Overview:

The “World Fibre & South Korea – Trends in Demand and Supply” is the Fifth compendium from Yarn-sandFibers 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 industry including natural fibres, particularly cotton, and how each country performed in this scenario. 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 in-dustry. The demand crunch began in mid-2008 and continued into 2009. Also documented are the approaches of developed countries and the stimulus packages announced by various governments.

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

Summary

South Korea ranked eighth in terms of fibre/filament production in 2008 and was ninth largest consumer. It was fourth largest producer of polyester filament yarn and fifth largest in nylon and polyester staple. During the year, it produced 1.33 million tons of manmade fibre/filament accounting for 2.1% of global supplies.

Consumption wise, South Korea consumed 1.13 million tons of fibre/filaments including cotton in 2008. It was third largest polyester filament consumer and fourth largest in nylon. It is distinct eighth and ninth largest consumer of VFY and CSF respectively.

Manmade fibre/filament production in South Korea declined 7.7% in 2008 with all major fibre type recording significant downfall. PSF production was down 11% while ASF output fell 17%. Nylon pro-duction was down 9% and that of PFY decreased 4%. However, these declines were in line with the trend between 2000 and 2007. Not only production capacities too declined in similar proportions. Thus South Korea, which largely depended on China for export market, this declines are explicable since China’s domestic capacity built-up has been ramping up rapidly substituting imports to a great extent.

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
SOUTH KOREA 22
SOUTH KOREA 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 10.10. S Korea's Growth and Share in World 22
Table 10.11. Major Fibre/Filament Supply and Demand Trends in South Korea 23