The 2007 Import and Export Market for Mens and Boys Shirts of Knitted or Crocheted Textile Fabrics in Colombia

On the demand side, exporters and strategic planners focusing on men�s and boys� shirts of knitted or crocheted textile fabrics in Colombia face a number of questions. Which countries are supplying men�s and boys� shirts 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 men�s and boys� shirts of knitted or crocheted textile fabrics vary from one country of origin to another in Colombia? On the supply side, Colombia also exports men�s and boys� shirts 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 men�s and boys� shirts 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 Nor can managers be contented with out-of-date statistics which appear several years after the fact.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 men�s and boys� shirts 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 men�s and boys� shirts of knitted or crocheted textile fabrics. The total level of imports and exports on a worldwide basis, and those for Colombia in particular, is estimated using 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 share that Colombia is likely to receive this year. From these figures, rankings are calculated to allow managers to prioritize Colombia compared to other major country markets. In this way, all the figures provided in this report are forecasts that can be combined with internal information sources for strategic planning purposes.