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Global yarn output sequentially up 21.7% in Q1

25 Jul '13
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Compared with the previous quarter global fabric output plummeted by 8.0% due to reductions in South America (-11.9%) and Asia (-8.6%), while Europe recorded an increase of +3.2%.  In comparison to Q1/2012 global fabric production was higher (+5.3%) as a result of higher output in Europe and Asia with +7.5% and +7.3%, respectively.

Global yarn inventories decreased slightly by 1.7 % in Q1/2103 with Europe and Asia recording decreases of -2.7% and -2.0%, respectively, while inventories in South America were slightly up (+0.3%). On an annual basis global yarn inventories were slightly down by 1.3%. Yarn stocks in Asia, Europe and South America fell by -1.5%, 0.3% and -0.2%, respectively.

Global fabric stocks were reduced by -1.1% in the Q1/2013 in comparison to the previous one. In South America they dropped by -9.6% and in North America by -1.4%, while fabric inventories in Asia were slightly up (+0.5%) and remained unchanged in Europe.

Year-on-year global fabric stocks were down by -2.9% with reductions recorded in South America (-14.4%), North America (-7.5%) and Europe (-5.7%), while fabric stocks in Asia were up by +1.2%.

Yarn orders in Europe and Brazil were higher in the Q1/2013 in comparison to the previous quarter. On an annual basis yarn order jumped in Europe (+16.2%) but plummeted in Brazil (-17.6%).

Fabric orders jumped in Brazil in Q1/2013 by +17.9% compared to the previous one and fell slightly in Europe by -0.2%. In comparison to Q1/2012 fabric orders plummeted in Brazil by -14.0% and in Europe by -3.6%.

International Textile Manufacturers Federation

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