TREND ANALYSIS OF SELECTED SEGMENTS OF THE TEXTILE-CLOTHING MARKET IN THE WORLD AND EUROPE: KNITWEAR, INDUSTRIAL TEXTILES, TAPESTRY AND CLOTHING

Abstract

The present state of the European Union textile & clothing industry and its changes within the period of the late 1980’s and the 1990’s are described. The transition in textile production and trade characteristic for this period is special emphasised. On the basis of the present and recent situation in export and import a trend analysis of selected segments of the textile - clothing market, such as knitwear, industrial textiles, tapestry, and clothing are presented. A review of export and import data concerned with the total amounts for EU & CEFTA countries and Poland, as well as the values for the individual countries (within the period of 1995 – 2000) are listed together with export and import dynamic data presented each time in relation to the previous year.