The 2009 Import and Export Market for Women's and Girls' Blouses, Shirts, and Shirt-Blouses of Knitted or Crocheted Textile Fabrics in Colombia

On the demand side, exporters and strategic planners focusing on women's and girls' blouses, shirts, and shirt-blouses of knitted or crocheted textile fabrics in Colombia face a number of questions. Which countries are supplying women's and girls' blouses, shirts, and shirt-blouses of knitted or crocheted textile fabrics to Colombia? How important is Colombia compared to others in terms of the entire global and regional market? How much do the imports of women's and girls' blouses, shirts, and shirt-blouses of knitted or crocheted textile fabrics vary from one country of origin to another in Colombia? On the supply side, Colombia also exports women's and girls' blouses, shirts, and shirt-blouses of knitted or crocheted textile fabrics. Which countries receive the most exports from Colombia? How are these exports concentrated across buyers? What is the value of these exports and which countries are the largest buyers?

This report was created for strategic planners, international marketing executives and import/export managers who are concerned with the market for women's and girls' blouses, shirts, and shirt-blouses of knitted or crocheted textile fabrics in Colombia. With the globalization of this market, managers can no longer be contented with a local view. Nor can managers be contented with out-of-date statistics which appear several years after the fact. I have developed a methodology, based on macroeconomic and trade models, to estimate the market for women's and girls' blouses, shirts, and shirt-blouses of knitted or crocheted textile fabrics for those countries serving Colombia via exports, or supplying from Colombia via imports. It does so for the current year based on a variety of key historical indicators and econometric models.

In what follows, Chapter 2 begins by summarizing where Colombia fits into the world market for imported and exported