1. in the 10 Participating Countries
Survey on Competitiveness in the Textile/Clothing and Leather Sectors of the New Member Countries and Bulgaria and Romania
Import and Export
in the 10 Participating Countries
Lodz 7th April 2005
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2. ANALYSIS OF IMPORTS - EXPORTS POLAND 2001 - 2003
YARNS AND FABRICS
GARMENTS
LEATHER
SHOES

3. IMPORTS

4. METHODOLOGY
This analysis has the goal to identify “winners” and “losers” in the competition in the Czech market.
Parameters: imports in value for the years 2001/2003
Variables:
the trend (% increase or decrease in value) between 2001 and 2003
the position (% import share)
for each pre-selected country (27 + EU15 + Others)

5. A COMPETITION MATRIX HIGH GROWTH >AVERAGE Code 1 10 INCREASING 11
WINNERS
LOW
GROWTH
< AVERAGE
Code 0 00
MARGINALS 01
LOSERS
SMALL SHARE
<5% Code 0
LARGE SHARE
>5% Code 1

6. YARNS AND FABRICS

7. COMMENTS ON IMPORTS OF YARNS AND FABRICS
Total imports have increased +19,24%, and show a high concentration: two countries make up 80% of total.
The large majority of imports are from EU 15: 70,75%.
This share, combined with a positive trend of “only” 17,24%, that is 2% less then the average, qualifies the EU15 as a LOSER.
In fact the EU15 performance is not bad at all considering the dominant position.
The generic cluster of “Others” keeps the second position in terms of share but its growth trend is negative (-2,33%): it qualifies as LOSER.
China is ranked 6th (market share) with a relevant growth trend.
Other good positions are those of Turkey and the Czech Republic

8. YARNS AND FABRICS COMPETITION MATRIX10
INCREASING 11
WINNERS
Turkey
China
India 00
MARGINALS 01
LOSERS
Czech R.
S. Korea
EU 15
Others

9. GARMENTS

10. COMMENTS ON IMPORTS OF GARMENTS
Total imports have increased significantly: +48,29%,
Import concentration is rather low, 6 contries make up 80% of total imports.
The largest supplier is now China with 31,59% and as such a WINNER. The EU15 is now ranked second (with a share 26,37% and a LOSER.
The second WINNER is Turkey.
Generally there is a large increase of import from Asian countries.

11. GARMENTS COMPETITION MATRIX11
WINNERS 00
MARGINALS 01
LOSERS 10
INCREASING
India
Hungary
Romania
China
Turkey
EU 15
Indonesia
Thailandia

12. LEATHER

13. COMMENTS ON IMPORTS OF LEATHER

14. LEATHER COMPETITION MATRIX

15. SHOES

16. COMMENTS ON IMPORTS OF SHOES

17. SHOES COMPETITION MATRIX

18. EXPORTS

19. Polish exports increased 37%, above the average.
YARNS AND FABRICS
TRENDS OF EXPORTS
COUNTRY %
ROMANIA
76,61
Polish exports increased 37%, above the average.
Quite a good performance compred to the average.
BULGARIA
62,22
HUNGARY
45,16
POLAND
37,05
LATVIA
14,05
LITHUANIA
5,85
SLOVAKIA
1,04
CZECH
-2,17
ESTONIA
-4,29
SLOVENIA
-26,99
TOT AV.
20,85

20. GARMENTS
TRENDS OF EXPORTS
COUNTRY %
ROMANIA
47,09
Poland’s export of garments is stable in comparison to an average increase of about 8% of the 10-country sample.
A poor performance compared to other specialized countries such as Romania.
BULGARIA
22,78
LATVIA
19,48
HUNGARY
9,11
ESTONIA
1,91
POLAND
0,05
SLOVAKIA
-0,65
LITHUANIA
-2,25
SLOVENIA
-6,25
CZECH
-12,56
TOT AV.
7,87

21. Information not available for Poland.
LEATHER
TRENDS OF EXPORTS
COUNTRY %
HUNGARY
126,04
LATVIA
49,22
Information not available for Poland.
SLOVAKIA
12,13
SLOVENIA
6,56
CZECH
-9,72
BULGARIA
-22,22
LITHUANIA
-28,31
ROMANIA na
POLAND na
ESTONIA na
TOT AV.
19,10

22. SHOES
TRENDS OF EXPORTS
COUNTRY %
SLOVAKIA
38,38
BULGARIA
12,13
Poland’s exports are decreasing significantly in a generally decreasing context.
LATVIA
2,42
POLAND
-14,93
HUNGARY
-26,40
CZECH
-37,99
LITHUANIA
-43,31
ROMANIA na
SLOVENIA na
ESTONIA na
TOT AV.
-9,96