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Textile is incomplete without fiber; this is a fundamental raw material used to make fabrics and textiles. Textile fibers are obtained from natural and synthetic substances that are treated, spun into yarn, and subsequently woven or knitted to create textile materials.
Fibers have many sources; the natural fibers come from plants (such as cotton and jute) and animals (such as wool and silk), whereas the man-made fibers are synthesized using chemical or regeneration techniques.
Textile fibers also have major uses in industry, starting from clothing and domestic use to industrial use, medical use, and specialty use. These textile materials could be chosen depending on factors like strength, elasticity, absorbency, and resistance. For example, rayon textilematerials that consist of regenerated cellulose; (acryl textile materials that originate from acrylic polymer; and spandex textile materials, which consist of spandex textile fibers that possess high elasticity.
On the basis of their type of origin, textile fibers are divided into natural fibers and man-made fibers, the latter subgroup being further classified into ’synthetic’ and ’regenerated’ fibers.

  • 28.9 %

    Total Natural Fiber share in 2018

  • 71.1 %

    Total Man-made Fiber share in 2018

The global production of all fibers rose to approximately 111 million metric tons in 2018, a one-year increase of 4 million tons, and a rise over the past decade of 35 million tons. Of the world total, natural fibers accounted for 32 million tons of production during 2018, an increase of fewer than 2 million tons in ten years. The share of natural fibers in world fiber production fell from 41 % in 2008 to less than 30 % in 2018. Until today the world production of synthetic filament rose to 50 million tons; of this polyester filament alone was about 45 million tons. Synthetic staple production rose to 22 million tons, and production of cellulosic fibers rose to 7 million tons

 The world fiber market has arrived at 103 million tones, equal to an expansion of almost 4%. The new all-time high was result of acceleration in demand after slowing growth rates in four consecutive years. Natural fibers grew almost 3% which was the fastest pace in eight years. The cellulosic business gained 3% in volume despite acetate tow suffering from its fourth annual drop in a row due to sustained decline of cigarette production and synthetic fibers rebounded more than 4%

The below table  indicates that world production of all fibers rose to approximately 111 million metric tons in 2018, a one-year increase of 4 million tons, and a rise over the past decade of 35 million tons.

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