CHINA’S NONWOVEN SECTOR RIDES HIGH ON COVID-19 GAINS, CAUSING SOME MARKET AND SUPPLY DISRUPTION ACROSS ASIA

When the COVID-19 pandemic unfolded in the first half of 2020, China’s textile industry quickly increased its nonwoven-based supply capacity of protective masks, medical protective clothing, isolation clothing and other emergency prevention and control materials. Data compiled by the China National Textile and Apparel Council show that the country’s output of nonwoven products recorded a robust year-on-year growth of 14.4% in in the first eleven months of 2020. In the whole of 2020, China’s nonwovens export volume increased 1.3 million tonnes, up 32.2% ...


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