The 2011 Import and Export
Market for Women’s and
Girls’ Slips and Petticoats of
Knitted or Crocheted Textile
Fabrics in Europe
By
Professor Philip M. Parker, Ph. D.
Chaired Professor of Management Science
INSEAD (Singapore & Fontainebleau, France)
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About the Author
Dr. Philip M. Parker is the Eli Lilly Chaired Professor of Innovation, Business and Society at
INSEAD where he has taught courses on multivariate statistics and global competitive strategy
since 1988. He has also taught courses at MIT, Stanford University, Harvard University, UCLA,
UCSD, and the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. He is the author of six books
on the economic convergence of nations. These books introduce the notion of “physioeconomics”
which foresees a lack of global convergence in economic behaviors due to physiological and
physiographic forces. His latest book is "Physioeconomics: The Basis for Long-Run Economic
Growth" (MIT Press 2000). He has also published numerous articles in academic journals,
including The Rand Journal of Economics, Marketing Science, the Journal of International
Business Studies, Technological Forecasting and Social Change, International Journal of
Forecasting, the European Management Journal, the European Journal of Operational
Research, Journal of Marketing, International Journal of Research in Marketing, and Journal of
Marketing Research. He is also on the editorial boards of several academic journals.
Dr. Parker received his Ph.D. in Business Economics from the Wharton School of the University
of Pennsylvania and has Masters degrees in Finance and Banking (University of Aix-Marseille)
and Managerial Economics (Wharton). His undergraduate degrees are in mathematics, biology
and economics (minor in aeronautical engineering). He has consulted and/or taught courses in
Africa, the Middle East, Asia, Latin America, North America and Europe.
About this Series
This series was created for international firms who rely on foreign export markets for a
substantial portion of their business or who might be threatened by foreign trade competition.
The estimates given in this report were created using a methodology developed by and under the
direct supervision of Professor Philip M. Parker, the Eli Lilly Chaired Professor of Innovation,
Business and Society, at INSEAD. The methodology, relying on historical figures of economic
growth and trade flows, estimates the market shares of some 150 countries for over 500 industrial
or product categories. The figures should be seen as market estimates, as opposed to historical
records, as these are projected for the current year of trade.
Acknowledgements
Some of the methodologies and research approaches used in this report have benefited from the
R&D Committee at INSEAD, whose research support is gratefully acknowledged. Additional
editorial assistance from Tiffany LaRochelle, ICON Group International, Inc., is also
acknowledged.
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Table of Contents
1 METHODOLOGY 7
1.1 Our Approach 7
2 EUROPE’S SHARE OF THE WORLD MARKET 19
2.1 Exports from Europe as Share of the World Export Market 19
2.2 Imports in Europe as Share of the World Import Market 21
3 EXPORTS FROM EUROPE 25
3.1 Executive Summary 25
3.2 Albania 28
3.3 Austria 28
3.4 Belgium 29
3.5 Bosnia and Herzegovina 29
3.6 Bulgaria 29
3.7 Croatia 30
3.8 Czech Republic 30
3.9 Denmark 30
3.10 France 31
3.11 Germany 32
3.12 Greece 32
3.13 Hungary 32
3.14 Italy 33
3.15 Latvia 33
3.16 Moldova 34
3.17 Poland 34
3.18 Portugal 34
3.19 Romania 35
3.20 Slovakia 35
3.21 Slovenia 35
3.22 Spain 36
3.23 Sweden 36
3.24 the Netherlands 36
3.25 Ukraine 37
4 IMPORTS INTO EUROPE 38
4.1 Executive Summary 38
4.2 Austria 41
4.3 Belgium 42
4.4 Croatia 42
4.5 Cyprus 43
4.6 Czech Republic 43
4.7 Denmark 44
4.8 Estonia 44
4.9 Finland 45
4.10 France 46
4.11 Georgia 47
4.12 Germany 47
4.13 Greece 48
4.14 Ireland 48
4.15 Italy 49
4.16 Latvia 50
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4.17 Luxembourg 50
4.18 Norway 51
4.19 Romania 51
4.20 Russia 52
4.21 Slovakia 52
4.22 Slovenia 52
4.23 Sweden 53
4.24 the Netherlands 53
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1 METHODOLOGY
1.1 OUR APPROACH
On the demand side, exporters and strategic planners approaching the market in Europe face a
number of questions. Which countries are supplying women’s and girls’ slips and petticoats of
knitted or crocheted textile fabrics to Europe? What is the dollar value of these imports? How
much do the imports of women’s and girls’ slips and petticoats of knitted or crocheted textile
fabrics vary from one country to another in Europe? Do exporters serving the market in Europe
have similar market shares across the importing countries? On the supply side, Europe also sells
to the international market of women’s and girls’ slips and petticoats of knitted or crocheted
textile fabrics. Which countries in Europe supply the most exports of women’s and girls’ slips
and petticoats of knitted or crocheted textile fabrics? Which countries are buying their exports?
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’ slips and
petticoats of knitted or crocheted textile fabrics in Europe. 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 that 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’ slips and
petticoats of knitted or crocheted textile fabrics for those countries serving Europe via exports or
supplying from Europe via imports. We do 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 Europe fits into the world market for
imported and exported women’s and girls’ slips and petticoats of knitted or crocheted textile
fabrics. The total level of imports and exports on a worldwide basis, and those for Europe in
particular, is based on a model which aggregates across over 150 key country markets and
projects these to the current year. From there, each country represents a percent of the world
market. This market is served from a number of competitive countries of origin. Based on both
demand- and supply-side dynamics, market shares by country of origin are then calculated across
each country market destination. These shares lead to a volume of import and export values for
each country and are aggregated to regional and world totals. In doing so, we are able to obtain
maximum likelihood estimates of both the value of each market and the shares that countries in
Europe are likely to receive this year. From these figures, rankings are calculated to allow
managers to prioritize markets within Europe. In this way, all the figures provided in this report
are forecasts that can be combined with internal information for strategic planning purposes.
After the worldwide summary in Chapter 2 of both imports and exports for Europe, Chapter 3
details the exports of women’s and girls’ slips and petticoats of knitted or crocheted textile
fabrics, but for each individual country in Europe. Chapter 4 does the same, but for imports of
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women’s and girls’ slips and petticoats of knitted or crocheted textile fabrics for all countries in
Europe. In all cases, the total dollar volume and percentage share values by major trading partner
are provided. Combined, Chapters 3 and 4 present the complete picture for imports and exports
of women’s and girls’ slips and petticoats of knitted or crocheted textile fabrics to and from
Europe to and from all other countries in the world. Of the 150 countries considered, if a country
is not reported here it is therefore estimated to have only a negligible level of trade in women’s
and girls’ slips and petticoats of knitted or crocheted textile fabrics (i.e. their market shares are
close or equal to zero percent). "Women’s and Girls’ Slips and Petticoats of Knitted or Crocheted
Textile Fabrics" as a category is defined in this report following the definition given by the
United Nations Statistics Division Classification Registry using the Standard International Trade
Classification, Revision 3 (SITC, Rev. 3). The SITC code that defined "women’s and girls’ slips
and petticoats of knitted or crocheted textile fabrics" is 84481 . For more information on this
definition, please refer to the following web site:
http://unstats.un.org/unsd/cr/registry/regcs.asp?Cl=14&Lg=1&Co=844 .
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Important Caveat. The figures should be seen as market estimates, as opposed to historical
records, as these are forecasted for the current year of trade. More importantly, in light of the fact
that unforeseeable factors might interrupt markets in achieving their reported levels, the figures
should be seen as estimates of potential. For example, "mad cow" disease, foot-and-mouth
disease, trade embargoes, military conflicts, acts of terrorism and other events will certainly
affect the actual trade flows recorded for a variety of industry or product categories. In such
cases, the difference between the numbers given in this report and the numbers actually observed
might be interpreted as the "net loss" or "net gain" due to these exogenous events affecting
regular trade flows that would have occurred had these events not have taken place.
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petticoats of knitted or crocheted textile fabrics. Closely related reports published by ICON
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