Statistics: fibre consumption for technical textiles in Japan, 1st quarter 2014 edition
This report includes statistical data and analysis of the Japanese man-made fibre and technical textiles industry under the following headings: man-made fibre production and consumption; man-made fibre consumption for technical applications; and production of technical textiles. It also includes an outlook for the Japanese technical textile industry, and contains a wealth of recently released data for 2013. Man-made fibre production in Japan remained more or less unchanged in 2013, following a decline in the previous year. As a result, production in 2013 was at its second lowest level although it was above the low recorded in 2009. Mill consumption of man-made fibre for industrial uses declined to its fourth lowest level in ten years, due almost entirely to a fall in consumption of domestically produced fibre. Consumption of fibre for tyre reinforcement fell to its second lowest level since 2001. Nonwoven fabric production, in contrast, rose to its third highest level on record and production of spunbonded fabric reached a record high. But production of industrial textile goods fell.
SUMMARY
MAN-MADE FIBRE PRODUCTION AND CONSUMPTION IN JAPAN
Man-made fibre production
Man-made fibre capacity utilisation
Mill consumption of man-made fibres
MAN-MADE FIBRE CONSUMPTION FOR TECHNICAL
APPLICATIONS IN JAPAN
Trends in industrial fibre consumption
Industrial fibre consumption by fibre type
Fibre consumption for tyre reinforcement
PRODUCTION OF TECHNICAL TEXTILES IN JAPAN
Nonwoven fabric production
Production of industrial textile goods
Production of spunbonded fabric
FUTURE PROSPECTS
MAN-MADE FIBRE PRODUCTION AND CONSUMPTION IN JAPAN
Man-made fibre production
Man-made fibre capacity utilisation
Mill consumption of man-made fibres
MAN-MADE FIBRE CONSUMPTION FOR TECHNICAL
APPLICATIONS IN JAPAN
Trends in industrial fibre consumption
Industrial fibre consumption by fibre type
Fibre consumption for tyre reinforcement
PRODUCTION OF TECHNICAL TEXTILES IN JAPAN
Nonwoven fabric production
Production of industrial textile goods
Production of spunbonded fabric
FUTURE PROSPECTS
LIST OF TABLES
Table 1: Japan: man-made fibre production by fibre type, 1997-2013
Table 2: Japan: man-made fibre capacities and production, 1988-2013
Table 3: Japanese industrial fibre consumption by fibre type, 2003/04-2012/13
Table 4: Japan: fibre consumption for tyre reinforcement, 1997-2013
Table 5: Japan: nonwoven fabric production by end-use, 2000-13
Table 6: Japan: production of industrial goods, 2000-13
Table 7: Japan: spunbonded fabric production by fibre type, 2000-13
Table 1: Japan: man-made fibre production by fibre type, 1997-2013
Table 2: Japan: man-made fibre capacities and production, 1988-2013
Table 3: Japanese industrial fibre consumption by fibre type, 2003/04-2012/13
Table 4: Japan: fibre consumption for tyre reinforcement, 1997-2013
Table 5: Japan: nonwoven fabric production by end-use, 2000-13
Table 6: Japan: production of industrial goods, 2000-13
Table 7: Japan: spunbonded fabric production by fibre type, 2000-13
LIST OF FIGURES
Figure 1: Japan: man-made fibre production, 2000-13
Figure 1: Japan: man-made fibre production, 2000-13
