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170 CLOTHINO Hawaii's garment industry produces island-style sportswear which meets some of the needs of local residents for work as well as play. But unlike the tourists in Walkiki, local residents don't normally spend all of their time in aloha shirts, muumuus, and bikinis. We need business suits and dresses, shoes, socks, or hose, sweaters, underwear—all of which must come from outside the State. One large Honolulu department store estimates that only 30 percent of its women's clothing and 20 percent of its men's clothing sales are of locally manufactured goods. Nearly all of the rest of its stock is brought In from the Mainland U.S. Even the local garment industry is by no means self-sufficient. There is no textile manufacturing In the State, except for the printing of some imported fabrics. Until recently around 90 i>erccnt of the fabric used by local garment manufacturers was imported from Japan. (While Japan remains the major supplier, revaluation of the yen and rising prices in that country have caused the industry to turn increasingly to other sources In Asia and the Mainland U.S.) Although only a local dock tie-up can seriously Interfere with the bulk of Hawaii's textile imports, since fabrics are largely of foreign origin, interruption on the Mainland-Hawaii route can still affect garment production. The industry relies on Mainland manufacturers for most of the buttons, zippers, and thread It uses. TBAN8P0BTATI0N EQUIPMENT With the exception of boats and specialized truck bodies (both made from imported materials), Hawaii manufactures no transportation equipment. All cars, trucks, bu.ses, airplanes, tires, batterle-s, and parts must be imported. Demand is substantial. In 1971, there were more than 42.j,000 motor vehicles registered in the State, and new cars sold in Honolulu County alone totaled more than 32,000. Over half of the cars brought Into Hawaii come from Mainland ports on U.S. vessels. In 1970, with no transportation tie-ups, American-made autos accounted for 60 percent of the new cars sold in Honolulu County. (In strike-plagued 1971, American cars fell to .51 percent of the total, but in 1972 they rebounded to 55 percent.) The Increasingly popular Japanese makes, which have accounted for about one-third of new car .sales in Honolulu in recent years, are imported from the country of origin on foreign-flag vessels, as are Volkswagen and some other European cars. But several European makes and most EuroiJean auto parts are shipped to Hawaii from West Coast ports on American ships. OTHEB MACHINEBT Hawaii's almost total lack of metal resources makes the State ultimately de- pendent on im|)orts for all tyi)es of machinery—home, office, and industrial. There is some machinery manufactured locally, primarily agricultural equipment, but of course the raw materials are imported. All such goods as typewrit- ers, television sets, radios, refrigerators, computers, cash registers, clothes wash- ers and dryers, and communications equipment—as well as parts for all of them—must be brought in from either the Mainland U.S. or abroad. PAPEB AND ALLIED PB0DLCT8 There are no pulp or paper mills In Hawaii. We depend on Imports, either In raw or finished form, for all of the paper products consumed in the State—paper towels, toilet parwr, and napkins for homes; stationery, enveloi)es, and printed forms for offices and banks; Industrial paper goods and containers for factories; and new.sprint and coated paper for the printing industr.v. In 1970, when shipping was normal, we imported more than 166.0(10 tons of pulp, paper, and printed matter. Around 38.000 tons was newsprint, which comes primarily from Canada. But of the remaining 128,000 tons, more than 9S percent came from the Main- land states. MEMCAL etJPPLIES Hawaii depends on Mainland U.S. manufacturers for all of Its drugs and hospital supplies. Because of the critical nature of these Items, of course, the State has never had to do without, even in the most serious transportation
171 strikes. One major distributor reports that 15 percent of its medical supplies are normally brought in by air, and that most other essentials can be given priority in air shipment during maritime or dock strikes. Emergency arrangements could be made in a major airline strike. But the fact that such emergency measures are necessary only further emphasizes Hawaii's vulnerability to transportation Interruptions. B17ILDIN0 MATEBIALS Construction is big business in Hawaii. At its peak in 1070 (before the West Coast dock strike and a general business slowdown), the industry accountwl for 7.6 percent of total employment in the State, compared to only 4.3 percent in the U.S. as a whole. Total construction put in place was valued at more than $783.8 million, or the equivalent of 22.6 percent of total personal Income, while nationally it was equivalent to only 11.7 percent. The industry depends on Mainland imports for nearly all of its materials and e
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