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buildings, houses, dams, tunnels or other types of buildings, for example, strengthening materials, water-proofing or
insulation materials for wall, outlook, flexible tube cover and concrete cover, drains, and pipelining, etc. Architecture
textile demand until 2018 is expected to reach 2,141 thousand tons. The annual compound growth rate from 2012 to
2018 is 4.0%.
e. Medical textile
Medical textile ranges from sanitary to medical treatment like medical dressing, bandages, operating coat, artificial
implant and other textile products. The global medical textile demand till 2018 is estimated to reach up to 2,065
thousand tons. The annual compound growth rate is 4.1%.
f. Agriculture textile
The textile refers to the one applied in agriculture, gardening including flowers, fishing industry and forest industry such
as sunshade net, crop shade net, hail resisting net, anti-bird net, etc. The global agriculture textile demands until 2018
will climb up to 1,373 thousand tons. The annual compound growth rate from 2012 to 2018 is 4.1%.
Table 1: 2012-2018 Output forecast of global technical textile by applications
Unite: 1000 tons, %
Consumption categories
2012 Output
Compared with 2012
Annual Output (%)
2018 Output
Compared with 2018
Annual Output (%)
Mobile textile
3,666.0
14.5%
4,485.5
14.6%
Industrial textile
2,842.3
11.3%
3,564.2
11.6%
Sports textile
1,841.8
7.3%
2,287.7
7.4%
Architecture textile
1,690.4
6.7%
2,141.3
7.0%
Home textile
4,344.9
17.2%
5,191.8
16.9%
Apparel textile
2,662.8
10.6%
3,109.0
10.1%
Medicare textile
1,619.6
6.4%
2,065.4
6.7%
Agricultural textile
1,077.6
4.3%
1,372.5
4.5%
Protective textile
807.6
3.2%
964.0
3.1%
Packaging textile
2,038.0
8.1%
2,404.6
7.8%
Others
2,610.2
10.4%
3,124.1
10.2%
Total
25,201.2
100.0%
30,710.1
99.9%
Source:
Transparency Market Research
, provided by ITIS Project of TTRRI (2014.06)