POLYESTER STAPLE FIBRE
Overview
In 2006, 27,252 thousand tons of polyester was produced globally, a growth of 10.5% compared to previous year. Overall polyester holds a 73.8% share in total manmade fibre production. In 2006, PSF output was 11,331 thousand tons (9.5%) and PFY output was 15,921 thousand tons (11.3%).
With a production of 16,185 thousand tons of polyester in 2006, China holds a 59.4% share in global polyester production. In 2006, India stands at second place replacing Taiwan at 1,968 thousand tons holding a 7.2% share, whereas, in Taiwan, the production had declined by -10.2% to 1,807 thousand tons.
Complete data on polyester capacity, % change over previous year from 1990 – 2006 is available in the YnFx World Fibre Report 2007 the second edition published by YNFX
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The report also covers Tabular details on polyester (staple fibre and filament yarn) covering production, demand and trade (imports and exports) of each fibre/yarn distributed by countries. The countries are China, Taiwan, India, USA, Korea, Indonesia, Thailand, Japan, Turkey, Germany, Pakistan, Malaysia, Brazil, Italy, Mexico, Spain, Canada, France and West Europe. |
