Overview:

The “World Fibre & Thailand – Trends in Demand and Supply” is the Fifth compendium from YarnsandFibers covering the trends in global demand and supply of textile fibre/filament industry.

In this Report we have assesses the impact of the Global Slowdown on textile fibre/filament in-dustry including natural fibres, particularly cotton, and how each country performed in this sce-nario. The analysis assesses the positions of fibres/filaments industry as events unfolded. The evolution of Global Slowdown and its spread across the world has been critically documented in perspective of textile industry. The demand crunch began in mid-2008 and continued into 2009. Also documented are the approaches of developed countries and the stimulus packages an-nounced by various governments.

The Report is divided into two sections: Fibre-wise View and Region/Country wise View.

Summary

Thailand was the eleventh largest producer of fibre/filaments (including cotton) in the world and ranked tenth in terms of consumption in 2008. During the year, it produced 868,000 tons of fibre/filament and consumed about 930,000 tons. Globally, it can be reckoned as one of the major players in viscose stable fibre segment, although polyester industry is larger than viscose. In terms of supplies, Thailand ranked sixth in the world and was the fourth largest exporter of viscose staple fibre in 2008. In polyester, Thailand was the seventh largest producer of filament yarns and eighth largest in staple fibre. In terms of demand, Thailand ranked tenth in polyester filament yarn and cotton consumption.

Manmade fibre/filament production in Thailand had been impressive during the 1990s growing at a rate of 16% per annum. However, this rate fell dramatically to a little over 1% per annum be-tween 2000 and 2007 and more vehemently in 2008. Polyester production, the major among manmade fibre/filament declined 5% during 2008. Viscose fibre production too was not spared by the global slowdown as it declined 16% during the year. The only consolation was the significant 40% increase in nylon production. Acrylic staple fibre output shed 24%.

PREFACE 4
LIST OF TABLES 5
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 6
THE 2008 GLOBAL SLOWDOWN 7
THE CAUSES 7
THE IMPACT ON DEVELOPING COUNTRIES 7
IMPACT ON ECONOMIC GROWTH 8
IMPACT ON TEXTILE AND CLOTHING 9
FIBER WORLD 10
FIBRE CONSUMPTION SLUMPS HARD 10
SUPPLY AND DEMAND IN 2008 11
WORLD STATISTICS 14
GLOBAL 20
THAILAND 22
THAILAND STATISTICS 23
ABOUT YNFX.COM 24

List of Tables

Table 1.1. Growth and Share of All Fibres Production 10
Table 1.2. Growth and Share of Natural Fibres' Production 11
Table 1.3. Growth in Manmade Fibre / Filament wise Production 11
Table 1.4. World Supplies of Fibres and Filaments in Primary Form in 2008 13
Table 1.5. Trends in Fibre / Filament Production 14
Table 1.6. Trends in Fibre / Filament Exports 14
Table 1.7. Trends in Fibre / Filament Imports 15
Table 1.8. Trends in Fibre / Filament Apparent Consumption 15
Table 1.9. Trends in Manmade Fibre / Filament wise Capacty 16
Table 1.10. Trends in Manmade Fibre / Filament wise Production 16
Table 1.11. Trends in Manmade Fibre / Filament wise Export 17
Table 1.12. Trends in Manmade Fibre / Filament wise Import 17
Table 1.13. Trends in Manmade Fibre / Filament wise Apparent Consumption 18
Table 1.14. Trends in Natural Fibre wise Production 18
Table 1.15. Trends in Natural Fibre wise Exports 19
Table 1.17. Trends in Natural Fibre wise Apparent Consumption 19
Table 1.16. Trends in Natural Fibre wise Imports 19
Table 10.1. Global Fibre/Filament Supply and Demand 20
Table 10.14. Thailand's Growth and Share in World 22
Table 10.15. Major Fibre/Filament Supply and Demand Trends in Thailand 23