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Special Reports
The Man-Made Fibre Industry in Japan

Published in March 1989

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  • 2.1 Japanese dissolving pulp production and demand, 1976-86
  • 2.2 Japanese caprolactam production and demand, 1976-86
  • 2.3 Japanese PTA and DMT production and demand 1976-86
  • 2.4 Japanese acrylonitrile production and demand, 1976-86
  • 3.1 World production of man-made fibres, 1973-87
  • 3.2 Geographical breakdown of man-made fibre production, 1970-87
  • 3.3 Japanese man-made fibre production, 1955-87
  • 3.4 Japanese synthetic fibre production, 1980 and 1986
  • 3.5 Fibre plant occupacities, 1957-87
  • 3.6 Japanese man-made fibre production and productivity, 1976-87
  • 4.1 Japan's production, trade and consumption of nylon filament and staple, 1978-86
  • 4.2 Japan's production, trade and consumption of polyester filament, 1978-86
  • 4.3 Japan's production, trade and consumption of polyester staple fibres, 1978-86
  • 4.4 Japan's production, trade and consumption of acrylic staple fibres, 1978-86
  • 4.5 Japan's production, trade and consumption of rayon staple fibres, 1978-86
  • 4.6 Japan's production, trade and consumption of rayon filament fibres, 1978-86
  • 4.7 Japanese man-made fibre trade, 1986
  • 4.8 Production of man-made fibre woven fabrics, 1976-86
  • 4.9 Sales of Japanese polyester filament fabric by region, 1986
  • 4.10 Man-made fabric trade, 1986
  • 5.1 Japanese man-made fibre capacities by company, 1988
  • 5.2 Polyolefin production capacities by company, 1988
  • 5.3 Production capacity for other synthetic fibres, 1988
  • 6.1 Distribution of Asahi sales, 1984-87
  • 6.2 Asahi key financial data, 1985-88
  • 6.3 Asahi man-made fibre plants, 1988
  • 7.1 Distribution of Kanebo sales, 1983-87
  • 7.2 Kanebo key financial data, 1980-87
  • 7.3 Kanebo exports by sector, 1984-87
  • 7.4 Kanebo man-made fibre plants, 1988
  • 7.5 Kanebo's textile manufacturing companies based in Japan, 1988
  • 8.1 kaneka sales by product group, 1986-88
  • 9.1 Kuraray key financial data, 1985-88
  • 9.2 Kuraray fibre production by product, 1988
  • 10.1 Distribution of Mitsubishi sales, 1988
  • 10.2 Mitsubishi key financial data, 1984-88
  • 10.3 Mitsubishi man-made fibre plants by production, 1988
  • 11.1 Distribution of Teijin sales, 1983-88
  • 11.2 Teijin key financial data, 1983-88
  • 11.3 Teijin man-made fibre plants, by product, 1988
  • 11.4 Overseas affiliates of Teijin, 1988
  • 12.1 Toho Rayon key financial data, 1985-88
  • 12.2 Toho Rayon fibre plants by product, 1988
  • 13.1 Distribution of Toray sales, 1988
  • 13.2 Toray key financial data, 1983-88
  • 13.3 Toray exports by product, 1982-87
  • 13.4 Toray man-made fibre plants by product, 1988
  • 13.5 Toray domestic companies involved in the manufacture of textiles in Japan, 1988
  • 13.6 Main overseas fibre manufacturing subsist Aries and affiliates of Toray, 1988
  • 13.7 Toray's overseas textile manufacturing interests, 1988
  • 14.1 Distribution of Toyobo sales by product, 1988
  • 14.2 Toyobo key financial data, 1983-88
  • 14.3 Toyobo textile exports by product, 1986 and 1987
  • 14.4 Toyobo man-made fibre plants, by product, 1988
  • 14.5 Toyobo consolidated textile subsidiaries, 1988
  • 14.6 Toyobo overseas affiliates, 1988
  • 15.1 Shares of Unitika textile sales in total sales, 1984-88
  • 15.2 Sales by sector, 1988
  • 15.3 Unitika key financial data, 1984-88
  • 15.4 Unitika man-made fibre plants, 1988
  • 16.1 Spindle hours worked in Japan by fibre type, 1986
  • 16.2 Production of synthetic spun yarns, 1977-87
  • 16.3 Production in Japan of rayon spun yarns, 1978-87
  • 17.1 Number of texturing machines installed at throwsters, 1986
  • 17.2 Number of texturing machines installed in Japanese fibre producers' plants, 1987
  • 17.3 Japanese production of textured yarn, 1977-86
  • 18.1 Production of man-made woven fabric, 1977-86
  • 18.2 Woven fabric production by fibre type, 1986
  • 18.3 Japanese production of synthetic knitted fabrics, 1976-86
  • 18.4 Japanese production of tyre cord fabric, 1977-86
  • 18.5 Japanese production of fishing nets, 1986
  • 19.1 Japanese exports of silk-like fabrics by destination, 1985 and 1987
  • 19.2 Japanese spandex producers and capacities, 1988
  • 20.1 World production of carbon fibres, 1982-95
  • 20.2 Japanese carbon fibre producers, 1988
  • 21.1 Japanese producers of flame retardant (FR) fibres, 1988
  • 22.1 Japanese spunbonded fabric manufacturers, 1986
  • 22.2 Japanese nonwovens production trends by fabric type, 1982-87
  • 22.3 Japanese nonwovens production by process route, 1986
  • 22.4 Japanese nonwoven consumption by end use, 1986
  • 22.5 Fibre consumption in Japanese dry-laid nonwoven fabric production, by fibre type, 1986
  • 22.6 Japanese exports and imports on nonwovens, 1982-87
  • 23.1 Japanese fibre producer's patents, January 1987-April 1988
  • 24.1 Yen exchange rates, 1980-88
  • 24.2 Japanese textile trade, 1987
  • 24.3 Man-made fibre production capacity in South Korea, Taiwan and China, 1980-86
  • 24.4 Price trends in Japan of fibre intermediates, 1980-87
  • 24.5 Fibre price trends in Japan, 1980-87