the colombian market's receptivity to fibers and yarns depends on the trajectory of the textile and garment manufacturing sector; this in turn relates to industry improvement in finished product competitivety; to modernized industrial structure; to product design and to marketing strategy both within colombia and internationally the cost, quality and availability of fibers, yarns and other raw materials affect this product/marketing strategy as does colombia's progress in producing high fashion ready-to-wear; the latter could stimulate the import of more sophisticated u.s. yarns and fibers