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Polyester fibre and Textiles and leather

Textiles and leather depends on polyester fibre.

Polyester fibre (chemical) and Textiles and leather (industry): 1 relationship.

How they are linked

1. Industry input

Physical flow · Criticality 3 of 5 · Polyester fibre → Textiles and leather

4 of the enterprise types in Textiles and leather depend on polyester fibre; for the most dependent, it rates 3 out of 5 on criticality.

  • 4 enterprise types depend on it
  • 3 of 5 highest criticality

Enterprise types that depend on it:

  • Nonwoven and technical textile makers: needle-punch and geotextiles (criticality 3 of 5)
  • Yarn spinning mills: blends and synthetic yarn (criticality 2 of 5)
  • Weaving and knitting mills (including powerloom clusters): synthetic yarn (criticality 2 of 5)
  • Home and made-up textile manufacturers: blends and fills (criticality 2 of 5)

Built from the site data on production routes, energy flows, industry value chains, input-output tables and prices.