Chinese Nonwovens Output Continues to Increase

According to the statistics of CNITA, nonwovens output in China was 8.205 million tons in 2021, a year-on-year decrease of 6.6%, but compared with 2019, the average two-year growth rate was 14.83%, proving that steady growth in the country is continuing.

Spunbonded, needlepunched and spunlaced are the main nonwovens processes in China, accounting for 85.8% of the total. Output of spunbonded nonwoven decreased by 10.5% to 4.108 million tons due to declining demand for anti-pandemic materials. However, the output of polyester spunbonded nonwovens for engineering materials increased 20.6% to 679,000 tons. In 2021, the recovery of China's building construction, automobile, and environment-protection markets stimulated the demand for needlepunched nonwovens, which increased by 6.5% to 1.523 million tons. The output of spunlaced nonwovens increased by 7.7% to 1.4 million tons.

With the sharp drop in the demand for masks in domestic and foreign markets, much of meltblown nonwovens