January 11, 2002
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PRODUCTION OF YARN, CLOTH AND JUTE
The production of Textiles maintained a positive trend in April – October 2001, as compared to April – October, 2000. The production of yarn grew by 0.1 percent while that of Cloth production registered a growth of 2.1 percent during the period. The details of production of yarn, cloth and jute goods are:-
Yarn in million Kgs.
Cloth in million mtrs.
Jute goods in thousand tones
Items |
April-Oct., 2000 | April-Oct., 2001(P) |
%age variation |
| (A) Yarn (Total) | 2383 | 2386 | 0.1 |
| a)Cotton Yarn | 1334 | 1304 | (-) 2.2 |
| b)Blended and 100% Non-Cotton yarn in (in spun form) | 513 | 531 | 3.5 |
| c)Man-made filament yarn(including synthetic yarn) | 536 | 551 | 2.8 |
| (B)Cloth (Total) | 23112 | 23588 | 2.1 |
| a) Mill(including non-SSI weaving units) | 1001 | 865 | (-) 13.6 |
| b)Power looms (Including hosiery) | 17700 | 18246 | 3.1 |
| c)Handlooms | 4411 | 4477 | 1.5 |
| (C ) Jute goods | 912.7 | 924.5 | 1.3 |