{"id":45629,"date":"2023-12-01T06:39:13","date_gmt":"2023-12-01T12:39:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/textileexchange.org\/?post_type=reports&p=45629"},"modified":"2024-10-28T06:51:39","modified_gmt":"2024-10-28T11:51:39","slug":"materials-market-report-2023","status":"publish","type":"reports","link":"https:\/\/textileexchange.org\/knowledge-center\/reports\/materials-market-report-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"Materials Market Report 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tThis is a previous edition of the Materials Market Report, containing data from the year 2022.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tView the latest edition\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n

The Materials Market Report has been the leading source for global fiber and materials production volumes for the last decade.<\/h3>\n\n\n\n


The Materials Market Report report helps inform the textile industry\u2019s efforts to reduce emissions associated with raw material production in line with a 1.5-degree temperature rise pathway.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


The 2023 edition of the report \u2013 which includes materials produced for the fashion, textile, and apparel industry as well as for other industries \u2013 shows that global fiber production increased from around 112 million tonnes in 2021 to a record 116 million tonnes in 2022. This is expected to grow to 147 million tonnes in 2030 if business continues as usual.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The percentage of natural fibers produced via programs with sustainability elements slightly increased in 2022, including cotton (25% in 2021 to 27% in 2022) and wool (3% in 2021 to 4.3% in 2022). However, the production of virgin fossil-based synthetic fibers also rose from 63 million tonnes to 67 million tonnes. Polyester continues to be the most widely produced fiber globally, making up 54% of production in 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After years of growth, the combined share of all recycled fibers slightly decreased from around 8.5% in 2021 to 7.9% in 2022. This was mainly due to a decrease in the market share of recycled polyester \u2013 99% of which was made from plastic bottles \u2013 from 15% in 2021 down to 14% in 2022. Reasons for this decrease include the growing competition for PET bottles as feedstock along with the systematic challenges in scaling textile-to-textile recycling. Less than 1% of the global fiber market came from pre- and post-consumer recycled textiles in 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The findings illustrate a need to speed up the overall shift to fibers from preferred sources, to \u201cdouble down\u201d on efforts to rapidly reduce the use of virgin fossil-based materials, and to invest in strategies that decouple value creation from the extraction of new materials overall.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For many years, Textile Exchange reported on the total fiber and raw materials market, including programs for various levels of \u201cpreferred\u201d fibers, as well as the conventional business as- usual. To better reflect this, in 2023, we decided to update the report\u2019s name from the \u201cPreferred Fiber & Materials Market Report\u201d to the \u201cMaterials Market Report.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n

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Our Materials Market Report is freely available to all.<\/p>\n

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