World markets for textile machinery:yarn and fabric manufacture

摘要

2018 was a mixed year for the international textile machinery market.There were increases in shipments of draw texturing machinery and shuttleless weaving machinery but there were declines in shipments of spinning machinery and knitting machinery.In spinning,shipments of short staple spindles declined by 9% in 2018 to their second lowest level since 2009 and their fourth lowest level since 2003.Shipments of open-end rotors were also down by 9%,although they were still at their second highest level since 1988.Shipments of long staple spindles,meanwhile,fell by a sharp 27% although they were still at their fourth highest level since 2008.In draw texturing,shipments of double heater false-twist spindles rose by 44% to their highest level since 2013,and shipments of single heater false-twist spindles soared by 2,051 %to a record high.In the weaving sector,shipments of shuttleless looms rose by 40%> to their second highest level on record.However,they remained below the peak reached in 2011.In the circular knitting sector,shipments of single jersey machinery fell by 5% to their lowest level since 2003 while shipments of double jersey machinery fell by 3%,although they were still at their third highest level on record.In the flat knitting sector,shipments of electronic flatbed knitting machinery were down by a sharp 21%.However,they were still at their second highest level on record.A geographical breakdown shows that the trends in shipments of yarn and fabric machinery to the textile industry in China were largely in line with world shipments,reflecting the fact that a large share of global shipments goes to the Chinese textile industry.Outside China,there were increases in shipments of eight of the nine major types of yarn and fabric machinery to the textile industries in Uzbekistan and Japan and there were increases in shipments of six of the nine major types of machinery to the textile industries in several other countries,including Cambodia,Egypt,Indonesia,Pakistan,Turkey and Vietnam.But there were declines in shipments of most types of machinery to the industries in a number of Western countries,including Brazil,Italy,Mexico,the UK and the USA.