개성공단을 통해 본 의류산업의 New Paradigm

Abstract

The purpose of this research was to present the possibility of an alternative production base for clothing businessof South Korea through the analysis about textile/clothing industry production activities in the Gaeseong industrialcomplex. It is necessary for the Gaeseong industrial complex to cope with the issue about FTA and country of origin,manpower supply and demand, paying wages and labor productivity, the exclusive industrial complex of clothing. TheCountry of Origin on imports and exports tells the country of manufacture or production, where the product comes from. Rules of Origin are the special regulations to determine the country of origin of a product and exist in the forms of internationallaw, legislation, precedent and administrative decisions. But the economy in the North and the Gaeseong industrialcomplex is a comparative advantage combined with elements of North-South interdependence as a South-Northeconomic cooperation business and can contribute significantly to the stabilization of the North-South relations. Amongthe models using criteria of the determination of origin, it has directly provided the models of general regulation for offshoreproducts, of limited offshore products. These models are to help Korean exporters in understanding and utilizingthe Rules of Origin for their manufacturing. In addition, the development of the Gaeseong industrial complex will contributeto establish peace on the Korean peninsula as well as in Northeast Asia. Also economic cooperation between Southand North Koreas is essential for peace and prosperity of the Korean people.