Viscose Applications

VISCOSE RAYON
in Technical Textiles and Nonwovens

World Market Forecasts to 2010
January 2003
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VISCOSE
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World Market Forecasts To 2010
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Contents
Page
1
OVERVIEW
1.1
1.1
Viscose: Increasingly Reliant Upon Technical Textiles
1.1
1.2
Viscose Technical Textiles Defined
1.2
1.3
Aims of the Report
1.2
1.4
The Source of the Forecasts
1.3
1.5
Products Using Viscose included in this Report
1.3
1.6
Levels of Detail in this Report
1.5
1.7
Scope and Structure of the Report
1.5
THE RELATIVE IMPORTANCE OF VISCOSE IN THE TECHNICAL TEXTILES MARKET
2.1
2.1
Overall Market Size and Growth Rates for Technical Textiles
2.1
2.2
The Role of Viscose
2.2
VISCOSE END-USE PRODUCTS AND MARKETS
3.1
3.1
Outline of the Chapter
3.1
3.2
Overall End-Use Consumption of Viscose
3.2
3.3
End-Use Consumption of Viscose by Fibre Form (Yarn Type)
3.3
3.4
End-Use Consumption of Viscose by Application Area and End-Use Product
3.4
3.5
The Highest Volume and Fastest Growing Viscose End-Uses
3.18
3.6
End-Use Consumption of Viscose by Region
3.25
3.7
End-Use Consumption of Viscose by Fabric and Other Final Textile Product Type
3.30
VISCOSE: DETAILED FORECAST TABLES
4.1
Part A: Viscose World Totals, 1995-2010
4.3
Part B: End-Use Consumption Analysis by End-Use Product against Polymer/Fibre Form
4.7
Part C: End-Use Consumption Analysis by End-Use Product against Region
4.12
Part D: End-Use Consumption Analysis by End-Use Product against Fabric and Other Final
Textile Product Type
4.22
Part E: End-Use Consumption Analysis by Fabric and Other Final Textile Product Type against
Polymer/Fibre Form
4.27
Part F: End-Use Consumption Analysis by Region against Polymer/Fibre Form
4.31
Part G: End-Use Consumption Analysis by Region against Fabric and Other Final Textile Product
4.35
Appendix 1:
DEFINITIONS AND ASSUMPTIONS
A.1.1
Appendix 2:
THE DRA TEXTILE PRODUCTS END-USE CONSUMPTION FORECASTING SYSTEM
A.2.1
2003
iii
List of Exhibits
Exhibit
Page
Chapter 1: OVERVIEW
1.1:
Top 8 Viscose Producers (all fibre forms)
1.1
1.2:
List of the 30 Viscose End-Use Products Covered in this Report, with Relevant Application Area
1.4
1.3:
Reporting Levels used in this Report
1.5
Chapter 2: THE RELATIVE IMPORTANCE OF VISCOSE IN THE TECHNICAL TEXTILES MARKET

2.1:
World End-Use Consumption of Technical Textiles, 1995-2010 ('000 tonnes and US$bn)
2.1
2.2:
World End-Use Consumption of Technical Textiles Annual Growth Rates, 2000-2004 (Volume
Terms)
2.2
2.3:
Classification of Polymer/Fibre Types used in Technical Textiles
2.3
2.4:
World End-Use Consumption of Technical Textiles by Broad Group of Polymer/Fibre Types, 19952010 ('000 tonnes)
2.4
Polymers and Fibres Consumed in Technical Textiles, 1995-2010, by Broad Group of Polymer/Fibre
Types (US$bn)
2.4
World End-Use Consumption of Technical Textiles by Polymer/Fibre Type, 2000 (% split in Volume
Terms)
2.5
World End-Use Consumption of Technical Textiles by Main Polymer/Fibre Type and Application
Area, 2000 ('000 tonnes)
2.5
World End-Use Consumption of Technical Textiles by Polymer/Fibre Types and Region, 2000 ('000
tonnes)
2.8
World End-Use Consumption of Technical Textiles by Selected Polymer/Fibre Type, 2000 and 2010
('000 tonnes)
2.8
2.5:
2.6:
2.7:
2.8:
2.9:
Chapter 3: VISCOSE END-USE PRODUCTS AND MARKETS

3.1:
World End-Use Consumption of Viscose in Technical Textiles, 1995-2010 ('000 tonnes)
3.2
3.2:
World End-Use Consumption of Viscose in Technical Textiles by Polymer/Fibre Form, 2000 (% split
in Volume Terms)
3.3
World End-Use Consumption of Viscose in Technical Textiles by Polymer/Fibre Form, 2000 and
2010 ('000 tonnes)
3.3
World End-Use Consumption of Viscose in Technical Textiles by Application Area, 2000 (% split in
Volume Terms)
3.4
World End-use Consumption of Viscose in Technical Textiles by Application Area, 2000 and 2010
('000 tonnes)
3.5
3.6:
Viscose Medtech Products: World End-Use Consumption and Market Share, 2000
3.6
3.7:
Viscose Medtech Products: World End-Use Consumption, 2000 and 2010, ranked by Growth Rate
3.6
3.8:
Relative Advantages and Disadvantages of Nonwoven, Disposable vs. Woven, Re-usable Gowns
and Drapes
3.7
3.9:
Viscose Indutech Products: World End-Use Consumption and Market Share, 2000
3.9
3.10:
Viscose Indutech Products: World End-Use Consumption, 2000 and 2010, ranked by Growth Rate
3.9
3.11:
Viscose Mobiltech Products: World End-Use Consumption and Market Share, 2000
3.11
3.3:
3.4:
3.5:
2003
iv
List of Exhibits (continued)

Exhibit
Page
Chapter 3: VISCOSE END-USE PRODUCTS AND MARKETS (continued)
3.12:
Viscose Mobiltech Products: World End-Use Consumption, 2000 and 2010, ranked by Growth Rate
3.11
3.13:
Fibre Shares in Tyre Cord Consumption, 2000
3.12
3.14:
Viscose Hometech Products: World End-Use Consumption and Market Share, 2000
3.12
3.15:
Viscose Hometech Products: World End-Use Consumption, 2000 and 2010, ranked by Growth Rate
3.13
3.16:
Viscose Clothtech Products: World End-Use Consumption and Market Share, 2000
3.14
3.17:
Viscose Clothtech Products: World End-Use Consumption, 2000 and 2010, ranked by Growth Rate
3.14
3.18:
Viscose Sporttech Products: World End-Use Consumption and Market Share, 2000
3.15
3.19:
Viscose Sporttech Products: World End-Use Consumption, 2000 and 2010, ranked by Growth Rate
3.15
3.20:
Viscose Protech Products: World End-Use Consumption and Market Share, 2000
3.15
3.21:
Viscose Protech Products: World End-Use Consumption, 2000 and 2010, ranked by Growth Rate
3.16
3.22:
World End-Use Consumption of Viscose in Staple Fibre Form, by Product, 2000
3.17
3.23:
World End-Use Consumption of Viscose in Spun Staple Form, by Product, 2000
3.17
3.24:
World End-Use Consumption of Viscose in Textile Multifilament Form, by Product, 2000
3.18
3.25:
World End-Use Consumption of Viscose HT Multifilament, by Product, 2000
3.18
3.26:
Highest Volume Viscose Products in Technical Textiles, 2000, in Descending Order of Size
3.19
3.27:
Fastest Growing Viscose Products in Technical Textiles between 2000 and 2010 in Descending
Growth Rate Order
3.20
Average Annual Growth Rates by End-Use for Viscose in Technical Textiles, 2000 to 2010 (Volume
Terms)
3.21
3.29:
Matrix of Forecast Growth Rates, 2000 to 2010, by Market Size, 2000
3.22
3.30:
Analysis of Increase in Viscose Demand between 2000 and 2010
3.23
3.31:
Market Growth Trends and Market Share Changes for Viscose between 2000 and 2010 for the 10
Fastest Growing Viscose End-Use Products ('000 tonnes)
3.24
World End-Use Consumption of Viscose in Technical Textiles by Region, 2000 (% split in Volume
Terms)
3.25
World End-Use Consumption of Viscose in Technical Textiles by Region, 2000 and 2010 ('000
tonnes)
3.25
World End-Use Consumption of Viscose Staple Fibre in Technical Textiles by Region, 2000 (% split
in Volume Terms)
3.26
World End-Use Consumption of Viscose Staple Fibre in Technical Textiles by Region, 2000 and 2010
('000 tonnes)
3.26
World End-Use Consumption of Spun Staple Viscose Fibre in Technical Textiles by Region, 2000 (%
split in Volume Terms)
3.27
World End-Use Consumption of Spun Staple Viscose Fibre in Technical Textiles by Region, 2000 and
2010 ('000 tonnes)
3.27
World End-Use Consumption of Viscose Textile Multifilament in Technical Textiles by Region, 2000
(% split in Volume Terms)
3.28
World End-Use Consumption of Viscose Textile Multifilament in Technical Textiles by Region, 2000
and 2010 ('000 tonnes)
3.28
3.28:
3.32:
3.33:
3.34:
3.35:
3.36:
3.37:
3.38:
3.39:
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List of Exhibits (continued)

Exhibit
Page
Chapter 3: VISCOSE END-USE PRODUCTS AND MARKETS (continued)
3.40:
World End-Use Consumption of Viscose HT Multifilament in Technical Textiles by Region, 2000 (%

split in Volume Terms)
3.29
World End-Use Consumption of Viscose HT Multifilament in Technical Textiles by Region, 2000 and
2010 ('000 tonnes)
3.29
World End-Use Consumption of Viscose in Technical Textiles by Fabric and Other Final Textile
Product, 2000 (% split in Volume Terms)
3.30
World End-Use Consumption of Viscose in Technical Textiles by Fabric and Other Final Textile
Product, 2000 and 2010 ('000 tonnes)
3.30
3.44:
World End-Use Consumption of Viscose in Unspun Fibre Form, by Product, 2000
3.31
3.45:
World End-Use Consumption of Viscose in Woven Fabric Form, by Product, 2000
3.31
3.46:
World End-Use Consumption of Viscose in Knitted Fabric Form, by Product, 2000
3.32
3.47:
World End-Use Consumption of Viscose in Nonwoven Fabric Form, by Product, 2000
3.32
3.48:
World End-Use Consumption of Viscose in Yarn Type Form, by Product, 2000
3.33
3.41:
3.42:
3.43:
APPENDIX 1: DEFINITIONS AND ASSUMPTIONS

A1.1:
Techtextil Application Areas
A1.1
A1.2:
The Inter-relationship between Products in the Technical Textiles Production Chain
A1.3
A1.3:
Reporting Levels used in this Report
A1.4
APPENDIX 2: THE DRA TEXTILE PRODUCTS END-USE CONSUMPTION FORECASTING SYSTEM

A2.1:
A2.2:
2003
Products included in the Technical Textiles Partition of DRA's Textile Products End-Use Consumption
Forecasting System
A2.5
Full List of Variables and their Subsets in the Technical Textiles Partition of DRA's Textile Products
End-Use Consumption Forecasting System
A2.6
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List of Forecast Tables

Table
Page
Chapter 4: VISCOSE END-USE PRODUCTS: DETAILED FORECAST TABLES
Part A: Summary Tables: Viscose World Totals, 1995-2010

4.1:
End-Use Consumption Analysis by Polymer/Fibre Form, Volume ('000 tonnes)
4.4
4.2:
End-Use Consumption Analysis by Fabric and Other Final Textile Product Type, Volume ('000
tonnes)
4.4
4.3:
End-Use Consumption Analysis by Region, Volume ('000 tonnes)
4.5
4.4:
End-Use Consumption Analysis by Application Area, Volume ('000 tonnes)
4.5
4.5:
End-Use Consumption Analysis by End-Use Product, Volume ('000 tonnes)
4.6
Part B: End-Use Consumption Analysis by End-Use Product against Polymer/Fibre Form

4.6:
All Polymer/Fibre Forms, 2000, Volume ('000 tonnes)
4.8
4.7:
4.9
4.8:
Staple Fibre, 1995-2010, Volume ('000 tonnes)
4.10
4.9:
Spun Staple, 1995-2010, Volume ('000 tonnes)
4.10
4.10:
Textile Multifilament, 1995-2010, Volume ('000 tonnes)
4.11
4.11:
High Tenacity Multifilament, 1995-2010, Volume ('000 tonnes)
4.11
Part C: End-Use Consumption Analysis by End-Use Product against Region

4.12:
By Region, 2000, Volume ('000 tonnes)
4.13
4.13:
4.14
4.14:
North America, 1995-2010, Volume ('000 tonnes)
4.15
4.15:
South America, 1995-2010, Volume ('000 tonnes)
4.16
4.16:
Western Europe, 1995-2010, Volume ('000 tonnes)
4.17
4.17:
Eastern Europe, 1995-2010, Volume ('000 tonnes)
4.18
4.18:
South Asia, 1995-2010, Volume ('000 tonnes)
4.19
4.19:
North East Asia, 1995-2010, Volume ('000 tonnes)
4.20
4.20:
South East Asia, 1995-2010, Volume ('000 tonnes)
4.21
Part D: End-Use Consumption Analysis by End-Use Product against Fabric and Other Final Textile Product Type
4.21:
All Fabrics, 2000, Volume ('000 tonnes)
4.23
4.22:
4.24
4.23:
Unspun Fibre, 1995-2010, Volume ('000 tonnes)
4.25
4.24:
Woven Fabric, 1995-2010, Volume ('000 tonnes)
4.25
4.25:
Knitted Fabric, 1995-2010, Volume ('000 tonnes)
4.26
4.26:
Nonwoven Fabric, 1995-2010, Volume ('000 tonnes)
4.26
4.27:
Yarn Type Products, 1995-2010, Volume ('000 tonnes)
4.26
2003
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List of Forecast Tables (continued)

Table
Page
Part E: End-Use Consumption Analysis by Fabric and Other Final Textile Product Type against Polymer/Fibre Form
4.28:
4.28
4.29:
4.28
4.30:
4.29
4.31:
4.29
4.32:
4.30
4.33:
4.30
Part F: End-Use Consumption Analysis by Region against Polymer/Fibre Form

4.34:
4.32
4.35:
4.32
4.36:
4.33
4.37:
4.33
4.38:
4.34
4.39:
4.34
Part G: End-Use Consumption Analysis by Region against Fabric and Other Final Textile Product Type
4.40:
4.36
4.41:
4.36
4.42:
4.37
4.43:
4.37
4.44:
4.38
4.45:
4.38
4.46:
4.38
2003
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1.
OVERVIEW
1.1
VISCOSE: INCREASINGLY RELIANT UPON TECHNICAL

TEXTILES
According to industry sources, the total consumption of viscose across all textile
applications fell at an average annual rate of 1.5% between 1995 and 2000 at a time
when consumption of all fibres in total rose by an average of 2% per annum. In nontechnical applications, viscose's drape, fluidity and good dye uptake make it ideal for use
in lightweight printed dresses, blouses, shirts and scarves, etc., whilst its high degree of
conformability makes it an excellent fibre in filament form for use in garment linings. Its
use in clothing, however, is heavily dependent on fashion, and is constrained by its poor
launderability and, in particular, its high cost relative to the other high volume apparel
fibres. In technical textiles viscose is also significantly more expensive than its main
competitors, polyester and polypropylene. As a result, viscose is increasingly used in only
a small range of woven and knitted technical applications where its unique performance
capabilities warrant the extra cost.
However, despite the decline in total viscose consumption, the demand for viscose in
technical textiles overall (including nonwovens) grew at an average rate of 3.1% per
annum between 1995 and 2000. Between the years 2000 and 2010 the use of viscose in
these technical applications is forecast by DRA to grow at the considerably higher average
annual rate of 6.2% to reach almost 890,000 tonnes by the year 2010.
The highest growth rate for viscose in technical textiles is in the form of unspun fibre. The
majority of this is used in carded nonwovens where overall demand is being driven by the
need for convenient and disposable
consumer and industrial products.
Exhibit 1.1: Top 8 Viscose Producers
Viscose nonwovens are forecast to
(all fibre forms)
have an average annual growth rate
of 7.8% between 2000 and 2010 as
Grasim
a result of a combination of product
Lenzing
segment growth and increased
Formosa Chemicals & Fibre Corp
viscose shares in some products, such
Acordis
as wipes. Viscose's absorbency and
PT South Pacific Viscose (Lenzing: 42%)
biodegradability give it an advantage
PT Indo-Bharat Rayon (Grasim)
over competing fibres in nonwovens,
Thai Rayon
whilst its non-thermoplastic nature,
Steri Fibres
low-shrink
characteristics
and
resistance to certain fluids make it
ideal for use in many mechanical rubber goods (MRGs). However, as in the case of most
of viscose's traditional woven, knitted and braided markets, overall demand for MRGs is
forecast to show only low or negative rates of growth worldwide.
In response to these changes in demand for viscose in both consumer and technical enduses, the industry has become increasingly consolidated over recent years with many of
the smaller European and Japanese producers closing plants or going out of business.
Recent estimates for total world viscose production indicate that the top four companies
now account for around one-third of the world's viscose fibre supply. China, which has a
large number of viscose producers of varying size, currently accounts for a further onequarter of global viscose capacity.
1.1
2003
In Japan, many of the producers of viscose or other regenerated cellulosic fibres have
either curtailed production or pulled out of the product segment entirely. There are now
no producers of filament viscose and the remaining Japanese producers of viscose staple
fibre (Omikenshi and Daiwabo Rayon), like Lenzing in Europe, have stated their intention
to concentrate on the production of fibres for use in nonwovens, which now account for
the majority of their sales.
Elsewhere in the Far East, South Pacific Rayon in Indonesia and Thai Rayon have both
switched one-third of their production to the manufacture of viscose staple fibre for
nonwoven applications.
In terms of geographic markets, Western Europe accounts for approaching one half of
global viscose consumption in technical textiles, largely as a result of the region's
dominance of unspun viscose fibre and high tenacity (HT) multifilament applications.
Whilst currently the second-largest consuming region overall behind Western Europe,
North America is forecast to lose share to North East Asia, as a result of the latter's
increasing importance in terms of multifilament and unspun fibre consumption.
From an environmental perspective many of those involved in the industry claim that,
since viscose is biodegradable and does not use petroleum as a raw material, it has a
distinct ecological advantage over synthetic fibres. However, the use of large quantities of
hazardous chemicals during the manufacturing process militates against its production in
the longer-term in those countries which have stringent environmental legislation. This
highly contentious factor, combined with the increase in consumption in regions such as
Asia and South America, is likely to shift the balance of production still further away from
Western countries in the future.
1.2
VISCOSE TECHNICAL TEXTILES DEFINED

This report considers all technical textiles that use viscose rayon in fibre, yarn or fabric
form. In this report technical textiles are defined as comprising all those textile-based
products which are used principally for their performance or functional characteristics
rather than for their aesthetics, or are used for non-consumer (i.e. industrial) applications.
Hence the definition does not depend on the yarn or fibre used, but on the end-use of the
product itself. A more detailed definition of technical textiles is provided in Appendix 1.
1.3
AIMS OF THE REPORT

The mains aims of this report are as follows:
i)
to provide a comprehensive and detailed analysis of the current world market for
viscose in nonwovens and other technical textiles by individual end-use product
ii)
to provide estimates of current end-use consumption levels for 30 separate enduse products containing viscose by region and by physical make-up (fibre
form/yarn type, fabric type)
iii)
to provide forecasts of consumption by product by region to 2010 at the same

level of detail, based on a well defined and internally consistent set of assumptions,
in order to provide a clear picture of future demand for viscose fibre in technical
applications.
This information on the most important features of the viscose technical textiles market
currently and up to 2010 is expected to be useful to the following types of organisation:
1.2
2003
1.4
Producers of fibre intermediates, fibres, yarns and fabrics already operating in the
sector or wishing to enter it
Suppliers of chemicals to the fibre and textile industries: spin finishes, process
chemicals, adhesives, coatings, effect chemicals, etc.
Manufacturers of machinery for fibre production and processing, textile

production, coating, laminating, etc.
Converters and other downstream processors of technical textiles and nonwovens
Fibre trade associations
Ultimate commercial end-users of technical products.
THE SOURCE OF THE FORECASTS

The product detail and market forecasts in this report are based on DRAs proprietary
system for describing and forecasting world end-use markets for textile products. Details
of this Textile Products End-Use Consumption Forecasting System are given in Appendix
2.
The databases and the model included in this consumption forecasting system have been
set up to handle a high level of product and market detail. In practice the physical makeup of some 150 individual end-use products (including 30 products which use viscose)
included in the technical textiles partition of this consumption forecasting system is
analysed across 210 individual country markets into:
19 individual polymer/fibre types (e.g. cotton, viscose, polyester, etc)
8 forms of polymer/fibre used (e.g. unspun staple fibre, filament yarns, tape yarns)
19 different final textile product types (e.g. narrow woven fabrics, warp knits, drylaid nonwovens)
4 coating types (plus uncoated).
Complete lists of the 150 technical textile products and the other variables contained
within the DRA consumption forecasting system are given in Exhibits A2.1 and A2.2 in
Appendix 2.
1.5
PRODUCTS USING VISCOSE INCLUDED IN THIS

REPORT
Each of the 30 individual end-use technical textile products in which viscose is used has
been assigned to one of the relevant 12 application areas as defined by Messe Frankfurt,
the organisers of the Techtextil Shows and described in Exhibit A1.1, Appendix 1. A list of
the products which use viscose, together with their application area and brief product
description, is provided in Exhibit 1.2, overleaf.
1.3
2003
Exhibit 1.2
List of the 30
Viscose EndUse Products
Covered in this
Report, with
Relevant
Application
Area
Application Area and

Product
Clothtech:
Interlinings, woven & knitted
Clothtech:
Interlinings, nonwoven
Hometech:
Wipes, woven & knitted
Hometech:
Wipes, nonwoven
Hometech:
Mattress tickings
Hometech:
Platform cloth
Indutech: Conveyor belting
Indutech: Hoses
Indutech: Drive belting
Indutech: Abrasives
Indutech:
Wipes, woven & knitted
Indutech:
Wipes, nonwoven
Indutech:
Liquid filters, nonwoven
Indutech:
Battery separators, etc
Indutech: Fibrefill
Medtech:
Gowns and drapes,
nonwoven
Medtech:
Woundcare, woven & knitted
Medtech:
Woundcare, nonwoven
Medtech: Sterile packaging
Medtech: Coverstock
Medtech: Cotton wool
Medtech: Wipes
Product Description and Function

Woven and knitted fabrics used to provide support and structure to
garments
Nonwoven fabrics used to provide support and structure to
garments
Cleaning wipes for domestic applications in woven or knit form
Cleaning wipes for domestic applications in nonwoven form including floor mops, etc
Outer fabrics for wrapping mattresses
Fabrics used as a base for cushions on upholstered furniture
Woven fabrics for conveying and speciality applications
Braids, woven and knitted fabrics used to reinforce rubber and
polymer hoses for industrial applications
Machine drive and power transmission belting including flat and
coated products as well as V-type designs
Fabrics for a variety of polishing and abrasion applications
Cleaning wipes for industrial applications in knit/woven form
Cleaning wipes for industrial applications in nonwoven form
Filter media for swimming pools, food, vessel bags, etc.
Fabrics for battery separators, floppy disc liners, transformers, etc excludes PCBs
Fibrefill and waddings for miscellaneous industrial applications
Lightweight nonwoven garments used in protective and medical
situations
All medical wovens and knits such as bandages and dressings,
gauze, slings, etc
Nonwovens for bandages, dressings and other medical end-uses not
elsewhere specified
Sterile medical packaging
Outer fabrics used in sanitary towels, diapers, incontinence pads
Loose fibre used for removing or applying powders or liquids
Wipes for cleansing skin, face, hands, etc
Mobiltech: Car tyre cord

Mobiltech: CV tyre cord
Mobiltech: Auto drive belt
Mobiltech: Auto hose
Fabric for reinforcement of tyres

Fabric for reinforcement of tyres other than for cars
Fabric for reinforcement of automotive drive belts, etc
Fabric for reinforcement of automotive hoses
Protech: FR clothing
Protech: NBC
Fabrics for use in clothing worn to protect against flame and heat
Fabrics to protect against nuclear, biological and chemical exposure
Sporttech: Bookcloth
Sporttech:
Artificial leather substrates
Substrate for leather-type covering of hard backed books

Substrates for artificial leather handbags, luggage, small goods
Source: DRA
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1.6
LEVELS OF DETAIL IN THIS REPORT

Not all variables included in the DRA consumption forecasting system are relevant to
viscose. Hence, in this report, the physical make-up of each of the 30 viscose products
listed in Exhibit 1.2 is analysed in terms of 4 fibre forms and 5 fabric/final textile product
types as shown in Exhibit 1.3. Also, for the sake of conciseness, the 210 countries in the
consumption forecasting system have been condensed into 8 regions.
Exhibit 1.3
Reporting Levels
used in this
Report
Regions
Fibre Forms
(Yarn Types)
Fabric and Other

End-Use Product
Types
N America
Staple Fibre
Unspun Fibre
S America
Spun Staple
Woven
W Europe
Textile Multifilament (regular tenacity)
Knitted
E Europe
Industrial Multifilament (high tenacity)
Nonwoven
Yarn Type Products
S Asia
N E Asia
S E Asia
Rest of World
(Central Asia,
Middle East,
Africa, Oceania)
Total: 8
Total: 4
Total: 5
Source: DRA
Further details of the variables used in this report are given in Exhibit A1.3, Appendix 1.
1.7
SCOPE AND STRUCTURE OF THE REPORT

Chapter 2: The Relative Importance of Viscose in the Technical Textiles Market provides
summary forecasts for the technical textiles market in total and then compares the current
size and prospects for man-made fibres/polymers in technical textile markets with the
other broad fibre groups: natural and inorganic. It then looks briefly at inter-fibre
competition between viscose and other individual fibre types (e.g. polyester).
Chapter 3: Viscose End-Use Products and Markets draws on the detailed Tables in
Chapter 4 to highlight some of the important trends in the use of viscose in technical
textiles and nonwovens.
Chapter 4: Viscose End-Use Products: Detailed Forecast Tables provides a set of 46
Forecast Tables drawn from the DRA consumption forecasting system analysing the world
market for viscose from 1995 to 2010. These tables are split into 7 Parts:
Part A consists of 5 Summary Tables, which provide an overview of viscose
consumption worldwide over the period 1995-2010. These tables split viscose
consumption by polymer/fibre form, fabric type, region, application area and enduse product.
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Parts B-D provide a detailed analysis of 30 individual viscose end-use products

with consumption forecasts to 2010:
Part B (6 tables) shows the relative importance of each of the 4 fibre

forms in the production of each viscose product over the period 19952010 (e.g. staple fibre)
Part C (9 tables) provides estimates and forecasts of consumption for each

product across 8 regions of the world over the period 1995-2010 (e.g.
North America)
Part D (7 tables) shows the relative importance of each of the 6 fabric and
other end-use product types in the production of each viscose product
over the period 1995-2010 (e.g. knitted fabric).
Parts E-F provide an analysis of overall end-use viscose consumption by the 8

main polymer/fibre forms with forecasts to 2010:
Part E (6 Tables) provides estimates and forecasts for the use of each
polymer/fibre form in each of the 6 fabric and other end-use product
types over the period 1995-2010 (e.g. unspun fibre in nonwovens)
Part F (6 Tables) provides estimates and forecasts for the use of each
polymer/fibre form in each of 8 regions of the world over the period
1995-2010 (e.g. spun staple yarns in Eastern Europe).
Part G (7 Tables) provides an analysis of overall end-use viscose consumption by

the 6 fabric types in each of 8 regions of the world over the period 1995-2010
(e.g. nonwoven fabrics in Western Europe).
Appendix 1: Definitions and Assumptions outlines the main assumptions and definitions
underlying the projections in this report and provides a description of the main table
formats used to present the forecasts.
Appendix 2: The DRA Textile Products End-Use Consumption Forecasting System
describes the consumption forecasting system developed by David Rigby Associates which
is the basis of the volume and value estimates presented in this report.
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2.
THE RELATIVE IMPORTANCE OF VISCOSE IN

THE TECHNICAL TEXTILES MARKET
2.1
OVERALL MARKET SIZE AND GROWTH RATES FOR

TECHNICAL TEXTILES
Technical textiles and nonwovens (referred to in this report collectively as technical
textiles) already play a much more important role worldwide than is commonly
acknowledged. According to DRAs estimates, world production and consumption of
technical textiles in 2000 amounted to just over 16.7 million tonnes of fibre and polymer
with a finished textile product value of US$92.9 billion. In weight terms, this represents
some 27% of the estimated 62.2 million tonnes of fibres consumed across all end-uses in
that year.
Exhibit 2.1
140.0
25,000
120.0
20,000
15,000
80.0
60.0
10,000
US$ bn
100.0
'000 tonnes
World End-Use
Consumption of
Technical Textiles,
1995-2010
(000 tonnes and
US$ bn)
40.0
5,000
20.0
0
0.0
1995
2000
2005
2010
Year
Volume ('000 tonnes)
Value (US$ bn) at Quarter 1 2002 prices
Source: DRA
There are signs, however, that the fastest period of expansion of the technical textiles
industry is already over. Exhibit 2.1 indicates a faster rate of overall market growth in
both volume and value terms for the period 2005-2010, but this largely reflects an
anticipated upturn in global economic activity after a period of slow growth, and in many
countries actual recession, around the turn of the century. Nevertheless, forecast
average growth rates (in volume terms) of 3.5% between 1995 and 2005 and 3.8% p.a.
from 2005 to 2010 remain relatively attractive, especially in comparison with most other,
non-technical, textile markets.
Forecast growth rates in value terms (constant 2002 prices) are lower than those for
volumes, with technical textiles consumption forecast to grow on average by only 2.8%
p.a. in value terms over the period 1995-2005, recovering to 3.6% p.a. between 2005
and 2010. This is the result of a weakening of the mix in terms of:
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fibres used (e.g. polyester replacing higher priced polyamide within product
segments such as Protech and Sporttech)
fabric types (nonwovens growing faster than higher priced wovens and knits,
especially in Medtech and Hometech)
product mix (e.g. large volumes of high priced tyre cord in Mobiltech growing far
more slowly than products such as composites that have low textile value per unit
weight).
Exhibit 2.2 describes the shorter-term outlook for technical textile markets. The New
York terrorist attacks of September 2001 further depressed an already fragile world
economy, resulting in a major slow-down in the growth rates for the technical textile
market. The market is expected to have grown in volume terms on average by 2.1%
p.a. between 2000-2002 compared with an average of 3.7% p.a. between 1995 and
2000. However, from 2002 a recovery is forecast with growth rates of more than 4%
p.a. between 2002 and 2004.
Exhibit 2.2
4.5%
4.1%
4.2%
2002-03
2003-04
4.0%
3.5%
% Change AA
World End-Use
Consumption of
Technical Textiles
Annual Growth
Rates, 2000-2004
(Volume Terms)
3.0%
2.5%
2.2%
2.0%
2.0%
1.5%
1.0%
0.5%
0.0%
2000-01
2001-02
Period
Source: DRA
2.2
THE ROLE OF VISCOSE

This Section looks briefly at the role of synthetic and regenerated fibres compared with
the other main groups of fibres (natural, inorganic). It then goes on to look more
specifically at inter-fibre competition and how viscose compares with the other individual
fibres (e.g. polyester) in technical textiles and nonwovens.
2.2.1
How the Technical Textile Market is Split By Broad Grouping of

Polymer/Fibre Types
All the major textile polymers are represented in the technical textiles market, including
polyester, polyamide, polyolefin, acrylic and viscose, as well as a number of high
performance or speciality materials e.g. aramids, carbon, ultra high molecular weight
polyethylene (UHMWPE), polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE), polyphenylene sulphide (PPS),
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polyvinyl chloride (PVC) etc. Natural and inorganic fibres (especially glass) are also used
in large volumes for their specific characteristics.
Exhibit 2.3 indicates how the 19 individual polymer/fibre types within the DRA Textile
Product End-Use Consumption Forecasting System are aggregated into broad groups for
the purpose of providing an overview of technical textile markets in Section 2.2.2.
In this report the market definition for technical textiles is based on fibre products and
therefore excludes any materials produced via extrusion technologies such as extruded
nets and strappings.
Polymer/Fibre Types
Exhibit 2.3
Classification of
Polymer/Fibre
Types used in
Technical Textiles
Aggregation Levels for

which Broad Forecasts are
made in Section 2.2.2
Individual Polymer/Fibre Types

included in the Aggregation
(See Exhibit A2.2 in Appendix 2)
Natural
World Market Size

2000
000
tonnes
% share
3,462
21%
1,034
6%
9,638
58%
2,580
15%
Cotton
Wool
Others
Wood-pulp
Regenerated
Viscose
Other cellulosic fibre
Synthetic
Polyester
Polyamide
Polyolefin
Polypropylene
Polyethylene
Acrylic
Elastomeric
Aramid
para-aramid
meta-aramid
Other synthetic high
performance
Inorganic
Glass
Carbon
Ceramic
Steel
TOTAL
16,715
100%
Source: DRA
It can be seen from Exhibit 2.3 that of the 16.7 million tonnes of polymer/fibre
consumed worldwide in 2000 in the manufacture of technical textiles, synthetic fibres
had a 58% share, natural fibres and wood-pulp 21%, inorganic fibres (mainly glass) 15%
and regenerated fibres 6%.
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2.2.2
Growth by Broad Grouping of Polymer/Fibre Types

As shown in Exhibit 2.4, between 2000 and 2010 the technical textiles market is forecast
to increase by an average of 3.6% per annum in volume terms, to reach 28.3 million
tonnes. Over the same period synthetic fibres are forecast to grow a little more rapidly
(by 3.7% per annum), and will remain the most widely used broad polymer/fibre type in
2010.
However, rather faster rates of growth over the second half of the decade are forecast
for regenerated fibres (mostly viscose) and especially, inorganic fibres (mostly glass).
Natural fibres will grow only slowly and consequently lose market share.
Exhibit 2.4
World End-Use
Consumption of
Technical Textiles
by Broad Group of
Polymer/Fibre
Types, 1995-2010
(000 tonnes)
Broad Group of
Polymer/Fibre Types
Year
1995
2000
2005
2010
95 - 00
CAGR %
00 - 05
05 - 10
Natural
Regenerated
3,125
964
3,462
1,034
3,839
1,178
4,447
1,434
2.1%
1.4%
2.1%
2.6%
3.0%
4.0%
Synthetic
7,884
9,638
11,498
13,902
4.1%
3.6%
3.9%
Inorganic
TOTAL
1,999
2,580
3,167
3,991
5.2%
4.2%
4.7%
13,971
16,714
19,683
23,774
3.7%
3.3%
3.8%
Source: DRA
Exhibit 2.5 provides a split in value terms of the technical textiles market by major fibre
group, based on constant Quarter 1 2002 prices. Total consumption of technical textiles
is forecast to increase on average by 3.7% per annum from US$32.5 billion in 2000 to
US$46.2 billion by the end of the decade. In 2010 synthetics will have, at 64%, by far
the largest market share in value terms.
Exhibit 2.5
50
45
40
35
US$ billion
Polymers and
Fibres Consumed
in Technical
Textiles, 19952010, by Broad
Group of
Polymer/Fibre
Types (US$bn)
Inorganic
Synthetic
Regenerated
Natural / Woodpulp
30
25
20
15
10
5
0
1995
2000
2005
Year
Source: DRA
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2010
2.2.3
Individual Polymer/Fibre Types Used in Technical Textiles and

Nonwovens
Despite the considerable attention paid to higher value speciality fibres such as aramids
and carbon, the standard textile polymers such as polyester, polyamide and
polypropylene, along with glass fibres and natural and cellulosic fibres, account for over
99% by weight of all textile material used in technical applications. As can be seen from
Exhibit 2.6, viscose accounted for just 3% of the total market by weight in 2000.
Exhibit 2.6
World End-Use
Consumption of
Technical Textiles
by Polymer/Fibre
Type, 2000 (%
Split in Volume
Terms)
Other cellulosic
3%
Other
<1%
Glass
15%
Cotton
7%
Other natural
14%
Viscose
3%
Acrylic
<1%
Polyester
25%
Polyolefin
25%
Polyamide
7%
Source: DRA.
2.2.4
Polymer/Fibre Type End-Use Consumption by Application Area

Exhibit 2.7 shows the split of technical textile consumption for each of the major
polymer/fibre types by the 12 Techtextil application areas.
Exhibit 2.7
World EndUse
Consumption
of Technical
Textiles by
Main
Polymer/
Fibre Type
and
Application
Area, 2000
(000 tonnes)
TOTAL
Polymer/Fibre Type
Application
Area
PES
Polyolefin
PA
Other
synthetic
Viscose
Other
Regenerated
Natural
Inorganic
000
Tonnes
% share
of total
Agrotech
120.8
807.2
212.6
6.6
0.0
0.0
234.1
0.0
1,381.3
8.3%
Buildtech
250.9
212.7
41.0
30.0
0.0
0.0
120.7
992.7
1,648.0
9.9%
Clothtech
870.0
38.9
65.1
2.2
41.9
0.0
219.8
0.0
1,237.8
7.4%
Geotech
126.9
120.8
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
7.4
0.0
255.1
1.5%
Hometech
903.0
647.7
17.0
1.8
54.5
0.0
454.7
107.3
2,185.9
13.1%
Indutech
328.5
172.8
101.1
42.0
116.5
543.9
153.7
746.4
2,204.9
13.2%
Medtech
160.7
851.4
6.3
2.9
198.5
0.0
323.7
0.0
1,543.5
9.2%
Mobiltech
758.1
174.7
595.5
25.2
75.0
0.0
166.6
683.8
2,478.9
14.8%
Packtech
32.2
923.3
1.6
0.0
0.0
0.0
1594.8
0.0
2,551.8
15.3%
Protech
114.4
46.7
32.8
15.5
0.9
0.0
27.2
0.4
238.0
1.4%
Sporttech
465.4
122.9
175.1
14.0
2.5
0.0
159.7
49.6
989.1
5.9%
Total
4,131.7
4,119.1
1,248.1
140.2
489.9
543.9
3,462.4
2,580.1
16,714.3
100.0%
% Share
24.7%
24.6%
7.5%
0.8%
2.9%
3.3%
20.7%
15.4%
100.0%
214.5
1.3%
Oekotech
(incl in above
total)
49.2
97.8
3.0
Source: DRA
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7.3
0.0
0.0
12.7
43.9
This Exhibit shows that polyester is used in significant volumes across all application areas
(with the exception of Packtech) as a consequence of its low price, versatility, and ability
to engineer a wide range of specific performance characteristics.
Polyolefin
polymer/fibres come a very close second in terms of total volumes and spread of usage.
Viscose is one of the smaller volume fibres, with its use heavily concentrated into five
application areas where its specific characteristics are valued (see Chapter 3).
Polyester
Polyester offers an excellent price-performance balance combined with a range of
properties which have led it to gain considerable ground in many technical applications.
These gains have been mostly at the expense of viscose in higher tenacity/modulus enduses, polyamide in foul weather clothing and technical consumer goods applications, and
natural materials and polymer foams in applications such as filling materials. Polyester is
forecast to continue to gain share from viscose in a number of MRG applications such as
conveyor belts (Indutech), and commercial vehicle tyre cord (Mobiltech).
However, the rise of polyester will not continue unchallenged; recent new fibre
developments, such as PLA (polylactic acid), are seeking a share of some existing
polyester strongholds in relatively high volume areas of the technical textiles market,
such as fibrefill. There are a few instances where polyester is blended with viscose,
usually to increase strength and stability (e.g. nonwovens).
Polyolefins
Polypropylene is used mainly in relatively low performance technical applications such as
Packtech, Medtech, Hometech and Agrotech. It is also used extensively in carpet face
yarns and in some apparel and non-technical furnishing products which are not covered
in this report.
The use of polypropylene (and to a much smaller extent polyethylene) in textile
applications has grown rapidly over recent years, and polypropylene is now second only
to polyester in overall usage in technical applications. The importance of technical
polyolefin products in Asia (and elsewhere) is set to rise, particularly to the extent that it
can substitute for the considerable amounts of jute and sisal still used throughout the
world.
Polypropylene competes extensively with viscose in Medtech. Polypropylene often
benefits from its considerably lower price, but loses out in terms of poor absorbency
performance relative to viscose, especially in high growth areas such as wipes.
Polyamide
Polyamide (nylon) continues to be used in applications which require greater extensibility
and energy absorbing capacity, ranging from ropes, fishing nets and spinnaker sails to
conveyor belting and airbags. Its use is concentrated in Mobiltech which consumes just
under 48% of all polyamide polymers and fibres used in technical textiles.
There is little substitution between the two forms of nylon, PA6 and PA6.6, as each has
its own specific characteristics suited to certain end-uses. However, nylons higher price
and the lack of a standard product have hindered its development overall and made it a
target for substitution by a number of alternative polymers offering comparable
combinations of properties.
Viscose competes with polyamide in MRG end-use products such as conveyor belts,
hoses and drive belting (Indutech), and automotive hoses, drive belts and tyre cord
(Mobiltech). In the case of tyre cord in particular, both viscose and polyamide are losing
share to newer, more stable, forms of polyester.
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Other Synthetic Fibres

Acrylic fibres and their modified variants are valued for their resistance to temperature,
fire and ultra-violet rays in applications as diverse as filtration media (Indutech),
protective clothing (Protech), furnishings (Mobiltech), awnings (Buildtech) and boat
covers (Mobiltech). However, like polyamide, they continue to lose market share to
improved versions of polyester, the aramids and even polypropylene in these application
areas.
High performance and high value synthetic fibres offer unique combinations of
properties suited to a range of specific technical applications such as in filtration products
(Indutech) and protective clothing (Protech) where meta-aramids and flame retardant
viscose variants compete. However, apart from carbon and the aramids, none can yet
lay claim to markets of more than a few hundred or, at most, a few thousand tonnes
worldwide, albeit of very high unit values.
Other Regenerated Fibres

The consumption of other regenerated fibres in technical textiles is dominated by
acetate, although this category also includes small volumes of lyocell.
Unlike viscose, which is used in 30 end-use products, acetate is confined solely to
cigarette tow (Indutech). Cigarette production has been broadly static for several years
and volumes are forecast to remain relatively flat to 2010.
Natural Fibres
Natural fibres still play a prominent part in many technical applications, either because
they have specific attributes not normally possessed by man-made polymers such as
absorbency (e.g. cotton for surgical and hygiene applications in Medtech) or are locally
abundant and suited to less demanding (but nonetheless still technical) textile
applications such as jute for sacking and carpet backing, or sisal for rope and twine.
Jute continues to be under threat from synthetic fibre alternatives (mainly polypropylene
but some polyester), especially in developed markets.
There is some direct competition between cotton and viscose, particularly in Medtech
applications such as 'cotton wool' and woven and knitted woundcare. Cotton tends to
dominate these product segments as a result of its lower cost.
Inorganic Fibres
The main inorganic fibre in technical textiles is glass, whose role is often understated or
ignored by conventional statistical sources. Even excluding glass wool (used directly in
large volumes for insulation purposes, etc), glass fibre accounts for 15% of all technical
textiles fibre consumption, mostly as reinforcement for composites (GRP) and as wet-laid
nonwovens. Glass competes with viscose solely within the Indutech application area (in
specialist conveyor belts, battery separators/floppy disk liners, and abrasive backing
cloths).
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2.2.5
Polymer/Fibre Type End-Use Consumption by Region

Exhibit 2.8 shows that the consumption of viscose in technical textiles is largely confined
to three regions of the world, namely Western Europe, North America and North East
Asia, who between them account for no less than 85% of world consumption, compared
with 71%for all fibres.
Exhibit 2.8
World
End-Use
Consumption
of Technical
Textiles by
Polymer/Fibre
Types and
Region, 2000
(000 tonnes)
TOTAL
Polymer/Fibre Type
Region
Other
synth
-etic
Viscose
37.7
108.5
5.4
31.3
3.4
41.3
PES
Polyolefin
PA
N. America
987.3
1,047.7
210.2
S. America
232.4
211.0
133.6
W. Europe
934.3
1,149.3
170.6
E. Europe
146.3
128.5
99.1
S. Asia
158.3
222.6
N. E. Asia
Other
Regenerated
Natural
Inorganic
000
Tonnes
95.0
462.0
1,235.5
18.7
37.3
156.9
51.6
846.8
5.1%
217.3
95.0
401.2
615.3
3,614.3
21.6%
12.2
56.7
93.3
8.6
548.1
3.3%
4.4
12.4
28.7
974.5
27.2
1,469.4
8.8%
4,183.9
25.0%
1,300.9
831.6
438.2
49.5
91.6
168.6
581.5
577.7
4,039.6
24.2%
S.E. Asia
136.6
206.5
75.6
2.8
9.6
20.3
535.7
49.9
1,037.0
6.2%
Rest of
World
234.6
321.8
79.6
5.6
19.5
42.4
257.3
14.3
975.2
5.8%
4,131.7
4,119.1
1,248.1
140.2
489.9
543.9
3,462.4
2,580.1
16,714.4
24.7%
24.6%
7.5%
0.8%
2.9%
3.3%
20.7%
15.4%
100.0%
Total
% Share
Source: DRA
The consumption of polyolefins is broadly similar to that of viscose in that Western

demand accounts for more than half of global consumption. This contrasts with the
consumption of polyester and polyamide, where North East Asia is the largest consumer,
with North America and Western Europe being the second and third largest respective
consumers.
2.2.6
Future Prospects for Viscose Fibre

The buoyant outlook for viscose fibre is largely the result of the high forecast growth
rates for disposable nonwoven wipes, particularly within Medtech, but also within
Hometech and Indutech. Indeed, the majority of high growth end-use products
containing viscose are based on nonwoven fabrics.
These products are forecast to have high overall growth rates, in contrast to most of the
fibre's more traditional woven and braided end-use markets, particularly in those country
markets where viscose has a high market share. As a result, viscose is set to grow to
2010 at a faster rate than any other of the main polymer/fibre types used in technical
textiles, as shown in Exhibit 2.9.
Exhibit 2.9
World End-Use
Consumption of
Technical
Textiles by
Selected
Polymer/Fibre
Type, 2000 and
2010
(000 tonnes)
Polymer/Fibre Type
Viscose
Polyethylene
Inorganic
Polypropylene
Polyester
Natural Fibres
Polyamide
Total
Year
2000
2010
('000 tonnes)
('000 tonnes)
490
890
352
567
2,580
3,991
3,767
5,644
4,131
5,932
3,336
4,185
1,248
1,553
15,904
22,763
Source: DRA
2.8
2003
%
Share
CAGR
2000-2010 (%)
6.2%
4.9%
4.5%
4.1%
3.7%
2.3%
2.2%
3.7%
100.0%
-
3.
VISCOSE END-USE PRODUCTS AND

MARKETS
3.1
OUTLINE OF THE CHAPTER

The analysis of viscose consumption in technical textile markets in this Chapter has been
drawn largely from the detailed Tables found in Chapter 4 of this report and aims to
highlight some of the main conclusions which emerge from these Tables. There is a large
amount of information within Chapter 4, and many different analyses are possible; the
most obvious and revealing of these are reported on in this Chapter.
The analysis has been divided into 6 Sections:
3.2
Overall End-Use Consumption of Viscose

Identifies total consumption of viscose to 2010 in technical applications.
3.3
End-Use Consumption of Viscose by Fibre Form (Yarn Type)

Analyses the overall split of viscose consumption by the eight main fibre forms.
3.4
End-Use Consumption of Viscose by Application Area and End-Use Product

Shows the split of viscose consumption by the 12 Techtextil application areas and
then provides numerical and written analyses of the products which make up each
of these areas. This Section identifies products with the highest volumes and the
fastest growth rates and those products where viscose is taking or losing market
share relative to other fibres.
3.5
The Highest Volume and Fastest Growing Viscose End-Uses

Identifies the largest and fastest viscose end-use products and analyses to what
extent growth in viscose consumption is attributable to increases in demand for
end-use products and to changes in market share at the expense of other fibres.
3.6
End-Use Consumption of Viscose by Region

Discusses the regional split of viscose consumption both overall and by each of the
relevant fibre forms.
3.7
End-Use Consumption of Viscose by Fabric and Other Final Textile Product Type
Analyses the split of viscose consumption overall by the eight types of fabric and
other final textile product types.
Where data has been drawn from Chapter 4 the specific Forecast Tables have been
identified to enable the reader to see the detail on which the analysis is based.
3.1
2003
3.2
OVERALL END-USE CONSUMPTION OF VISCOSE

In 2000 the global consumption of viscose in technical textiles was nearly 490,000
tonnes. DRA forecasts that this volume will increase by an annual average of 6.2% in
volume terms to reach almost 890,000 tonnes in 2010, as shown in Exhibit 3.1.
Exhibit 3.1
1,000
World End-Use
Consumption of
Viscose in
Technical Textiles,
1995 - 2010
('000 tonnes)
900
800
'000 tonnes
700
600
500
400
300
200
100
0
1995
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
Year
Source: DRA
Assuming a weighted average unit price of US$2.90/kg for viscose across the different
forms in which it is supplied by the fibre industry, the volume of viscose consumed in the
year 2000 equates to a value of US$1.4bn, increasing to US$2.6bn in the year 2010
(based on constant prices).
While many end-use sectors for viscose are still expanding, growth rates will continue to
vary significantly between different regions and end-uses. Key factors in these variations
include:
the maturing of some large volume products in which there is now little scope for
innovation or product development
the maturing of some geographic markets where penetration is already high and
where there is little opportunity to capture further market share
the fluctuating costs of raw materials and variations in costs among regions
the impact of fluctuations in both national and global economic activity on

underlying demand trends in the various end-use market segments.
The volume forecasts in this report reflect all these factors, with the exception of
polymer/fibre prices which are assumed to remain unchanged relative to each other over
time (see Appendix 1).
3.2
2003
3.3
END-USE CONSUMPTION OF VISCOSE BY FIBRE

FORM (YARN TYPE)
Exhibit 3.2 describes the consumption of viscose by weight, split by fibre form (yarn
type) in the year 2000. Unlike other man-made fibre types, viscose consumption is
confined to a limited number of fibre forms: unspun staple fibre, spun staple yarn, textile
(regular tenacity) multifilament and industrial (high tenacity) multifilament. It is not
produced in the form of polymer, Bulked Continuous Filament (BCF), monofilament or
tape/slit film yarns. These four polymer/fibre forms are shown at a zero level in the
following two Exhibits and are not discussed further in the text or included in further
Exhibits.
Exhibit 3.2
World End-Use
Consumption of
Viscose in
Technical Textiles
by Polymer/Fibre
Form, 2000
(% split in Volume
Terms)
Monofilament
0.0%
HT multifilament
16.6%
Tape
0.0%
Polymer
0.0%
BCF
0.0%
Textile
multifilament
6.1%
Staple fibre
70.7%
Spun staple
6.6%
Source: DRA (see Table 4.1 for further detail).
Of the total volume of almost 490,000 tonnes of viscose consumed in technical textiles in
the year 2000, the majority, more than 70%, was in the form of unspun staple fibre. Of
this volume, almost 91% was used in nonwoven products such as wipes and filters; the
remainder was used as unspun fibre in fibrefill and 'cotton wool'. As shown in Exhibit
3.3, below, the consumption of viscose in unspun staple fibre form is forecast to increase
the most rapidly, growing at an average rate of 7.8% per annum to the year 2010, when
it is forecast to account for almost 83% of total viscose fibre usage in technical products.
Viscose
Consumption,
2000
('000 tonnes)
346.4
32.4
29.7
81.4
489.9
Exhibit 3.3
Fibre Form
World End-Use
Consumption of
Viscose in
Staple Fibre
Technical Textiles Spun Staple
by Polymer/Fibre
Textile Multifilament
Form,
HT Multifilament
2000 and 2010
Total
('000 tonnes)
3.3
2003
Viscose
Consumption,
2010
('000 tonnes)
735.0
38.3
37.1
79.4
889.8
CAGR
2000-2010
(%)
7.8%
1.7%
2.2%
(0.2)%
6.1%
Spun staple viscose yarns, which accounted for almost 7% of viscose consumption by
weight in 2000, are forecast to grow at an average annual rate of only 1.7% until 2010.
These yarns are used in a number of applications including woven and knitted bandages,
abrasive backing-cloths and woven wipes.
In 2000, viscose multifilament yarns accounted for almost 23% of viscose consumed in
technical applications; industrial high tenacity multifilaments (referred to as HT
multifilament in this report) accounted for almost three-quarters of all multifilaments, and
almost 17% of total viscose consumed in technical textiles. However, HT multifilament is
forecast to decrease by an average of 0.2% per annum to the year 2010 due to a shift
towards polyester and polyamide, most notably in tyre cord. In contrast, the
consumption of regular tenacity multifilament (referred to as textile multifilament in this
report) is forecast to increase at an average annual rate of 2.2% over the same period.
3.4
END-USE CONSUMPTION OF VISCOSE BY

APPLICATION AREA AND END-USE PRODUCT
3.4.1
Techtextil Application Areas

Exhibit 3.4, below, provides the split of global viscose consumption in technical textiles
(in volume terms) by application area in the year 2000 (Oekotech products appear in
other application areas). Viscose consumption is heavily concentrated in five of the 11
Techtextil application areas: Medtech; Indutech; Mobiltech; Hometech and Clothtech.
Together these five application areas accounted for over 99% of consumption. There
was no discernible viscose consumption in four of the categories: Agrotech; Buildtech;
Geotech and Packtech.
Exhibit 3.4
World End-Use
Consumption of
Viscose in
Technical Textiles
by Application
Area, 2000
(% split in Volume
Terms)
Packtech
0.0%
Sporttech
0.5%
Agrotech
0.0%
Protech
0.2%
Buildtech
0.0%
Clothtech
8.6%
Geotech
0.0%
Hometech
11.1%
Mobiltech
15.3%
Indutech
23.8%
Medtech
40.5%
Exhibit 3.5 compares the consumption of viscose by application area in 2000 and 2010; it
is apparent that Medtech, Indutech and Hometech present the best opportunities for
growth for viscose. In each case this is predominantly the result of the high growth
forecast for nonwoven wipes.
3.4
2003
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400
350
300
250
200
150
100
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2000
2010
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World End-Use
Consumption of
Viscose in Technical
Textiles by
Application Area,
2000 and 2010
('000 tonnes)
'000 tonnes
Exhibit 3.5
Application Area
Viscose consumption in Hometech is forecast to grow at an average of 8.1% per annum

between 2000 and 2010. Medtech is forecast to grow at an average of 7.5%, thereby
increasing its share of viscose consumption overall from 40% in 2000 to 46% in 2010.
Indutech is forecast to grow at an average annual rate of 7% over the same period.
The consumption of viscose in the Mobiltech application area is forecast to decrease by
an average of 0.5% per annum partly as a result of a loss of market share to polyester
and polyamide in tyre cords and transmission belts, but also as a result of negative
growth in car tyre cord overall, as textile usage per tyre declines and tyre life is extended.
The following Section of the report discusses the application areas in descending order of
viscose consumption in 2000.
3.4.2
Medtech: Medical and Hygiene Products

The scope of Medtech embraces all those textile materials used in health and hygiene
applications in both consumer and medical markets. Medtech is by far the biggest
consumer of viscose fibres in technical textile applications, largely as a result of the fibre's
highly absorbent and biodegradable nature.
Wipes form a very important part of viscose consumed in the Medtech category,
accounting for almost half of the volume consumed in 2000, as shown in Exhibit 3.6,
below.
3.5
2003
Exhibit 3.6
Viscose Medtech
Products:
World End-Use
Consumption and
Market Share,
2000
Products using
Viscose in
Medtech
Total Market Size,

2000
('000 tonnes)
Viscose
share, 2000
(%)
Wipes
190.4
51.3%
97.6
49.2%
Cotton wool
188.7
16.5%
31.1
15.7%
93.8
25.0%
23.4
11.8%
Coverstock
893.7
2.0%
17.9
9.0%
Woundcare
woven, knitted
101.3
15.7%
15.9
8.0%
Sterile
packaging
29.0
25.0%
7.2
3.6%
Woundcare,
nonwoven
21.5
25.0%
5.4
2.7%
1,518.4
13.1%
198.5
100.0%
Nonwoven
gowns, drapes
Total
Viscose Consumption, 2000

'000 tonnes
Share of total
(%)
Source: DRA, taken from Table 4.5.
As can be seen from Exhibit 3.7, wipes are also the fastest growing end-use product
within Medtech, with an annual average growth rate of 10.7%. The growth of wipes
relative to other products within this application area results in an increase in their share
of viscose consumption within Medtech from almost half to around two-thirds by 2010.
Exhibit 3.7
Viscose Medtech
Products:
World End-Use
Consumption,
2000 and 2010,
ranked by Growth
Rate
Products using
Viscose in
Medtech
Wipes
Viscose Consumption,
2000
'000 tonnes
Share of
total (%)
Viscose
CAGR
2000-2010
(%)
97.6
49.2%
269.8
66.2%
10.7%
5.4
2.7%
11.6
2.8%
8.0%
23.4
11.8%
37.4
9.2%
4.8%
Sterile
packaging
7.2
3.6%
11.2
2.7%
4.4%
Coverstock
17.9
9.0%
25.6
6.3%
3.7%
Cotton wool
31.1
15.7%
35.0
8.6%
1.2%
Woundcare
woven, knitted
15.9
8.0%
17.0
4.2%
0.7%
198.5
100.0%
407.6
100.0%
7.5%
Woundcare,
nonwoven
Nonwoven
gowns, drapes
Total
3.6
2003
2010
'000 tonnes
Share of
total (%)
Wipes
There are two types of Medtech wipes: professional wipes used in hospitals and clinics,
and consumer wipes for both babies and adults. Nonwoven consumer wipes are a
relatively new product. They are usually impregnated with a combination of fluids and
chemicals designed to clean and protect skin and are often perfumed. Product
differentiation is largely focused on the development of new additives, such as baby
lotion or aloe vera, or the improved strength or softness of the base cloth. Innovative
and consumer-friendly packaging also plays a key role in the development of new brands
and product variations.
Cotton wool
'Cotton wool', in the form of balls or pleats, is produced from 100% cotton or from
blends of cotton and viscose. An increasing proportion of cotton wool now uses organic
cotton in an attempt to improve the product offering of an otherwise commodity item.
Nonwoven gowns and drapes

Disposable nonwoven surgical gowns and drapes have in recent years taken market
share from traditional woven and reusable products. Whilst nonwoven gowns and
drapes tend to work out more expensive per use than their woven counterparts, they
have become widely used and have been developed with high levels of barrier
performance. The relative benefits of disposables and re-usable woven garments are
shown in Exhibit 3.8, below:
Exhibit 3.8
Relative
Advantages
and Disadvantages
of Nonwoven,
Disposable vs.
Woven, Re-usable
Gowns and Drapes
Nonwovens/Disposable Garments
Woven/Re-usable Garments
Pros
Cons
Pros
Cons
Development of more
comfortable
breathable composite
nonwoven garments
Environmental impact
of incineration to
dispose of garments
Inherent greater
wearer comfort of
woven garments
Environmental
impact of detergents
used to wash reusable garments
Improved textile
handle of nonwovens
Use of nonreplenishable
resources in producing
garments
Better drape of
woven fabrics
Use of water during

laundering garments
Landfill restrictions on
disposals
Development of
specialist laundries
Contamination fears
of re-using garments
even after laundering
Source: DRA from industry discussions.
Although the industrial laundering of reusable surgical gowns and drapes has been
shown to have a lower overall impact on the environment than disposable products, the
latter appear to be gaining the upper hand in the market. Several studies have confirmed
the superiority of single-use surgical products in terms of resistance to bacterial and liquid
penetration. Recent European research suggests that many re-usables fail quality
standards and could endanger patients.
Further improvements can be expected for single-use surgical gowns and drapes through
the use of new nonwovens and films that improve both barrier performance and comfort
properties.
3.7
2003
Thermal bonded (dry-laid), wet-laid and spunlaced products are used in Europe and
Japan, while SMS (spunbonded/ meltblown/ spunbonded) laminated products are
increasing their share of lightweight polypropylene nonwoven gown and drape
production in the US. Viscose accounted for 25% of world nonwoven gowns and drapes
consumption in 2000.
Coverstock
Absorbent hygiene products normally comprise a nonwoven coverstock top-layer, an
absorbent pad of superabsorbent polymer or wood-pulp fibre (cotton or viscose in the
case of tampons), and a liquid-proof backing sheet, either a plastic film or a further
nonwoven. Whilst wood-pulp fibre used in cores has been excluded from our statistical
analyses and forecasts, any cotton or viscose fibres used in tampons have been included
in the coverstock figures.
The use of coverstock in absorbent hygiene products varies between both specific enduse and geographical market. For example, although thermally bonded carded webs
account for the majority of coverstock for diapers made in Europe, with apertured film
used in feminine hygiene products, spunbonds dominate in North America, in both
product areas. However, spunbonds also now account for almost half the overall
coverstock market in Western Europe.
Despite the fact that coverstock accounted for almost 10% of the viscose consumed
within the Medtech area in the year 2000, the vast majority of coverstock is made from
polypropylene, with viscose accounting for only about 2% of the total. Viscose is
unlikely to gain further share of this market in the future.
Woundcare products
Woundcare is a very innovative area with attractive forecast growth rates, particularly for
nonwoven products. Wound dressings are marketed in a vast array of types and sizes to
suit various medical and surgical applications.
The products contained within this category include simple bandages as well as highly
complex multi-layered products. The majority are generally composite products
comprising a wound contact layer and a flexible base material with an absorbent pad
sandwiched between. They are designed to protect against infection and damage, to
promote healing and to absorb blood and other body fluids.
Viscose currently accounts for a little over 17% by weight of total fibres in the
woundcare market (all fabric types), with a stronger position in nonwoven products.
3.4.3
Indutech: Textiles for use in Industrial Applications

Indutech is an extremely diverse application sector in terms of products, functions and
end-uses ranging from lightweight nonwoven filters, knitted nets and brushes to
heavyweight coated conveyor belting. In volume terms Indutech is the second largest
consumer of viscose behind Medtech.
However, viscose usage in Indutech is dominated by two products: nonwoven wipes and
nonwoven liquid filters, which, in the year 2000, accounted for 44% and 38%
respectively of the viscose consumed within this application area (see Exhibit 3.9).
3.8
2003
Exhibit 3.9
Viscose Indutech
Products:
World End-Use
Consumption and
Market Share,
2000
Products using
Viscose in
Indutech
Total Market Size,

2000
('000 tonnes)
Viscose
share, 2000
(%)
120.7
42.6%
51.4
44.1%
Liquid filters,
nonwoven
97.6
45.0%
43.9
37.7%
Abrasives
60.3
10.2%
6.2
5.3%
Battery
separators, etc.
133.8
4.0%
5.4
4.6%
Conveyor belts
96.9
4.0%
3.9
3.3%
Wipes, woven,
knitted
60.4
5.0%
3.0
2.6%
Hoses
44.1
5.0%
2.2
1.9%
5.6
5.0%
0.3
0.3%
47.3
0.5%
0.2
0.2%
666.7
17.5%
116.5
100.0%
Wipes,
nonwoven
Drive belting
Fibrefill
Total
'000 tonnes
Share of total
(%)
DRA forecast that nonwoven wipes and nonwoven liquid filters will increase their
dominance of the Indutech application area, reaching a total share of almost 86% in the
year 2010. As shown in Exhibit 3.10, below, nonwoven wipes are forecast to grow at
the fastest rate, at an average of 9% per annum, whilst wipes produced from woven and
knitted materials are forecast to grow the most slowly, with an average increase of 0.4%
per annum.
Exhibit 3.10
Viscose Indutech
Products:
World End-Use
Consumption,
2000 and 2010,
ranked by Growth
Rate
Products using
Viscose in
Indutech
Wipes,
nonwoven
2000
'000 tonnes
Share of
total (%)
Viscose
CAGR
2000-2010
(%)
51.4
44.1%
121.1
52.9%
9.0%
Battery
separators, etc.
5.4
4.6%
11.1
4.9%
7.5%
Abrasives
6.2
5.3%
9.7
4.2%
6.4%
Liquid filters,
nonwoven
43.9
37.7%
75.4
33.0%
5.6%
Drive belting
0.3
0.3%
0.4
0.2%
4.2%
Hoses
2.2
1.9%
3.1
1.4%
3.6%
Fibrefill
0.2
0.2%
0.3
0.1%
2.3%
Conveyor belts
3.9
3.3%
4.6
2.0%
1.6%
Wipes, woven,
knitted
3.0
2.6%
3.1
1.4%
0.4%
116.5
100.0%
228.8
100.0%
7.0%
Total
3.9
2003
2010
'000 tonnes
Share of
total (%)
Wipes
Wipes (nonwoven, woven and knitted) account for almost 47% of the viscose used in
Indutech, with nonwoven wipes accounting for 44% and other wipes only 3%.
Although recent growth in the overall wipes market has been mostly in pre-moistened
products for consumer applications, industrial wipes still represent an estimated 30% of
the total wipe market and are expected to show strong growth rates in the future. These
include dry and pre-moistened wipes used in areas such as manufacturing, food-service
applications and cleanrooms.
Industrial wipes are increasingly being tailored to specific applications, in the automotive
or aerospace industries for example, giving them an edge over traditional woven or ragtype products.
Nonwoven wipes are mainly air-laid. Where extra strength and durability are required,
they may either be spunlaced or use a reinforcing scrim. A small volume are dry-laid.
Air-laid wipes seem to be preferred in the North American market, while spunlaced wipes
dominate in Europe. Both offer their own advantages: air-laid producers emphasise the
value-oriented benefits of air-laid materials which are typically about 15% less expensive
than spunlaced; manufacturers of spunlaced wipes promote their softness, strength,
three-dimensionally and a close similarity to a conventional woven or knitted textile.
Fibres used in this application vary by region and include wood-pulp, viscose and
polypropylene; in the year 2000, viscose accounted for almost 43% of fibre consumed
overall by volume. In North America wood-pulp accounts for over half of the market for
wipes while in Japan, Western Europe and the rest of the world viscose is the dominant
fibre.
Liquid filters
Liquid filters accounted for almost 38% of viscose consumed in Indutech in the year
2000; consumption is forecast to grow to 75,400 tonnes in 2010, accounting for a
slightly lower share (33%) as a result of the faster growth of wipes. In the year 2000,
wet-laid viscose nonwovens accounted for 45% of the fibre consumed in this product
category by volume, with the main competitors being wet-laid polyester and extruded
polypropylene nonwovens.
Abrasives
Abrasive and polishing cloths are used in the rough-to-fine grinding stages of surface
preparation both industrially and domestically. They are necessary for the production of
many products: machines, vehicles and household products such as cutlery, scissors,
porcelain, furniture, television screens etc.
The main types of backing for abrasive and polishing cloths are woven cloths made from
polyester, cotton, viscose, nylon and silk (depending on the different grades and types of
duty). Viscose spun yarn in woven form accounts for around 10% by volume of the
product segment and is used largely in final polishing applications.
3.10
2003
3.4.4
Exhibit 3.11
Viscose Mobiltech
Products:
World
End-Use
Consumption and
Market Share,
2000
Mobiltech: Transportation Textiles

Mobiltech embraces all those textile materials and products used in the construction,
equipment and furnishing of all means of passenger and goods transportation, civil and
military, by land, sea and air with the exception of certain leisure-related products such
as boat covers. As shown in Exhibit 3.11, below, tyre cord of all types accounted for
almost 96% of viscose consumed within Mobiltech in 2000.
Products using
Viscose in
Mobiltech
Total Market Size,

2000
('000 tonnes)
Viscose
share, 2000
(%)
Car tyre cord
536.9
8.0%
42.8
CV tyre cord
310.8
9.3%
28.8
38.5%
Auto hose
21.9
14.2%
3.1
4.1%
Auto drive belt
14.9
1.6%
0.2
0.3%
884.5
8.5%
74.9
100.0%
Total

'000 tonnes
Share of total
(%)
57.1%
As Exhibit 3.12 shows, the consumption of viscose within Mobiltech is forecast to decline
slightly between the years 2000 and 2010. The use of viscose in car tyre cord is
predicted to decline at an average of 0.9% per annum, in line with the overall market for
car tyre cord, which is set to decline as tyre life is extended and textile usage per tyre
declines. The consumption of viscose in commercial vehicle (CV) tyre cord, conversely, is
forecast to decline despite an increase in the overall market; this reduction is a result of a
forecast shift in favour of polyester.
Similarly, despite an increase in the overall market for automotive drive belts to 2010, the
consumption of viscose is forecast to decline as a result of shifts in favour of polyamide
and aramid (see Exhibit 3.12). Despite the apparently large percentage decline in viscose
consumption in such drive belts, it is important to note that viscose accounted for less
than 2% of the fibre consumed in this product in the year 2000.
Exhibit 3.12
Viscose Mobiltech
Products:
World End-Use
Consumption,
2000 and 2010,
ranked by Growth
Rate
Products using
Viscose in
Mobiltech
Auto hose
2000
'000 tonnes
Share of
total (%)
Viscose
CAGR
2000-2010
(%)
3.1
4.1%
3.6
5.0%
1.4%
CV tyre cord
28.8
38.5%
28.4
40.0%
(0.2)%
Car tyre cord
42.8
57.1%
39.3
55.1%
(0.9)%
0.2
0.3%
0.0
0.0%
(17.9)%
74.9
100.0%
71.3
100.0%
(0.5)%
Auto drive belt

Total
3.11
2003
2010
'000 tonnes
Share of
total (%)
Tyre cord
In 2000, global consumption of all fibres in tyre cord reached an estimated 848,000
tonnes. Polyester accounted for 38% of this with polyamide 53% and viscose 9% of the
total. This figure includes all types of tyres: automotive, commercial vehicle, aircraft,
motor-bike and bicycle. Passenger cars account for about two thirds of total tyre cord
consumption.
Europe has traditionally favoured viscose yarns because of their
temperature performance at higher average road speeds, while Asia has preferred
polyamide because of its better energy absorption characteristics on poor road surfaces.
In the US market, polyester
Exhibit 3.13: Fibre Shares in Tyre Cord
has
provided
a
more
Consumption, 2000
economic solution to high
mileage travel on good roads
USA
Western
and at moderate speeds.
Europe
65%
31%
Polyester
However, there is a marked
change taking place in the
33%
28%
Polyamide
regional use of fibres for tyre
1%
40%
Viscose
fabrics. Improving roads in
Asia, lower speed limits in
1%
1%
Aramids
Europe
and
improved
Source: DRA Estimates from Trade Sources
varieties of polyester have all
combined to produce greater
convergence towards polyester in tyre technologies world-wide.
This said, viscose looks set to maintain an important share in Western Europe as a result
of its suitability for use in run-flat tyres; these tyres, when punctured, allow drivers to
travel around 200 kilometres at up to 80 kilometres/hour without needing to be
changed. Viscose, being non-thermoplastic, has a distinct advantage over polyester as a
result of its ability to withstand the high temperatures resulting from significant tyre
deformation resulting from such use.
3.4.5
Hometech: Furniture Components and Other Technical

Textiles within the Home
Technical textiles play an essential role in the construction of many household textiles,
furnishings and floorcoverings for both domestic (i.e. private home) consumption and for
contract end uses (e.g. in hotels, hospitals, offices, restaurants etc). In the year 2000
nonwoven wipes for household use accounted for almost 62% of all viscose used in this
application area, as shown in Exhibit 3.14, below:
Exhibit 3.14
Viscose
Hometech
Products:
World End-Use
Consumption
and Market
Share,
2000
Products using
Viscose in
Hometech
Wipes,
nonwoven
Total Market Size,

2000
('000 tonnes)

'000 tonnes
Share of total
(%)
61.9%
73.0
46.2%
33.7
119.4
13.2%
15.7
28.9%
Wipes,
woven, knitted
73.4
5.0%
3.7
6.8%
Platform cloth
28.4
5.0%
1.4
2.6%
294.2
18.5%
54.5
100.0%
Mattress
tickings
Total
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Viscose
share, 2000
(%)
Between 2000 and 2010, nonwoven wipes are forecast to exhibit the highest levels of
growth within this application area, with an average annual rate of 10.4% (as shown in
Exhibit 3.15). As a result of these high levels of growth, nonwoven wipes are forecast to
increase their share of viscose consumption in Hometech to more than 76% by 2010.
The consumption of viscose in woven and knitted wipes, conversely, is forecast to decline
by an average rate of 0.4% per annum as nonwovens take an increased share of the
wipes market.
Exhibit 3.15
Viscose
Hometech
Products:
World End-Use
Consumption,
2000 and 2010,
ranked by
Growth Rate
Products using
Viscose in
Hometech
2000
'000 tonnes
Share of
total (%)
2010
'000 tonnes
Share of
total (%)
Viscose
CAGR
2000-2010
(%)
Wipes,
nonwoven
33.7
61.9%
90.8
76.4%
10.4%
Mattress
tickings
15.7
28.9%
22.6
19.0%
3.7%
Platform cloth
1.4
2.6%
2.0
1.7%
3.5%
Wipes,
woven, knitted
3.7
6.8%
3.5
2.9%
(0.4)%
54.5
100.0%
118.9
100.0%
Total
8.1%
Wipes
Domestic cleaning materials are using increasing volumes of nonwoven materials. In the
area of flat wipes, nonwoven synthetics are slowly taking share from traditional woven
natural fibres (e.g. leno woven floorcloths) in developed markets, although waste
matrials are still used in large volumes in many other regions. Nonwoven domestic
cleaning products comprise mainly anti-bacterial hard surface wipes (e.g. Cif Wipes,
Clorox) and electrostatic wipes for attracting dust. These products have experienced
very high levels of growth in Western markets over recent years and growth looks set to
continue over the next few years. Spunlaced and air-laid technologies account for the
majority of these markets.
Mattress tickings
Woven mattress tickings are dominated by polyester with multifilament viscose used to
provide 'shine' in more expensive jacquard woven tickings, accounting for around 13%
of the market in 2000. Nonwoven polyester materials are used in the production of
lower cost mattresses.
3.4.6
Clothtech: Clothing Components

The Clothtech sector covers those textile products which represent functional (and
largely hidden) components of clothing and footwear such as interlinings, sewing thread,
insulating fibrefill and waddings. Viscose in nonwoven interlinings accounted for twothirds of that consumed in Clothtech, with woven and knitted interlinings accounting for
the remainder.
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Exhibit 3.16
Viscose
Clothtech
Products:
World End-Use
Consumption
and Market
Share,
2000
Products using
Viscose in
Clothtech
Total Market Size,

2000
('000 tonnes)
Viscose
share, 2000
(%)

'000 tonnes
Share of total
(%)
66.7%
Interlinings,
nonwoven
139.8
20.0%
28.0
Interlinings,
woven & knitted
139.8
10.0%
14.0
33.3%
Total
279.7
15.0%
41.9
100.0%
As can be seen in Exhibit 3.17, however, nonwoven interlinings will increase their share
of viscose consumption within this application area to more than 75% by 2010. This is
due to a growing preference for nonwoven interlinings over those made from woven and
knitted materials, rather than any change in underlying fibre shares.
Exhibit 3.17
Viscose
Clothtech
Products:
World End-Use
Consumption,
2000 and 2010,
ranked by
Growth Rate
Products using
Viscose in
Clothtech
2000
'000 tonnes Share of
total (%)
2010
'000 tonnes
Share of
total (%)
Viscose
CAGR
2000-2010
(%)
Interlinings,
nonwoven
28.0
66.7%
44.1
75.3%
4.7%
Interlinings,
woven & knitted
14.0
33.3%
14.5
24.7%
0.4%
Total
41.9
100.0%
58.6
100.0%
3.4%
The variety of interlining products and applications is considerable. Applications include

men's and women's tailored garments (lapels, cuffs, collars, jacket fronts, pocket stays,
chest pieces, etc) and ladies' skirts, dresses and other outerwear garments. Interlinings
can take many different forms according to garment type, precise function required, face
fabric construction, weight, performance, etc.
A wide range of fibres is used in interlinings. Woven interlining fabrics commonly
comprise a cotton warp with a resinated viscose weft (for fusing), while linen and wool
are also used; nylon may be added to improve durability. Knitted products typically
involve a viscose or polyester yarn weft-inserted across a warp knitted nylon.
Polyester is the dominant fibre in nonwoven interlinings, mostly in dry-laid form. Of the
nonwoven interlinings containing viscose, three-quarters are produced using dry-laid
technology with the remainder being wet-laid.
3.4.7
Sporttech: Textiles for Sports and Leisure Applications

Increasing worldwide interest and participation in active sports and outdoor leisure
pursuits have resulted in strong historical growth in the consumption of textile materials
in sporting and related goods and equipment. In many instances, synthetic materials
have largely replaced traditional cotton fabrics and other natural fibres.
As can be seen in Exhibit 3.18, viscose is a not a major player within the Sporttech
application area, with the fibre having a major share of only one segment, bookcloth. In
the case of artificial leather substrates, the segment is heavily dominated by polyester.
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Viscose consumption in the Sporttech application area is forecast to increase at an

average annual rate of 3.1%; the shares held by the two constituent products is forecast
to remain almost static, as seen in Exhibit 3.19.
Exhibit 3.18
Viscose
Sporttech
Products:
World End-Use
Consumption
and Market
Share,
2000
Exhibit 3.19
Viscose
Sporttech
Products:
World End-Use
Consumption,
2000 and 2010,
ranked by
Growth Rate
Products using
Viscose in
Sporttech
Total Market Size,

2000
('000 tonnes)
Viscose
share, 2000
(%)
8.7
15.0%
1.3
Artificial leather
substrates
59.4
2.0%
1.2
48.0%
Total
68.1
3.7%
2.5
100.0%
Bookcloth

'000 tonnes
Share of total
(%)
52.0%
Products using
Viscose in
Sporttech
2000
'000 tonnes
Share of
total (%)
2010
'000 tonnes Share of
total (%)
Viscose
CAGR
2000-2010
(%)
Bookcloth
1.3
52.0%
1.8
52.9%
3.3%
Artificial leather
substrates
1.2
48.0%
1.6
47.1%
2.9%
Total
2.5
100.0%
3.4
100.0%
3.1%
3.4.8
Protech: Protective Clothing

Protech encompasses all those textile materials used in the production of protective
clothing of various types. Protech is the smallest application area in terms of the amount
of viscose consumed, accounting for less than 1,000 tonnes in the year 2000.
Exhibit 3.20
Viscose Protech
Products:
World End-Use
Consumption
and Market
Share,
2000
Products using
Viscose in
Protech
FR clothing
NBC clothing
Total
Total Market Size,

2000
('000 tonnes)
Viscose
share, 2000
(%)
27.0
3.4%
0.9
0.5
1.8%
0.0*
27.5
3.3%
0.9
'000 tonnes
Share of total
(%)
98.9%
1.1%
100.0%
* = < 50 tonnes
As seen in Exhibit 3.20, the share held by viscose of each of the two constituent
products, flame retardant (FR) clothing and Nuclear, Biological, Chemical (NBC) clothing,
is small when compared to the majority of other product categories. Viscose is largely
used in a blend with other fibres in products which form a small proportion of the overall
market. Both of these two types of garments have a low replenishment rate, hence the
relatively low annual market volumes.
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Exhibit 3.21
Viscose Protech
Products:
World End-Use
Consumption,
2000 and 2010,
ranked by
Growth Rate
Products using
Viscose in
Protech
2000
'000 tonnes
Share of
total (%)
2010
'000 tonnes
Share of
total (%)
Viscose
CAGR
2000-2010
(%)
FR clothing
0.9
98.9%
1.2
99.0%
2.7%
NBC clothing
0.0*
1.1%
0.0*
1.0%
2.4%
Total
0.9
100.0%
2.7%
100.0%
1.2
* = < 50 tonnes
Flame retardant and heat resistant clothing

Clothing which provides protection against fire and high temperatures can be segmented
into primary and secondary types. Primary protective clothing is worn for activities
where significant exposure to molten substance splash, radiant heat and flames is likely,
e.g. blast furnace aprons, fire-fighter turnout gear and fire entry suits. Secondary
protective clothing is designed for continuous protection from possible intermittent
exposure to molten substance splash, radiant heat or flame, e.g. continuously worn flame
retardant uniforms.
The majority of fire-fighters' turnout gear is based on a meta-aramid derivative of some
kind, such as Nomex or Kermel. Other examples include Celanese's Pbi which is more
expensive than other fibres but is more durable. Viscose is used largely as a minority
blend in different types of flame retardant and heat resistant clothing, including firemen's
turn-out gear, riot police clothing, etc. These can employ flame retardant viscose
variants (Lenzing FR being the most prominent) blended with meta-aramid fibres such as
Kermel.
Reflective garments made from aluminised viscose are worn in work environments such
as metal foundries where workers are subject to high levels of radiant heat.
Flame retardant military clothing is designed to protect the wearer from flames or heat,
often in confined environments such as inside a tank or an armoured personnel carrier, in
the event of being struck by a missile or driving over a land mine. Such clothing uses a
wide variety of materials including FR cotton, FR viscose and both para- and metaaramids.
Garments made from flame retardant cotton and cotton blends dominate in lower
performance applications. In these areas, emphasis is being placed on the increased
provision of comfort for the wearer, through the inclusion of fibres such as lyocell or FR
viscose.
NBC protection
Garments used in NBC protection by the armed forces and other civil defence
organisations employ a wide variety of designs and materials, with different countries
often adopting quite different approaches. The last few years has seen a considerable
amount of development work being carried out.
Aside from some impermeable (butyl) fabrics used for gloves, masks and some
decontamination suits, most military combat designs are based on multi-layered
constructions consisting of a woven or knitted textile outer shell and an activated carbonbearing inner fabric. The resulting composite fabrics are required to provide some
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protection against fire, nuclear flash and water and liquid penetration whilst also
remaining lightweight and breathable enough for use during strenuous activity.
Outer materials used include 50% nylon/50% cotton in the United States, and nylon
warp/modacrylic weft in the UK. Flame retardant viscose is used by certain countries'
armed forces as a majority fibre in blends with aramids.
3.4.9
Which Viscose Fibre Forms (Yarn Types) are used in which

Products
The following Exhibits are derived from Tables 4.6 to 4.11 and compare the highest
volume viscose products for each relevant fibre form (yarn type) in 2000.
Staple fibre
Exhibit 3.22
World End-Use
Consumption of
Viscose in Staple
Fibre Form, by
Product, 2000
Viscose
Volume, 2000
('000 tonnes)
End-Use Product
Medtech Wipes
Indutech Nonwoven Wipes
Indutech Nonwoven Liquid Filters
Hometech Nonwoven Wipes
Medtech Cotton Wool
Clothtech Interlinings, Nonwoven
Others (7)
Total Staple Fibre
97.6
51.4
43.9
33.7
31.1
28.0
60.7
346.4
Percentage
Share of Total
Viscose Staple
Fibre
28%
15%
13%
10%
9%
8%
18%
100%
Cumulative
Percentage
28%
43%
56%
66%
75%
83%
100%
100%
The market for unspun staple viscose fibre is large and accounted for more than 70% of
total viscose consumed within technical textiles in 2000. Its use is relatively fragmented,
compared to other viscose fibre forms, with six products accounting for 80 per cent of
fibre used (see Exhibit 3.22) and a further seven products accounting for the balance.
Nonwoven wipes accounted for more than half of all unspun viscose staple fibre
consumed in 2000.
Spun staple yarns

Viscose
Volume, 2000
('000 tonnes)
Exhibit 3.23
World End-Use
Consumption of
Viscose in Spun
Staple Form, by
Product, 2000
End-Use Product
Medtech Woundcare Woven,
Knitted
Indutech Abrasives
Hometech Woven Wipes
Others (5)
Total Spun Staple
15.9
6.2
3.7
6.6
32.4
Percentage
Share of Total
Spun Staple
Viscose
49%
19%
11%
20%
100%
Cumulative
Percentage
49%
68%
79%
100%
100%
Viscose used in spun staple yarns accounted for less than 7% of total viscose used in
technical textiles applications in 2000. The consumption of spun staple yarns is very
concentrated with 3 products accounting for nearly 80 per cent (see Exhibit 3.23), with
five products accounting for the remainder. Of the total volume, almost half was used in
woven and knitted woundcare products.
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Textile multifilament
Exhibit 3.24
World End-Use
Consumption of
Viscose in Textile
Multifilament
Form, by Product,
2000
Viscose
Volume, 2000
('000 tonnes)
End-Use Product
Hometech Mattress Tickings
Clothtech Interlinings, Woven
Total Textile Multifilament
15.7
14.0
29.7
Percentage
Share of Total
Viscose Textile
Multifilament
53%
47%
100%
Cumulative
Percentage
53%
100%
100%
Textile viscose multifilament yarns accounted for just over 6% of viscose used in
technical textiles in 2000. Its use is limited to two products; woven interlinings and
mattress tickings, each account for approximately half of the volume consumed (see
Exhibit 3.24).
HT multifilament
Exhibit 3.25
World End-Use
Consumption of
Viscose in HT
Multifilament
Form, by Product,
2000
Viscose
Volume, 2000
('000 tonnes)
End-Use Product
Mobiltech Car Tyre Cord
Mobiltech CV Tyre Cord
Others (5)
Total HT Multifilament
42.8
28.8
9.8
81.4
Percentage
Share of
Viscose HT
Multifilament
53%
35%
12%
100%
Cumulative
Percentage
53%
88%
100%
100%
Source: DRA, taken from Table 4.11
High tenacity multifilament viscose yarns accounted for almost 17% of viscose consumed
in technical textiles applications in the year 2000. This segment was dominated by car
tyre cord which accounted for more than half of HT viscose consumed. Tyre cord of all
types accounted for almost 90 per cent of the HT multifilament viscose consumed, with a
further five products accounting for the balance (see Exhibit 3.25).
3.5
THE HIGHEST VOLUME AND FASTEST GROWING

VISCOSE END-USES
3.5.1
Highest Volume End-Use Products

Exhibit 3.26, below, provides an analysis of the ten highest volume viscose consuming
end-use product segments of the technical textiles market. In 2000, the top six (i.e. 20%
of all products which include viscose) accounted for more than 60% of viscose consumed
in technical applications. In 2010, these same six products are forecast to account for
more than 70%, indicating a continuing concentration of viscose consumption within a
limited number of end-use product segments.
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2003
Exhibit 3.26
Highest Volume
Viscose
Products in
Technical
Textiles, 2000,
in Descending
Order of Size
End-Use Product
Medtech: Wipes

Volume
Share of Total
('000 tonnes)
Viscose (%)
97.6
19.9%

Volume
Share of Total
('000 tonnes)
Viscose (%)
269.8
30.3%
Indutech:
Nonwoven wipes
51.4
10.5%
121.1
13.6%
Indutech:
Nonwoven liquid
filters
43.9
9.0%
75.4
8.5%
Mobiltech:
Car tyre cord
42.8
8.7%
39.3
4.4%
Hometech:
Nonwoven wipes
33.7
6.9%
90.8
10.2%
Medtech:
Cotton wool
31.1
6.3%
35.0
3.9%
Mobiltech:
CV tyre cord
28.8
5.9%
28.4
3.2%
Clothtech:
Interlinings,
nonwoven
28.0
5.7%
44.1
5.0%
Medtech:
Nonwoven gowns,
drapes
23.4
4.8%
37.4
4.2%
Medtech:
Coverstock
17.9
3.7%
25.6
2.9%
Others (20)
91.3
18.6%
122.9
13.8%
489.9
100.0%
889.8
100.0%
Total
Nonwoven wipes across all

37.3% of the viscose used in
to more than 54% (480,500
of 10.2% over the decade.
wood-pulp over this period,
2000 to 52% in 2010.
end-uses (Medtech, Indutech, Hometech) accounted for

technical textiles in 2000; this percentage is forecast to rise
tonnes) by 2010, having grown at an average annual rate
Viscose is also forecast to take some market share from
increasing its share of all nonwoven wipes from 48% in
Nonwoven wipes will account for almost 70% of all nonwoven viscose by 2010.
Medtech wipes alone accounted for almost one-fifth of all viscose used in technical
textiles in the year 2000; this will rise to almost one-third by the year 2010.
Whilst tyre cord of all types accounted for 14.6 % of viscose in the year 2000 by weight,
this share is forecast to decline to 7.6% by 2010 as a result of a shift in favour of
polyester and a slowing down of markets for tyre cord in general.
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3.5.2
Fastest-Growing End-Use Products

As can be seen in Exhibit 3.27, only 5 products exceed viscose's average annual growth
of 6.2% over the 2000-2010 period.
Exhibit 3.27
Fastest Growing
Viscose
Products
in Technical
Textiles between
2000 and 2010
in Descending
Growth Rate
Order
End-Use Product
Viscose Volume
('000 tonnes)
2000
2010
CAGR
2000-2010
(%)
Medtech: Wipes
97.6
269.8
10.7%
Hometech: Nonwoven wipes
33.7
90.8
10.4%
Indutech: Nonwoven wipes
51.4
121.1
9.0%
Medtech: Woundcare, nonwoven
5.4
11.6
8.0%
Indutech: Battery separators, etc
5.4
11.1
7.5%
Indutech: Nonwoven liquid filters
43.9
75.4
5.6%
Medtech: Nonwoven gowns, drapes
23.4
37.4
4.8%
Clothtech: Interlinings, nonwoven
28.0
44.1
4.7%
Indutech: Abrasives
6.2
9.7
4.6%
Medtech: Sterile packaging
7.2
11.2
4.4%
Others (20)
187.7
208.0
1.0%
TOTAL
489.9
889.8
6.2%
Wipes represent the fastest growing use for viscose within technical applications.
Exhibit 3.28, below, shows the growth rate from 2000 to 2010 for all technical textiles
products containing viscose. Nonwoven end-use products (shown in purple in the
Exhibit) offer the highest forecast growth rates for viscose technical textiles, accounting
for nine out of the ten fastest growing end-uses. Woven and knitted products (shown in
grey) on the other hand offer the least opportunity for growth, accounting for nine out
of the ten slowest growing (and declining) end-use segments.
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Exhibit 3.28
CAGR 2000 - 2010 (%)
Average Annual
Growth Rates
by End-Use for
Viscose in
Technical
Textiles, 2000
to 2010
(Volume Terms)
(20.0)%
(10.0)%
0.0%
10.0%
20.0%
Medtech Wipes
Medtech Woundcare NW
Indutech Battery Separators, etc
Indutech NW Liquid Filters
Medtech Nonwoven gowns, drapes
Clothtech Interlinings, nonwoven
Indutech Abrasives
Medtech Sterile Packaging
Indutech Drive Belting
Medtech Coverstock
Indutech Hoses
Hometech Platform Cloth
Sporttech Bookcloth
Sporttech Artificial Leather Substrates
Protech FR Clothing
Protech NBC
Indutech Fibrefill
Indutech Conveyor Belt
Mobiltech AutoHose
Medtech Cotton Wool
Medtech Woundcare Woven, Knit
Clothtech Interlinings, woven
Indutech Woven, Knit Wipes
Mobiltech CV tyre-cord
Hometech Woven, Knit Wipes
Mobiltech Car tyre-cord
Mobiltech AutoBelt
Key: Nonwoven products are shown in purple. Woven, knitted and other products are shown in
grey.
3.5.3
Analysis of End-Use Products by Size and Growth Rate

Exhibit 3.29, overleaf, segments the 30 end-use products containing viscose according to
their relative size in 2000 and the rate at which they are forecast to grow between 2000
and 2010.
The Exhibit indicates that there are only 6 products which are growing rapidly (i.e. over
5% per annum). Of those products, only 4 (shown in the top right box) are consumed in
volumes above the average for viscose overall of 16,000 tonnes; 3 of these are
nonwoven wipes.
Almost two-thirds of the products are classed as being relatively small volume products
with low or negative forecast growth rates (shown in the bottom left box). Six products
are consumed in relatively high volumes, but are classed as being mature or maturing in
both market and product development terms, with relatively low prospects for further
growth in the future (shown in the bottom right box).
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11%
Exhibit 3.29
Specialist, small volume products

with good future growth prospects
Indutech:
Medtech:
Battery separators, etc.

Woundcare, nonwoven
(2 Products)
Hometech: Nonwoven wipes

Nonwoven liquid filters
Medtech: Wipes
(4 Products)
5%
Compound Average Growth Rates (CAGR%) 2000 - 2010
Matrix of
Forecast Growth
Rates for
Viscose
Products, 2000
to 2010, by
Market Size,
2000
Products with currently high

consumption levels that are forecast
to continue to grow rapidly
Forecast to remain low volume

products
Clothtech:
Hometech:
Indutech:
Medtech:
Mobiltech:
Protech:
low/
negative
Sporttech:
Woven & knitted

interlinings
Woven & knitted wipes
Mattress tickings
Platform cloth
Conveyor belt
Hoses
Drive belting
Abrasives
Woven & knitted wipes
Fibrefill
Woundcare, woven &
knitted
Sterile packaging
Autobelt
Maturing bulk products with low

forecast growth
Clothtech: Nonwoven interlinings
Medtech: Nonwoven gowns & drapes
Coverstock
Cotton wool
Mobiltech: Car tyre cord
CV tyre cord
(6 Products)
Autohose
FR clothing
NBC clothing
Bookcloth
Artificial leather substrates
(18 Products)
16
Product Consumption Level, 2000
('000 tonnes)
Source: DRA
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100
3.5.4
Inter-fibre Competition at the Product Level

Growth in viscose consumption can be attributed to two different factors:
underlying growth in demand for the individual end-use products in which viscose
competes
increased competitiveness of viscose at the individual product level, resulting in

increased market share for viscose at the expense of other fibre types.
Exhibit 3.30, below, analyses the forecast growth rates for viscose end-use products from
2000 to 2010. Over this period, viscose consumption is forecast to grow in total by
81.6%. Growth attributable to underlying changes in demand levels of those products
containing viscose accounts for 76.1%. The remaining 5.5% growth is a result of viscose
gaining market share in a number of product market segments, in particular nonwoven
wipes.
Exhibit 3.30
Analysis of
Increase in
Viscose Demand
between 2000
and 2010
Total Growth in Demand

for Viscose in Technical
Textiles
Of which:
Caused by Growth in
Volumes of
Product/Markets
Containing Viscose
Caused by a Net Increase

in Viscose's Market Share
76.1%
5.5%
81.6%
Source: DRA
Exhibit 3.31, below, looks at the underlying causes of growth in demand for the ten
products containing viscose forecast to exhibit the fastest growth between 2000 and
2010.
It reveals that there are only a few cases where growth is due to an increase in the fibre's
market share between 2000 and 2010; for the most part, growth is attributable largely to
overall growth in the relevant product markets.
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Total
Increase in
Viscose
Volumes
2000-2010
('000
tonnes)
Caused by
Growth in
Product/
Markets
Overall
Caused by
Changes in
Viscose's
Market
Share
Medtech: Wipes
172.2
149.9
22.3
Hometech:
Nonwoven wipes
57.1
53.3
3.8
Polypropylene
69.7
58.5
11.2
Polypropylene
Medtech:
Nonwoven woundcare
6.2
6.2
0.0
Polyester
Indutech:
Battery separators, etc.
5.7
5.7
0.0
Glass
Indutech:
Nonwoven liquid filters
31.5
31.5
0.0
Polyester
Medtech:
Nonwoven gowns, drapes
14.0
14.0
0.0
Polyester
Clothtech:
Interlinings, nonwoven
16.1
16.1
0.0
Polyester
Indutech:
Abrasives
3.5
3.7
-0.2
Polyester
Medtech:
Sterile packaging
4.0
4.0
0.0
Polyester
Exhibit 3.31
Market Growth
Trends and
Market Share
Changes for
Viscose
between 2000
and 2010 for
the 10 Fastest
Growing
Viscose EndUse Products
('000 tonnes)
End-Use Products
Of which:
Main
Competing
Fibre
Wood-pulp
Source: DRA
Viscose is gaining global share in all three nonwoven wipes categories (Medtech,
Hometech and Indutech). This forecast change in share is a result of predicted changes
in the regional distribution of consumption. The percentage share held by viscose in
these wipes products is not changing on an individual regional basis, but high forecast
increases in the consumption of wipes in a number of the less developed regions (Eastern
Europe, South America, South Asia and South East Asia), where viscose holds an above
average share of the market, will be sufficient to increase viscose's share on a global
basis.
In the case of abrasives, despite the high levels of growth, viscose is actually forecast to
lose market share as a result of predicted changes in the regional distribution of demand.
In the case of the other fastest growing products containing viscose, the growth in
viscose consumption is directly attributable to forecast increases in the overall demand
for the end-use products.
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2003
3.6
END-USE CONSUMPTION OF VISCOSE BY REGION
3.6.1
Regional Split of all Viscose

As can be seen in Exhibit 3.32, below, the regional consumption of viscose is dominated
by Western Europe which accounted for almost half of the total volume in the year
2000. The second largest consumer was North America which accounted for over onefifth, closely followed by North East Asia.
Exhibit 3.32
World End-Use
Consumption of
Viscose in
Technical Textiles
by Region, 2000
(% split in Volume
Terms)
N.E. Asia
18.7%
ROW
4.0%
S.E. Asia
2.0%
N. America
22.2%
S.Asia
2.5%
S. America
3.8%
E. Europe
2.5%
W. Europe
44.4%
By the year 2010 North East Asia will have increased its share of consumption to become
the second largest consuming region behind Western Europe.
Overall viscose
consumption is forecast to become more evenly distributed with many of the smaller
regions doubling their share of consumption over the same period (see Exhibit 3.33).
Exhibit 3.33
'000 tonnes
350
300
250
200
150
100
2000
2010
Region
3.25
2003
RO
W
N.
E.
As
ia
S.
E.
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S.
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Am
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World End-Use
Consumption of
Viscose in
Technical
Textiles
by Region,
2000 and 2010
('000 tonnes)
3.6.2
Geographical Distribution of Different Viscose Fibre Forms

(Yarn Types)
The following Exhibits in this Section are derived from Tables 4.34 and 4.35. A full
analysis of different viscose fibre forms by region from 1995 to 2010 can be found in
Tables 4.36 to 4.39.
Staple fibre
It is not surprising that the regional consumption of viscose staple fibre mirrors quite
closely that of total consumption, given that unspun staple fibre accounts for such a large
proportion of the amount of viscose consumed in technical applications (as shown in
Exhibit 3.34).
Exhibit 3.34
S. E. Asia
2.0%
World End-Use
Consumption of
Viscose Staple
Fibre in Technical
Textiles by Region,
2000
(% split in Volume
Terms)
ROW
4.0%
N. America
25.5%
N. E. Asia
20.4%
S. Asia
2.6%
S. America
3.7%
E. Europe
2.4%
W. Europe
39.4%
As shown in Exhibit 3.35, below, North East Asia is forecast to overtake North America as
the second largest consumer of unspun staple viscose in technical textiles, behind
Western Europe, by 2010. Similarly, consumption is forecast to become more evenly
distributed as some of the smaller regions gain share; South Asia is a notable example,
growing at an average annual rate of 16%.
Exhibit 3.35
250
200
'000 tonnes
World End-Use
Consumption of
Viscose Staple Fibre
in Technical Textiles
by Region,
2000 and 2010
('000 tonnes)
150
2000
2010
100
50
Region
3.26
2003
RO
W
E.
As
ia
S.
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sia
N
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As
ia
S.
N
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S.
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Spun staple yarns

The regional consumption of spun staple viscose is more fragmented than other fibre
forms. In this case, North America is the largest consumer, followed by Western Europe.
Exhibit 3.36
World End-Use
Consumption of
Spun Staple
Viscose Fibre in
Technical Textiles
by Region, 2000
(% split in Volume
Terms)
S. E. Asia
3.4%
ROW
6.6%
N. America
28.8%
N. E. Asia
21.9%
S. Asia
4.2%
S. America
5.7%
E. Europe
3.8%
W. Europe
25.7%
North East Asia is again forecast to become the second largest consumer by 2010, this
time at the expense of Western Europe, as shown in Exhibit 3.37, below.
Exhibit 3.37
12.0
10.0
'000 tonnes
World End-Use
Consumption of
Spun Staple
Viscose Fibre in
Technical Textiles
by Region,
2000 and 2010
('000 tonnes)
8.0
2000
6.0
2010
4.0
2.0
Region
3.27
2003
RO
W
E.
As
ia
S.
.A
sia
N
.E
As
ia
S.
N
.A
m
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S.
Am
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W
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Textile multifilament
Exhibit 3.38 illustrates the regional consumption of regular tenacity viscose multifilament
yarns in 2000. North East Asia was the largest consuming region of textile multfilament
viscose, largely as a result of the trend for woven interlinings to be produced in the
region in which they are consumed in clothing production.
Exhibit 3.38
S. E. Asia
4.0%
World End-Use
Consumption of
Viscose Textile
Multifilament in
Technical Textiles
by Region, 2000
(% split in Volume
Terms)
ROW
8.4%
N. America
21.9%
N. E. Asia
23.7%
S. America
8.4%
S. Asia
5.3%
W. Europe
23.3%
E. Europe
4.9%

As shown in Exhibit 3.39, between 2000 and 2010, North East Asia is set to retain its
position as the largest consumer of multifilament viscose, whilst North America is forecast
to overtake Western Europe to become the second largest consumer.
Exhibit 3.39
10.0
8.0
'000 tonnes
World End-Use
Consumption of
Viscose Textile
Multifilament in
Technical Textiles
by Region,
2000 and 2010
('000 tonnes)
6.0
2000
2010
4.0
2.0
Region
3.28
2003
RO
W
E.
As
ia
S.
.A
sia
N
.E
S.
As
ia
N
.A
m
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S.
Am
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W
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HT multifilament
As shown in Exhibit 3.40, the consumption of high tenacity multifilament is far more
concentrated than the other fibre form types, with Western Europe dominating
consumption with an 81% share in the year 2000. The reason for this particular regional
distribution is the historical preference for viscose within car tyre cord in Western Europe,
as discussed earlier in this Chapter.
Exhibit 3.40
World End-Use
Consumption of
Viscose HT
Multifilament in
Technical Textiles
by Region, 2000
(% split in Volume
Terms)
S. Asia
0%
N. E. Asia
8%
S. E. Asia
1%
N. America
5%
ROW
1%
S. America
2%
E. Europe
2%
W. Europe
81%
As Exhibit 3.41 illustrates, DRA forecasts that up to the year 2010 Western Europe will
retain its position as the largest consuming region, but that it will have lost some share of
the world market to North East Asia as a result of the trend in Western Europe towards
polyester in tyre cords.
Exhibit 3.41
70.0
60.0
50.0
'000 tonnes
World End-Use
Consumption of
Viscose HT
Multifilament in
Technical Textiles
by Region,
2000 and 2010
('000 tonnes)
40.0
2000
30.0
2010
20.0
10.0
Region
3.29
2003
RO
W
E.
As
ia
S.
.A
sia
N
.E
As
ia
S.
N
.A
m
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S.
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3.7
END-USE CONSUMPTION OF VISCOSE BY FABRIC

AND OTHER FINAL TEXTILE PRODUCT TYPE
3.7.1
Overall Split of Viscose Consumption by Fabric and Other

Final Textile Product
Exhibit 3.42 shows the consumption of viscose in technical textiles by fabric and other
final textile product type in 2000. It can be seen quite clearly that nonwovens dominate
the use of viscose, accounting for almost two-thirds of volume.
Exhibit 3.42
Other fabrics
0%
Unspun fibre
6%
Yarn type
products
0%
World End-Use
Consumption of
Viscose in
Technical
Textiles by
Fabric
and Other Final
Textile Product,
2000 (% split in
Volume Terms)
Woven
26%
Knitted
3%
Nonwoven
65%

In 2000 woven fabrics accounted for over a quarter of viscose consumed with 26%,
whilst the remainder was accounted for by unspun fibre (6%), knitted fabrics (3%) and
yarn type products such as hoses with less than 1%.
Exhibit 3.43 shows the estimated consumption of viscose in technical textiles by fabric
type in 2000 and forecasts for 2010.
Exhibit 3.43
800
World End-Use
Consumption of
Viscose in
Technical
Textiles by
Fabric
and Other Final
Textile Product,
2000 and 2010
('000 tonnes)
700
600
500
2000
400
2010
300
200
100
fa
Fabric and Other Final Textile Product

3.30
2003
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As can be seen from this Exhibit, the consumption of viscose in the form of nonwovens is
forecast to increase dramatically by an average annual rate of 8.3%. As mentioned
previously, this is the result of high growth rates forecast for nonwoven wipes.
Very little growth is forecast for the use of viscose in all other fabric types.
3.7.2
Which Viscose Fabric Types are used in which Products

Unspun fibre
Exhibit 3.44
World End-Use
Consumption of
Viscose in
Unspun Fibre
Form, by
Product, 2000
Viscose
Volume, 2000
('000 tonnes)
End-Use Product
Medtech Cotton wool
Indutech Fibrefill
Total Unspun Fibre
31.1
0.2
31.3
Percentage
Share of Total
Unspun
Viscose Fibre
99%
1%
100%
Cumulative
Percentage
99%
100%
100%
Source: DRA
Although 70% of viscose fibre used in technical applications is not converted into yarn,
only 6% (31,300 tonnes) remains as loose, unspun fibre for cotton wool and fibrefill, the
balance being made into carded nonwovens (see Exhibit 3.42). Cotton wool dominates
unspun fibre consumption, accounting for almost all of the total volume.
As can be seen in Table 4.40 in Chapter 4 of this report, North America and Western
Europe accounted for 79% of the total consumption of viscose in unspun fibre form in
the year 2000. This is forecast to fall to 67% by 2010 as a result of growth in other
regions, most notably North East Asia.
Woven fabrics
Exhibit 3.45
End-Use Product
World End-Use
Consumption
of Viscose in
Woven Fabric
Form, by
Product, 2000
Mobiltech Car tyre cord

Mobiltech CV tyre cord
Hometech Mattress tickings
Medtech Woundcare, woven
Clothtech Interlinings, woven
Others (12)
Total Woven Fabric
Viscose
Percentage
Volume, 2000 Share of Total
('000 tonnes)
Woven
Viscose
42.8
33%
28.8
22%
15.7
12%
12.7
10%
7.0
5%
22.3
17%
129.3
100%
Cumulative
Percentage
33%
55%
67%
77%
82%
100%
100%
Source: DRA
Woven viscose accounted for 26.4% of viscose consumption in 2000. Of this, tyre cord,
for use in both cars and other vehicles, accounted for a little over a half.
As can be seen in Table 4.40, Western Europe dominated the consumption of woven
viscose fabrics in the year 2000, accounting for 60% of the total. By the year 2010,
North East Asia is forecast to become the second largest consumer of viscose in woven
fabrics at the expense of North America.
3.31
2003
Knitted fabrics
Exhibit 3.46
World End-Use
Consumption of
Viscose in
Knitted Fabric
Form, by Product,
2000
Viscose
Volume, 2000
('000 tonnes)
End-Use Product
Clothtech Interlinings, knitted
Medtech Woundcare, knitted
Others (4)
Total Knitted Fabric
7.0
3.2
2.6
12.8
Percentage
Share of Total
Knitted
Viscose
55%
25%
20%
100%
Cumulative
Percentage
55%
80%
100%
100%
Source: DRA
Viscose knitted fabrics amounted to 12,800 tonnes in 2000, accounting for less than 3%
of the total technical viscose consumption; more than half of this was used in knitted
interlinings. Interlinings and woundcare between them accounted for 80% of the
volume of knitted viscose consumed in 2000.
As shown in Table 4.40, North East Asia was the largest consumer of viscose in knitted
fabrics, accounting for 26% in 2000. By the year 2010, the consumption is forecast to
become more fragmented, with regions such as North America and Western Europe
losing share to smaller consuming regions such as South America, Eastern Europe and
South Asia.
Nonwoven fabrics
Exhibit 3.47
World End-Use
Consumption of
Viscose in
Nonwoven Fabric
Form, by Product,
2000
Viscose
Volume, 2000
('000 tonnes)
End-Use Product
Medtech Wipes
Indutech Nonwoven wipes
Indutech NW liquid filters
Hometech Nonwoven wipes
Others (6)
Total Nonwoven Fabric
97.6
51.4
43.9
33.7
28.0
60.5
315.1
Percentage
Share of Total
Nonwoven
Viscose
31%
16%
14%
11%
9%
19%
100%
Cumulative
Percentage
31%
47%
61%
72%
81%
100%
100%
Source: DRA
The consumption of viscose in the form of carded nonwovens accounted for almost twothirds of the total volume of viscose consumed in technical textiles in 2000. The largest
individual nonwoven product is medical wipes which accounted for almost one-third of
total nonwovens in 2000 by weight; nonwoven wipe products in total accounted for
58% of all nonwoven viscose products.
As mentioned previously, viscose nonwovens are forecast to grow at an average annual
rate of 8.3% between 2000 and 2010. As can be seen in Table 4.40, Western Europe
accounted for 40% of nonwoven viscose consumed in the year 2000, followed by North
America with 24%. Whilst Western Europe will remain the largest consumer of
nonwoven materials in 2010, the highest growth rates will be seen in less developed
areas such as Eastern Europe, Asia and South America. The lowest growth rates will
occur in North America.
3.32
2003
Yarn type products

Exhibit 3.48
World End-Use
Consumption of
Viscose in Yarn
Type Form, by
Product, 2000
Viscose
Volume, 2000
('000 tonnes)
End-Use Product
Mobiltech Autohose
Indutech Hoses
Total Yarn Type Products
1.1
0.6
1.7
Percentage
Share of Total
Viscose Yarn
Type Products
65%
35%
100%
Cumulative
Percentage
65%
100%
100%
Source: DRA
Yarn type products account for a very small percentage of viscose consumption in
technical textiles (0.3%), all of which were used in hoses of one type or another. Hoses
used in vehicles accounted for almost two-thirds of yarn type product consumption in
2000.
As shown in Table 3.40, Western Europe was the largest consumer of yarn type viscose
products in the year 2000, accounting for 29% of the total volume, with North America
and North East Asia each accounting for 21%. By the year 2010, North East Asia is
forecast to increase its share of consumption, to 23.5%, alongside that of Western
Europe. This will be at the expense of North America, whose share of consumption is
forecast to fall to 18%.
3.33
2003
4.
VISCOSE END-USE PRODUCTS:

DETAILED FORECAST TABLES
The following detailed Tables are derived from the technical textiles partition of the DRA
Textile Products End-Use Consumption Forecasting System.
Part A -
Viscose World Totals, 1995-2010

Tables 4.1 to 4.5
These Tables provide estimates of world viscose consumption by each of 8
polymer/fibre forms, 6 fabric and final textile product types, 8 regions of
the world and 11 application areas, for 1995 and annually from 2000 to
2010. They then analyse world consumption for each of the 30 viscose
end-use products over the period 1995-2010.
Part B -
End-Use Consumption Analysis by End-Use Product against Polymer/

Fibre Form (Yarn Type)
Tables 4.6 to 4.11
These Tables provide estimates of demand for each viscose end-use
product across each of 8 polymer/fibre forms in 2000 and 2010 and then
provides estimates for 1995 and annually from 2000 to 2010 for each of
the 4 relevant fibre forms.
Part C -
End-Use Consumption Analysis by End-Use Product against Region

Tables 4.12 to 4.20
These Tables provide estimates of demand for each viscose end-use
product across each of 8 regions of the world in 2000 and 2010 and then
provide estimates for 1995 and annually from 2000 to 2010 for each of the
7 largest regions.
Part D -
End-Use Consumption Analysis by End-Use Product against Fabric and

Other Final Textile Product Type
Tables 4.21 to 4.27
These Tables provide estimates of the use of each of 6 fabric and other final
textile product types in each of the 30 viscose end-use products in 2000
and 2010 and then provides estimates for 1995 and annually from 2000 to
2010 for each of the 5 relevant fabric and other final textile product types.
Part E -
End-Use Consumption Analysis by Fabric and Other Final Textile Product

Type against Polymer/Fibre Form (Yarn Type)
Tables 4.28 to 4.33
These Tables provide estimates of the use of each of 6 fabric and other final
textile product types against each of the 8 polymer/fibre forms in 2000 and
2010 for viscose overall and then provide estimates for 1995 and annually
from 2000 to 2010 for each of the 4 relevant fibre forms separately against
all the fabric and final textile product types.
4.1
2003
Part F -
End-Use Consumption Analysis by Region against Polymer/Fibre Form

(Yarn Type)
Tables 4.34 to 4.39
These Tables provide estimates of the use of each of the 8 polymer/fibre
forms in each of the 8 regions of the world in 2000 and 2010 for viscose
overall, and then provide regional estimates for 1995 and annually from
2000 to 2010 for each of the 4 relevant fibre forms, separately.
Part G -
End-Use Consumption Analysis by Region against Fabric and Other Final

Textile Product Type
Tables 4.40 to 4.46
These Tables provide estimates of the use of each of the 6 fabric and final
textile product types in each of the 8 regions of the world in 2000 and
2010 for viscose overall, and then provide regional estimates for 1995 and
annually from 2000 to 2010 for each of the 5 relevant fabric and other final
textile product types, separately.
4.2
2003
PART A:
WORLD TOTALS, 1995-2010

4.1:
End-Use Consumption Analysis by Polymer/Fibre Form, Volume ('000 tonnes)
4.2:
End-Use Consumption Analysis by Fabric and Other Final Textile Product Type,
4.3:
End-Use Consumption Analysis by Region, Volume ('000 tonnes)
4.4:
End-Use Consumption Analysis by Application Area, Volume ('000 tonnes)
4.5:
End-Use Consumption Analysis by End-Use Product, Volume ('000 tonnes)
4.3
2003
TABLE
4.1
VISCOSE WORLD
TOTALS
TABLE
4.2
VISCOSE WORLD
TOTALS
VISCOSE: DETAILED FORECAST TABLES (Part A)

End-Use Consumption Analysis by Polymer/Fibre Form, 1995-2010 - Volume ('000 tonnes)
VOLUME
('000 tonnes)
Polymer/Fibre Form
Year
1995
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
95 - 00
CAGR %
00 - 05 05 - 10
Polymer Chip
Staple Fibre
Spun Staple
HT Multifilament
BCF
Monofilament
Tape/Slit film
0.0
272.7
31.5
26.9
88.6
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
346.4
32.4
29.7
81.4
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
369.1
32.5
29.9
78.9
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
391.0
32.5
30.0
76.5
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
422.8
33.3
30.8
74.8
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
457.7
34.1
31.6
73.1
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
494.9
34.9
32.4
71.8
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
538.0
35.7
33.3
73.3
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
583.3
36.4
34.3
74.8
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
631.1
37.0
35.2
76.3
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
681.4
37.7
36.1
77.8
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
735.0
38.3
37.1
79.4
0.0
0.0
0.0
4.9%
0.6%
2.0%
(1.7)%
-
7.4%
1.5%
1.8%
(2.5)%
-
8.2%
1.9%
2.7%
2.0%
-
TOTAL
Source: DRA
419.8
489.9
510.4
530.0
561.7
596.4
634.0
680.3
728.8
779.7
833.1
889.8
3.1%
5.3%
7.0%

End-Use Consumption Analysis by Fabric and Other Final Textile Product, 1995-2010 - Volume ('000 tonnes)
VOLUME
('000 tonnes)
Fabric and
Other Final Textile Product
Year
1995
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
CAGR %
95 - 00
00 - 05
05 - 10
Unspun Fibre
Woven Fabric
Knitted Fabric
Nonwoven Fabric
Yarn Type Products
Other Fabric
31.5
133.3
12.5
241.2
1.3
0.0
31.3
129.3
12.8
315.1
1.4
0.0
31.2
127.3
12.7
338.0
1.4
0.0
30.9
125.1
12.5
360.1
1.4
0.0
31.4
124.7
12.7
391.4
1.4
0.0
32.0
124.4
12.8
425.7
1.5
0.0
32.7
124.7
12.9
462.2
1.5
0.0
33.3
127.7
13.0
504.7
1.6
0.0
33.8
130.7
13.1
549.5
1.6
0.0
34.3
133.7
13.2
596.8
1.6
0.0
34.8
136.7
13.3
646.6
1.7
0.0
35.3
139.8
13.3
699.7
1.7
0.0
(0.1)%
(0.6)%
0.4%
5.5%
0.8%
-
0.9%
(0.7)%
0.3%
8.0%
2.2%
-
1.6%
2.3%
0.6%
8.6%
2.1%
-
TOTAL
Source: DRA
419.8
489.9
510.4
530.0
561.7
596.4
634.0
680.3
728.8
779.7
833.1
889.8
3.1%
5.3%
7.0%
4.4
2003
2005
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
TABLE
4.3
VISCOSE WORLD
TOTALS
TABLE
4.4
VISCOSE WORLD
TOTALS

End-Use Consumption Analysis by Region, 1995-2010 - Volume ('000 tonnes)
VOLUME
('000 tonnes)
Region
Year
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
95 - 00
N. America
S. America
W. Europe
E. Europe
S.Asia
N.E. Asia
S.E. Asia
Rest of World
104.3
13.1
190.7
9.6
8.0
71.7
7.7
14.7
108.5
18.7
217.3
12.2
12.4
91.6
9.6
19.5
111.3
20.2
222.7
13.5
14.0
96.8
10.6
21.4
113.6
21.8
226.7
15.1
15.8
102.0
11.6
23.5
120.1
24.3
233.6
16.8
17.9
109.9
13.0
26.0
126.8
27.1
241.9
18.7
20.3
118.5
14.5
28.7
134.0
30.0
251.4
20.7
22.8
127.6
16.2
31.5
140.5
33.9
262.4
23.6
26.5
139.3
18.6
35.6
146.5
38.1
273.7
26.8
30.5
152.1
21.1
40.0
152.6
42.4
285.2
30.1
34.9
165.9
23.9
44.6
158.9
47.0
297.0
33.7
39.6
180.6
26.8
49.5
165.4
51.8
309.2
37.5
44.8
196.5
30.0
54.6
0.8%
7.5%
2.6%
4.8%
9.0%
5.0%
4.6%
5.8%
4.3%
9.9%
3.0%
11.2%
13.0%
6.8%
10.9%
10.1%
4.3%
11.6%
4.2%
12.7%
14.4%
9.0%
13.2%
11.6%
TOTAL
Source: DRA
419.8
489.9
510.4
530.0
561.7
596.4
634.0
680.3
728.8
779.7
833.1
889.8
3.1%
5.3%
7.0%

End-Use Consumption Analysis by Application Area, 1995-2010 - Volume ('000 tonnes)
VOLUME
('000 tonnes)
Application Area
Year
CAGR %
00 - 05 05 - 10
1995
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
95 - 00
Agrotech
Buildtech
Clothtech
Geotech
Hometech
Indutech
Medtech
Mobiltech
Packtech
Protech
Sporttech
0.0
0.0
35.7
0.0
35.4
82.5
182.1
81.1
0.0
0.7
2.1
0.0
0.0
41.9
0.0
54.5
116.5
198.5
75.0
0.0
0.9
2.5
0.0
0.0
42.8
0.0
57.9
121.9
211.8
72.5
0.0
0.9
2.5
0.0
0.0
43.7
0.0
61.3
126.9
224.6
70.0
0.0
0.9
2.6
0.0
0.0
45.4
0.0
66.2
135.1
243.2
68.2
0.0
1.0
2.7
0.0
0.0
47.1
0.0
71.7
144.1
263.5
66.3
0.0
1.0
2.8
0.0
0.0
48.9
0.0
77.5
153.8
285.2
64.8
0.0
1.0
2.9
0.0
0.0
50.8
0.0
84.9
167.2
307.3
66.1
0.0
1.1
3.0
0.0
0.0
52.7
0.0
92.7
181.3
330.5
67.4
0.0
1.1
3.1
0.0
0.0
54.6
0.0
101.0
196.2
354.9
68.6
0.0
1.1
3.2
0.0
0.0
56.6
0.0
109.7
212.0
380.4
69.9
0.0
1.2
3.3
0.0
0.0
58.6
0.0
118.9
228.8
407.7
71.2
0.0
1.2
3.4
3.3%
9.0%
7.1%
1.7%
(1.6)%
5.4%
3.1%
3.1%
7.3%
5.7%
7.5%
(2.9)%
2.2%
2.8%
3.7%
8.9%
8.3%
7.4%
1.9%
3.2%
3.5%
TOTAL
Source: DRA
419.8
489.9
510.4
530.0
561.7
596.4
634.0
680.3
728.8
779.7
833.1
889.8
3.1%
5.3%
7.0%
4.5
2003
CAGR %
00 - 05 05 - 10
1995
TABLE
4.5

End-Use Consumption Analysis by End-Use Product, 1995-2010 - Volume ('000 tonnes)
VISCOSE WORLD
TOTALS
VOLUME
('000 tonnes)
End-Use Product
Year
1995
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
95 - 00
00 - 05
05 - 10
Clothtech Interlinings, Woven & Knit
13.6
14.0
13.9
13.8
13.9
14.0
14.1
14.2
14.3
14.4
14.5
14.5
0.5%
0.1%
22.1
28.0
29.0
30.0
31.5
33.1
34.8
36.6
38.4
40.2
42.1
44.1
4.9%
4.5%
4.8%
3.8
3.7
3.6
3.5
3.5
3.5
3.5
3.6
3.6
3.5
3.5
3.5
(0.7)%
(0.7)%
(0.2)%
16.0
33.7
36.9
40.0
44.3
49.0
54.0
60.5
67.4
74.8
82.5
90.8
16.1%
9.9%
11.0%
13.3
15.7
16.0
16.2
16.9
17.6
18.3
19.1
20.0
20.8
21.7
22.6
3.4%
3.1%
4.3%
2.4
1.4
1.4
1.5
1.5
1.6
1.6
1.7
1.8
1.9
1.9
2.0
(10.0)%
3.1%
3.9%
Hometech Woven & Knit Wipes
0.6%
4.7
3.9
3.9
3.9
3.9
4.0
4.1
4.2
4.3
4.4
4.5
4.6
(3.6)%
1.2%
2.0%
Indutech Hoses
2.4
2.2
2.3
2.3
2.4
2.5
2.6
2.7
2.8
2.9
3.0
3.1
(1.3)%
3.3%
3.9%
0.5
0.3
0.3
0.3
0.3
0.3
0.3
0.3
0.4
0.4
0.4
0.4
(9.7)%
3.4%
4.9%
Indutech Abrasives
5.0
6.2
6.4
6.6
6.9
7.3
7.7
8.1
8.5
8.8
9.3
9.7
4.1%
4.5%
4.7%
Indutech Woven & Knit Wipes
3.0
3.0
3.0
3.0
3.0
3.0
3.1
3.1
3.1
3.1
3.1
3.1
0.4%
0.3%
0.4%
33.1
51.4
54.8
58.1
62.9
68.2
73.9
82.1
90.9
100.3
110.3
121.1
9.2%
7.5%
10.4%
29.7
43.9
45.4
46.6
48.9
51.6
54.3
58.2
62.3
66.5
70.8
75.4
8.2%
4.3%
6.8%
3.8
5.4
5.7
6.0
6.5
7.0
7.5
8.2
8.8
9.6
10.3
11.1
7.1%
7.1%
8.0%

Indutech Fibrefill
0.4
0.2
0.2
0.2
0.2
0.3
0.3
0.3
0.3
0.3
0.3
0.3
(11.2)%
2.3%
2.3%
26.5
23.4
24.2
24.8
26.2
27.7
29.3
30.8
32.4
34.0
35.7
37.4
(2.4)%
4.5%
5.1%
15.5
15.9
15.8
15.7
15.9
16.2
16.4
16.6
16.8
16.9
16.9
17.0
0.5%
0.7%
0.7%
5.1
5.4
5.7
6.1
6.6
7.2
7.9
8.6
9.3
10.0
10.8
11.6
1.0%
7.9%
8.1%
4.6%
8.3
7.2
7.5
7.6
8.0
8.5
9.0
9.4
9.8
10.3
10.7
11.2
(2.6)%
4.3%
Medtech Coverstock
42.1
17.9
18.4
18.9
19.8
20.8
21.8
22.6
23.3
24.1
24.8
25.6
(15.7)%
4.1%
3.3%
Medtech Cotton Wool
31.1
31.1
30.9
30.6
31.2
31.8
32.4
33.0
33.5
34.0
34.5
35.0
(0.0)%
0.8%
1.6%
Medtech Wipes
53.5
97.6
109.3
120.8
135.4
151.4
168.4
186.4
205.5
225.6
247.0
269.8
12.8%
11.5%
9.9%
Mobiltech Car tyrecord
47.8
42.8
41.3
39.7
38.4
37.0
36.1
36.7
37.3
38.0
38.6
39.3
(2.2)%
(3.4)%
1.7%
Mobiltech CV tyrecord
30.3
28.8
27.9
27.0
26.4
25.7
25.2
25.8
26.5
27.1
27.7
28.4
(1.0)%
(2.6)%
2.4%
Mobiltech AutoBelt
0.2
0.2
0.2
0.2
0.2
0.2
0.2
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.0
0.6%
(9.2)%
(25.8)%
Mobiltech AutoHose
2.8
3.1
3.1
3.1
3.2
3.3
3.4
3.4
3.5
3.5
3.5
3.6
1.9%
1.7%
1.2%
Protech FR Clothing
0.7
0.9
0.9
0.9
1.0
1.0
1.0
1.1
1.1
1.1
1.2
1.2
5.5%
2.2%
3.2%
Protech NBC
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
2.6%
2.0%
2.7%
Sporttech Bookcloth
1.1
1.3
1.3
1.3
1.4
1.4
1.5
1.6
1.6
1.7
1.7
1.8
3.4%
2.8%
3.8%
1.0
1.2
1.2
1.2
1.3
1.3
1.4
1.4
1.4
1.5
1.5
1.6
2.9%
2.7%
3.1%
419.8
489.9
510.4
530.0
561.7
596.4
634.0
680.3
728.8
779.7
833.1
889.8
3.1%
5.3%
7.0%
419.8
489.9
510.4
530.0
561.7
596.4
634.0
680.3
728.8
779.7
833.1
889.8
TOTAL
Source: DRA
4.6
2003
CAGR %
2005
PART B:
END-USE CONSUMPTION ANALYSIS BY END-USE

PRODUCT AGAINST POLYMER/FIBRE FORM
4.6:
4.7:
4.8:
4.9:
4.10:
4.11:
HT Multifilament, 1995-2010, Volume ('000 tonnes)
4.7
2003
TABLE
4.6
End-Use
Consumption
Analysis by
End-Use
Product against
Polymer/Fibre
Form
VISCOSE: DETAILED FORECAST TABLES (Part B)

VOLUME
('000 tonnes)
End-Use Product
Polymer/Fibre Form
Polymer Chip
Staple Fibre
Spun Staple
BCF
Monofilament
Tape/Slit film
TOTAL
0.0
0.0
0.0
14.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
14.0
0.0
28.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
28.0
0.0
0.0
3.7
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
3.7
0.0
33.7
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
33.7
0.0
0.0
0.0
15.7
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
15.7
0.0
0.0
1.4
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
1.4
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
3.9
0.0
0.0
0.0
3.9
Indutech Hoses
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
2.2
0.0
0.0
0.0
2.2
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.3
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.3
Indutech Abrasives
0.0
0.0
6.2
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
6.2
0.0
0.0
3.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
3.0
0.0
51.4
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
51.4
0.0
43.9
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
43.9
0.0
5.4
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
5.4
Indutech Fibrefill
0.0
0.2
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.2
0.0
23.4
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
23.4
0.0
0.0
15.9
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
15.9
0.0
5.4
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
5.4
0.0
7.2
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
7.2
Medtech Coverstock
0.0
17.9
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
17.9
Medtech Cotton Wool
0.0
31.1
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
31.1
Medtech Wipes
0.0
97.6
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
97.6
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
42.8
0.0
0.0
0.0
42.8
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
28.8
0.0
0.0
0.0
28.8
Mobiltech AutoBelt
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.2
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.2
Mobiltech AutoHose
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
3.1
0.0
0.0
0.0
3.1
Protech FR Clothing
0.0
0.0
0.9
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.9
Protech NBC
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
Sporttech Bookcloth
0.0
0.0
1.3
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
1.3
0.0
1.2
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
1.2
0.0
346.4
32.4
29.7
81.4
0.0
0.0
0.0
489.9
TOTAL
Source: DRA
4.8
2003
HT Multifilament
TABLE
4.7
End-Use
Consumption
Analysis by
End-Use
Product against
Polymer/Fibre
Form

VOLUME
('000 tonnes)
End-Use Product
Polymer/Fibre Form
Polymer Chip
Staple Fibre
Spun Staple
BCF
Monofilament
Tape/Slit film
TOTAL
0.0
0.0
0.0
14.5
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
14.5
0.0
44.1
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
44.1
0.0
0.0
3.5
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
3.5
0.0
90.8
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
90.8
0.0
0.0
0.0
22.6
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
22.6
0.0
0.0
2.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
2.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
4.6
0.0
0.0
0.0
4.6
Indutech Hoses
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
3.1
0.0
0.0
0.0
3.1
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.4
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.4
Indutech Abrasives
0.0
0.0
9.7
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
9.7
0.0
0.0
3.1
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
3.1
0.0
121.1
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
121.1
0.0
75.4
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
75.4
0.0
11.1
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
11.1
Indutech Fibrefill
0.0
0.3
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.3
0.0
37.4
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
37.4
0.0
0.0
17.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
17.0
0.0
11.6
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
11.6
0.0
11.2
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
11.2
Medtech Coverstock
0.0
25.6
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
25.6
Medtech Cotton Wool
0.0
35.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
35.0
Medtech Wipes
0.0
269.8
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
269.8
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
39.3
0.0
0.0
0.0
39.3
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
28.4
0.0
0.0
0.0
28.4
Mobiltech AutoBelt
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
Mobiltech AutoHose
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
3.6
0.0
0.0
0.0
3.6
Protech FR Clothing
0.0
0.0
1.2
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
1.2
Protech NBC
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
Sporttech Bookcloth
0.0
0.0
1.8
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
1.8
0.0
1.6
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
1.6
TOTAL
Source: DRA
0.0
735.0
38.3
37.1
79.4
0.0
0.0
0.0
889.8
4.9
2003
HT Multifilament
TABLE
4.8
End-Use
Consumption
Analysis by EndUse Product
against
Polymer/Fibre
Form

Staple Fibre, 1995-2010 - Volume ('000 tonnes)
VOLUME
('000 tonnes)
End-Use Product
2001
2002
2003
2004
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
95 - 00
00 - 05
05 - 10
28.0
29.0
30.0
31.5
33.1
34.8
36.6
38.4
40.2
42.1
44.1
4.9%
4.5%
4.8%
16.0
33.7
36.9
40.0
44.3
49.0
54.0
60.5
67.4
74.8
82.5
90.8
16.1%
9.9%
11.0%
33.1
51.4
54.8
58.1
62.9
68.2
73.9
82.1
90.9
100.3
110.3
121.1
9.2%
7.5%
10.4%
29.7
43.9
45.4
46.6
48.9
51.6
54.3
58.2
62.3
66.5
70.8
75.4
8.2%
4.3%
6.8%
3.8
5.4
5.7
6.0
6.5
7.0
7.5
8.2
8.8
9.6
10.3
11.1
7.1%
7.1%
8.0%
Indutech Fibrefill
0.4
0.2
0.2
0.2
0.2
0.3
0.3
0.3
0.3
0.3
0.3
0.3
(11.2)%
2.3%
2.3%
26.5
23.4
24.2
24.8
26.2
27.7
29.3
30.8
32.4
34.0
35.7
37.4
(2.4)%
4.5%
5.1%
5.1
5.4
5.7
6.1
6.6
7.2
7.9
8.6
9.3
10.0
10.8
11.6
1.0%
7.9%
8.1%
8.3
7.2
7.5
7.6
8.0
8.5
9.0
9.4
9.8
10.3
10.7
11.2
(2.6)%
4.3%
4.6%
Medtech Coverstock
42.1
17.9
18.4
18.9
19.8
20.8
21.8
22.6
23.3
24.1
24.8
25.6
(15.7)%
4.1%
3.3%
Medtech Cotton Wool
31.1
31.1
30.9
30.6
31.2
31.8
32.4
33.0
33.5
34.0
34.5
35.0
(0.0)%
0.8%
1.6%
Medtech Wipes
53.5
97.6
109.3
120.8
135.4
151.4
168.4
186.4
205.5
225.6
247.0
269.8
12.8%
11.5%
9.9%
TOTAL
Source: DRA
1.0
1.2
1.2
1.2
1.3
1.3
1.4
1.4
1.4
1.5
1.5
1.6
2.9%
2.7%
3.1%
272.7
346.4
369.1
391.0
422.8
457.7
494.9
538.0
583.3
631.1
681.4
735.0
4.9%
7.4%
8.2%

Spun Staple, 1995-2010 - Volume ('000 tonnes)
VOLUME
('000 tonnes)
End-Use Product
Year
1995
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
CAGR %
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
95 - 00
00 - 05
05 - 10
3.8
3.7
3.6
3.5
3.5
3.5
3.5
3.6
3.6
3.5
3.5
3.5
(0.7)%
(0.7)%
(0.2)%
2.4
1.4
1.4
1.5
1.5
1.6
1.6
1.7
1.8
1.9
1.9
2.0
(10.0)%
3.1%
3.9%
Indutech Abrasives
5.0
6.2
6.4
6.6
6.9
7.3
7.7
8.1
8.5
8.8
9.3
9.7
4.1%
4.5%
4.7%
3.0
3.0
3.0
3.0
3.0
3.0
3.1
3.1
3.1
3.1
3.1
3.1
0.4%
0.3%
0.4%
15.5
15.9
15.8
15.7
15.9
16.2
16.4
16.6
16.8
16.9
16.9
17.0
0.5%
0.7%
0.7%
Protech FR Clothing
0.7
0.9
0.9
0.9
1.0
1.0
1.0
1.1
1.1
1.1
1.2
1.2
5.5%
2.2%
3.2%
Protech NBC
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
2.6%
2.0%
2.7%
Sporttech Bookcloth
1.1
1.3
1.3
1.3
1.4
1.4
1.5
1.6
1.6
1.7
1.7
1.8
3.4%
2.8%
3.8%
31.5
32.4
32.5
32.5
33.3
34.1
34.9
35.7
36.4
37.0
37.7
38.3
0.6%
1.5%
1.9%
TOTAL
Source: DRA
4.10
2003
CAGR %
2005
22.1
End-Use
Consumption
against
Polymer/Fibre
Form
2000
TABLE
4.9
Year
1995
TABLE
4.10
End-Use
Consumption
against
Polymer/Fibre
Form
TABLE
4.11
End-Use
Consumption
against
Polymer/Fibre
Form

Textile Multifilament, 1995-2010 - Volume ('000 tonnes)
VOLUME
('000 tonnes)
End-Use Product
Year
1995
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
95 - 00
00 - 05
05 - 10
13.6
14.0
13.9
13.8
13.9
14.0
14.1
14.2
14.3
14.4
14.5
14.5
0.5%
0.1%
0.6%

TOTAL
13.3
15.7
16.0
16.2
16.9
17.6
18.3
19.1
20.0
20.8
21.7
22.6
3.4%
3.1%
4.3%
26.9
29.7
29.9
30.0
30.8
31.6
32.4
33.3
34.3
35.2
36.1
37.1
2.0%
1.8%
2.7%
Source: DRA

HT Multifilament, 1995-2010 - Volume ('000 tonnes)
VOLUME
('000 tonnes)
End-Use Product
Year
1995
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
CAGR %
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
95 - 00
00 - 05
05 - 10
4.7
3.9
3.9
3.9
3.9
4.0
4.1
4.2
4.3
4.4
4.5
4.6
(3.6)%
1.2%
Indutech Hoses
2.4
2.2
2.3
2.3
2.4
2.5
2.6
2.7
2.8
2.9
3.0
3.1
(1.3)%
3.3%
3.9%
0.5
0.3
0.3
0.3
0.3
0.3
0.3
0.3
0.4
0.4
0.4
0.4
(9.7)%
3.4%
4.9%
47.8
42.8
41.3
39.7
38.4
37.0
36.1
36.7
37.3
38.0
38.6
39.3
(2.2)%
(3.4)%
1.7%
30.3
28.8
27.9
27.0
26.4
25.7
25.2
25.8
26.5
27.1
27.7
28.4
(1.0)%
(2.6)%
2.4%
0.2
0.2
0.2
0.2
0.2
0.2
0.2
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.0
0.6%
(9.2)%
(25.8)%
Mobiltech AutoBelt
Mobiltech AutoHose
TOTAL
Source: DRA
2.0%
2.8
3.1
3.1
3.1
3.2
3.3
3.4
3.4
3.5
3.5
3.5
3.6
1.9%
1.7%
1.2%
88.6
81.4
78.9
76.5
74.8
73.1
71.8
73.3
74.8
76.3
77.8
79.4
(1.7)%
(2.5)%
2.0%
4.11
2003
CAGR %
2005
PART C:

PRODUCT AGAINST REGION
4.12:
4.13:
4.14:
North America, 1995-2010, Volume ('000 tonnes)
4.15:
South America, 1995-2010, Volume ('000 tonnes)
4.16:
Western Europe, 1995-2010, Volume ('000 tonnes)
4.17:
Eastern Europe, 1995-2010, Volume ('000 tonnes)
4.18:
South Asia, 1995-2010, Volume ('000 tonnes)
4.19:
North East Asia, 1995-2010, Volume ('000 tonnes)
4.20:
South East Asia, 1995-2010, Volume ('000 tonnes)
4.12
2003
TABLE
4.12
VISCOSE: DETAILED FORECAST TABLES (Part C)

VOLUME
End-Use
Consumption
against Region
Region
('000 tonnes)
End-Use Product
North America
South America
Western Europe
Eastern Europe
North East Asia
South East Asia
Rest of World
TOTAL
1.6
1.7
2.2
0.9
1.0
4.1
0.8
1.6
14.0
3.2
3.4
4.5
1.9
2.0
8.3
1.5
3.2
28.0
0.6
0.3
0.8
0.2
0.3
0.9
0.2
0.4
3.7
6.5
0.6
14.5
0.4
0.5
10.2
0.3
0.7
33.7
4.9
0.8
4.7
0.5
0.6
2.9
0.4
0.9
15.7
0.5
0.0
0.5
0.0
0.0
0.2
0.0
0.1
1.4
1.2
0.2
0.9
0.1
0.1
0.9
0.1
0.2
3.9
Indutech Hoses
0.4
0.2
0.5
0.1
0.1
0.6
0.1
0.2
2.2
0.1
0.0
0.1
0.0
0.0
0.1
0.0
0.0
0.3
Indutech Abrasives
1.2
0.5
1.3
0.3
0.3
1.7
0.3
0.6
6.2
0.9
0.1
1.1
0.0
0.0
0.7
0.0
0.1
3.0
13.2
1.6
20.6
1.1
1.1
11.1
0.9
1.8
51.4
9.8
0.4
22.4
0.3
0.3
10.0
0.3
0.5
43.9
1.5
0.2
1.5
0.2
0.2
1.4
0.1
0.3
5.4
Indutech Fibrefill
0.1
0.0
0.1
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.2
11.2
0.9
4.7
0.6
0.7
4.0
0.5
1.0
23.4

5.3
0.8
3.8
0.5
0.6
3.4
0.4
0.9
15.9
2.8
0.1
1.2
0.1
0.1
0.9
0.1
0.1
5.4
3.7
0.2
1.6
0.1
0.1
1.2
0.1
0.2
7.2
Medtech Coverstock
4.2
1.1
6.1
0.7
0.8
3.0
0.6
1.2
17.9
Medtech Cotton Wool
13.4
0.7
11.0
0.5
0.6
3.7
0.4
0.8
31.1
Medtech Wipes
18.7
3.5
48.2
2.3
2.7
16.2
1.9
4.0
97.6
1.1
0.7
37.3
0.6
0.1
2.7
0.2
0.2
42.8
0.8
0.3
25.6
0.2
0.0
1.7
0.1
0.1
28.8
Mobiltech AutoBelt
0.0
0.0
0.1
0.0
0.0
0.1
0.0
0.0
0.2
Mobiltech AutoHose
0.7
0.2
1.2
0.2
0.0
0.7
0.0
0.1
3.1
Protech FR Clothing
0.3
0.0
0.4
0.0
0.0
0.1
0.0
0.0
0.9
Protech NBC
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
Sporttech Bookcloth
0.5
0.1
0.4
0.0
0.0
0.2
0.1
0.1
1.3
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.0
0.1
0.7
0.0
0.1
1.2
108.5
18.7
217.3
12.2
12.4
91.6
9.6
19.5
489.9
TOTAL
Source: DRA
4.13
2003
South Asia
TABLE
4.13

VOLUME
End-Use
Consumption
against Region
('000 tonnes)
End-Use Product
Region
North America
South America
Western Europe
Eastern Europe
North East Asia
South East Asia
Rest of World
TOTAL
1.3
2.4
1.6
1.1
1.2
4.3
1.0
1.8
14.5
3.9
7.3
4.8
3.3
3.6
12.9
2.9
5.4
44.1
0.4
0.4
0.5
0.3
0.4
1.0
0.2
0.4
3.5
16.5
4.8
27.9
3.7
4.8
24.9
2.9
5.4
90.8

6.3
1.4
5.5
1.0
1.3
4.7
0.8
1.5
22.6
0.7
0.1
0.6
0.1
0.1
0.3
0.1
0.1
2.0
1.3
0.3
0.9
0.2
0.2
1.2
0.2
0.3
4.6
Indutech Hoses
0.5
0.3
0.5
0.2
0.2
1.0
0.2
0.3
3.1
0.1
0.0
0.1
0.0
0.0
0.1
0.0
0.0
0.4
Indutech Abrasives
1.8
0.7
1.7
0.6
0.6
2.9
0.5
0.8
9.7
0.9
0.1
1.1
0.0
0.1
0.8
0.0
0.1
3.1
22.8
7.6
29.8
6.3
6.7
33.4
5.2
9.1
121.1
18.3
1.3
33.8
1.1
1.1
17.5
0.9
1.5
75.4
2.7
0.6
2.7
0.5
0.5
3.1
0.4
0.7
11.1
Indutech Fibrefill
0.1
0.0
0.1
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.3
13.7
2.1
6.6
1.6
2.1
7.8
1.3
2.4
37.4

5.3
0.9
3.8
0.7
0.9
3.9
0.5
1.0
17.0
5.1
0.4
2.6
0.3
0.4
2.3
0.2
0.4
11.6
4.6
0.5
2.2
0.4
0.5
2.2
0.3
0.6
11.2
Medtech Coverstock
5.2
1.7
7.5
1.3
1.7
5.3
1.0
1.9
25.6
Medtech Cotton Wool
13.4
1.5
10.0
1.1
1.5
5.0
0.9
1.7
35.0
Medtech Wipes
36.7
16.6
104.0
12.7
16.5
54.7
10.0
18.7
269.8
1.2
0.4
34.1
0.4
0.0
2.8
0.1
0.2
39.3
0.9
0.3
24.7
0.2
0.0
2.0
0.1
0.1
28.4
Mobiltech AutoBelt
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
Mobiltech AutoHose
0.8
0.3
1.1
0.2
0.1
0.8
0.1
0.1
3.6
Protech FR Clothing
0.3
0.1
0.4
0.1
0.1
0.2
0.0
0.1
1.2
Protech NBC
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
Sporttech Bookcloth
0.6
0.1
0.5
0.1
0.1
0.3
0.1
0.1
1.8
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
1.1
0.0
0.1
1.6
165.4
51.8
309.2
37.5
44.8
196.5
30.0
54.6
889.8
TOTAL
Source: DRA
4.14
2003
South Asia
TABLE
4.14
End-Use
Consumption
Analysis by EndUse Product against
Region

North America, 1995-2010 - Volume ('000 tonnes)
VOLUME
('000 tonnes)
End-Use Product
Year
1995
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
95 - 00
00 - 05
05 - 10
2.3
1.6
1.6
1.5
1.5
1.5
1.4
1.4
1.4
1.3
1.3
1.3
(7.0)%
(2.3)%
3.7
3.2
3.3
3.3
3.4
3.5
3.5
3.6
3.7
3.8
3.8
3.9
(2.8)%
2.1%
2.0%
0.8
0.6
0.6
0.6
0.5
0.5
0.5
0.5
0.5
0.4
0.4
0.4
(3.6)%
(4.3)%
(4.4)%
3.2
6.5
7.2
7.9
8.9
10.0
11.2
12.2
13.2
14.3
15.3
16.5
15.0%
11.6%
8.0%
4.2
4.9
4.9
4.9
5.1
5.3
5.5
5.7
5.8
6.0
6.2
6.3
3.1%
2.2%
2.9%
(2.1)%
0.9
0.5
0.6
0.5
0.6
0.6
0.6
0.6
0.7
0.7
0.7
0.7
(10.2)%
2.2%
3.0%
1.5
1.2
1.2
1.2
1.2
1.2
1.2
1.2
1.3
1.3
1.3
1.3
(4.0)%
0.2%
0.7%
Indutech Hoses
0.9
0.4
0.4
0.4
0.4
0.4
0.4
0.4
0.5
0.5
0.5
0.5
(13.8)%
1.1%
2.0%
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
(10.2)%
2.3%
2.6%
Indutech Abrasives
1.0
1.2
1.2
1.2
1.3
1.4
1.5
1.5
1.6
1.6
1.7
1.8
4.1%
3.9%
3.8%
0.9
0.9
0.9
0.9
0.9
0.9
0.9
0.9
0.9
0.9
0.9
0.9
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
9.0
13.2
13.7
14.1
15.1
16.2
17.3
18.4
19.5
20.5
21.7
22.8
8.0%
5.6%
5.7%
6.6
9.8
10.2
10.5
11.3
12.2
13.0
14.1
15.0
16.1
17.1
18.3
8.0%
6.0%
7.0%
1.1
1.5
1.5
1.6
1.7
1.8
2.0
2.1
2.3
2.4
2.6
2.7
6.0%
6.0%
7.0%
2.0%
Indutech Fibrefill
0.2
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
(11.2)%
2.0%
14.6
11.2
11.2
11.2
11.6
12.0
12.4
12.7
13.0
13.2
13.4
13.7
(5.1)%
2.0%
2.0%
5.3
5.3
5.2
5.1
5.2
5.3
5.3
5.4
5.4
5.4
5.3
5.3
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
3.0
2.8
3.0
3.1
3.3
3.5
3.8
4.1
4.3
4.6
4.8
5.1
(0.9)%
6.0%
6.0%
4.9
3.7
3.7
3.7
3.9
4.0
4.1
4.2
4.3
4.4
4.5
4.6
(5.1)%
2.0%
2.0%
10.7
4.2
4.2
4.2
4.4
4.5
4.7
4.8
4.9
5.0
5.1
5.2
(16.9)%
2.0%
2.0%
Medtech Coverstock
Medtech Cotton Wool
13.6
13.4
13.1
12.8
13.0
13.2
13.3
13.4
13.5
13.5
13.4
13.4
(0.3)%
(0.1)%
0.1%
Medtech Wipes
12.7
18.7
19.9
21.0
23.0
25.1
27.4
29.3
31.0
32.8
34.7
36.7
8.0%
8.0%
6.0%
1.1
1.1
1.1
1.1
1.1
1.1
1.1
1.1
1.2
1.2
1.2
1.2
0.1%
(0.4)%
2.1%
0.7
0.8
0.8
0.8
0.8
0.8
0.8
0.8
0.8
0.9
0.9
0.9
1.2%
0.3%
2.5%
Mobiltech AutoBelt
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
Mobiltech AutoHose
0.7
0.7
0.7
0.8
0.8
0.8
0.8
0.8
0.8
0.8
0.8
0.8
1.7%
1.3%
1.1%
1.5%
Protech FR Clothing
0.2
0.3
0.3
0.3
0.3
0.3
0.3
0.3
0.3
0.3
0.3
0.3
7.7%
0.9%
Protech NBC
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
Sporttech Bookcloth
0.4
0.5
0.5
0.5
0.5
0.5
0.5
0.5
0.6
0.6
0.6
0.6
4.1%
2.9%
3.8%
TOTAL
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
(1.0)%
(1.1)%
(1.2)%
104.3
108.5
111.3
113.6
120.1
126.8
134.0
140.5
146.5
152.6
158.9
165.4
0.8%
4.3%
4.3%
Source: DRA
4.15
2003
CAGR %
2005
TABLE
4.15
End-Use
Consumption
Region

South America, 1995-2010 - Volume ('000 tonnes)
VOLUME
('000 tonnes)
End-Use Product
Year
1995
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
95 - 00
00 - 05
05 - 10
1.0
1.7
1.7
1.7
1.8
1.9
2.0
2.1
2.2
2.3
2.3
2.4
10.6%
3.6%
3.3%
1.7
3.4
3.5
3.6
4.1
4.5
5.0
5.4
5.9
6.3
6.8
7.3
15.4%
8.1%
7.7%
0.3
0.3
0.3
0.3
0.3
0.3
0.3
0.4
0.4
0.4
0.4
0.4
1.1%
0.3%
1.1%
0.2
0.6
0.8
1.1
1.4
1.7
2.0
2.5
3.0
3.6
4.2
4.8
24.8%
26.7%
19.0%
0.6
0.8
0.8
0.8
0.9
0.9
1.0
1.1
1.1
1.2
1.3
1.4
5.6%
4.7%
6.6%
0.1
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
(6.1)%
6.3%
6.9%
3.4%
0.2
0.2
0.2
0.2
0.2
0.2
0.2
0.2
0.2
0.2
0.3
0.3
(1.8)%
2.4%
Indutech Hoses
0.1
0.2
0.2
0.2
0.2
0.2
0.2
0.2
0.2
0.2
0.3
0.3
4.3%
3.8%
4.2%
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
(8.3)%
4.6%
6.8%
Indutech Abrasives
0.4
0.5
0.5
0.5
0.5
0.5
0.6
0.6
0.6
0.7
0.7
0.7
3.9%
3.4%
4.5%
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.3%
(1.6)%
(0.1)%
0.6
1.6
1.8
2.1
2.4
2.8
3.2
4.0
4.8
5.7
6.6
7.6
20.8%
15.4%
19.0%
0.3
0.4
0.5
0.5
0.6
0.6
0.7
0.8
0.9
1.0
1.2
1.3
9.0%
11.1%
12.3%
0.1
0.2
0.3
0.3
0.3
0.3
0.4
0.4
0.4
0.5
0.5
0.6
13.9%
9.6%
8.9%
Indutech Fibrefill
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
(10.4)%
2.4%
2.9%
0.7
0.9
0.9
1.0
1.1
1.2
1.3
1.5
1.6
1.8
1.9
2.1
5.7%
9.2%
9.3%
0.8
0.8
0.8
0.8
0.8
0.8
0.8
0.9
0.9
0.9
0.9
0.9
1.4%
0.6%
1.0%
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.2
0.2
0.2
0.2
0.3
0.3
0.3
0.4
14.8%
13.5%
12.4%
0.1
0.2
0.2
0.2
0.2
0.3
0.3
0.3
0.4
0.4
0.5
0.5
10.7%
11.2%
9.8%
Medtech Coverstock
2.3
1.1
1.1
1.2
1.3
1.3
1.4
1.5
1.5
1.6
1.7
1.7
(14.0)%
5.7%
3.6%
Medtech Cotton Wool
0.5
0.7
0.8
0.8
0.9
0.9
1.0
1.1
1.2
1.3
1.4
1.5
9.2%
7.2%
7.5%
Medtech Wipes
1.5
3.5
4.2
4.9
5.8
6.7
7.7
9.3
10.9
12.7
14.6
16.6
18.4%
16.8%
16.6%
0.8
0.7
0.7
0.6
0.6
0.6
0.6
0.5
0.5
0.5
0.5
0.4
(4.0)%
(3.2)%
(5.9)%
0.3
0.3
0.3
0.3
0.3
0.3
0.3
0.3
0.3
0.3
0.3
0.3
0.2%
(0.5)%
(0.1)%
Mobiltech AutoBelt
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
(0.3)%
(9.8)%
(100.0)%
0.0
Mobiltech AutoHose
0.2
0.2
0.2
0.2
0.2
0.2
0.2
0.2
0.3
0.3
0.3
0.3
2.2%
4.4%
3.5%
Protech FR Clothing
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
7.4%
6.1%
6.7%
Protech NBC
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
Sporttech Bookcloth
0.0
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
3.1%
2.5%
3.6%
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
3.1%
2.5%
2.4%
TOTAL
Source: DRA
13.1
18.7
20.2
21.8
24.3
27.1
30.0
33.9
38.1
42.4
47.0
51.8
7.5%
9.9%
11.6%
4.16
2003
CAGR %
2005
TABLE
4.16
End-Use
Consumption
Region

Western Europe, 1995-2010 - Volume ('000 tonnes)
VOLUME
('000 tonnes)
End-Use Product
Year
1995
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
95 - 00
00 - 05
05 - 10
2.6
2.2
2.2
2.1
2.0
2.0
1.9
1.8
1.8
1.7
1.6
1.6
(2.8)%
(3.2)%
4.2
4.5
4.5
4.6
4.6
4.7
4.7
4.7
4.8
4.8
4.8
4.8
1.4%
1.0%
0.5%
0.9
0.8
0.7
0.7
0.7
0.7
0.6
0.6
0.6
0.6
0.5
0.5
(2.8)%
(4.4)%
(4.4)%
7.2
14.5
15.4
16.1
17.1
18.3
19.5
21.1
22.7
24.4
26.1
27.9
15.0%
6.1%
7.4%
4.3
4.7
4.7
4.7
4.8
4.9
5.0
5.1
5.2
5.3
5.4
5.5
1.8%
1.5%
1.9%
(3.6)%
0.9
0.5
0.5
0.5
0.5
0.5
0.5
0.6
0.6
0.6
0.6
0.6
(11.4)%
1.6%
2.0%
1.2
0.9
0.9
0.9
0.9
0.9
0.9
0.9
0.9
0.9
0.9
0.9
(5.4)%
(0.7)%
(0.4)%
Indutech Hoses
0.4
0.5
0.5
0.4
0.4
0.5
0.5
0.5
0.5
0.5
0.5
0.5
1.2%
0.3%
1.0%
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
(11.2)%
1.1%
1.9%
Indutech Abrasives
1.1
1.3
1.3
1.4
1.4
1.5
1.5
1.6
1.6
1.6
1.7
1.7
2.6%
3.0%
2.7%
1.1
1.1
1.1
1.1
1.1
1.1
1.1
1.1
1.1
1.1
1.1
1.1
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
14.8
20.6
21.3
21.8
22.6
23.6
24.7
25.7
26.7
27.7
28.8
29.8
6.9%
3.7%
3.9%
15.2
22.4
22.8
23.1
23.8
24.6
25.5
27.0
28.6
30.3
32.0
33.8
8.0%
2.6%
5.8%
1.3
1.5
1.6
1.7
1.8
1.8
2.0
2.1
2.2
2.4
2.5
2.7
4.1%
4.8%
6.3%
Indutech Fibrefill
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
(11.2)%
2.0%
2.0%
5.3
4.7
4.9
5.0
5.2
5.5
5.7
5.9
6.1
6.3
6.4
6.6
(2.2)%
4.0%
3.0%
3.8
3.8
3.8
3.8
3.8
3.8
3.8
3.9
3.9
3.9
3.8
3.8
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
1.1
1.2
1.3
1.4
1.5
1.6
1.8
1.9
2.1
2.2
2.4
2.6
1.0%
8.0%
8.0%
1.8
1.6
1.6
1.7
1.7
1.8
1.9
2.0
2.0
2.1
2.1
2.2
(2.2)%
4.0%
3.0%
15.5
6.1
6.2
6.3
6.4
6.6
6.8
6.9
7.1
7.2
7.4
7.5
(16.9)%
2.0%
2.0%
Medtech Coverstock
Medtech Cotton Wool
12.0
11.0
10.9
10.6
10.6
10.5
10.5
10.4
10.4
10.3
10.1
10.0
(1.7)%
(0.9)%
(1.0)%
Medtech Wipes
24.0
48.2
53.5
58.4
64.2
70.8
77.7
82.6
87.7
93.0
98.4
104.0
15.0%
10.0%
6.0%
42.3
37.3
35.8
34.3
33.0
31.6
30.7
31.4
32.0
32.7
33.4
34.1
(2.5)%
(3.8)%
2.1%
27.5
25.6
24.7
23.8
23.1
22.4
21.8
22.4
23.0
23.5
24.1
24.7
(1.4)%
(3.1)%
2.5%
Mobiltech AutoBelt
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.7%
(13.8)%
(100.0)%
Mobiltech AutoHose
1.0
1.2
1.2
1.2
1.1
1.1
1.1
1.1
1.1
1.1
1.1
1.1
2.1%
(0.2)%
(0.1)%
Protech FR Clothing
0.3
0.4
0.4
0.4
0.4
0.4
0.4
0.4
0.4
0.4
0.4
0.4
2.6%
(0.1)%
0.4%
Protech NBC
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
2.6%
2.0%
2.7%
Sporttech Bookcloth
0.3
0.4
0.4
0.4
0.4
0.4
0.4
0.4
0.4
0.4
0.5
0.5
2.6%
2.0%
2.7%
TOTAL
Source: DRA
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
(1.7)%
(0.9)%
(0.9)%
190.7
217.3
222.7
226.7
233.6
241.9
251.4
262.4
273.7
285.2
297.0
309.2
2.6%
3.0%
4.2%
4.17
2003
CAGR %
2005
TABLE
4.17
End-Use
Consumption
Region

Eastern Europe, 1995-2010 - Volume ('000 tonnes)
VOLUME
('000 tonnes)
End-Use Product
Year
1995
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
95 - 00
00 - 05
05 - 10
0.8
0.9
0.9
1.0
1.0
1.0
1.0
1.0
1.0
1.1
1.1
1.1
3.9%
1.1%
1.9%
1.3
1.9
2.0
2.1
2.2
2.3
2.5
2.6
2.8
3.0
3.1
3.3
8.4%
5.4%
6.1%
0.2
0.2
0.2
0.2
0.2
0.2
0.3
0.3
0.3
0.3
0.3
0.3
(0.9)%
2.4%
2.0%
0.1
0.4
0.6
0.8
1.0
1.2
1.5
1.8
2.2
2.7
3.2
3.7
22.5%
29.4%
20.2%
0.4
0.5
0.5
0.6
0.6
0.7
0.7
0.8
0.8
0.9
1.0
1.0
3.6%
6.9%
7.6%
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
(7.9)%
8.5%
7.9%
4.5%
0.2
0.1
0.1
0.2
0.2
0.2
0.2
0.2
0.2
0.2
0.2
0.2
(3.6)%
4.6%
Indutech Hoses
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.2
0.2
0.2
0.2
0.2
0.2
0.2
2.4%
6.1%
5.3%
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
(10.0)%
6.9%
7.9%
Indutech Abrasives
0.3
0.3
0.4
0.4
0.4
0.4
0.5
0.5
0.5
0.5
0.6
0.6
2.0%
5.7%
5.6%
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
(1.6)%
0.6%
0.9%
0.5
1.1
1.3
1.6
1.9
2.2
2.5
3.2
3.9
4.7
5.5
6.3
18.5%
18.0%
20.2%
0.2
0.3
0.3
0.4
0.4
0.5
0.6
0.7
0.8
0.9
1.0
1.1
6.9%
13.6%
13.5%
0.1
0.2
0.2
0.2
0.2
0.3
0.3
0.3
0.4
0.4
0.4
0.5
11.8%
12.0%
10.0%
Indutech Fibrefill
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
(12.1)%
4.7%
4.0%
0.5
0.6
0.6
0.7
0.8
0.9
1.0
1.1
1.2
1.3
1.5
1.6
3.7%
11.4%
10.4%
0.6
0.5
0.5
0.6
0.6
0.6
0.6
0.6
0.6
0.7
0.7
0.7
(0.6)%
2.7%
1.9%
0.0
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.2
0.2
0.2
0.3
0.3
12.7%
15.9%
13.4%
10.8%
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.2
0.2
0.2
0.2
0.3
0.3
0.3
0.3
0.4
8.6%
13.5%
Medtech Coverstock
1.7
0.7
0.8
0.8
0.9
1.0
1.0
1.1
1.2
1.2
1.3
1.3
(15.6)%
7.9%
4.6%
Medtech Cotton Wool
0.3
0.5
0.5
0.6
0.6
0.7
0.7
0.8
0.9
1.0
1.0
1.1
7.1%
9.4%
8.5%
Medtech Wipes
1.1
2.3
2.9
3.5
4.1
4.9
5.6
6.8
8.1
9.5
11.1
12.7
16.2%
19.3%
17.6%
0.6
0.6
0.5
0.5
0.5
0.5
0.5
0.5
0.4
0.4
0.4
0.4
(0.6)%
(3.0)%
(5.9)%
0.2
0.2
0.2
0.2
0.2
0.2
0.2
0.2
0.2
0.2
0.2
0.2
3.7%
(0.2)%
(0.1)%
Mobiltech AutoBelt
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
5.6%
(8.4)%
(100.0)%
0.0
Mobiltech AutoHose
0.1
0.2
0.2
0.2
0.2
0.2
0.2
0.2
0.2
0.2
0.2
0.2
8.2%
6.0%
4.0%
Protech FR Clothing
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.1
0.1
5.4%
8.3%
7.7%
Protech NBC
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
Sporttech Bookcloth
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.1
0.1
0.1
1.2%
4.7%
4.6%
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
1.2%
4.7%
3.3%
9.6
12.2
13.5
15.1
16.8
18.7
20.7
23.6
26.7
30.1
33.7
37.5
4.8%
11.2%
12.7%
TOTAL
Source: DRA
4.18
2003
CAGR %
2005
TABLE
4.18
End-Use
Consumption
Analysis by Enduse Product against
Region

South Asia, 1995-2010 - Volume ('000 tonnes)
VOLUME
('000 tonnes)
End-Use Product
Year
1995
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
95 - 00
00 - 05
05 - 10
0.7
1.0
1.0
1.0
1.0
1.0
1.1
1.1
1.1
1.1
1.2
1.2
6.1%
1.7%
2.1%
1.2
2.0
2.1
2.2
2.3
2.5
2.6
2.8
3.0
3.2
3.4
3.6
10.6%
6.0%
6.4%
0.2
0.3
0.3
0.3
0.3
0.3
0.3
0.3
0.3
0.3
0.4
0.4
3.7%
3.4%
3.3%
0.1
0.5
0.7
0.9
1.2
1.5
1.8
2.3
2.8
3.4
4.1
4.8
28.0%
30.6%
21.6%
0.4
0.6
0.6
0.7
0.7
0.8
0.9
1.0
1.0
1.1
1.2
1.3
8.3%
7.9%
8.9%
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
(3.7)%
9.6%
9.2%
5.8%
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.2
0.2
0.2
0.2
0.2
0.2
0.2
0.2
1.1%
5.6%
Indutech Hoses
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.2
0.2
0.2
0.2
0.2
0.2
0.2
7.3%
7.1%
6.6%
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
(5.7)%
8.0%
9.2%
Indutech Abrasives
0.2
0.3
0.3
0.4
0.4
0.4
0.5
0.5
0.5
0.6
0.6
0.6
6.9%
6.7%
6.9%
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.1
0.1
0.1
3.2%
1.5%
2.1%
0.4
1.1
1.3
1.5
1.8
2.2
2.5
3.2
4.0
4.8
5.7
6.7
24.2%
19.1%
21.7%
0.2
0.3
0.3
0.4
0.4
0.5
0.6
0.7
0.8
0.9
1.0
1.1
12.1%
14.6%
14.9%
0.1
0.2
0.2
0.2
0.2
0.3
0.3
0.3
0.4
0.4
0.5
0.5
17.2%
13.1%
11.4%
Indutech Fibrefill
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
(7.9)%
5.7%
5.3%
0.4
0.7
0.7
0.8
0.9
1.1
1.2
1.3
1.5
1.7
1.9
2.1
8.4%
12.5%
11.7%
0.5
0.6
0.6
0.7
0.7
0.7
0.8
0.8
0.8
0.8
0.9
0.9
4.0%
3.7%
3.2%
0.0
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.2
0.2
0.2
0.2
0.3
0.3
0.4
17.8%
17.0%
14.8%
0.1
0.1
0.2
0.2
0.2
0.2
0.3
0.3
0.4
0.4
0.4
0.5
13.6%
14.6%
12.2%
Medtech Coverstock
1.6
0.8
0.9
1.0
1.1
1.2
1.3
1.4
1.4
1.5
1.6
1.7
(11.8)%
9.0%
5.9%
Medtech Cotton Wool
0.3
0.6
0.6
0.7
0.7
0.8
0.9
1.0
1.1
1.2
1.3
1.5
12.0%
10.5%
9.8%
Medtech Wipes
1.0
2.7
3.4
4.1
4.9
5.9
6.9
8.5
10.2
12.1
14.2
16.5
21.5%
20.4%
19.1%
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
(3.1)%
(3.5)%
(5.9)%
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
1.1%
(0.8)%
(0.1)%
Mobiltech AutoBelt
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
11.4%
(7.0)%
(100.0)%
0.0
Mobiltech AutoHose
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
14.1%
7.6%
2.9%
Protech FR Clothing
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
10.2%
9.3%
9.0%
Protech NBC
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
Sporttech Bookcloth
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
5.8%
5.7%
5.9%
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
5.9%
4.6%
1.9%
8.0
12.4
14.0
15.8
17.9
20.3
22.8
26.5
30.5
34.9
39.6
44.8
9.0%
13.0%
14.4%
TOTAL
Source: DRA
4.19
2003
CAGR %
2005
TABLE
4.19
End-Use
Consumption
Region

North East Asia, 1995-2010 - Volume ('000 tonnes)
VOLUME
('000 tonnes)
End-Use Product
Year
1995
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
95 - 00
00 - 05
05 - 10
4.0
4.1
4.1
4.1
4.1
4.1
4.2
4.2
4.2
4.2
4.2
4.3
0.6%
0.1%
6.5
8.3
8.6
9.0
9.4
9.8
10.2
10.7
11.3
11.8
12.3
12.9
5.0%
4.4%
4.7%
0.8
0.9
0.9
0.9
0.9
0.9
0.9
0.9
0.9
0.9
0.9
1.0
1.3%
1.2%
1.2%
4.7
10.2
10.8
11.4
12.3
13.4
14.5
16.3
18.2
20.3
22.5
24.9
16.9%
7.3%
11.4%
2.3
2.9
3.0
3.1
3.2
3.4
3.5
3.7
3.9
4.2
4.4
4.7
4.4%
4.0%
5.6%
0.3
0.2
0.2
0.2
0.2
0.2
0.2
0.2
0.2
0.3
0.3
0.3
(8.9)%
4.6%
5.9%
0.5%
3.4%
1.0
0.9
0.9
0.9
1.0
1.0
1.0
1.1
1.1
1.1
1.2
1.2
(2.5)%
2.2%
Indutech Hoses
0.5
0.6
0.6
0.6
0.7
0.7
0.8
0.8
0.8
0.9
0.9
1.0
5.3%
4.7%
5.3%
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
(8.7)%
4.6%
6.5%
Indutech Abrasives
1.2
1.7
1.7
1.8
1.9
2.1
2.2
2.3
2.5
2.6
2.8
2.9
5.9%
5.9%
5.8%
0.6
0.7
0.7
0.7
0.7
0.7
0.7
0.7
0.8
0.8
0.8
0.8
1.7%
1.3%
1.5%
6.9
11.1
12.0
13.1
14.5
16.0
17.7
20.3
23.1
26.3
29.7
33.4
10.1%
9.8%
13.6%
6.7
10.0
10.4
10.7
11.3
11.9
12.6
13.5
14.4
15.4
16.4
17.5
8.5%
4.7%
6.7%
0.9
1.4
1.4
1.5
1.7
1.8
2.0
2.2
2.4
2.6
2.8
3.1
7.8%
7.8%
9.1%
Indutech Fibrefill
0.1
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
(11.7)%
2.2%
2.0%
4.0
4.0
4.2
4.4
4.7
5.0
5.4
5.8
6.2
6.7
7.2
7.8
(0.1)%
6.1%
7.7%
3.2
3.4
3.4
3.4
3.5
3.5
3.6
3.7
3.7
3.8
3.8
3.9
1.3%
1.3%
1.4%
0.8
0.9
1.0
1.0
1.2
1.3
1.4
1.6
1.7
1.9
2.1
2.3
2.9%
9.9%
10.0%
1.2
1.2
1.2
1.3
1.4
1.5
1.6
1.7
1.8
2.0
2.1
2.2
(0.6)%
5.7%
7.1%
Medtech Coverstock
6.3
3.0
3.2
3.3
3.6
3.8
4.1
4.3
4.5
4.8
5.0
5.3
(13.6)%
6.4%
5.0%
Medtech Cotton Wool
3.6
3.7
3.7
3.7
3.9
4.0
4.1
4.3
4.5
4.6
4.8
5.0
0.8%
2.2%
4.0%
10.6
16.2
18.4
20.6
23.5
26.6
29.9
34.1
38.6
43.6
48.9
54.7
8.9%
13.0%
12.8%
2.4
2.7
2.6
2.6
2.7
2.8
2.7
2.8
2.8
2.8
2.8
2.8
2.2%
0.6%
0.8%
1.3
1.7
1.7
1.6
1.7
1.8
1.8
1.9
1.9
2.0
2.0
2.0
4.5%
1.7%
2.2%
Mobiltech AutoBelt
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
(1.3)%
(4.9)%
(9.8)%
Mobiltech AutoHose
0.7
0.7
0.7
0.7
0.7
0.8
0.8
0.8
0.8
0.8
0.8
0.8
(0.2)%
2.5%
1.1%
Protech FR Clothing
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.2
0.2
0.2
0.2
0.2
0.2
8.3%
4.2%
5.8%
Protech NBC
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
Sporttech Bookcloth
0.2
0.2
0.2
0.2
0.2
0.2
0.2
0.2
0.3
0.3
0.3
0.3
4.0%
3.2%
4.4%
Medtech Wipes
0.6
0.7
0.8
0.8
0.8
0.8
0.9
0.9
0.9
1.0
1.0
1.1
3.8%
3.1%
4.1%
TOTAL
71.7
91.6
96.8
102.0
109.9
118.5
127.6
139.3
152.1
165.9
180.6
196.5
5.0%
6.8%
9.0%
Source: DRA
4.20
2003
CAGR %
2005
TABLE
4.20
End-Use
Consumption
Region

South East Asia, 1995-2010 - Volume ('000 tonnes)
VOLUME
('000 tonnes)
End-Use Product
Year
1995
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
95 - 00
00 - 05
05 - 10
0.8
0.8
0.8
0.8
0.8
0.8
0.9
0.9
0.9
0.9
0.9
1.0
(0.7)%
2.1%
1.3
1.5
1.6
1.7
1.8
1.9
2.1
2.3
2.4
2.6
2.7
2.9
3.6%
6.4%
6.7%
0.2
0.2
0.2
0.2
0.2
0.2
0.2
0.2
0.2
0.2
0.2
0.2
0.3%
1.2%
2.3%
0.1
0.3
0.5
0.6
0.8
0.9
1.1
1.4
1.8
2.1
2.5
2.9
23.9%
27.9%
20.5%
0.3
0.4
0.4
0.5
0.5
0.5
0.6
0.6
0.7
0.7
0.8
0.8
4.8%
5.7%
7.9%
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.1
(6.8)%
7.3%
8.2%
2.4%
4.8%
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.2
0.2
0.2
0.2
(2.5)%
3.5%
Indutech Hoses
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.2
0.2
0.2
0.2
3.5%
4.9%
5.6%
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
(9.0)%
5.8%
8.2%
Indutech Abrasives
0.3
0.3
0.3
0.3
0.3
0.3
0.4
0.4
0.4
0.4
0.5
0.5
3.1%
4.5%
5.9%
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
(0.5)%
(0.5)%
1.2%
0.4
0.9
1.1
1.3
1.5
1.8
2.1
2.6
3.2
3.8
4.5
5.2
19.9%
16.7%
20.5%
0.2
0.3
0.3
0.3
0.4
0.4
0.5
0.5
0.6
0.7
0.8
0.9
8.1%
12.3%
13.8%
0.1
0.1
0.2
0.2
0.2
0.2
0.2
0.3
0.3
0.3
0.4
0.4
13.1%
10.8%
10.3%
Indutech Fibrefill
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
(12.6)%
2.6%
1.9%
0.4
0.5
0.5
0.6
0.6
0.7
0.8
0.8
0.9
1.0
1.1
1.3
4.9%
10.2%
10.7%
0.4
0.4
0.4
0.4
0.5
0.5
0.5
0.5
0.5
0.5
0.5
0.5
0.6%
1.6%
2.2%
0.0
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.2
0.2
0.2
0.2
14.0%
14.6%
13.7%
11.1%
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.2
0.2
0.2
0.2
0.2
0.3
0.3
9.9%
12.2%
Medtech Coverstock
1.3
0.6
0.6
0.7
0.7
0.8
0.8
0.9
0.9
0.9
1.0
1.0
(14.7)%
6.7%
4.9%
Medtech Cotton Wool
0.3
0.4
0.4
0.4
0.5
0.5
0.6
0.6
0.7
0.8
0.8
0.9
8.4%
8.2%
8.8%
Medtech Wipes
0.9
1.9
2.3
2.7
3.2
3.8
4.4
5.3
6.4
7.5
8.7
10.0
17.5%
18.0%
18.0%
0.2
0.2
0.2
0.2
0.2
0.2
0.2
0.2
0.2
0.1
0.1
0.1
(0.7)%
(2.0)%
(5.9)%
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
3.6%
0.8%
(0.1)%
Mobiltech AutoBelt
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
(0.4)%
(6.0)%
(100.0)%
Mobiltech AutoHose
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
2.0%
8.8%
2.9%
Protech FR Clothing
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
6.6%
7.1%
8.0%
Protech NBC
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
Sporttech Bookcloth
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
2.3%
3.5%
4.9%
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
2.3%
3.5%
3.6%
7.7
9.6
10.6
11.6
13.0
14.5
16.2
18.5
21.1
23.9
26.8
30.0
4.6%
10.9%
13.2%
TOTAL
Source: DRA
4.21
2003
CAGR %
2005
0.0
PART D:

PRODUCT AGAINST FABRIC AND OTHER FINAL
TEXTILE PRODUCT TYPE
4.21:
4.22:
4.23:
4.24:
4.25:
4.26:
4.27:
4.22
2003
TABLE
4.21
End-Use
Consumption
Analysis by
End-Use
Product against
Fabric and
Other Final
Textile Product
Type
VISCOSE: DETAILED FORECAST TABLES (Part D)

VOLUME
('000 tonnes)
End-Use Product

Unspun Fibre
Woven Fabric
Knitted Fabric
Yarn Type Products
TOTAL
Other Fabric
0.0
7.0
7.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
14.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
28.0
0.0
0.0
28.0
0.0
2.2
1.5
0.0
0.0
0.0
3.7
0.0
0.0
0.0
33.7
0.0
0.0
33.7
0.0
15.7
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
15.7
0.0
1.4
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
1.4
0.0
3.9
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
3.9
Indutech Hoses
0.0
1.8
0.0
0.0
0.4
0.0
2.2
0.0
0.3
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.3
Indutech Abrasives
0.0
6.2
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
6.2
0.0
2.4
0.6
0.0
0.0
0.0
3.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
51.4
0.0
0.0
51.4
0.0
0.0
0.0
43.9
0.0
0.0
43.9
0.0
0.0
0.0
5.4
0.0
0.0
5.4
Indutech Fibrefill
0.2
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.2
0.0
0.0
0.0
23.4
0.0
0.0
23.4
0.0
12.7
3.2
0.0
0.0
0.0
15.9
0.0
0.0
0.0
5.4
0.0
0.0
5.4
0.0
0.0
0.0
7.2
0.0
0.0
7.2
Medtech Coverstock
0.0
0.0
0.0
17.9
0.0
0.0
17.9
Medtech Cotton Wool
31.1
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
31.1
Medtech Wipes
0.0
0.0
0.0
97.6
0.0
0.0
97.6
0.0
42.8
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
42.8
0.0
28.8
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
28.8
Mobiltech AutoBelt
0.0
0.2
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.2
Mobiltech AutoHose
0.0
1.9
0.3
0.0
0.9
0.0
3.1
Protech FR Clothing
0.0
0.9
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.9
Protech NBC
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
Sporttech Bookcloth
0.0
1.1
0.2
0.0
0.0
0.0
1.3
0.0
0.0
0.0
1.2
0.0
0.0
1.2
31.3
129.3
12.8
315.1
1.4
0.0
489.9
TOTAL
Source: DRA
4.23
2003
Nonwoven Fabric
TABLE
4.22
End-Use
Consumption
Analysis by
End-Use
Product against
Fabric and
Other Final
Textile Product
Type

VOLUME
('000 tonnes)
End-Use Product

Unspun Fibre
Woven Fabric
Knitted Fabric
Yarn Type Products
TOTAL
Other Fabric
0.0
7.3
7.3
0.0
0.0
0.0
14.5
0.0
0.0
0.0
44.1
0.0
0.0
44.1
0.0
2.1
1.4
0.0
0.0
0.0
3.5
0.0
0.0
0.0
90.8
0.0
0.0
90.8
0.0
22.6
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
22.6
0.0
2.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
2.0
0.0
4.6
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
4.6
Indutech Hoses
0.0
2.5
0.0
0.0
0.6
0.0
3.1
0.0
0.4
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.4
Indutech Abrasives
0.0
9.7
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
9.7
0.0
2.5
0.6
0.0
0.0
0.0
3.1
0.0
0.0
0.0
121.1
0.0
0.0
121.1
0.0
0.0
0.0
75.4
0.0
0.0
75.4
0.0
0.0
0.0
11.1
0.0
0.0
11.1
Indutech Fibrefill
0.3
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.3
0.0
0.0
0.0
37.4
0.0
0.0
37.4
0.0
13.6
3.4
0.0
0.0
0.0
17.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
11.6
0.0
0.0
11.6
0.0
0.0
0.0
11.2
0.0
0.0
11.2
Medtech Coverstock
0.0
0.0
0.0
25.6
0.0
0.0
25.6
35.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
35.0
Medtech Cotton Wool

Medtech Wipes
0.0
0.0
0.0
269.8
0.0
0.0
269.8
0.0
39.3
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
39.3
0.0
28.4
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
28.4
Mobiltech AutoBelt
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
Mobiltech AutoHose
0.0
2.1
0.4
0.0
1.1
0.0
3.6
Protech FR Clothing
0.0
1.2
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
1.2
Protech NBC
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
Sporttech Bookcloth
0.0
1.5
0.3
0.0
0.0
0.0
1.8
0.0
0.0
0.0
1.6
0.0
0.0
1.6
35.3
139.8
13.3
699.7
1.7
0.0
889.8
TOTAL
Source: DRA
4.24
2003
Nonwoven Fabric
TABLE
4.23

Unspun Fibre, 1995-2010 - Volume ('000 tonnes)
VOLUME
('000 tonnes)
End-Use Product
End-Use
Consumption
against Fabric and
Other Final
Textile Product
Type
Indutech Fibrefill
TABLE
4.24

Woven Fabric, 1995-2010 - Volume ('000 tonnes)
End-Use
Consumption
against Fabric and
Other Final
Textile Product
Type
Year
1995
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
95 - 00
00 - 05
05 - 10
0.4
0.2
0.2
0.2
0.2
0.3
0.3
0.3
0.3
0.3
0.3
0.3
(11.2)%
2.3%
Medtech Cotton Wool
31.1
31.1
30.9
30.6
31.2
31.8
32.4
33.0
33.5
34.0
34.5
35.0
(0.0)%
0.8%
1.6%
TOTAL
Source: DRA
31.5
31.3
31.2
30.9
31.4
32.0
32.7
33.3
33.8
34.3
34.8
35.3
(0.1)%
0.9%
1.6%
VOLUME
('000 tonnes)
End-Use Product
Year
1995
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2.3%
CAGR %
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
95 - 00
00 - 05
05 - 10
6.8
7.0
6.9
6.9
6.9
7.0
7.0
7.1
7.2
7.2
7.2
7.3
0.5%
0.1%
0.6%
2.3
2.2
2.2
2.1
2.1
2.1
2.1
2.1
2.1
2.1
2.1
2.1
(0.7)%
(0.7)%
(0.2)%
13.3
15.7
16.0
16.2
16.9
17.6
18.3
19.1
20.0
20.8
21.7
22.6
3.4%
3.1%
4.3%
2.4
1.4
1.4
1.5
1.5
1.6
1.6
1.7
1.8
1.9
1.9
2.0
(10.0)%
3.1%
3.9%

4.7
3.9
3.9
3.9
3.9
4.0
4.1
4.2
4.3
4.4
4.5
4.6
(3.6)%
1.2%
2.0%
Indutech Hoses
1.9
1.8
1.8
1.8
1.9
2.0
2.1
2.2
2.2
2.3
2.4
2.5
(1.3)%
3.3%
3.9%
0.5
0.3
0.3
0.3
0.3
0.3
0.3
0.3
0.4
0.4
0.4
0.4
(9.7)%
3.4%
4.9%
Indutech Abrasives
5.0
6.2
6.4
6.6
6.9
7.3
7.7
8.1
8.5
8.8
9.3
9.7
4.1%
4.5%
4.7%
0.4%
2.4
2.4
2.4
2.4
2.4
2.4
2.4
2.5
2.5
2.5
2.5
2.5
0.4%
0.3%
12.4
12.7
12.7
12.5
12.7
12.9
13.2
13.3
13.4
13.5
13.6
13.6
0.5%
0.7%
0.7%
47.8
42.8
41.3
39.7
38.4
37.0
36.1
36.7
37.3
38.0
38.6
39.3
(2.2)%
(3.4)%
1.7%
30.3
28.8
27.9
27.0
26.4
25.7
25.2
25.8
26.5
27.1
27.7
28.4
(1.0)%
(2.6)%
2.4%
Mobiltech AutoBelt
0.2
0.2
0.2
0.2
0.2
0.2
0.2
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.0
0.6%
(9.2)%
(25.8)%
Mobiltech AutoHose
1.7
1.9
1.9
1.9
1.9
2.0
2.0
2.1
2.1
2.1
2.1
2.1
1.9%
1.7%
1.2%
Protech FR Clothing
0.7
0.9
0.9
0.9
1.0
1.0
1.0
1.1
1.1
1.1
1.2
1.2
5.5%
2.2%
3.2%
Protech NBC
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
2.6%
2.0%
2.7%
Sporttech Bookcloth
TOTAL
Source: DRA
0.9
1.1
1.1
1.1
1.2
1.2
1.3
1.3
1.4
1.4
1.5
1.5
3.4%
2.8%
3.8%
133.3
129.3
127.3
125.1
124.7
124.4
124.7
127.7
130.7
133.7
136.7
139.8
(0.6)%
(0.7)%
2.3%
4.25
2003
CAGR %
2005
TABLE
4.25
End-Use
Consumption
against Fabric and
Other Final
Textile Product
Type

Knitted Fabric, 1995-2010 - Volume ('000 tonnes)
VOLUME
('000 tonnes)
End-Use Product
2003
2004
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
95 - 00
00 - 05
05 - 10
6.9
6.9
7.0
7.0
7.1
7.2
7.2
7.2
7.3
0.5%
0.1%
0.6%
1.5
1.5
1.4
1.4
1.4
1.4
1.4
1.4
1.4
1.4
1.4
1.4
(0.7)%
(0.7)%
(0.2)%
0.6
0.6
0.6
0.6
0.6
0.6
0.6
0.6
0.6
0.6
0.6
0.6
0.4%
0.3%
0.4%
3.1
3.2
3.2
3.1
3.2
3.2
3.3
3.3
3.4
3.4
3.4
3.4
0.5%
0.7%
0.7%
Mobiltech AutoHose
0.3
0.3
0.3
0.3
0.3
0.3
0.3
0.3
0.3
0.3
0.4
0.4
1.9%
1.7%
1.2%
0.2
0.2
0.2
0.2
0.2
0.2
0.2
0.2
0.2
0.3
0.3
0.3
3.4%
2.8%
3.8%
12.5
12.8
12.7
12.5
12.7
12.8
12.9
13.0
13.1
13.2
13.3
13.3
0.4%
0.3%
0.6%

Nonwoven Fabric, 1995-2010 - Volume ('000 tonnes)
VOLUME
('000 tonnes)
End-Use Product
Year
1995
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
CAGR %
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
95 - 00
00 - 05
05 - 10
22.1
28.0
29.0
30.0
31.5
33.1
34.8
36.6
38.4
40.2
42.1
44.1
4.9%
4.5%
4.8%
16.0
33.7
36.9
40.0
44.3
49.0
54.0
60.5
67.4
74.8
82.5
90.8
16.1%
9.9%
11.0%
33.1
51.4
54.8
58.1
62.9
68.2
73.9
82.1
90.9
100.3
110.3
121.1
9.2%
7.5%
10.4%
29.7
43.9
45.4
46.6
48.9
51.6
54.3
58.2
62.3
66.5
70.8
75.4
8.2%
4.3%
6.8%
3.8
5.4
5.7
6.0
6.5
7.0
7.5
8.2
8.8
9.6
10.3
11.1
7.1%
7.1%
8.0%
5.1%
26.5
23.4
24.2
24.8
26.2
27.7
29.3
30.8
32.4
34.0
35.7
37.4
(2.4)%
4.5%
5.1
5.4
5.7
6.1
6.6
7.2
7.9
8.6
9.3
10.0
10.8
11.6
1.0%
7.9%
8.1%
8.3
7.2
7.5
7.6
8.0
8.5
9.0
9.4
9.8
10.3
10.7
11.2
(2.6)%
4.3%
4.6%
Medtech Coverstock
42.1
17.9
18.4
18.9
19.8
20.8
21.8
22.6
23.3
24.1
24.8
25.6
(15.7)%
4.1%
3.3%
Medtech Wipes
53.5
97.6
109.3
120.8
135.4
151.4
168.4
186.4
205.5
225.6
247.0
269.8
12.8%
11.5%
9.9%
1.0
1.2
1.2
1.2
1.3
1.3
1.4
1.4
1.4
1.5
1.5
1.6
2.9%
2.7%
3.1%
241.2
315.1
338.0
360.1
391.4
425.7
462.2
504.7
549.5
596.8
646.6
699.7
5.5%
8.0%
8.6%
TOTAL
Source: DRA

Yarn Type Products, 1995-2010 - Volume ('000 tonnes)
VOLUME
('000 tonnes)
End-Use Product
Year
1995
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
CAGR %
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
95 - 00
00 - 05
05 - 10
Indutech Hoses
0.5
0.4
0.5
0.5
0.5
0.5
0.5
0.5
0.6
0.6
0.6
0.6
(1.3)%
3.3%
Mobiltech AutoHose
0.8
0.9
0.9
0.9
1.0
1.0
1.0
1.0
1.0
1.0
1.1
1.1
1.9%
1.7%
1.2%
TOTAL
Source: DRA
1.3
1.4
1.4
1.4
1.4
1.5
1.5
1.6
1.6
1.6
1.7
1.7
0.8%
2.2%
2.1%
4.26
2003
CAGR %
2005
6.9
End-Use
Consumption
against Fabric and
Other Final
Textile Product
Type
2002
7.0
TABLE
4.27
2001
6.8
TOTAL
Source: DRA
End-Use
Consumption
against Fabric and
Other Final
Textile Product
Type
2000
Sporttech Bookcloth
TABLE
4.26
Year
1995
3.9%
PART E:
END-USE CONSUMPTION ANALYSIS BY FABRIC AND

OTHER FINAL TEXTILE PRODUCT TYPE AGAINST
POLYMER/FIBRE FORM
4.28:
4.29:
4.30:
4.31:
4.32:
4.33:
4.27
2003
TABLE
4.28
End-Use
Consumption
Analysis by
Fabric and
Other Final
Textile Product
against
Polymer/Fibre
Form
VISCOSE: DETAILED FORECAST TABLES (Part E)

VOLUME
('000 tonnes)
Fabric and
End-Use
Consumption
Analysis by
Fabric and
Other Final
Textile Product
against
Polymer/Fibre
Form
Polymer Chip
Staple Fibre
Spun Staple
BCF
Monofilament
0.0
31.3
0.0
0.0
0.0
Woven Fabric
0.0
0.0
27.0
22.7
79.7
0.0
Knitted Fabric
0.0
0.0
5.4
7.0
0.3
0.0
Nonwoven Fabric
0.0
315.1
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
Yarn Type Product
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
1.4
Other Fabric
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
346.4
32.4
29.7
81.4
0.0
0.0
Tape/slit film
TOTAL
0.0
31.3
0.0
0.0
129.3
0.0
0.0
12.8
0.0
0.0
315.1
0.0
0.0
0.0
1.4
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
489.9

VOLUME
('000 tonnes)
Fabric and
Polymer/Fibre Form
Polymer Chip
Staple Fibre
Spun Staple
HT Multifilament
BCF
Monofilament
Unspun Fibre
0.0
35.3
0.0
0.0
0.0
Woven Fabric
0.0
0.0
32.6
29.9
77.3
0.0
Knitted Fabric
0.0
0.0
5.7
7.3
0.4
0.0
Nonwoven Fabric
0.0
699.7
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
Yarn Type Product
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
1.7
0.0
Other Fabric
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
735.0
38.3
37.1
79.4
TOTAL
Source: DRA
4.28
2003
HT Multifilament
Unspun Fibre
TOTAL
Source: DRA
TABLE
4.29
Polymer/Fibre Form
0.0
0.0
Tape/slit film
TOTAL
0.0
35.3
0.0
0.0
139.8
0.0
0.0
13.3
0.0
0.0
699.7
0.0
0.0
1.7
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
889.8
TABLE
4.30
End-Use
Consumption
Analysis by
Fabric and
Other Final
Textile Product
against
Polymer/Fibre
Form

VOLUME
('000 tonnes)
Fabric and
Year
1995
31.5
Unspun Fibre
End-Use
Consumption
Analysis by
Fabric and
Other Final
Textile Product
against
Polymer/Fibre
Form
2001
31.3
2002
31.2
2003
30.9
2004
31.4
32.0
2006
32.7
2007
33.3
2008
33.8
2009
34.3
2010
34.8
95 - 00
35.3
(0.1)%
00 - 05
0.9%
05 - 10
1.6%
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
Knitted Fabric
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
Nonwoven Fabric
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
Yarn Type Product
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
Other Fabric
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
31.5
31.3
31.2
30.9
31.4
32.0
32.7
33.3
33.8
34.3
34.8
35.3
(0.1)%
0.9%
1.6%

VOLUME
('000 tonnes)
Fabric and
Year
1995
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
CAGR %
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
95 - 00
05 - 10
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
Woven Fabric
26.2
27.0
27.1
27.2
27.8
28.6
29.4
30.1
30.7
31.4
32.0
32.6
0.6%
1.7%
2.1%
Knitted Fabric
5.4
5.4
5.4
5.3
5.4
5.5
5.5
5.6
5.6
5.7
5.7
5.7
0.3%
0.3%
0.6%
Nonwoven Fabric
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
Yarn Type Product
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
Other Fabric
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
31.5
32.4
32.5
32.5
33.3
34.1
34.9
35.7
36.4
37.0
37.7
38.3
0.6%
1.5%
1.9%
4.29
00 - 05
Unspun Fibre
TOTAL
Source: DRA
2003
CAGR %
2005
Woven Fabric
TOTAL
Source: DRA
TABLE
4.31
2000
TABLE
4.32
End-Use
Consumption
Analysis by
Fabric and
Other Final
Textile Product
against
Polymer/Fibre
Form

VOLUME
('000 tonnes)
Fabric and
Year
1995
2002
2003
2004
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
95 - 00
00 - 05
05 - 10
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
20.1
22.7
22.9
23.1
23.8
24.6
25.4
26.2
27.1
28.0
28.9
29.9
2.5%
2.3%
3.3%
Knitted Fabric
6.8
7.0
6.9
6.9
6.9
7.0
7.0
7.1
7.2
7.2
7.2
7.3
0.5%
0.1%
0.6%
Nonwoven Fabric
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
Yarn Type Product
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
26.9
29.7
29.9
30.0
30.8
31.6
32.4
33.3
34.3
35.2
36.1
37.1
2.0%
1.8%
2.7%

VOLUME
('000 tonnes)
Fabric and
Year
1995
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
CAGR %
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
95 - 00
00 - 05
05 - 10
Unspun Fibre
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
Woven Fabric
87.0
79.7
77.2
74.8
73.0
71.3
70.0
71.4
72.9
74.3
75.8
77.3
(1.7)%
(2.6)%
2.0%
Knitted Fabric
0.3
0.3
0.3
0.3
0.3
0.3
0.3
0.3
0.3
0.3
0.4
0.4
1.9%
1.7%
1.2%
Nonwoven Fabric
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
Yarn Type Product
1.3
1.4
1.4
1.4
1.4
1.5
1.5
1.6
1.6
1.6
1.7
1.7
0.8%
2.2%
2.1%
Other Fabric
TOTAL
Source: DRA
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
88.6
81.4
78.9
76.5
74.8
73.1
71.8
73.3
74.8
76.3
77.8
79.4
(1.7)%
(2.5)%
2.0%
4.30
2003
CAGR %
2005
Woven Fabric
TOTAL
Source: DRA
End-Use
Consumption
Analysis by
Fabric and
Other Final
Textile Product
against
Polymer/Fibre
Form
2001
Unspun Fibre
Other Fabric
TABLE
4.33
2000
PART F:
END-USE CONSUMPTION ANALYSIS BY REGION

AGAINST POLYMER/FIBRE FORM
4.34:
4.35:
4.36:
4.37:
4.38:
4.39:
4.31
2003
TABLE
4.34
End-Use
Consumption
Analysis by
Region against
Polymer/Fibre
Form
VISCOSE: DETAILED FORECAST TABLES (Part F)

VOLUME
('000 tonnes)
Region
Polymer/Fibre Form
Polymer Chip
Staple Fibre
Spun Staple
HT Multifilament
BCF
Monofilament
Tape/slit film
TOTAL
North America
0.0
88.3
9.3
6.5
4.4
0.0
0.0
0.0
108.5
South America
0.0
12.8
1.8
2.5
1.6
0.0
0.0
0.0
18.7
Western Europe
0.0
136.5
8.3
6.9
65.6
0.0
0.0
0.0
217.3
Eastern Europe
0.0
8.2
1.2
1.5
1.3
0.0
0.0
0.0
12.2
South Asia
0.0
9.0
1.4
1.6
0.4
0.0
0.0
0.0
12.4
North East Asia
0.0
70.8
7.1
7.0
6.7
0.0
0.0
0.0
91.6
South East Asia
0.0
6.8
1.1
1.2
0.6
0.0
0.0
0.0
9.6
Rest of World
TOTAL
0.0
14.0
2.1
2.5
0.9
0.0
0.0
0.0
19.5
0.0
346.4
32.4
29.7
81.4
0.0
0.0
0.0
489.9
Source: DRA
TABLE
4.35
End-Use
Consumption
Analysis by
Region aginst
Polymer/Fibre
Form

VOLUME
('000 tonnes)
Region
Polymer/Fibre Form
Polymer Chip
North America
0.0
South America
Western Europe
Staple Fibre
Spun Staple
BCF
Monofilament
Tape/slit film
TOTAL
142.9
10.0
7.6
0.0
44.3
2.3
0.0
232.1
8.7
Eastern Europe
0.0
32.3
South Asia
0.0
39.4
North East Asia
0.0
170.2
9.3
8.9
8.1
0.0
South East Asia
0.0
26.1
1.5
1.8
0.7
0.0
Rest of World
0.0
47.7
2.6
3.3
1.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
54.6
0.0
735.0
38.3
37.1
79.4
0.0
0.0
0.0
889.8
TOTAL
4.8
0.0
0.0
0.0
3.7
1.5
0.0
0.0
0.0
51.8
7.1
61.3
0.0
0.0
0.0
309.2
1.8
2.1
1.3
0.0
0.0
0.0
37.5
2.2
2.5
0.6
0.0
0.0
0.0
44.8
0.0
0.0
196.5
0.0
0.0
30.0
Source: DRA
4.32
2003
HT Multifilament
165.4
TABLE
4.36
End-Use
Consumption
Analysis by Region
against
Polymer/Fibre Form

VOLUME
('000 tonnes)
Region
2001
2002
2003
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
95 - 00
00 - 05
05 - 10
88.3
91.2
93.7
99.9
106.2
113.0
119.1
124.8
130.7
136.7
142.9
1.2%
5.0%
4.8%
South America
8.0
12.8
14.3
15.9
18.2
20.7
23.4
27.1
31.1
35.3
39.7
44.3
9.7%
12.8%
13.6%
102.5
136.5
144.2
150.8
159.8
170.1
180.9
190.5
200.5
210.8
221.2
232.1
5.9%
5.8%
5.1%
6.0
8.2
9.5
10.9
12.6
14.3
16.1
18.9
22.0
25.2
28.6
32.3
6.6%
14.5%
14.9%
South Asia
5.4
9.0
10.5
12.2
14.1
16.3
18.6
22.1
25.9
30.0
34.5
39.4
10.6%
15.7%
16.2%
North East Asia
52.8
70.8
75.8
80.8
88.0
96.0
104.5
115.6
127.8
140.9
154.9
170.2
6.0%
8.1%
10.2%
South East Asia
5.0
6.8
7.7
8.7
10.0
11.3
12.9
15.1
17.6
20.2
23.0
26.1
6.5%
13.7%
15.1%
9.8
272.7
14.0
346.4
15.8
369.1
17.9
391.0
20.2
422.8
22.8
457.7
25.4
494.9
29.4
538.0
33.6
583.3
38.1
631.1
42.8
681.4
47.7
735.0
7.5%
4.9%
12.7%
7.4%
13.4%
8.2%
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
Rest of World
TOTAL
Source: DRA

VOLUME
('000 tonnes)
Region
Year
1995
2000
CAGR %
95 - 00
00 - 05
05 - 10
North America
9.5
9.3
9.2
9.1
9.2
9.4
9.6
9.8
9.8
9.9
10.0
10.0
(0.3)%
0.6%
South America
1.7
1.8
1.8
1.8
1.9
1.9
2.0
2.1
2.1
2.2
2.2
2.3
1.8%
1.6%
2.5%
Western Europe
8.6
8.3
8.3
8.2
8.3
8.4
8.5
8.5
8.6
8.6
8.6
8.7
(0.7)%
0.3%
0.5%
Eastern Europe
1.3
1.2
1.3
1.3
1.4
1.4
1.5
1.6
1.6
1.7
1.7
1.8
(0.1)%
3.8%
3.5%
South Asia
1.1
1.4
1.4
1.5
1.6
1.6
1.7
1.8
1.9
2.0
2.1
2.2
4.5%
4.7%
4.7%
North East Asia
6.4
7.1
7.2
7.3
7.5
7.8
8.1
8.3
8.6
8.8
9.1
9.3
2.1%
2.6%
3.0%
South East Asia
1.0
1.1
1.1
1.1
1.2
1.2
1.2
1.3
1.3
1.4
1.5
1.5
1.2%
2.7%
3.9%
2.0
31.5
2.1
32.4
2.1
32.5
2.2
32.5
2.2
33.3
2.3
34.1
2.3
34.9
2.4
35.7
2.4
36.4
2.5
37.0
2.5
37.7
2.6
38.3
1.4%
0.6%
1.8%
1.5%
2.2%
1.9%
Rest of World
TOTAL
Source: DRA
4.33
2003
CAGR %
2004
83.2
Eastern Europe
End-Use
Consumption
Analysis by Region
against
Polymer/Fibre Form
2000
North America
Western Europe
TABLE
4.37
Year
1995
0.9%
TABLE
4.38
End-Use
Consumption
Analysis by Region
against
Polymer/Fibre Form

VOLUME
('000 tonnes)
Region
2001
2002
2003
2004
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
95 - 00
00 - 05
05 - 10
6.5
6.5
6.5
6.6
6.8
6.9
7.1
7.2
7.3
7.5
7.6
(0.0)%
1.2%
1.9%
South America
1.6
2.5
2.5
2.5
2.7
2.8
3.0
3.2
3.3
3.5
3.6
3.7
8.9%
3.9%
4.4%
Western Europe
6.8
6.9
6.9
6.8
6.8
6.9
6.9
7.0
7.0
7.0
7.1
7.1
0.2%
0.0%
0.5%
Eastern Europe
1.2
1.5
1.5
1.5
1.6
1.7
1.7
1.8
1.9
2.0
2.0
2.1
3.8%
3.3%
4.4%
South Asia
1.1
1.6
1.6
1.7
1.8
1.9
2.0
2.1
2.2
2.3
2.4
2.5
6.9%
4.2%
5.4%
North East Asia
6.3
7.0
7.1
7.2
7.3
7.5
7.7
7.9
8.2
8.4
8.7
8.9
2.1%
1.8%
3.0%
South East Asia
1.1
1.2
1.2
1.2
1.3
1.3
1.4
1.5
1.6
1.6
1.7
1.8
1.1%
3.4%
4.7%
2.1
26.9
2.5
29.7
2.5
29.9
2.6
30.0
2.6
30.8
2.7
31.6
2.8
32.4
2.9
33.4
3.0
34.3
3.1
35.2
3.2
36.1
3.3
37.1
3.4%
2.0%
2.2%
1.8%
3.3%
2.7%

VOLUME
('000 tonnes)
Fibre Form
Year
1995
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
CAGR %
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
95 - 00
00 - 05
05 - 10
North America
5.0
4.4
4.3
4.3
4.4
4.4
4.5
4.5
4.6
4.7
4.8
4.8
(2.8)%
0.4%
1.6%
South America
1.7
1.6
1.6
1.6
1.6
1.6
1.6
1.6
1.6
1.6
1.5
1.5
(1.5)%
(0.2)%
(0.3)%
Western Europe
72.8
65.6
63.2
60.8
58.7
56.6
55.2
56.4
57.6
58.8
60.0
61.3
(2.0)%
(3.4)%
2.1%
Eastern Europe
1.2
1.3
1.3
1.3
1.3
1.3
1.3
1.3
1.3
1.3
1.3
1.3
0.9%
0.7%
0.0%
South Asia
0.3
0.4
0.4
0.4
0.5
0.5
0.5
0.5
0.5
0.6
0.6
0.6
2.9%
4.6%
4.4%
North East Asia
6.1
6.7
6.7
6.7
6.9
7.2
7.3
7.4
7.6
7.7
7.9
8.1
1.8%
1.7%
2.0%
South East Asia
0.6
0.6
0.6
0.6
0.6
0.6
0.6
0.6
0.6
0.6
0.7
0.7
0.2%
2.0%
1.4%
0.9
88.6
0.9
81.4
0.9
78.9
0.9
76.5
0.9
74.8
0.9
73.1
0.9
71.8
1.0
73.3
1.0
74.8
1.0
76.3
1.0
77.8
1.0
79.4
0.0%
(1.7)%
1.7%
(2.5)%
1.2%
2.0%
Rest of World
TOTAL
Source: DRA
4.34
2003
CAGR %
2005
6.5
TOTAL
Source: DRA
End-Use
Consumption
Analysis by Region
against
Polymer/Fibre Form
2000
North America
Rest of World
TABLE
4.39
Year
1995
PART G:
END-USE CONSUMPTION ANALYSIS BY REGION

AGAINST FABRIC AND OTHER FINAL TEXTILE
PRODUCT TYPE
4.40:
4.41:
4.42:
4.43:
4.44:
4.45:
4.46:
4.35
2003
TABLE
4.40
End-Use
Consumption
Analysis by
Region against
Fabric and
Other Final
Textile Product
Type
VISCOSE: DETAILED FORECAST TABLES (Part G)

VOLUME
('000 tonnes)
Region

Unspun Fibre
Woven Fabric
Knitted Fabric
Nonwoven Fabric
Yarn Type Products
TOTAL
Other Fabric
North America
13.5
17.5
2.4
74.9
0.3
0.0
South America
0.7
4.6
1.2
12.1
0.1
0.0
18.7
11.1
77.8
2.6
125.4
0.4
0.0
217.3
Eastern Europe
0.5
3.2
0.7
7.7
0.1
0.0
12.2
South Asia
0.6
2.6
0.7
8.4
0.0
0.0
12.4
North East Asia
3.7
17.2
3.3
67.0
0.3
0.0
91.6
South East Asia
0.4
2.2
0.6
6.4
0.0
0.0
9.6
Rest of World
0.8
4.2
1.2
13.2
0.1
0.0
19.5
31.3
129.3
12.8
315.1
1.4
0.0
489.9
Western Europe
TOTAL
108.5
Source: DRA
TABLE
4.41
End-Use
Consumption
Analysis by
Region against
Fabric and
Other Final
Textile Product
Type

VOLUME
('000 tonnes)
Region

Unspun Fibre
Woven Fabric
Knitted Fabric
Yarn Type Products
TOTAL
Other Fabric
North America
13.5
19.9
2.2
129.5
0.3
0.0
165.4
South America
1.5
5.8
1.6
42.8
0.1
0.0
51.8
Western Europe
10.1
74.5
2.2
222.0
0.4
0.0
309.2
Eastern Europe
1.1
4.3
0.8
31.2
0.1
0.0
37.5
South Asia
1.5
4.3
0.9
38.0
0.1
0.0
44.8
North East Asia
5.1
22.3
3.6
165.1
0.4
0.0
196.5
South East Asia
0.9
3.2
0.7
25.2
0.1
0.0
30.0
Rest of World
1.7
5.5
1.3
46.1
0.1
0.0
54.6
35.3
139.8
13.3
699.7
1.7
0.0
889.8
TOTAL
Source: DRA
4.36
2003
Nonwoven Fabric
TABLE
4.42
End-Use
Consumption
Analysis by Region
against Fabric and
Other Final Textile
Product Type

Unspun Fibre, 1995-2010 - Volume ('000 tonnes)
VOLUME
('000 tonnes)
Region
2001
2002
2003
2004
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
95 - 00
00 - 05
05 - 10
13.5
13.2
12.9
13.1
13.2
13.4
13.5
13.6
13.6
13.5
13.5
(0.4)%
(0.1)%
0.1%
South America
0.5
0.7
0.8
0.8
0.9
1.0
1.0
1.1
1.2
1.3
1.4
1.5
8.7%
7.1%
7.4%
Western Europe
12.1
11.1
11.0
10.7
10.6
10.6
10.6
10.5
10.5
10.4
10.2
10.1
(1.8)%
(0.9)%
(0.9)%
Eastern Europe
0.4
0.5
0.5
0.6
0.6
0.7
0.8
0.8
0.9
1.0
1.1
1.1
6.6%
9.4%
8.4%
South Asia
0.3
0.6
0.6
0.7
0.8
0.8
0.9
1.0
1.1
1.2
1.4
1.5
11.6%
10.4%
9.8%
North East Asia
3.6
3.7
3.8
3.8
3.9
4.0
4.2
4.3
4.5
4.7
4.9
5.1
0.6%
2.2%
4.0%
South East Asia
0.3
0.4
0.4
0.5
0.5
0.5
0.6
0.6
0.7
0.8
0.8
0.9
8.1%
8.2%
8.7%
0.6
31.5
0.8
31.3
0.9
31.2
0.9
30.9
1.0
31.4
1.1
32.0
1.2
32.7
1.3
33.3
1.4
33.8
1.5
34.3
1.6
34.8
1.7
35.3
8.1%
(0.1)%
7.3%
0.9%
7.1%
1.6%

Woven Fabric, 1995-2010 - Volume ('000 tonnes)
VOLUME
('000 tonnes)
Region
Year
1995
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
CAGR %
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
95 - 00
00 - 05
05 - 10
North America
17.8
17.5
17.4
17.2
17.6
17.9
18.3
18.7
19.0
19.3
19.6
19.9
(0.4)%
1.0%
1.7%
South America
4.1
4.6
4.6
4.6
4.8
4.9
5.1
5.2
5.4
5.5
5.7
5.8
2.4%
2.0%
2.7%
Western Europe
85.0
77.8
75.4
73.0
70.9
69.0
67.7
69.1
70.4
71.8
73.1
74.5
(1.8)%
(2.7)%
1.9%
Eastern Europe
3.0
3.2
3.3
3.3
3.5
3.6
3.7
3.8
3.9
4.0
4.1
4.3
1.3%
2.8%
3.0%
5.6%
South Asia
2.0
2.6
2.7
2.8
3.0
3.1
3.3
3.5
3.7
3.9
4.1
4.3
5.3%
5.0%
North East Asia
15.4
17.2
17.3
17.5
18.1
18.8
19.2
19.8
20.4
21.0
21.6
22.3
2.2%
2.3%
3.0%
South East Asia
2.1
2.2
2.3
2.3
2.4
2.5
2.6
2.7
2.8
2.9
3.1
3.2
1.2%
3.1%
4.1%
3.8
133.3
4.2
129.3
4.3
127.3
4.4
125.1
4.5
124.7
4.6
124.4
4.8
124.7
4.9
127.7
5.1
130.7
5.2
133.7
5.4
136.7
5.5
139.8
2.0%
(0.6)%
2.3%
(0.7)%
2.9%
2.3%
Rest of World
TOTAL
Source: DRA
4.37
2003
CAGR %
2005
13.7
TOTAL
Source: DRA
End-Use
Consumption
Analysis by Region
against Fabric and
Other Final Textile
Product Type
2000
North America
Rest of World
TABLE
4.43
Year
1995
TABLE
4.44
End-Use
Consumption
Analysis by Region
against Fabric and
Other Final Textile
Product Type

Knitted Fabric, 1995-2010 - Volume ('000 tonnes)
VOLUME
('000 tonnes)
Region
2003
2004
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
95 - 00
00 - 05
05 - 10
2.3
2.3
2.3
2.3
2.3
2.3
2.3
2.3
2.2
(2.9)%
(1.0)%
South America
0.8
1.2
1.2
1.2
1.2
1.3
1.4
1.4
1.5
1.5
1.5
1.6
7.4%
2.8%
2.8%
Western Europe
2.8
2.6
2.6
2.5
2.5
2.4
2.4
2.3
2.3
2.3
2.2
2.2
(1.5)%
(1.8)%
(1.7)%
(0.8)%
Eastern Europe
0.6
0.7
0.7
0.7
0.7
0.7
0.8
0.8
0.8
0.8
0.8
0.8
2.4%
1.6%
2.0%
South Asia
0.6
0.7
0.8
0.8
0.8
0.8
0.8
0.9
0.9
0.9
0.9
0.9
5.3%
2.4%
2.5%
North East Asia
3.2
3.3
3.3
3.3
3.4
3.4
3.4
3.5
3.5
3.5
3.6
3.6
0.9%
0.6%
0.9%
South East Asia
0.6
0.6
0.6
0.6
0.6
0.6
0.6
0.6
0.7
0.7
0.7
0.7
(0.3)%
1.9%
2.4%
1.1
12.5
1.2
12.8
1.2
12.7
1.2
12.5
1.2
12.7
1.2
12.8
1.2
12.9
1.2
13.0
1.2
13.1
1.3
13.2
1.3
13.3
1.3
13.3
2.0%
0.4%
0.7%
0.3%
1.0%
0.6%

Nonwoven Fabric, 1995-2010 - Volume ('000 tonnes)
VOLUME
('000 tonnes)
Fibre Form
Year
1995
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
CAGR %
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
95 - 00
00 - 05
05 - 10
North America
69.5
74.9
78.0
80.8
86.8
93.0
99.6
105.6
111.3
117.1
123.2
129.5
1.5%
5.9%
5.4%
South America
7.6
12.1
13.6
15.1
17.3
19.8
22.3
26.0
29.9
34.0
38.3
42.8
9.8%
13.1%
13.9%
Western Europe
90.4
125.4
133.3
140.1
149.1
159.4
170.3
180.0
190.1
200.4
211.0
222.0
6.8%
6.3%
5.4%
Eastern Europe
5.6
7.7
9.0
10.4
11.9
13.6
15.4
18.1
21.1
24.2
27.6
31.2
6.6%
14.8%
15.2%
5.1
8.4
9.9
11.5
13.4
15.5
17.7
21.1
24.8
28.8
33.2
38.0
10.5%
16.0%
16.5%
North East Asia
49.2
67.0
72.0
77.1
84.2
92.0
100.4
111.3
123.3
136.2
150.1
165.1
6.4%
8.4%
10.5%
South East Asia
4.7
6.4
7.3
8.2
9.5
10.8
12.3
14.5
16.9
19.5
22.2
25.2
6.4%
14.0%
15.4%
9.2
241.2
13.2
315.1
15.0
338.0
16.9
360.1
19.2
391.4
21.7
425.7
24.2
462.2
28.1
504.7
32.2
549.5
36.6
596.8
41.2
646.6
46.1
699.7
7.4%
5.5%
13.0%
8.0%
13.7%
8.6%
TOTAL
Source: DRA

Yarn Type Products, 1995-2010 - Volume ('000 tonnes)
VOLUME
('000 tonnes)
Fibre Form
Year
1995
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
CAGR %
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
95 - 00
00 - 05
05 - 10
North America
0.4
0.3
0.3
0.3
0.3
0.3
0.3
0.3
0.3
0.3
0.3
0.3
(4.2)%
1.2%
1.4%
South America
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
2.9%
4.1%
3.8%
Western Europe
0.4
0.4
0.4
0.4
0.4
0.4
0.4
0.4
0.4
0.4
0.4
0.4
1.9%
(0.1)%
0.1%
Eastern Europe
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
5.9%
6.0%
4.5%
South Asia
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
9.4%
7.3%
5.3%
North East Asia
0.3
0.3
0.3
0.3
0.4
0.4
0.4
0.4
0.4
0.4
0.4
0.4
1.6%
3.3%
2.8%
South East Asia
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
3.0%
6.4%
4.5%
Rest of World
0.1
1.3
0.1
1.4
0.1
1.4
0.1
1.4
0.1
1.4
0.1
1.5
0.1
1.5
0.1
1.6
0.1
1.6
0.1
1.6
0.1
1.7
0.1
1.7
4.3%
0.8%
3.9%
2.2%
3.5%
2.1%
TOTAL
Source: DRA
4.38
2003
CAGR %
2005
2.4
Rest of World
End-Use
Consumption
Analysis by Region
against Fabric and
Other Final Textile
Product Type
2002
2.4
South Asia
TABLE
4.46
2001
2.8
TOTAL
Source: DRA
End-Use
Consumption
Analysis by Region
against Fabric and
Other Final Textile
Product Type
2000
North America
Rest of World
TABLE
4.45
Year
1995
Appendix 1: Definitions and Assumptions

This Appendix sets out the main assumptions and definitions underlying the volume
and value projections in this report and a description of the main table formats used
to present the forecasts.
Technical Textiles
Technical textiles and nonwovens (referred to in this report collectively as technical
textiles) are defined by DRA as comprising all those textile-based products (either
finished products in their own right, such as ropes or tarpaulins, or components of
other products, such as tyre cord for tyres or coverstock for diapers), which are used
principally for their performance or functional characteristics, rather than for their
aesthetics, or are used for non-consumer (i.e. industrial) applications. So nonwoven
carpet backing (functional) is included as technical, but needlepunched carpets
(largely aesthetic) are not, except for those used in automotive (i.e. high technical
specification) applications. Similarly, shoe components (hidden, functional) are
included as technical, whilst shoe uppers (visible, largely aesthetic) are treated as
non-technical.
A full list of around 150 individual products which are defined as technical and are
separately quantified by the technical textiles partition of the DRA Textile Products
End-Use Consumption Forecasting System (see Appendix 2) is given in Exhibit A2.1
of that Appendix. For the purpose of this report, these products are grouped into
the 12 end-use Application Areas of the world technical textiles and nonwovens
market as defined by Messe Frankfurt for their Techtextil shows (see Exhibit A1.1
below); for other purposes they could be aggregated in alternative ways..
Exhibit A1.1
Techtextil
Application
Areas
Application
Area
Products and End-Uses Covered by the Application Areas
Agrotech
Textiles for agriculture, horticulture, forestry and fishing
Buildtech
Building and construction textiles
Clothtech
Technical textile components of shoes and clothing
Geotech
Geotextiles
Hometech
Technical components of furniture, household textiles and

floorcoverings
Indutech
Textiles used in filter media and other industrial applications
Medtech
Hygiene and medical textiles
Mobiltech
Textiles used in automotive, marine, railway and aerospace

applications
Packtech
Packaging textiles
Protech
Textiles for personal and property protection
Sporttech
Technical textiles used for sport and leisure equipment
Oekotech
Products included in the list above that are used for environmental
protection applications
Source: DRA
Product Coverage
The detailed analysis of this report considers all products containing viscose which
are classified by the above definition as being technical and which therefore
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appear in the full list of products described above. A list of these viscose products is
given in Chapter 1.
Market Estimates refer to End-Use Consumption,

not Mill Consumption
Technical textiles consumption is defined in this study as taking place where the
textiles are either consumed as products in their own right, or are first used by
another industry outside the textile sector, rather than where the textile is produced
or the eventual destination of any product incorporating those textiles.
Thus, the use of German-made headlining fabric within Japanese-built cars which
are subsequently exported to North America is attributed to the Asian region;
likewise, clothing components such as interlinings and threads which are
incorporated into garments in, say, Vietnam, are defined as being consumed in Asia,
even if the finished garments are then exported to, say, Europe. A geotextile, on
the other hand, is not considered to undergo any significant industrial
transformation before its eventual use in a civil engineering project. Consumption
therefore takes place at the point of final use.
On this definition, the market estimates in this report relate to textile products enduse consumption and their associated raw material content; they are not the
volumes and values of mill consumption of fibre by the technical textile industries of
the countries/regions concerned. The difference, of course, lies in trade in technical
textile trade between regions. On the whole, inter-regional trade in technical
textiles, fibres and yarns is still relatively limited although it is not always likely to
remain so.
Scenario used
The forecasts in this report are based on a scenario which assumes the continuation
of recent social, demographic, technology, industry and market trends within a
slowly expanding world economic environment.
The following specific assumptions were made:
World economic growth will make a medium term recovery to trend, post
September 11 (forecast made Quarter 1, 2002)
Fibre consumption per head will continue to rise less rapidly than income per
head on a region by region basis
Past trends in fabric and fibre shares will continue, reflecting existing patterns
of change in inter-fibre and inter-fabric competitiveness on a regional basis,
but no change in relative fibre prices over time, for example in response to
fibre shortages
No major technological breakthrough that will significantly affect demand for

textile products directly or indirectly during the forecast period
Increasing environmental pressures globally, especially in the area of recycling

in general and the automotive industry in particular
Increasing life expectancy world-wide, increased expenditure on health,

increased leisure time and outdoor and sporting pursuits
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Appendix 2 gives more details on how these assumptions are integrated into the
DRA Textile Products End-Use Consumption Forecasting System which can produce
forecasts for a wide range of different scenario assumptions as required.
Reporting Levels
The Textile Products End-Use Consumption Forecasting System on which the
projections in this report are based allows the forecasts and analysis of the technical
textile market to be performed at several levels of the production chain: by fibre or
polymer type, by fibre or polymer form, and by fabric and other final textile
product type, because in the data the make-up of each end product is analysed by
these factors. A full list of the variables contained within the consumption
forecasting system is given in Exhibit 2.2 in Appendix 2.
Exhibit A1.2, below, illustrates in simple terms how the various products at the
various stages of the technical textile production chain described above inter-relate.
Polymer/Fibre form
Fabrics & other
Final Textile Products
The Interrelationship
between
Products in the
Technical
Textiles
Production Chain
Polymer/
Fibre type
Exhibit A1.2
Polymer
chip
Unspun
fibre
Natural
Inorganic
Regenerated
Synthetic
Staple
fibre
Spun staple
yarns
Multifilament
yarns
Monofilament
Nonwoven
fabrics
Woven
fabrics
Knitted
fabrics
Other
fabric types
Yarns, tapes,
slit-film
Yarn type
products
Source: DRA
Textile raw materials in the form of polymers or fibres fall into 4 broad groups:
natural, regenerated, synthetic and inorganic. This is the level of detail used for the
analysis performed in Chapter 2 of this report (see Exhibit A1.3).
Fibre or polymer raw materials are used in technical textile products in one of eight
fibre/polymer forms. This is the level of detail used to analyse viscose products in
this report, although viscose is found in only four of these (staple fibre, spun staple,
textile (regular tenacity) multifilament and industrial (high tenacity) multifilament)
and not in polymer, BCF, monofilament, or tape/slit film form.
Textile products then leave the technical textile industry as one of six fabric and
other final textile product types. This is the level of detail used to analyse viscose
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products in this report, although viscose is not found in other fabric form (see
Exhibit A1.3).
Exhibit A1.3
Reporting Levels
used in this
Report
Polymer/Fibre Types
used to Analyse
Technical Textiles in
Total
Natural
Regenerated
Synthetic
Inorganic
Total: 4
Polymer/Fibre Forms used to

Analyse Viscose Products
Fabric and other Final

Textile Product Types
used to Analyse Viscose
Products
(Polymer chip)
Staple fibre
Spun staple
Textile (regular tenacity)
multifilament
Industrial (high tenacity)
multifilament
(BCF multifilament)
(Monofilament)
(Tape and slit film)
Unspun fibre
Yarn type products
Woven fabrics
Knitted fabrics
Nonwoven fabrics
(Other fabrics)
Total: 4 (+4)
Total: 5 (+1)
Source: DRA
Treatment of Composites
Unless otherwise specified, the term composites in this study refers to products
which comprise reinforcing fibres or textiles, embedded within a matrix of
thermosetting or thermoplastic polymer, mostly for structural end-uses. The loose
fibres, yarns, or woven, knitted or nonwoven fabrics that represent the
reinforcement of such composites are included in their respective categories in the
final textile product type analysis.
Table Structures
Tables in this report show end-use consumption projections in volume (000 tonnes)
terms. Tables take the form either of time series, showing 1995 and each year from
2000 to 2010, or of cross-tables, analysing viscose markets by more than one
variable (for example by polymer/fibre form against region), for single years (2000
and 2010). In all time-based tables, the final three columns provide percentage
compound annual growth rates (% CAGR) for the five year periods 1995-2000,
2000-2005, and 2005-2010.
In all tables, numbers may not add to totals due to rounding. Zeros imply quantities
less than half the final digit shown. A dash (-) denotes not applicable.
Volume Definitions
Volume estimates are based solely on the weight of the textile fibre content of the
finished products. Textile fibres are defined as encompassing all natural, man-made
and inorganic fibres and yarns including polymer chip made directly into nonwovens;
staple fibres; multifilament yarns; monofilament yarns, and slit film and tapes (other
than extruded strapping tapes). Wood pulp is included only in those few
applications (e.g. wipes) where it is used as an air-laid nonwoven and as such
competes with more traditional fibres. All textile glass is included, down to the
shortest milled fibres and chopped strands (mostly used in composites), but glass
wool (mostly used for insulation) is excluded.
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In the case of natural fibres (other than cotton and wool), the report considers all
mainstream uses of the principal textile fibres, including jute sacks, but does not
attempt to account for every tonne of the highly variable and largely unquantifiable
volume of surplus bast fibre resulting from bountiful harvests.
In the case of all other fibres, total technical textile volume estimates have been
subjected to a reality check by subtracting DRAs own estimates for fibre
consumption in non-technical end-uses such as clothing and household textiles (as
derived from the overall Textile Products End-uses Consumption Forecasting
System) from estimates of overall apparent fibre availability according to reputable
industry sources such as CIRFS, the Fiber Economics Bureau (US) and the Japanese
Chemical Fibres Association. Only in the area of polyolefin fibre, which is produced
largely in small scale operations which are more difficult to quantify, are there
significant doubts about the level of overall fibre availability (particularly for China).
Free availability is assumed for all fibres across the forecast period.
Value Definitions
Market value forecasts, at the polymer/fibre, fabric and finished product level, are
derived by multiplying the appropriate volume forecast for the region, product and
year in question by an average world market price as at Quarter 1, 2002. In the
case of polymers/fibres, these prices are calculated as weighted averages of the
prices applying to each of the different polymer or fibre forms (or yarn types) in
which each polymer or fibre is sold by the chemical or fibre industry (i.e. excluding
spun staple yarn).
In the case of finished product values, either actual market prices have been used,
or unit prices have been estimated by compounding together the raw material prices
and all the value added by the various yarn forming, fabric forming, finishing and
coating processes performed within the technical textiles industry. Conversion costs
incurred further down-stream, such as making-up and packaging, have in general
been excluded from the value calculations. Where market prices have been used,
these have been taken to represent a weighted average of all products regardless of
composition. The use of this approach for some products means that it has not been
possible to produce an accurate analysis across all finished products in value terms
by different fibre type.
.
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Appendix 2: The DRA Textile Products End-Use

Consumption Forecasting System
Introduction
This Appendix sets out the components and workings of the unique system for
describing and forecasting world end-use markets for textile products which has been
developed by David Rigby Associates (DRA). The technical textiles partition of this
system forms the basis of the projected global volumes, values and trends presented in
the DRA report Technical Textiles and Industrial Nonwovens: World Market Forecasts
to 2010 and the subsequent more detailed reports on specific aspects of the technical
textiles market.
The Forecasting System

The DRA Textile Products End-Use Consumption Forecasting System describes and
forecasts world end-use markets for individual textile products. It also calculates the
associated volumes and values of their polymer, fibre, yarn and fabric components, and
other input requirements such as machine time and chemicals. Briefly the system
comprises:
A set of Essays describing the important factors determining the current state of
the market and the way it will evolve.
A unique product/market segmentation method, the DRA Fabric Story

Approach, which analyses textile and clothing markets into a number of (fabric) x
(end-use product) combinations.
A database containing quantitative information on each separate product defined

by the segmentation scheme, by country, with each products make up analysed in
terms of fibre/polymer type, yarn type and fabric type.
A database of forecasts for market drivers (e.g. GDP/head, agricultural production)

by country.
The All Fibre, All End-Uses Model (the Model) which uses the numbers in the
databases to produce tables describing the current market and to produce
forecasts for a range of future scenarios defined by combining what if
assumptions on factors such as: new technologies, end-uses and products; market
drivers; relative fibre prices and any other factors influencing total volumes and
inter-fibre and inter-fabric competition.
The system brings together DRAs detailed knowledge of textile markets, products,
technologies, supply chains, inter-fibre competition, etc, gained from 25 years of
consulting work in the world textile industry and its markets. Knowledge gaps have
been filled by targeted research and any reliable published data on world markets have
been incorporated.
The Technical Textiles Partition of the

Consumption Forecasting System
Despite its increasing importance, the world technical textiles market has historically
been very poorly documented. Basic problems exist even in defining the overall scope
of the sector, in terms of which end-uses to include (e.g. sacking, soft luggage), which
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fibres (e.g. glass, jute), and which product types (e.g. composites, wet-laid
nonwovens). Problems also exist in terms of defining end products such as geotextiles
and agricultural textiles clearly and consistently, especially between different countries.
Finally, the multiplicity of products and end-uses has resulted in most of the few,
regional analyses of the technical textiles market being based on estimates of
production of broad product groups such as coated fabrics or netting with little
detail on specific end-uses.
Forecasts on this basis are normally no more than short-term extrapolations of
production trends, rather than demand based assessments of future consumption
levels. Furthermore, those end-use sector studies that do exist cannot easily be added
together to provide an overview of the market as a whole due to only partial coverage,
overlapping or unclear definitions, inconsistent demand assumptions, etc.
The technical textiles partition of the DRA End-Use Textile Products Consumption
Forecasting System aims to provide an analysis of the end-use consumption of
technical textiles and industrial nonwovens which is internally consistent and
comprehensive in terms of both geography and product coverage. This analysis is
performed at two levels.
First, the system provides a comprehensive and detailed description of current technical
textile markets, by country, in terms of volumes and values for around 150 individual
end-use products, each analysed according to a wide variety of parameters as detailed
below (e.g. types of fibres, yarns, fabrics, etc).
Second, it enables annual forecasts for future technical textile product market sizes to
be made, together with the volume implications for each of the products components,
inputs, etc. These forecasts can be made using any preferred set of assumptions
relating both to the relevant market driver (e.g. economic growth, agricultural
production, etc) and to relative fibre prices, future technology developments, etc, and
their impact on volumes, fibre and fabric shares, etc.
Detailed Methodology
The methodology adopted for describing and forecasting technical textile markets
within the workings of the DRA forecasting system is as follows.
i)
Identify individual products, or small groupings of similar products, which

together describe the technical textiles sector. The number and definitions of
these products were chosen to give as wide and representative a coverage of
technical textile end-uses as possible for a reasonably manageable number of
categories. The product groupings were also chosen to be as compatible as
possible with market estimates available from a wide range of established
sources, although such statistics proved to be very limited in number as well as
in reliability and clarity of definition.
In total, around 150 individual products or groups of products were identified.
To facilitate an analysis of the technical textiles market in line with the now
widely recognised market split developed by Messe Frankfurt, the organisers
of the Techtextil shows, these 150 products were grouped into 12 broad
application areas e.g. Agrotech, Medtech, Oekotech). Other groupings are
possible, as required.
Exhibit A2.1 provides a full list of individual products and their allocation by
application area.
ii)
Draw up a full list of parameters to be used to describe each product across

each of 210 individual country markets, i.e:
Polymer/fibre types (19 e.g. polyester)

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Polymer/fibre (or yarn) forms (8 e.g. high tenacity multi-filament

yarn)
Fabrics and other final textile product types (19 e.g. weft knits)
Coating types (5 e.g. PVC coated)
A full list of these parameters is given in Exhibit A2.2.

iii)
For each product, collect and validate all available production, trade and
consumption data back to 1995 (or earlier where possible), from secondary
sources such as man-made fibre agencies (e.g. JCFA), trade associations (e.g.
EDANA) and statistical bodies (e.g. Eurostat). These data encompassed not
only overall volumes and values, but also, where available, product detail such
as fibres and yarn types used, precise fabric type (e.g. narrow woven, warp
knit, wet-laid nonwoven) and coatings used. Considerable time and resources
have been spent identifying and acquiring all relevant sources of statistics and
other market information to complement DRAs already extensive database
and industry/market knowledge. Numerous interviews with producers and
end-users were also undertaken to improve understanding of products and
trends and to clarify areas of uncertainty.
iv)
Identify appropriate economic, demographic and industry drivers or

indicators of overall end-use consumption for each product, for example:
Agricultural production (for land-based Agrotech products)
Fishing catch (fishing nets, lines, ropes)
Carpet production (carpet backing, ground yarns)
Apparel production (interlinings, sewing thread)
Shoe production (shoe components)
Automotive production (trim, seat belts, air bags, etc)
Tyre production (tyre cord)
Cigarette production (cigarette filters).
Gross Domestic Product (GDP), particularly in Purchase Power Parity (PPP)

terms, either in total or on a per capita basis, is an important general driver of
demand where more specific data is not available, especially for consumertype products such as those found in the Sporttech and Medtech areas.
v)
Establish from published sources historical driver data for each region with as
many individual countries as possible identified separately.
vi)
Derive best fit relationships between apparent end-use consumption and these
drivers using all available national and regional data. In some cases, the
calculated ratios between driver and consumption are virtually constant over
time and between countries e.g. the amount of filter tow per cigarette,
quantity of sewing thread per garment, etc. In others the ratios show distinct
variations both over time and between different regions e.g. the amount of
tyre cord per tyre, number of airbags per car. In those cases where
consumption is GDP-related, for example medical goods, textile packaging,
protective clothing, etc, demand often describes a so-called logistics curve,
whereby consumption initially rises slowly at low levels of GDP/head,
accelerating as real incomes grow, before flattening off at higher levels of per
capita GDP or income.
vii)
Apply the established driver/consumption ratios for known countries to the

base year (2000) and to all past years for all other countries/regions for which
textile end-use data is not available in order to calculate total apparent
consumption by product, correcting for different levels of technology and
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market penetration in each case. Such corrections often have to be based on

experience and intuition. Factors taken into account include similarities in
regional and development status, as well as any other special factors which
can be identified based on local social/industrial practices. Subject to such
special considerations, the assumption is generally made that all comparable
geographical groupings will eventually achieve similar consumption/driver
ratios but over different timescales, depending on the rate of market
development.
viii)
Use DRAs knowledge of process technologies and inter-fibre competition by

product, to determine estimated global technical textiles consumption by
polymer/fibre type, polymer/fibre form and final fabric type in 2000.
ix)
Compare estimates for fibre usage with published estimates of global fibre
availability for 2000, allowing for DRA estimates on fibre usage in nontechnical applications (apparel, household, carpets, etc). Adjust either total
market estimates and/or fibre splits, and iterate where necessary.
x)
Develop a set of consistent forecasts for each of the selected drivers to 2010,
using third party sources wherever necessary. In the case of drivers for
products such as components for footwear, clothing and furniture, it was
necessary first to make forecasts for global final demand for the finished
products (as opposed to demand for the textile components). These forecasts
were based on equations where consumption per head, again, grew more
slowly than real per capita incomes (in line with historical experience).
xi)
Re-apply the established driver/consumption ratios to future years by country

or region to calculate forecasts for total apparent consumption by product,
again making suitable corrections for expected differences in technology and
market penetration.
xii)
Extrapolate past trends in fabric, yarn and fibre shares by product by region to
forecast consumption volumes by fibre, yarn and fabric type (assuming no
change in relative fibre prices)
xiii)
Re-combine all individual product estimates to calculate total consumption by

country and target year.
xiv)
Compare consumption totals with available data on production and demand at

national and regional levels and use to adjust earlier assumptions and
estimates iteratively for improved fit.
xv)
Establish unit values by fibre and final product as at Quarter 2, 2002, and
apply to volumes as appropriate to calculate consumption in value terms.
Further Enhancements to the DRA Forecasting

System
DRA is developing and refining further both the databases and the All Fibre All EndUses Model to produce more accurate and more detailed forecasts for technical
textiles, over future years, adding, for example, variables such as yarn titre, texturising,
twist level, lamination, etc. DRA would be pleased to receive any other suggestions on
how the usefulness of the current Model might best be enhanced further.
DRA is also enhancing the quality of its database for non-technical products to enable
global analyses of non-technical textile markets (apparel, household textiles, home
furnishings, and carpets) to be produced by end-use products and components in the
near future.
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Exhibit A2.1
Products included
in the Technical
Textiles Partition
of DRAs Textile
Products End-Use
Consumption
Forecasting
System
Application
Areas
Agrotech
Buildtech
Clothtech
Geotech
Hometech
Indutech
Medtech
Mobiltech
Packtech
Protech
Sporttech
Oekotech
Total 12
Products Included
Woven and nonwoven crop covers, land netting, capillary matting
Fishing ropes, fishing line, fishing nets
Baler twine
Tarpaulins, hoardings, scaffolding nets
Textile structures, awnings
Roof scrims, Housewrap, shingles, roofing felts, sewer linings, woven roofing fabrics
Concrete reinforcement, composites
Shoe laces, shoe components
Woven and nonwoven interlinings, waddings
Sewing threads, labels, fasteners (zips, Velcro)
Ground stabilisation geotextiles
Soil reinforcement geotextiles
Erosion control geotextiles
Pit linings
Woven carpet backings, nonwoven carpet backings, carpet ground yarns
Spring wrap, insulators, fibrefill, webbings, mattress components, curtain tapes,
platform cloths, dust cloths, nonwoven furniture components, thread
Woven and nonwoven wipes, nonwoven vacuum filters, HVAC filters
Mattress tickings, pillow tickings
Composites
Filters: air, nonwoven dust, nonwoven liquid, other nonwoven, other woven,
cigarette; papermaking felts
Conveyor belt, hoses, drive belting
Abrasives, brushes, woven wipes, nonwoven wipes
Lifting webs, ropes
Cable components, electrical composites, battery separators, etc
Seals/gaskets, misc. coated fabrics, fibrefill, other composites
Wipes, cotton wool
Coverstock
Woven, knit, nonwoven woundcare, sterile packaging
Woven and nonwoven gowns/drapes, medical mattresses
Car, CV tyre cord, hose, belts
Seat belts, air bags
Upholstery, woven and nonwoven trim, insulation
Tufted, needled carpets, backing
Truck covers, tie downs
Transport composites, marine composites
Cabin filters, ropes
FIBCs, sacks, laundry bags
Teabags, misc. nonwoven packaging (soaker pads, envelopes, etc)
Twine (non-baler)
Netting, other woven strapping, etc
Dust protection/clean room fabrics, asbestos protection fabrics, face masks
Durable and disposable chemical protection, NBC fabrics
Heat, fire resistant fabrics
Anti-ballistic, cut/slash protection fabrics
Foul weather clothing, hi-visibility fabrics
Safety straps/harnesses (excl car seat belts)
Sports bags/straps, textile shopping bags, substrates for leathergoods
Sports nets, foot balls, ropes, artificial turf, equipment composites, sports ropes, sail
cloth, air-sport fabrics, animal webbing
Tents, sleeping bag fabrics, sleeping bag fillings
Flags, bookcloth, boat covers
Products included in the list above that are used for environmental protection
applications: housewrap (Buildtech), erosion control, pit linings (Geotextiles), woven
filters, NW dust filters (Indutech), insulation (Mobiltech)
Total ca. 150
Source: DRA
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Exhibit A2.2
Full List of Variables and their Subsets in the Technical Textiles Partition of DRAs Textile Products End-Use Consumption
Forecasting System
Regions/Countries
Summary
Level
N America
S America
Full
List
Canada, USA
Polymer/Fibre Types
Summary
Level
Natural
Countries of EU,
EFTA, etc
E Europe
Central/Eastern
Europe, incl. CIS,
Baltic states
Cotton
Summary
Level
Full
List
S E Asia
Rest of World
Polymer chip
Unspun fibre
Staple fibre
Staple fibre
Yarn type products Ropes
Spun staple yarn

Regenerated
Synthetic
Spun staple yarn
Multifilament yarn
Full
List
PVC
Rubber
Japan, China, Hong

Kong, Korea, Taiwan,
Macau.
Acrylic
Philippines, Thailand,
Malaysia, other
ASEAN
m-aramid
Elastomeric
p-aramid
Other
Non-braided yarn type products

Woven fabrics
BCF
Monofilament yarn
Tape and slit film yarn
Tape and slit film

yarn
Uncoated
Broadwoven fabric
Circular-woven fabric
Knitted fabrics
Monofilament yarn
Uncoated
Narrow-woven fabric
Industrial (high
tenacity)
Polyester
Polyethylene
Textile (regular
tenacity)
Warp knitted fabric

Weft knitted fabric
Hosiery knit
Sliver knitted fabric
Seamless knit
Flat-bed knitted fabric
Other synthetic high

performance
Nonwoven fabrics Dry-laid nonwovens

Air-laid nonwovens
Inorganic
Glass
Wet-laid nonwovens
Carbon
Extruded nonwovens
Ceramic
Steel
Other fabrics
Tufted fabrics
Knotted nets
19
Source: DRA
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Coated
Unspun fibre
Viscose
Polypropylene
210
Summary
Level
Other braided products
Wood-pulp
India, Pakistan, Subcontinent.
Including Middle East

(Turkey, Egypt,
countries of Middle
East), Africa (all
African countries),
Central Asia (Asian
Republics, other exUSSR) and Oceania
(Australasia, South
Pacific islands).
Full
List
Polymer chip
Polyamide
N E Asia
Summary
Level
Coatings
PU
Others
Other cellulosic fibres
S Asia
Fabrics & other Final Textile Products

(Fabric Type)
Wool
Mexico, Brazil, other

Central, South
America
W Europe
Full
List
Polymer/Fibre Forms
(Yarn Type)
19
DRAs Consulting Services

DRA use the following main approaches in its consulting work in the technical textiles
and industrial nonwovens sector.
International business research:

covering technologies, production processes, products, end-uses, markets,
supply chains, end-users, value chains, companies, competitors etc.
Modelling and forecasting end-use markets:

describing the current market and providing forecasts of its future size, value,
structure and geographical breakdown; giving estimates of the volumes of the
different fibres, yarns, chemicals, machinery and other inputs that will be
required to meet these forecasts.
Strategic marketing assessments:

including marketing and sales audits, customer perception studies,
formulating strategies for future product/market/customer focus and ways of
achieving competitive advantage, market entry and expansion/planning, and
recommending supply chain policies.
Business strategy formulation:

covering product/market focus, business portfolio analysis, technology policy,
planning capital expenditure and R & D programmes, finding joint venture
partners, and mergers and acquisitions.
Knowledge management systems:

which capture, integrate and make easily updateable the key information
relevant to business and market planning decisions.
Details of typical projects and some relevant published articles can be found on the
DRA website, www.davidrigbyassociates.com
David Rigby Associates

26 Cross Street
Manchester
M2 7AF
Tel: +44 (0)161 839 0990
Email: TTR@dratex.co.uk
Fax: +44 (0)161 839 0660

Website: www.davidrigbyassociates.com
DRA provide consulting services to many types of clients in and around the technical textiles and nonwovens industries.
Target Client Groups
Typical Issues
Companies already in
the industry:
How to respond to the increasing maturity of the sector

Which product/market segments should we compete in?
How should we compete: lowest cost, best product or trusted development
partner?
What supply chains to belong to: who to form relationships with?
Growth opportunities: new products, markets, customers?
Are we buyers or a sellers of businesses?
seeking to adapt their businesses

to changing market conditions
and to identify and exploit
market opportunities.
Textile companies wishing

to enter the industry:
often to diversify away from the
decline of their existing
consumer-driven businesses.
Fibre producers:
wishing to commercialise new or
improved fibres or to upgrade
their business in established
fibres.
Chemical companies:
looking for market opportunities
among the many chemicals used
in the industry: spin finishes,
textile processing chemicals,
coating compounds, adhesives,
effect chemicals, additives etc.
Machinery manufacturers:
deciding how to increase product
performance and reduce cost in
the many industry processes:
fibre extrusion, spinning,
weaving, knitting, coating,
laminating, nonwovens
manufacturing, making-up etc.
Banks and venture

capital companies:
identifying and screening
investment opportunities in the
sector, including MBOs, MBIs etc.
Governments and NGOs:

seeking to promote their local
textile industries.
Which of our current skills, knowledge and machinery could be used in

technical textiles and nonwovens?
To which market segments could they be best applied: what else do we
need to succeed?
What is our market entry plan and its costs, risks and rewards?
Should we enter the industry or not?
Which are the high growth segments: products, markets, countries?
Who are the key specifiers, influencers and decision-makers?
What are the drivers for interfibre competition and substitution?
What new performance does the industry and its customers need?
How can we increase our supply chain power?
Which are the growth segments: fibre types, fabric types, coating,
laminating, performance areas?
How can our existing products improve performance or reduce costs?
What are the important new performance needs?
What new products should we develop?
Who are the key decision makers?
Which partners should we work with in the supply chain?
What new or improved machinery does the technical textiles/nonwoven
industry need?
What new products could we produce and what would be the market for
them?
How should this influence the priorities in our product development
programme?
Who should we collaborate with in the supply chain in specifying and
trialling our products?
What new technologies do we need to develop or acquire?
Where does the technical textiles/nonwovens industry rank among our
investment options?
Which segments of it are attractive and which unattractive?
Are there any specialists who can carry out technical and marketing due
diligence work on potential investments?
How can we diversify away from our consumer textile industries?
Do we already have a local technical textiles/nonwovens industry?
What are its strengths and future potential?
What help does it need to grow and prosper?
Who could provide that help?

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VISCOSE RAYON

in Technical Textiles and Nonwovens

David Rigby Associates Limited

DRA's User Agreement

Viscose: Increasingly Reliant Upon Technical Textiles

Viscose Technical Textiles Defined

Aims of the Report

The Source of the Forecasts

Products Using Viscose included in this Report

Levels of Detail in this Report

Scope and Structure of the Report

THE RELATIVE IMPORTANCE OF VISCOSE IN THE TECHNICAL TEXTILES MARKET

Overall Market Size and Growth Rates for Technical Textiles

The Role of Viscose

VISCOSE END-USE PRODUCTS AND MARKETS

Outline of the Chapter

Overall End-Use Consumption of Viscose

End-Use Consumption of Viscose by Fibre Form (Yarn Type)

End-Use Consumption of Viscose by Application Area and End-Use Product

The Highest Volume and Fastest Growing Viscose End-Uses

End-Use Consumption of Viscose by Region

VISCOSE: DETAILED FORECAST TABLES

Part A: Viscose World Totals, 1995-2010

Part B: End-Use Consumption Analysis by End-Use Product against Polymer/Fibre Form

Part C: End-Use Consumption Analysis by End-Use Product against Region

Part F: End-Use Consumption Analysis by Region against Polymer/Fibre Form

DEFINITIONS AND ASSUMPTIONS

THE DRA TEXTILE PRODUCTS END-USE CONSUMPTION FORECASTING SYSTEM

Top 8 Viscose Producers (all fibre forms)

Reporting Levels used in this Report

Chapter 2: THE RELATIVE IMPORTANCE OF VISCOSE IN THE TECHNICAL TEXTILES MARKET

Classification of Polymer/Fibre Types used in Technical Textiles

Chapter 3: VISCOSE END-USE PRODUCTS AND MARKETS

World End-Use Consumption of Viscose in Technical Textiles, 1995-2010 ('000 tonnes)

List of Exhibits (continued)

Fibre Shares in Tyre Cord Consumption, 2000

World End-Use Consumption of Viscose in Staple Fibre Form, by Product, 2000

World End-Use Consumption of Viscose in Spun Staple Form, by Product, 2000

World End-Use Consumption of Viscose in Textile Multifilament Form, by Product, 2000

World End-Use Consumption of Viscose HT Multifilament, by Product, 2000

Matrix of Forecast Growth Rates, 2000 to 2010, by Market Size, 2000

Analysis of Increase in Viscose Demand between 2000 and 2010

List of Exhibits (continued)

World End-Use Consumption of Viscose HT Multifilament in Technical Textiles by Region, 2000 (%

World End-Use Consumption of Viscose in Unspun Fibre Form, by Product, 2000

World End-Use Consumption of Viscose in Woven Fabric Form, by Product, 2000

World End-Use Consumption of Viscose in Knitted Fabric Form, by Product, 2000

World End-Use Consumption of Viscose in Nonwoven Fabric Form, by Product, 2000

World End-Use Consumption of Viscose in Yarn Type Form, by Product, 2000

APPENDIX 1: DEFINITIONS AND ASSUMPTIONS

Techtextil Application Areas

The Inter-relationship between Products in the Technical Textiles Production Chain

Reporting Levels used in this Report

APPENDIX 2: THE DRA TEXTILE PRODUCTS END-USE CONSUMPTION FORECASTING SYSTEM

List of Forecast Tables

Part A: Summary Tables: Viscose World Totals, 1995-2010

End-Use Consumption Analysis by Polymer/Fibre Form, Volume ('000 tonnes)

End-Use Consumption Analysis by Region, Volume ('000 tonnes)

End-Use Consumption Analysis by Application Area, Volume ('000 tonnes)

End-Use Consumption Analysis by End-Use Product, Volume ('000 tonnes)

Part B: End-Use Consumption Analysis by End-Use Product against Polymer/Fibre Form

All Polymer/Fibre Forms, 2000, Volume ('000 tonnes)

All Polymer/Fibre Forms, 2010, Volume ('000 tonnes)

Staple Fibre, 1995-2010, Volume ('000 tonnes)