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2004 was not a good year for the international textile machinery
market. Although some sectors saw an improvement, most recorded
a drop in shipments.
The market for weaving machinery was slow in 2004. Deliveries of
shuttleless looms, the more advanced weaving technology, grew by
4.6%. But shuttle loom shipments fell by almost 18%—as only three
countries ordered machines.
In the spinning sector, sales either declined or were fairly static.
Deliveries of short staple ring spindles rose by only 0.2%, following
a colossal 129% increase in 2003. Shipments of long staple spindles
fell at a double-digit rate for the third successive year. Deliveries of
open end rotors—which are based on a newer technology—fell by
19.8%.
Shipments of open end rotors to China more than halved, and the
decline accounted for more than the global drop in deliveries.
Nevertheless, China continued to be the leading buyer, followed by
Turkey, India, the USA and Brazil. Moreover, there were a number
of fast growing markets for open end rotors, including India, Belgium
and Syria.
Fast growing markets for shuttleless looms in 2002 included China,
India, Taiwan and Syria. Leading buyers included China, Turkey,
India, Italy, Pakistan and Bangladesh. China alone took 48,231
shuttleless looms in 2004—which was 8.7% more than in 2003,
although this was still below the 2002 figure of 51,273 looms.
Nevertheless, the country continued to hold a commanding position,
having acquired 74% of global shipments.

Summary

General trends

Spinning machinery
Short staple spindles
Long staple spindles
Open end rotors

Weaving machinery
Shuttleless looms
Shuttle looms

Statistical appendix



List of tables

Table 1: Cumulative shipments of spinning machinery by type, region and leading countries of destination, 1995-2004
Table 2: Shipments of short staple spindles by region and leading countries of destination, 2003 and 2004
Table 3: Installed capacity of short staple spindles by region and leading countries, 2003 and 2004
Table 4: Shipments of long staple spindles by region and leading countries of destination, 2003 and 2004
Table 5: Installed capacity of long staple spindles by region and leading countries, 2003 and 2004
Table 6: Shipments of open end rotors by region and leading countries of destination, 2003 and 2004
Table 7: Installed capacity of open end rotors by region and leading countries, 2003 and 2004
Table 8: Shares of shuttle looms and shuttleless looms in shipments of weaving machinery by region, 2004
Table 9: Breakdown of shuttleless weaving machinery shipments by type and region, 2004
Table 10: Shipments of shuttleless looms by region and leading countries of destination, 2003 and 2004
Table 11: Installed capacity of shuttleless looms by region and leading countries, 2003 and 2004
Table 12: Cumulative shipments of shuttleless and shuttle looms by region and leading countries of destination, 1995-2004
Table 13: Shipments of shuttle looms by region and leading countries of destination, 2003 and 2004
Table 14: Installed capacity of shuttle looms by region and leading countries, 2003 and 2004
Table 15: Installed capacity and shipments of spinning machinery by type, region and selected country, 1995-2004
Table 16: Installed capacity of shipments of weaving machinery by type, region and selected country, 1995-2004



List of figures

Figure 1: Shipments of short staple spindles, 1988-2004
Figure 2: Shipments of long staple spindles, 1988-2004
Figure 3: Shipments of open end rotors, 1988-2004
Figure 4: Cumulative spinning machinery shipments, selected countries, 1994-2004
Figure 5: Cumulative weaving machinery shipments, selected countries, 1994-2004
Figure 6: Shipments of shuttleless looms, 1988-2004