.74

   

15.62

  

Jacket

500 pieces or less

C

22

$7.73

3.44

13.135***

22

$8.59

3.87

13.603***

22

$10.60

5.60

11.121***

K

22

$24.40

4.85

22

$26.62

4.86

22

$29.53

5.69

500–1000 pieces or less

C

22

$7.35

3.10

12.915***

22

$8.25

3.55

13.213***

22

$9.77

5.08

11.421***

K

22

$23.04

4.78

22

$25.18

4.85

22

$27.45

5.18

1000–5000 pieces or less

C

22

$7.03

3.09

12.286***

22

$7.89

3.53

12.838***

22

$9.38

5.03

11.083***

K

22

$21.72

4.68

22

$23.73

4.58

22

$25.87

4.83

5000–10,000 pieces or less

C

22

$6.65

2.98

12.240***

22

$7.49

3.42

12.328***

22

$8.93

4.84

10.743***

K

22

$20.45

4.37

22

$22.55

4.60

22

$24.63

4.85

Above 10,000 pieces

C

11

$5.86

3.12

9.279***

11

$6.57

3.29

9.828***

11

$8.10

5.08

8.317****

K

17

$20.05

4.39

17

$21.77

4.38

17

$23.82

4.76

Mean

C

 

7.1

   

7.97

   

9.56

  

K

 

21.89

  

23.98

   

26.31

  
  1. * P < 0.05, ** P < 0.01, *** P < 0.001
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