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WORLD PRODUCTION
OF MAN-MADE FIBRES
source: www.marketresearch.com
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World production of man-made fibres can be split in cellulosics and synthetics…- these latter accounted for 33.6 million tons in 2002 against 2.7 million tons of cellulosics. The situation was quite different in 1970 when synthetics accounted for 4.8 million tons against 3.5 million of cellulosics.
- world man-made fibre production continued to grow in 2003, albeit with less vigour than in 2002, and they grew even faster in 2004. Output was up by 8.9% to 34.6 million tons following a 5.2% rise in 2003. The 2004 increase reflected strong growth in China and lesser growth in India. Synthetics accounted for most of the growth, especially polyester, although cellulosics were up by 8.8%.
World Production of man-made FibresYear
‘000 tons | Cellulosics | % | Synthetics | % | TOTAL | % | | 2002 | 2.715 | 2,1% | 30.942 | 6,4% | 33.657 | 6,1% | | 2000 | 2.758 | 6,9% | 28.389 | 5,8% | 31.147 | 5,9% | | 1990 | 3.189 | -4,6% | 16.191 | 3,8% | 19.380 | 2,3% | | 1980 | 3.522 | 1,8% | 10.779 | 7,7% | 14.301 | 6,0% | | 1970 | 3.585 | 1,0% | 4.809 | 18,7% | 8.394 | 8,9% | | 1960 | 2.664 | 5,2% | 703 | 58,6% | 3.367 | 14,9% | | 1950 | 1.611 | n/a | 70 | n/a | 1.681 | n/a |
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