Das Bekleidungsgewerbe in Europa hat weite Teile seiner industriellen Basis verloren. In deutlich eingeschränkterem Maße trifft dies mittlerweile auch für das Textilgewerbe zu. Dennoch können sich die Textil- und Bekleidungsunternehmen einiger weniger europäischer Länder vergleichsweise...

Das Bekleidungsgewerbe in Europa hat weite Teile seiner industriellen Basis verloren. In deutlich eingeschränkterem Maße trifft dies mittlerweile auch für das Textilgewerbe zu. Dennoch können sich die Textil- und Bekleidungsunternehmen einiger weniger europäischer Länder vergleichsweise...

This paper analyses the impact of preference erosion on Bangladesh's clothing industry coming from both the ATC quotas phasing-out and the reduction on MFN tariffs under NAMA negotiations. First, it undertakes a numerical exercise to estimate the effects of tariffs reduction in the US and the EU...

China wird als Außenhandelspartner der EU zunehmend bedeutend. Welche Produkte werden gehandelt? Wie kam es zu Handelskonflikten? Welche Chancen und Risiken gibt es im Außenhandel mit China? Welche Handelsstrategie sollte die Europäische Union gegenüber China verfolgen?

We develop a mixed complementarity programming (MCP) based estimating framework for non-tariff barriers (NTBs) to examine the evolution of market access conditions in the textile and clothing sectors, working with a panel of bilateral trade data on textile and clothing trade, underlying...

Durch den weltweiten Austausch von Waren, Informationen und Kapital entsteht eine neue Qualität von Wechselbeziehungen in Politik, Wirtschaft, Ökologie und Kultur. Die Textil- und Bekleidungsbranche ist besonders gekennzeichnet durch internationale Arbeitsteilung und stellt damit einen Motor...

This paper estimates the costs of EU restraints on trade in textiles and clothing. After explaining the methods used, we examine the impact of an opening up of EU trade in textiles and clothing, inter alia to those economies where the textile and clothing (T&C) industries command sizeable shares...

Farbolux Biliński is a medium-sized, family-owned company located in the region of Łódź in central Poland – Łódź has been a major centre of the Polish textiles and clothing industry since the 19th century. The company specialises in dying, bleaching, washing, tumbling, cutting and...

Kvadrat A/S is a leading textiles company, specialising in the design and sale of high-quality interior textiles. In addition to designing textiles for furniture and curtains, the company has extended it portfolio to include textile-related products, while entering new markets such as the retail...

Royal TenCate is a leading multinational textiles company located in the east of the Netherlands, whose core business is textile technology, ‘intelligent textiles’ and geotextiles. Since its establishment, which dates back to the 18th century, the company has successfully transformed itself...

The Italian textiles and clothing sector plays a major role in the national economy. However, companies in the sector face increasing international competition. In the Liri Valley clothing district, for example, the effects of globalisation have resulted in company closures. Many of the existing...

With almost 1,000 employees, Utenos Trikotažas is the largest apparel manufacturer in the Baltic states. It specialises in producing medium to high-quality knitted jersey products and underwear for large clothing retailers. The company provides the full production cycle for its customers,...

The concentration of textiles and clothing companies in the Herning-Ikast-Brande area of Jutland in western Denmark is due to a long history of crafts in the region. In the 1980s, this concentration was very important to the companies involved, as it attracted many potential customers to the...

The objective of this study is to present a scenario analysis that may be used as a vehicle to develop long-term visions of possible opportunities, barriers and threats for the European textiles and clothing sector and the sustainable development of its workforce. The objective is pursued as a...

The textiles and clothing industry represents a significant sector of economic activity in world trade and also within the European Union. It is a highly diverse and heterogeneous industry which covers a wide variety of end products ranging from hi-tech synthetic yarns to wool fabrics, from...

This paper tests the hypothesis that industrial process innovations diffuse more slowly in developing countries than in industrialized countries. The focus of the analysis is on four innovations in the textile and steel industries, selected according to data availability. The analysis uses a...