ITMF, the Zurich, Switzerland-headquartered International Textile Manufacturers Federation, has published its International Textile Industry Statistics on productive capacity and raw materials consumption in the short-staple spinning sector.

Covering virtually all textile-producing countries globally, the organisation has used a new calculation method and reviewed previous figures based on it.

The estimated global number of installed short-staple spindles reached 232 million units in 2023 and the number of installed open end (OE) rotor positions grew to 9.7 million. Installed air-jet spindles have also soared to 637,000 spindles.

Capacity building is still disproportionally in Asia and outside the region the main capacity increase was registered in Turkey.

In weaving, the number of installed shuttle-less looms increased to 1.7 million in 2023.

Total raw material consumption in the short-staple sector fell slightly to 43 million tons in 2023, with the processing of raw cotton down 4.4% and cellulosic short-staple fibres down by 2.9%, while the consumption of synthetic short-staple fibres increased by 0.5%.

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