Market Analysis of Textile Products Protecting Against UV Radiation (Used for Equipping Interiors, Construction and in Protective Clothing)

• Authors: Zofia Wysokińska , Tomasz Czajkowski
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

The aim of this article is to present the results of our analysis of the European market in the field of protective textile products, based on the EUROSTAT database and our own research. The market volumes of curtains and inner roller blinds, marquees and anti-solar curtains, male clothing accessories and female clothing accessories are presented and analyzed. Initial research of supply and demand in the Polish market of textile products protecting against UV radiation is also presented and discussed.

• Publisher: Uniwersytet Łódzki. Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego
• Journal: Comparative Economic Research. Central and Eastern Europe
• Year: 2013
• Volume: 16
• Issue: 3
• Pages: 169-179

Dates

published

2013-09-01

online

2013-11-02

Contributors

author

Zofia Wysokińska

• Full Professor at the University of Łódź, Faculty of Economics and Sociology, Department of World Economy and European Integration

author

Tomasz Czajkowski

• Łódź University of Technology, Faculty of Material Technologies and Textile Design, Department of Material and Commodity Sciences and Textile Metrology

References

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Identifiers

DOI

10.2478/cer-2013-0024