World Acrylic Trends in Demand and Supply 2008

Publication Date	April 2009
Publisher	Yarns and Fibers
Product Type	Report
Pages	52
ISBN Number	not applicable
Product Code	YAF00035

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Summary

The "World Acrylic - Trends in Demand and Supply" is the Fourth compendium from YarnsandFibers presenting the demand and supply trends in manmade fiber industry. Time series on trends from 1990 to 2007 on production, imports, exports and apparent consumption is presented country-wise for 13 countries including all major Asian countries, USA and West Europe.

In this Report we have assesses the impact of the expiry of the MFA and ATC and the scenario post-WTO in global manmade fibre/filament industry and natural fibres, particularly cotton, and how each country prepared and positioned itself in the global market. The analysis assesses the positions of fi-bres/filaments industry and their producers and consumers as events unfolded. Like in case of MFA, the period under consideration is pre-1995, for ATC it is 1995 to 2004 and post-WTO it is 2005 to 2007.

The purpose of this compendium is to serve as a basic information infrastructure for textile companies and to all those who are related to fibres and yarns industry. The compendium will also serve as a ready to use reference and the presentation help easy and quick consumption of the information.

The Report is divided into two sections: Global View and Region/Country wise View.
It begins with summarising the events and the Principles Guiding World Trade.

Acrylic staple fibre accounts for 6% of all manmade fibre supply globally next to polyester and nylon. Over the past 17 years capacity addition has been extremely poor compared to other fibres. Since 1990, a net of only 140,000 tons was added. This is the lowest amongst all man-made fibres. Over 710,000 tons was pulled out of production in last 10 years. In 2007, alone 300,000 tons of capacity was derated. As of end-2007, the global capacity stood at 3 million tons as against 2.8 million tons in 1990 and 3.4 million tons in 2000. The reasoning behind this trend is that it faces severe competition from natural fibre, wool, both in terms of price and quality. The second attributes is its limited usage unlike polyester or nylon. The third and most importantly, thin margins have distracted investment.

During the pre-ATC period (1990-1994) capacity addition declined 1% per annum which turned posi-tive 1% during the ATC period (1995-2004). However, post WTO the rate of dropped to -0.2% between 2005 and 2007.

Despite the sluggish capacity expansion, production growth has been impressive. Production increased 4% per annum during the pre-ATC period when capacity expansion recorded decline of 1% per annum. During ATC, when capacity addition was at a meager rate of less than 1% per annum, production increased 2.1% a year. However, post WTO production was failed to grow positively in any of the 3 years.

Content

Preface
List Of Tables
Executive Summary
Principles Guiding World Trade
- The Transition Mfa, Atc And Wto
- How Countries Reacted?
Fiber World
- Natural Fibres Losing Out To Mmf
- Mmf Accounts For 60% Of All Fibres
- Supply And Demand In 2007
- World Statistics
Acrylic
- Thin Margin Distracting Investments
- Acrylic In 2007
- Acrylic Staple Fibre Statistics
About Yarnsandfibers
- Table 1.1. Growth And Share Of All Fibres Production
- Table 1.2. Growth And Share Of Natural Fibres' Production
- Table 1.3. Growth In Manmade Fibre / Filament Production
- Table 1.4. World Supply Of Fibres And Filaments In Primary Form In 2007
- Table 1.5. Trends In Fibre / Filament Production
- Table 1.6. Trends In Fibre / Filament Exports
- Table 1.7. Trends In Fibre / Filament Imports
- Table 1.8. Trends In Fibre / Filament Apparent Consumption
- Table 1.9. Trends In Manmade Fibre / Filament Wise Capacity
- Table 1.10. Trends In Manmade Fibre / Filament Wise Production
- Table 1.11. Trends In Manmade Fibre / Filament Wise Export
- Table 1.12. Trends In Manmade Fibre / Filament Wise Import
- Table 1.13. Trends In Manmade Fibre / Filament Wise Apparent Consumption
- Table 1.14. Trends In Natural Fibre Wise Production
- Table 1.16. Trends In Natural Fibre Wise Imports
- Table 1.15. Trends In Natural Fibre Wise Exports
- Table 4.1major Acrylic Staple Fibre Suppliers And Consumers
- Table 4.2. Demand/Supply Global Trends In Acrylic Staple Fibre
- Table 4.3. Trends In Acrylic Staple Fibre Capacity By-Region
- Table 4.4. Trends In Acrylic Staple Fibre Production By-Region
- Table 4.5. Trends In Acrylic Staple Fibre Exports By-Region
- Table 4.6. Trends In Acrylic Staple Fibre Imports By-Region
- Table 4.7. Trends In Acrylic Staple Fibre Apparent Consumption By-Region
- Table 4.8. Demand/Supply Trends In Acrylic Staple Fibre In Africa
- Table 4.9. Trends In Acrylic Staple Fibre Capacity In Africa
- Table 4.10. Trends In Acrylic Staple Fibre Production In South Africa
- Table 4.11. Trends In Acrylic Staple Fibre Export In South Africa
- Table 4.12. Trends In Acrylic Staple Fibre Import In South Africa
- Table 4.13. Trends In Acrylic Staple Fibre App. Consumption In South Africa
- Table 4.14. Demand/Supply Trends In Acrylic Staple Fibre In Asia
- Table 4.15. Trends In Acrylic Staple Fibre Capacity In Asia
- Table 4.16. Trends In Acrylic Staple Fibre Production In Asia
- Table 4.17. Trends In Acrylic Staple Fibre Exports From Asia
- Table 4.18. Trends In Acrylic Staple Fibre Import In Asia
- Table 4.19. Trends In Acrylic Staple Fibre Apparent Consumption In Asia
- Table 4.20. Demand/Supply Trends In Acrylic Staple Fibre In North America
- Table 4.21. Trends In Acrylic Staple Fibre Capacity In N. America
- Table 4.22. Trends In Acrylic Staple Fibre Production In N. America
- Table 4.23. Trends In Acrylic Staple Fibre Exports From N. America
- Table 4.24. Trends In Acrylic Staple Fibre Imports In N. America
- Table 4.25. Trends In Acrylic Staple Fibre Apparent Consumption In N. America
- Table 4.26. Demand/Supply Trends In Acrylic Staple Fibre In Central And South America
- Table 4.27. Trends In Acrylic Staple Fibre Capacity In South America
- Table 4.28. Trends In Acrylic Staple Fibre Production In South America
- Table 4.29. Trends In Acrylic Staple Fibre Exports From South America
- Table 4.30. Trends In Acrylic Staple Fibre Imports In South America
- Table 4.31. Trends In Acrylic Staple Fibre Apparent Consumption In South America
- Table 4.32. Demand/Supply Trends In Acrylic Staple Fibre In West Europe
- Table 4.33. Trends In Acrylic Staple Fibre Capacity In West Europe
- Table 4.34. Trends In Acrylic Staple Fibre Production In West Europe
- Table 4.35. Trends In Acrylic Staple Fibre Exports From West Europe
- Table 4.36. Trends In Acrylic Staple Fibre Imports In West Europe
- Table 4.37. Trends In Acrylic Staple Fibre Apparent Consumption In West Europe
- Table 4.38. Demand/Supply Trends In Acrylic Staple Fibre In Central And East Europe
- Table 4.39. Trends In Acrylic Staple Fibre Capacity In East And Central Europe
- Table 4.40. Trends In Acrylic Staple Fibre Production In East And Central Europe
- Table 4.41. Trends In Acrylic Staple Fibre Exports From East And Central Europe
- Table 4.42. Trends In Acrylic Staple Fibre Imports In East And Central Europe
- Table 4.43. Trends In Acrylic Staple Fibre Apparent Consumption In East And Central Europe
- Table 4.44. Demand/Supply Trends In Acrylic Staple Fibre In Cis
- Table 4.45. Trends In Acrylic Staple Fibre Capacity In Cis
- Table 4.46. Trends In Acrylic Staple Fibre Production In Cis
- Table 4.47. Trends In Acrylic Staple Fibre Exports From Cis
- Table 4.48. Trends In Acrylic Staple Fibre Imports In Cis
- Table 4.49. Trends In Acrylic Staple Fibre App. Consumption In Cis
- Table 4.50. Demand/Supply Trends In Acrylic Staple Fibre In Middle East
- Table 4.51. Trends In Acrylic Staple Fibre Capacity In Middle East
- Table 4.52. Trends In Acrylic Staple Fibre Production In Middle East
- Table 4.53. Trends In Acrylic Staple Fibre Exports From Middle East
- Table 4.54. Trends In Acrylic Staple Fibre Imports In Middle East
- Table 4.55. Trends In Acrylic Staple Fibre Apparent Consumption In Middle East
- Table 4.56. Demand/Supply Trends In Acrylic Staple Fibre In Oceania