Table IV.74                        
  Leading exporters and importers of textiles, 2005  
  (Billion dollars and percentage)    
Share in world 
Value exports/imports Annual percentage change
                 
2005[1] 1980[2] 1990[3] 2000[4] 2005 2000-05[5] 2003 2004 2005
                       
Exporters   
European Union (25) 67.98 - - 35.9 33.5 4 14 11 -6
extra-EU (25) exports 23.51 - - 11.0 11.6 6 15 15 -3
China  a, b 41.05 4.6 6.9 10.3 20.2 21 31 24 23
Hong Kong, China 13.83 - - - - 1 5 9 -3
domestic exports 0.60 1.7 2.1 0.7 0.3 -12 -23 -10 -12
re-exports 13.23 1.6 5.8 7.8 6.5 2 8 10 -3
United States 12.38 6.8 4.8 7.0 6.1 2 2 10 3
Korea, Republic of 10.39 4.0 5.8 8.1 5.1 -4 -2 1 -4
Taipei, Chinese 9.71 3.2 5.9 7.6 4.8 -4 -2 8 -3
India  c 7.85 2.4 2.1 3.8 3.9 6 14 2 12
Pakistan 7.09 1.6 2.6 2.9 3.5 9 21 5 16
Turkey 7.07 0.6 1.4 2.3 3.5 14 24 22 10
Japan 6.91 9.3 5.6 4.5 3.4 0 7 11 -3
Indonesia 3.45 0.1 1.2 2.2 1.7 0 1 8 9
Thailand 2.76 0.6 0.9 1.2 1.4 7 7 19 8
Canada 2.46 0.6 0.7 1.4 1.2 2 4 7 1
Mexico  a 2.13 0.2 0.7 1.6 1.1 -4 -5 -1 3
United Arab Emirates  c, d 1.70 0.1 0.0 0.8 0.9 ... 11 45 ...
Above 15 183.52 ... ... 90.5 90.5 - - - -
Importers
European Union (25) 65.83 - - 33.2 30.8 4 14 11 -4
extra-EU (25) imports 21.36 - - 9.8 10.0 6 15 14 2
United States 22.54 4.5 6.2 9.6 10.5 7 8 13 9
China  a, b 15.50 1.9 4.9 7.7 7.2 4 9 8 1
Hong Kong, China 13.79 - - - - 0 7 9 -2
retained imports 0.57 3.7 3.8 0.9 0.3 -17 -4 -17 14
Mexico  a, e 6.02 0.2 0.9 3.5 2.8 1 -2 5 5
Japan 5.81 2.9 3.8 3.0 2.7 3 11 11 4
Turkey 4.43 0.1 0.5 1.3 2.1 16 21 21 6
Canada  e 4.32 2.3 2.2 2.5 2.0 1 1 7 5
Korea, Republic of 3.54 0.7 1.8 2.0 1.7 1 -3 8 5
Viet Nam  c 3.33 ... ... 0.8 1.6 19 18 21 13
Romania 3.31 ... 0.1 1.0 1.5 14 21 16 -1
United Arab Emirates  c, d 3.22 0.8 0.9 1.2 1.6 11 36
Russian Federation  c 2.68 - - 0.8 1.3 17 31 18 19
India  c 2.10 0.1 0.2 0.3 1.0 30 24 26 51
Thailand 1.99 0.3 0.8 1.0 0.9 4 3 13 8
Above 15 145.19 ... ... 68.8 67.9 - - - -
                       
a  Includes significant shipments through processing zones.
b  In 2005, China reported imports of textiles from China amounting to $2.7 billion.  For further information, see the Technical Notes.
c  Includes Secretariat estimates.
d  2004 instead of 2005.
e  Imports are valued f.o.b.
                       

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