The scale of the chemical fiber industry continues to expand, with the textile industry being its main application field.

Chemical fiber, referred to as chemical fiber, is a fiber with textile properties made from natural polymer compounds or synthetic polymer compounds as raw materials, through the preparation of spinning solution, spinning and post-processing. Chemical fibers are wear-resistant, light-resistant, easy to wash and dry, and not infested by insects. They can be used to make clothes, shoes and hats, transport belts, tire cord fabrics, parachutes, electrical insulated wires and other products. They are used in textiles, transportation, automobiles, Construction, medical and other fields, among which the textile industry is the most important application field of chemical fibers in my country.

According to the “2022-2026 China Chemical Fiber Industry Development Prospects and Investment Risk Avoidance Suggestions Report released by the Industrial Research Center, the Thanks to the advancement of production technology and the increase in market demand, the production scale of my country’s chemical fiber industry continues to expand. According to data from the National Bureau of Statistics, from 2017 to 2020, the output of my country’s chemical fiber industry increased from 48.7705 million tons to 61.2468 million tons. The scale of my country’s chemical fiber production continues to expand and is expected to exceed 66.5 million tons in 2021.

Chemical fibers can be divided into man-made fibers and synthetic fibers. Man-made fibers are made from natural polymer compounds, and subdivided products include viscose fiber, acetate fiber, nitrate fiber, etc.; synthetic fibers are made from artificial polymer compounds. , subdivided products include polyester fiber, polyacrylonitrile fiber, polyvinyl alcohol fiber, special fiber, etc. In recent years, in order to meet the diversified and high-end needs of the market, my country’s chemical fiber industry has accelerated structural adjustment and technological innovation, accelerated the withdrawal of backward production capacity from the market, and gradually improved the profitability of the chemical fiber industry.

my country is a major producer of chemical fiber in the world, accounting for about 70% of the world’s total output. my country’s chemical fiber production has a high regional concentration, with Jiangsu and Zhejiang being the main production areas. In the past two years, affected by the COVID-19 epidemic, the operating rate of foreign chemical fiber companies has declined, and international market demand has shifted to domestic demand. Against this background, the proportion of my country’s chemical fiber exports has increased. In 2020, my country’s chemical fiber export volume was approximately 490.22 Thousands of tons.

Globally, the chemical fiber industry in Europe, North America, Japan and other regions has a relatively high level of development. The above regions pay more attention to the high-end, refined, differentiated and innovative development of chemical fiber products. Compared with European and American countries, my country’s chemical fiber industry started late. There are still certain gaps in product quality, technical level, equipment level, etc., and there is considerable room for improvement in the industry in the future.

Industry analysts said that there are many types of chemical fibers and a wide range of applications. In recent years, with the increase in market demand and the level of production technology With the improvement, the scale of my country’s chemical fiber production continues to expand. At this stage, my country has become a major producer of chemical fiber in the world. Due to the late start of the industry, there is still a certain gap between the development level of my country’s chemical fiber industry and that of European and American countries. In the future, the industry will need to further develop in the direction of high-end, diversification, and refinement.