About
CITH
Since 1981, the Textile and Clothing Information Center (C.I.T.H.) has
provided statistical information on trade and production in textile and
clothing. These statistics are important for strategic planning as well
as for measuring the performance of the enterprise against the trends
of the sector.
Such statistical information essentially consists in EU imports/exports
and production. The basic data are collected by Eurostat
from national customs (imports and exports) or from panels of enterprises
(production) and subsequently treated by the CITH.
Over the years, computer programs have been developed which allow transforming
the basic data into usable information of value to all those concerned
with the evolution of trade and/or production. The regular information
from the CITH includes trade statistics by products or partner country,
comparison of imports with quotas and production by EU country/product
and price information by product.
Still, the available information is often insufficiently known and certainly
underutilised. However, detailed data are available: perhaps not in
a regular published form (the volume would be unmanageable) but the
current Harmonized System nomenclature allows isolating, on request,
the information concerning individual textile or clothing products.
According to this nomenclature, it is possible to find out detailed
trade statistics on textile by fibre content, weight, width or type
of finishing, and on clothing articles and accessories for men/women
by fibre…
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