Slight capacity growth and lower fibre consumption in 2023
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 Mio.
Capacity building is still disproportionately targeting Asia. The number of installed air-jet spindles soared to 637 thousand. Outside Asia, the main capacity increase was registered in Türkiye.