Report Buyer, the online destination for business intelligence for major industry sectors, has now added a new report showing that in the next six years leading to 2012 an average production growth rate of 3.5% is expected in Asia, while a slower growth rate is projected in industrialised polyester fibre-consuming nations, at far lower volumes. Consumption of polyester staple fibre has been seen increasing at an annual growth rate of 5.3% between 2000 and 2006. In 2006, it increased 11.4% to 11.3 million tons whereas supply increased simultaneously by 10.3% to 11.30 million tons.

Polyester Chain 2007 reports that polyester makes up for 75% of all man-made fibres, dominating the other fibres over the last three decades. In 2006, global capacity stood at 36.41 million tons including 15.16 million tons of polyester staple fibre 21.25 million tons of polyester filament yarn.

The study shows that between 1998 and 2006, polyester capacity was seen to almost double. This, of which a major portion came up in Asia. Today, almost 85% of staple fibre capacity and 89.5% of the PFY capacity is in Asia. China, the largest manufacturer of polyester produced approximately accounts for almost 55% of global polyester capacity. India, Indonesia, South Korea and Taiwan are the other major producers of polyester in Asia. Outside Asia, USA and Turkey are the only dominant producers

The “Polyester Chain Report: 2007” contains 305 pages packed with up-to-date statistics on the entire value chain beginning from propylene further to intermediate – paraxylene to polyester fibre/filament. Objective description on the behaviour of individual segment of the value chain is also presented analytically. It covers times series on production, imports, exports and apparent consumption for the period 1998 to 2006.

Polyester Chain 2007 is available from Report Buyer.

Report Buyer Product ID: YAF00038
Report Buyer Category: Industry & Manufacturing