Report Summary:
Statistics: Asian Fibre Consumption and Production |
15 pages,
published in Issue 68, 1st quarter 2007 |
Asian fibre consumption rose by 4.2% in
2005 the latest year for which comprehensive data are
available reaching 91,434 mn lb. At the same time,
production within Asia went up by a lesser 1.8%, to 57,785
mn lb. As a result, the region's net imports climbed by as
much as 8.6% despite increased self-sufficiency in China.
Cotton consumption grew faster than any
other fibre type. As a result, its share of total mill fibre
consumption rose by 2.1 percentage points to 40.8%. Man-made
fibre, meanwhile, saw its share fall by 2.1 percentage
points as growth almost stagnated, at just 0.6%. Despite
this, man-mades continued to hold a dominant 58.5% of the
market.
Geographically, China and Hong Kong took
the lion's share with 61% of total Asian fibre usage up from
58.5% in 2004. South Asia was the second largest consumer
with 22%, followed by Japan, South Korea and Taiwan with a
collective 9% of consumption. South-East Asia made up the
remaining 8%.
In China, growth in man-made
fiber consumption slowed to 6.1%
following six years of double-digit increases. Cotton usage,
meanwhile, rose by 14%, which led to an increase in its
share of total fibre consumption. That said, over the seven
years to 2005 cotton's share fell by 7 percentage points.
Consumption in South Asia, unlike in other
regions in Asia, is dominated by cotton. Indeed, cotton held
a 68% share in 2005 up from 65% a year earlier following an
8% rise in usage. The increase in cotton's share was also
aided by a 7% drop in usage of man-made fibre, whose share
fell to little over 30%. As a result, total fibre
consumption in South Asia continued to rise in 2005 albeit
by 3% to surpass the 20 bn lb mark.
Consumption in Japan, South Korea and
Taiwan, meanwhile, fell for the fifth successive year.
Moreover, the deterioration accelerated to 13%, from a 7%
decline in 2004. The drop was due almost entirely to a 15%
decrease in man-made fibre consumption, which lost market
share as a result.
Total fibre usage in South-East Asia fell
by a marginal 1.3% due entirely to a drop in man-made fibre
consumption. Nonetheless, it is likely that South-East
Asia's share of total Asian fibre consumption overtook that
of Japan, South Korea and Taiwan in 2006, as consumption
increased in Indonesia and Vietnam while the industries in
Japan, South Korea and Taiwan continued to contract.
- Statistics: Asian Fibre Consumption
and Production
- Summary Asian Consumption and
Production by Fibre Type Consumption and Production in
China Consumption and Production in Japan, South Korea
and Taiwan Consumption and Production in South-East Asia
Consumption and Production in South Asia
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