This category includes establishments primarily engaged in manufacturing apparel belts. Companies that produce all types of belts for clothing are grouped in this industry.
St. John Knits Inc. of Irvine, California, and Lillian Vernon of Rye, New York, lead the industry.
Four states provided more than 70 percent of industry jobs: New York, California, Texas, and Connecticut.
In 1982, the industry employed 11,700 U.S. workers; by the late 1990s that number was down to roughly 5,000.
Reasons included the events of September 11, 2001 and the ensuing economic recession.
The American Apparel Manufacturers Association (AAMA) is the central trade association for the U.S. apparel industry. Throughout the 1990s, the AAMA represented three-fourths of the industry.
Leather belt shipments totaled $395.8 million in 2001, down from $408.8 million in 1997. Shipments of belts other than leather increased from $50.9 million to $84.5 million over the same time period.
Nubuck suede has become an important material in the manufacture of apparel belts.
Children's apparel production developed early in the twentieth century, concurrent with the emergence of the women's apparel industry.
Leather is by far the most important material for apparel belts, making up nearly two-thirds of total shipments.
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