According to the International Textile Federation (ITMF) statistical report released at the end of December 2023, as of 2022, the global number of short fiber spindles has increased from 225 million in 2021 to 227 million spindles, and the number of air jet looms has increased from 8.3 million spindles to 9.5 million spindles, which is the strongest growth in history. The main investment growth comes from the Asian region, and the number of air jet loom spindles continues to increase worldwide.
In 2022, the replacement between shuttle looms and shuttleless looms will continue, with the number of new shuttleless looms increasing from 1.72 million in 2021 to 1.85 million in 2022, and the number of shuttleless looms reaching 952000. The total consumption of textile staple fibers has decreased from 456 million tons in 2021 to 442.6 million tons in 2022. The consumption of raw cotton and synthetic short fibers decreased by 2.5% and 0.7% respectively. The consumption of cellulose staple fibers increased by 2.5%.
Post time: Jan-29-2024