World Markets for Textile Machinery

2009 Part 3: Knitted Fabric Manufacture

Publication Date	November 2009
Publisher	Textiles Intelligence
Product Type	Report
Pages	29
ISBN Number	978-1-849780-14-8
Product Code	TXI00080

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Summary

US consumer expenditure on clothing and footwear fell by 1.1% in 2008 and continued to decline in the first half of 2009 as the recession took hold. Reflecting the downturn, there was a 10.6% fall in the volume of US textile and clothing imports in the first seven months of 2009. Exports fell too as demand in foreign markets weakened. In textiles, exports plummeted by 24.1% as shipments to the USA's two biggest markets, Canada and Mexico, fell sharply. In clothing, exports declined by 6.8%, again due to lower sales in Canada and Mexico-although shipments to Japan and Saudi Arabia grew strongly. As a result of these trends, US textile and clothing output dropped significantly in the first few months of 2009. Employment was also hit and stood 15.0% lower in September 2009 than a year earlier.

In Argentina, textile output rose by 1.5% in 2008 but dropped by 13.2% in the first half of 2009. Foreign sales followed much the same pattern. In 2008 textile and clothing exports rose by 4.9%, but in the first quarter of 2009 they plunged by 38.0%.

The industry in Brazil suffered a similar fate as textile and clothing exports plummeted by 23.3% in the first seven months of 2009 after rising by 2.6% in 2008. Textile output fell in the first four months of 2009 and clothing fared even worse.

In Colombia the textile industry has fared much better than clothing. Although export growth has slowed, sales of textiles rose by 25.8% in the first half of 2009. But clothing exports plunged by 54.5%, having been dragged down by a slump in demand for Colombian garments in Ecuador, Mexico, the USA, and Venezuela.

In Mexico the industry continued to struggle as US importers shifted orders to China and other low cost Asian countries. In the first half of 2009 alone, Mexican textile and clothing exports declined by 17.5% after falling by 6.2% in 2008.

Content

Summary
General Trends
- Circular Knitting
- Single Jersey Circular Knitting Machinery
- Double Jersey Circular Knitting Machinery
- Flat Knitting
- Hand Knitting And Semi-Automatic Flat Knitting Machinery
- Electronic Flatbed Knitting Machinery
Circular Knitting Machinery
- Single Jersey Circular Knitting Machines
- Single Jersey Circular Knitting Machines: Regional Markets
- Single Jersey Circular Knitting Machines: Individual Country Markets
- Cumulative Deliveries Of Single Jersey Circular Knitting Machines By Country, 1999-2008
- Double Jersey Circular Knitting Machines
- Double Jersey Circular Knitting Machines: Regional Markets
- Double Jersey Circular Knitting Machines: Individual Country Markets
- Cumulative Deliveries Of Double Jersey Circular Knitting Machines By Country, 1999-2008
Flat Knitting Machinery
- Hand Knitting And Semi-Automatic Flat Knitting Machinery
- Hand Knitting And Semi-Automatic Flat Knitting Machinery: Regional Markets
- Hand Knitting And Semi-Automatic Flat Knitting Machinery: Individual Country Markets
- Electronic Flatbed Knitting Machinery
- Electronic Flatbed Knitting Machinery: Regional Markets
- Electronic Flatbed Knitting Machinery: Individual Country Markets
List Of Tables
- Table 1: Breakdown Of Circular Knitting Machinery Shipments By Type And Region, 2008
- Table 2: Shipments Of Single Jersey Circular Knitting Machinery By Region And Leading Countries Of Destination, 2007 And 2008
- Table 3: Cumulative Shipments Of Circular Knitting Machinery By Type, Region And Leading Countries Of Destination, 1999-2008
- Table 4: Shipments Of Double Jersey Circular Knitting Machinery By Region And Leading Countries Of Destination, 2007 And 2008
- Table 5: Breakdown Of Flat Knitting Machinery Shipments By Type And Region, 2008
- Table 6: Shipments Of Hand Knitting And Semi-Automatic Flat Knitting Machinery By Region And Leading Countries Of Destination, 2007 And 2008
- Table 7: Shipments Of Flatbed Knitting Machinery By Region And Leading Countries Of Destination, 2007 And 2008 List Of Figures
- Figure 1: Cumulative Shipments Of Circular Knitting Machinery, Selected Countries, 1999-2008
- Figure 2: Shipments Of Circular Knitting Machinery, Selected Regions, 1995-2008
- Figure 3: Shipments Of Hand Knitting And Semi-Automatic Knitting Machinery, Selected Regions, 2000-08
- Figure 4: Shipments Of Flatbed Knitting Machinery, Selected Regions, 2000-08