The European Union has recorded a growth of over 3 per cent in its nonwoven fabric exports that valued US $ 8.20 billion in 2021. The exports have grown for 11th consecutive year.
The data was released by IndexBox recently that says, volume-wise, the shipment increased by 3.60 per cent to 1.6 million tonnes in 2021.
It’s worth noting here that the total export volume increased at an average annual rate of 3 per cent from 2011 to 2021, while the total export value increased at an average annual rate of 2.10 per cent from 2011 to 2021.
As far as fabric consumption is concerned, approximately 1.80 million tonnes of nonwoven fabrics were consumed in the European Union in 2021.
The total consumption volume increased at an average annual rate of 3.30 per cent over the period from 2011 to 2021. The countries with the highest volumes of nonwoven fabric consumption in 2021 were Germany, Italy and Poland, together comprising 48 per cent of total consumption.
These countries were followed by France, the Czech Republic, Spain, the Netherlands, Belgium, Sweden, Finland, Austria and Romania, which together accounted for a further 42 per cent.
