Cotton and man-made fibre consumption by

textile industry of Pakistan

by Dr. H.R. Sheikh, Professor Emeritus, Textile Institute of Pakistan.
Cotton and man-made fibres con- Table 2:Consumption of Cotton including Non-Textile uses and
sumption ratio is an important indica- cotton man-made fibers consumption ratios
tor of the production pattern of the
spinning sectors. This ratio is about Particulars 2002-03 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08
55:45% in the world textile industry. Cotton consumption (million bales). 13.95 14.16 15.43 14.90 15 15.88
The production pattern of the spin-
ning sector of Pakistan’s textile indus- Cotton consumption (million 2371.50 2407.2 2623.10 2533 2550 2699.60
KGMS) (1bale @ 170 KGM).
try is heavily tilted towards the
Man-Made fibre consumption
production of coarse categories of 363.257 373.011 416.201 439.708 453.27 543.295
(million KGMS).
yarns with an overall average count of Total consumption
20.90 Ne - Just above the limit of 20 2734.76 2780.21 3039.301 2972.708 3003.27 3242.90
cotton & man-made fibres.
Ne for coarse categories.
Consequently, it relies heavily on Percentage cotton consumption. 86.72 86.58 86.31 85.21 84.91 83.25
cotton consumption. Cotton and Percentage man-made fibre
13.28 13.42 13.69 14.79 15.09 16.75
man-made fibre consumption is consumption.
reported to be in the ratio of 80:20%. It is obvious from the data reported in the foregoing Table -1
The question which arises is How far this estimate represents the that the consumption ratio of cotton and man-made fibers varied
actual situation? The validity of this estimate can be checked by from 83.85:16.15% to 86.69:13.31%. The average ratio works
the procedure described below: out @ 84.83:15.17 percent which is higher than the generally
reported consumption of 80% for cotton and lower than 20% for
Production of yarn the man-made fibers respectively.
Fibres are consumed during the process of spinning and manu-
facture of yarn. In case of cotton, the yield of yarn is generally 82% Non- textile uses of cotton
because in Pakistani cottons the non-lint content percentage is It must also be pointed out that considerable quantities of
generally higher than 7%. Polyester cotton (Pc) and Polyester vis- cotton are also consumed for non-textile uses. For example in
cose (Pv) blended yarns are mainly produced in Pakistan. Generally bandages and dressings of wounded persons, filling of pillows,
the ratio of components is usually 65:35 percent in Pc as well as Pv quilts and for packing in addition to the consumption for the
blended yarns. The yield of yarn is 82% in the case of cotton as manufacture of yarns. This additional consumption of cotton
already mentioned. However, Polyester and viscose are man-made affects the cotton and man-made fibre consumption ratios. which
fibres free from impurities. Hence, the yield of yarn in both cases is can be calculated by the following procedure:
94% or higher. The data of production of cotton and blended yarns Percentage consumption ratios of cotton and man-made
Pc and Pv is reported below alongwith the consumption of cotton,
fibres on the basis of total cotton consumption including non-tex-
Polyester and Viscose fibres calculated on the basis of the above
tile uses have been calculated and reported in Table-2. It is obvi-
mentioned assumptions: ous from the data that cotton man-made fibre consumption ratio
was on the average
Table 1: Production of yarn, consumption of cotton, 85.50:14.50 percent
polyester and viscose. (Million KG MS) during the period
Particulars 2002-03 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08 2002-03 to 2007-08.
It can therefore be
Cotton yarn 1469 1473 1770 2006 2277 2156
concluded that the
Pc yarn 327.25 329.63 367.92 390.50 408.37 490 generally reported
Pv yarn 128.75 136.37 152.08 159.50 160.63 200 cotton man-made
Cotton component in Pc yarn 114.538 115.371 128.772 136.675 142.93 171.50 fibre ratio of 80:20
Polyester component in Pc yarn 212.71 214.26 239.148 253.825 265.44 318.50 percent was not
achieved uptil 2007-
Polyester component in Pv yarn 83.688 88.641 98.852 103.675 104.41 130
2008.
Viscose component in Pv yarn 45.063 47.73 53.228 55.825 56.22 70
The production
Total cotton consumption (@ 82% yield) 1931.144 1937.038 2315.576 2613.018 2951.134 2838.415 pattern of the
Total Polyester consumption @ 94% yield 315.317 322.235 359.575 380.32 393.46 468.83 Spinning Sector of
Pakistan remains
Consumption of Viscose @ 94% yield 47.94 50.776 56.626 59.388 59.81 74.468
heavily tilted towards
Total consumption of man-made fibres 363.257 373.011 416.201 439.708 453.27 543.298 coarse categories of
Total consumption of cotton & Man-Made yarn counts. The
2294.4 2310.05 2731.78 3052.73 3404.4 3381.71
fibres prospects of achiev-
Percentage cotton consumption 84.17 83.85 84.76 85.60 86.69 83.93 ing cotton man-made
Percentage man-made fibre consumption 15.83 16.15 15.24 14.40 13.31 16.07 fibre consumption
ratio of 80:20% are
Sources: (1) Federal Bureau of Statistics (2) Textile Commissioner’s Organization (3) All Pakistan Textile Mills
not bright.

Association and (4) Export Promotion Bureau.

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