Brussels, 13/01/2005 (Agence Europe) - According to a new report by the International Labour Organisation (ILO), "Trends ion the car industry affecting car component producers" and commissioned for the three-way meeting of the International Labour Organisation (ILO) on 10-12 January in Geneva, which will be examining issues involving jobs, social dialogue, labour rights and relations in the sectors involving transport materials manufacturing, equipment manufacturers play an increasing role in the car sector. Car components manufacturers' added value in cars, can be more than two third and is expected in the short term to reach three quarters in some companies. Job distribution world-wide between manufacturers and car component manufacturers, which is currently 54% for the former and 46% for the latter on average, is expected to reach a level of 33% and 66% respectively. The report notes that if developing countries only accounted for 12% of global production of components in 1999, the increasing importance of suppliers would, nonetheless, benefit emerging and developing countries, as well as new Member States of the EU, as well as China and India, which would allow them to increase their share of the global components market. Share in the car products market with regard to exporting of goods was higher than 20% in Cyprus and Slovakia, as well as in Canada, Mexico and Japan. It represents more than 10% in the EU15, Hungary, Lithuania, Poland, Slovenia, Czech Republic, as well as Belarus and South Korea and almost 10% in the USA and Turkey. The report underlines that car companies in rich countries, the potential for reducing labour costs by outsourcing, due to continual pressure to reduce costs, diversify production and apply the "just in time" method will have an effect on working conditions of those working in the component sector, where increased flexibility is demanded in the short term.