Karen McIntyre, Editor10.11.19
According to market research group Freedonia Group, nonwovens demand in China is expected to increase 6.9% per year to 4.9 million metric tons in 2022. While economic growth has begun to slow to more sustainable levels, it is expected to remain strong until 2022 and will fuel significant gains in nonwovens demand as the country’s consumer base expands. China has a large export market for goods that contain nonwovens, so healthy growth in nearby markets (e.g., India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Vietnam) will also support gains in Chinese nonwovens demand.
Nonwovens demand in China totaled 3.5 million metric tons in 2017, making it the largest national market in the world. China achieved its leading position over the course of the last decade as part of a broader trend of extremely rapid expansion throughout the country’s economy.
Some of the reasons for this expansion include rapid increases in per capital GDP over the past four decades since the beginning of its economic reform in 1978. This growth has brought substantial reduction in poverty levels and transformed China into a global manufacturing leader, including in the production
Nonwovens demand in China totaled 3.5 million metric tons in 2017, making it the largest national market in the world. China achieved its leading position over the course of the last decade as part of a broader trend of extremely rapid expansion throughout the country’s economy.
Some of the reasons for this expansion include rapid increases in per capital GDP over the past four decades since the beginning of its economic reform in 1978. This growth has brought substantial reduction in poverty levels and transformed China into a global manufacturing leader, including in the production
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