Nonwovens Market in North America

According to the "2011-2021 North American Nonwovens Development Report" issued by the American nonwovens Association (Inda) in 2017, the average annual compound growth rate of North American nonwovens consumption in 2011-2016 is 1% by area and 3.3% by weight, and it is estimated that it will be 3.1% by area and 3.6% by weight in 2016-2021. In 2016, the consumption of Nonwovens in North America was about 3.531 million tons, which is expected to increase to 4.22 million tons by 2021. For example, according to the statistics of disposable and durable nonwovens, both by area and by weight, the former accounts for a large proportion of consumption, but the growth rate is higher than the latter. Among the disposable products, the consumption of absorbent hygiene products accounted for the largest proportion (65.9%) in terms of area, followed by wipes (13.5%). According to statistics, 1.941 million tons of nonwovens were used by weight in 2016. Due to the small gram weight of nonwovens, the proportion of nonwovens used by weight in disposable products was only 34.24%.