Table 2: Year of Founding, Employment Size, Turnover, and Products by Firm Firm A Year of Founding 1968 Employment Size 100 Turnover (Kshs millions) 60 Type of Product B 1987 120 100 T-shirts C 1993 1000 n.a. Various garments, depending on contract D 1989 40 40 E 1997 2500 800 Various garments, depending on contract F n.a. 350 n.a. Sweaters, socks G 1977 200 70 Uniforms H n.a. 120 65 Uniforms, footwear, safety products I 1950 100 160 J 1993 500 50 Various garments, depending on contract K 1990 60 60 T-shirts L 1972 700 320 T-shirts, embroidery services Industrial and security apparel Tents, canvas goods, uniforms Fabrics, yarns, standard garments Source: Enterprise level interviews 2002 4.2 Input Sources and Export Destinations With the exception of firm B, which was operating entirely locally, the garment firms in the sample were heavily involved in international trade to obtain important sources of raw materials and provide markets for their products. The respondents reported that the firms source their inputs from both local and international markets. Only two firms were obtaining their inputs from the local market, the other firms’ main input markets were international (see Table 3). The Far East appeared to be the most important source of materials, but European and US markets were almost as important. The firms in the study were targeting local, regional, and international markets, only one firm was selling exclusively to the local market and the others were selling to regional and international markets. The regional market comprises Uganda and Tanzania, Ethiopia, Burundi, the Democratic Republic of Congo and the Sudan. The main international markets were the US, the UK, the Netherlands and Switzerland. 13