TECHNICAL TEXTILE IMPORT

A technical textile is a textile product manufactured for non-aesthetic purposes, where function is the primary criterion. Technical textiles include textiles for automotive applications, medical textiles (e.g., implants), geotextiles (reinforcement of embankments), agrotextiles (textiles for crop protection), and protective clothing.

The sector is large, growing, and supports a vast array of other industries.The global growth rate of technical textiles is about 4% per year. Currently, technical textile materials are most widely used in filter clothing, furniture, hygiene medicals and construction material.

Technical textile import includes various products like textile wall coverings which had a business of        US$0.58 million in the year 2020 whereas in 2021 it grew upto US$0.77 million that is 31.43%; in trnsmsn/convyrblts/bltng of txtlmatrlwh/ntimprgntdcotd,covrd/lamntdwthplstcorrinfrcdwthmtl/other material had a growth of 49.82%, in 2020 it was US$8.93 million and in 2021 it went upto us$13.38 million; txtlwicks,woven,plaited/knitted,forlampsstoves,lighters,candlesetc;incandescent gas mantles etc,w/n impregnated in 2020 is US$0.95 million and it increased upto US$ 1.35 million that is 41.9%; textile fabrics coated with gum or amylaceous substances, of a kind used for the outer covers of books or the lik had a growth of 5.93% that is in 2020 it was US$4.04 million and in 2021 it grew by US$4.28 million; tyre cord fabric of high tenacity yarn of nylon or other polyamides, polyesters or viscose rayon had a incline of 112.79%, in 2020 it was at US$161.99 million whereas in 2021 became US344.69 million; linoleum, whether or not cut to shape; floor coverings consisting of a coating or covering applied on a textile backing had a business upto 160.77% , in 2020 it was us$0.17 million whereas in 2021 it became us$0.43 million; textile products and articles, for technical uses, specified in note 7 to this chapter had a growth upto US$62.37million in 2020 where as in 2021 US$82.81 million that is 32.78%; txtlfbrcsimprgntd,coatd,cvrd/lamntdwth plastics had a business of 41.13%  i.e. In 2020 it was at US$225.78 million and in 2021 it became US318.64million; textile hose piping and similar textile tubing, with or without lining, armour or accessories of other materials had a business growth of US$5.09million in 2021  wherein in 2020 it was just US$4.05million that is 25.67%; rubberised textile fabrics had a growth of 66.42%, in 2020 it was at US$25.59million and in 2021 it went up to US$42.58million; and txtlfbrcsothrwseimprgntd,coated/cvrd; painted canvas being theatrical scenery, studio back-clothes had a growth of 45.97%, in 2020 it was at a low stage that is US$10.96million wherein its growth when upto US$16million.

There was a growth in the year 2021 compared to 2020 in all the products of technical textile, whereas the percentage keeps in fluctuating for each product individually.