Japan July production of man-made fibres falls 12%

20 August 2008 11:22  [Source: ICIS news]

TOKYO (ICIS news)--Japan’s production of man-made fibres in July fell 12.8% year on year to 91,379 tonnes due to the significant decrease in the production of acrylic staple fibre, a spokesman from a local industry association said on Wednesday.

 

Of the total, 77,057 tonnes were synthetic fibres, down 15.4% year on year, the Japan Chemical Fibres Association said.

 

Acrylic staple fibre declined 44.6% to 12,262 tonnes from the year before, according to the association.

 

This was because demand for stuffing in China was shifting to polyester from acrylic fibre due to the high costs of acrylonitrile (ACN), acrylic fibre’s feedstock, an unnamed spokesman from the association said.

 

The feedstock of polyester was cheaper than ACN, he added.

 

Meanwhile, the production of nylon filament also decreased 2% to 9,282 tonnes year on year and the production of polyethylene (PE) filament was down 25.7% to 507 tonnes, the association said. 

 

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