Automated embroidery and handmade rugs also occupy a small niche in the local market. Embroidery employs 90 workers in Gaza in 24 firms, and handmade rugs account for 150 workers in approximately 20 firms and four training centers. The potential for developing a tourist trade in these handmade fabrics is high. Denim garment production is the other major area of concentration in Gaza. Denim production employs 1300 garment workers in 25 firms, and denim washing employs 35 in 7 firms.
Jeans produced in Gaza remain largely in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank.
Only 5 percent of the jeans produced or washed in Gaza are sold in Israel. In terms of textile production, circular knitting is the largest manufacturing activity with 13 factories producing a limited range of fabrics. Flat knitting, is the next largest textile production activity with five factories. A declining weaving market has recently led to the closure of three factories. Eleven factories remain.