World Fibre & Pakistan Trends in Demand and Supply 2008

The "World Pakistan - Trends in Demand and Supply" is the Fourth compendium from YarnsandFibers presenting the demand and supply trends in manmade fiber industry.

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 Country View.

It begins with summarising the events and the Principles Guiding World Trade.

Pakistan produces close to 2% of World's manmade fibre/filaments and 7% of cotton. It accounts for 5% of global polyester staple fibre production and about 1% of acrylic fibre. Globally, it is the fourth largest producer of polyester staple and cotton fibre and ninth largest in viscose staple.

In consumption, Pakistan is the third largest cotton consumer after China and India. With a volume of 700,000 tons it is the fourth largest consumer of polyester staple. It is distinct ninth largest consumer of viscose filament and tenth largest in viscose staple consumer.

Cotton production too was impressive in Pakistan growing at an annual rate of 6% while global output was growing at 3.5% a year.

Pakistan is a major importer of textile fibres. In 2007, it was the second largest importer of cotton only after China. It was the fourth largest importer of viscose filament and eighth largest of viscose staple and ninth in case of acrylic staple.