ZÜRICH, Switzerland — December 23, 2024 — The International Textile Manufacturer Federation (www.itmf.org) has published its International Textile Industry Statistics (ITIS) on productive capacity and raw materials consumption in the short-staple organized (spinning mill-) sector in virtually all textile-producing countries in the world. ITMF has used a new calculation method and reviewed past time series.
The estimated global number of installed short-staple spindles reached 232 Mio units in 2023 and the number of installed open-end rotors grew to 9.7 million (see Figures 1 and 2). Capacity building is still disproportionally targeting Asia.
The number of installed air-jet spindles soared to 637 thousand. Outside Asia, the main capacity increase was registered in Türkiye.
The number of installed shuttle-less looms increased to 1.7 million in 2023 (see Figure 3). Total raw material consumption in the short-staple organized sector slightly decreased to 43 million tons (see Figure 4).
Global consumption of raw cotton and cellulosic short-staple fibers decreased by -4.4 percent and -2.9 percent, respectively. Consumption of synthetic short-staple fibers increased by 0.5 percent.
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Posted: December 24, 2024
Source: The International Textile Manufacturer Federation (ITMF)
