As we all know, to judge the market size of a product in a country, we should know the production, import and export volume of this product in that country. The difficulty of evaluating the market scale of Nonwovens in Russia lies in the fact that according to the official statistics of Russia, the production volume of nonwovens is in square meters, while the import volume and export volume are in kilotons.
According to the report of the Russian National Bureau of statistics, the output of nonwovens (except felt) in Russia reached 6.027 billion square meters in 2021, an increase of 10.5% compared with 5.453 billion square meters in 2020. If referring to other statistics, the output of nonwovens and their finished products (except clothing) in Russia in 2021 is 7.44 billion square meters. Among them, 82% of nonwovens are produced in the central area (the central area centered on Moscow), 14% in Volga, 1.9% and 1.1% in Northwest and Ural respectively, and no more than 1% in other areas.
According to the report of the federal General Administration of customs, the import volume of Nonwovens in Russia from January to November 2021 was 97900 tons, a year-on-year increase of 9.7%. The largest sources of nonwovens imports from Russia are China and Belarus, which account for 39.4% and 21.8% of Russia's total nonwovens imports respectively.
In the first 11 months of 2021, the export volume of Nonwovens in Russia was 29800 tons, a year-on-year decrease of 17.5%. Kazakhstan, Belarus and Ukraine are the main export target countries, accounting for 25.9%, 18.1% and 13% of Russia's total nonwovens exports respectively.
To understand the market situation of nonwovens, we also need to pay attention to the following indicators: the output, import and export of synthetic fibers and man-made fibers used to produce nonwovens. From January to November 2021, the import volume of Russian synthetic fiber reached 160400 tons, with a year-on-year increase of 27.8%. The largest import sources of trade are Belarus, China, South Korea and Uzbekistan.
From January to November 2021, the export volume of Russian synthetic fiber was 8800 tons, with a year-on-year increase of 52.1%. The main buyers of synthetic fibers in Russia are Belarus (accounting for more than half of the total synthetic fibers exported by Russia) and Kazakhstan (accounting for nearly 1 / 4 of the total synthetic fibers exported by Russia).
From January to November 2021, the import volume of Russian man-made fiber was 20400 tons, a year-on-year decrease of 6.4%. Man made fibers are mainly imported from China, Indonesia, India and Austria. The export volume of Russian man-made fiber is very low, with the data of 009200 tons in 2021. The output data of manufactured man-made fibers in Russia in 2021 has not been released yet. The data from 2017 to 2020 are shown in Figure 4.