Non-wovens market

Non-wovens market: find recently published data enhanced by an Ai-driven market research tool. Statistics cover companies, market prices, exports, trade, imports, consumption, production, and market size. There is a breakdown by region, including Russia, the Middle East, Africa, EU, the U.S., Latin America, the U.K., and China. Market trends and forecast to 2030 are also provided in the snapshots.

Non-wovens - World's Largest Markets

RatingCountry
1Italy
2Germany
3Spain
4Czech Republic
5Turkey

In value terms, Italy, Germany and Spain appeared to be the countries with the highest levels of market value in 2020, with a combined 57% share of the global market.

Italy saw the highest rates of growth with regard to market size, among the main consuming countries over the period under review, while non-wovens, coated or covered market for the other global leaders experienced more modest paces of growth.

Non-Wovens, Coated or Covered Prices

Lowest Prices - FOB - Top Exporters

COUNTRY201820192020CAGR,
2018-2020
USD per ton
Denmark372233033304-5.8%
Poland392540443841-1.1%
Italy516945314575-5.9%
Slovenia586255675623-2.1%
France5966590965084.4%
Spain657760936542-0.3%
Netherlands1220378837073-23.9%
Belgium857473477393-7.1%
Germany848381797893-3.5%
Average713266246304-6.0%

Prices varied noticeably by the country of origin; the country with the highest price was Germany ($7,893 per ton), while Denmark ($3,304 per ton) was amongst the lowest.

From 2018 to 2020, the most notable rate of growth in terms of prices was attained by France, while the other global leaders experienced a decline in the export price figures.

Highest Prices - CIF - Top Importers

COUNTRY201820192020CAGR,
2018-2020
USD per ton
Spain643763196180-2.0%
Germany5111526658637.1%
Italy651367735321-9.6%
France567754375303-3.4%
Netherlands4691487347500.6%
Austria4214379943781.9%
Belgium463044064109-5.8%
Czech Republic429640643994-3.6%
Poland431423712369-25.9%
Average523247464809-4.1%

Prices varied noticeably by the country of destination; the country with the highest price was Spain ($6,180 per ton), while Poland ($2,369 per ton) was amongst the lowest.

From 2018 to 2020, the most notable rate of growth in terms of prices was attained by Germany, while the other global leaders experienced more modest paces of growth.

Non-Wovens, Coated or Covered - Top Importers

COUNTRY201820192020CAGR,
2018-2020
million USD
Germany1201201241.3%
Italy44499244.0%
Spain767574-1.5%
Poland6672671.1%
Czech Republic827165-10.8%

In value terms, the largest non-wovens, coated or covered importing markets worldwide were Germany ($124M), Italy ($92M) and Spain ($74M), together comprising 36% of global imports.

In terms of the main importing countries, Italy saw the highest rates of growth with regard to the value of imports, over the period under review, while purchases for the other global leaders experienced more modest paces of growth.

Non-Wovens, Coated or Covered - Top Exporters

COUNTRY201820192020CAGR,
2018-2020
million USD
Germany245222211-7.1%
Italy998987-6.2%
Belgium5550593.1%
Slovenia5152586.2%
Netherlands4654569.8%

In value terms, Germany ($211M) remains the largest non-wovens, coated or covered supplier worldwide, comprising 28% of global exports. The second position in the ranking was occupied by Italy ($87M), with a 11% share of global exports. It was followed by Belgium, with a 7.8% share.

From 2018 to 2020, the average annual growth rate of value in Germany totaled -7.1%. The remaining exporting countries recorded the following average annual rates of exports growth: Italy (-6.2% per year) and Belgium (+3.1% per year).

Non-Wovens, Coated or Covered - Market Forecast

Driven by increasing demand for non-wovens, coated or covered worldwide, the market is expected to continue an upward consumption trend over the next decade. Market performance is forecast to decelerate, expanding with an anticipated CAGR of for the period from 2020 to 2030, which is projected to bring the market volume to by the end of 2030.

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