All India Textile Mills

S. No. Item 2012-13 2013-14 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17 2017-18
1 Mills in Organised Sector
Total (as on March) 1969 1954 1976 NA 2008 2016
Spinning Mills 1771 1757 1776 NA 1803 1804
Composite Mills 198 197 200 207 205 212
2 Installed Capacity (Lakh)
Spindles 441.70 444.70 450.80 517.04 471.20 471.14
Rotors 5.46 5.53 5.65 8.65 5.87 5.87
Shuttle Looms 0.52 0.51 0.52 0.91 NA NA
Shuttleless Looms 0.21 0.21 0.21 0.46 NA NA
3 Average Capacity Utilization (Percentage)
Spindles NA NA NA 90 NA NA
Looms NA NA NA 80 NA NA
4 Yarn Production (Thousand Tonnes)
Cotton Yarn 3564 3935 4057 4138 4061 4059
Blended Yarn 826 898 915 973 1034 1063
100% Non Cotton Yarn 457 484 513 555 572 553
Total Yarn 4847 5315 5485 5666 5667 5675
5 Production of Fabrics (Mn. Sq. Mtrs.)
Cotton 2016 1630 1594 NA NA NA
Blended 671 842 810 NA NA NA
100% Non Cotton 59 88 87 NA NA NA
Total Fabrics 2746 2560 2492 NA NA NA
6 Production of Man-made Fibres (Thousand Tonnes)
Polyester Staple Fibre 848 846 882 894 899 852
Viscose Staple Fibre 337 361 365 342 365 370
Acrylic Staple Fibre 74 96 93 107 96 93
Polypropylene Staple Fibre 4 4 5 5 4 3
7 Production of Man-made Filament Yarn (Thousand Tonnes)
Polyester Filament Yarn 1288 1213 1158 1069 1060 1090
Nylon Filament Yarn 23 24 33 37 41 39
Viscose Filament Yarn 43 44 44 45 46 47
Polypropylene Filament Yarn 19 13 13 13 11 11
8 Consumption of Fibre (Thousand Tonnes)
Cotton 4460 4443 4658 5132 4974 5153
Viscose Staple Fibre 257 278 NA 218 244 278
Polyester Staple Fibre 697 691 NA 808 780 713
Acrylic Staple Fibre 96 113 NA 110 98 104
Other Misc. Fibre 2 NA NA NA NA NA
9 Consumption of Filaments (Thousand Tonnes)
Polyester Filament Yarn 934 774 NA 571 460 544
Nylon Filament Yarn 23 23 NA 38 43 39
Viscose Filament Yarn 46 53 NA 50 47 52
Polypropylene Filament Yarn 19 12 NA 10 10 12
10 Import of Cotton NA NA NA 20 26 16
(Lakh bales of 170 Kg. each)
11 Import of Fibre (Thousand Tonnes)
Polyester Staple Fibre NA NA NA 99.70 99.81 89.00
Viscose Staple Fibre NA NA NA 34 33.91 28
Acrylic Staple Fibre NA NA NA 35 32.35 29
Polypropylene Staple Fibre NA NA NA 1.80 2.02 3.00
12 Import of Filament Yarn (Thousand Tonnes)
Viscose Filament Yarn NA NA NA 9.50 6.82 12.00
Polyester Filament Yarn NA NA NA 17.30 15.94 13.00
Nylon Filament Yarn NA NA NA 3 3.44 12.00
Poly propylene Filament Yarn NA NA NA 0.70 0.70 1.30
13 Export of Cotton NA NA NA 69 60.00 67.83
(Lakh bales of 170 Kg. each)
14 Export of Man-made & Blended Spun Yarn (Thousand Tonnes)
Viscose Spun Yarn NA NA NA NA NA NA
Polyester Spun Yarn NA NA NA NA NA NA
Acrylic Spun Yarn NA NA NA NA NA NA
PV Spun Yarn NA NA NA NA NA NA
PC Spun Yarn NA NA NA NA NA NA
Other Spun Yarn NA NA NA NA NA NA
15 Exports of
(i) All Commodities (Rs. Crore) 1372276 NA NA NA NA 1956515
(ii) Textiles & Clothing (Rs. Crore) 176398 NA NA NA NA 236814
(iii) Percentage Share 12.85 NA NA NA NA 12
16 (i) Export of Textiles (Rs. Crore) 70061 NA 127268 129311 128069 129074
(ii) Percentage Share in textile & clothing  39.72 NA 55 54 52 55
17 Excise Revenue on Textile Items
(Excluding Jute) (Rs. Crores) NA NA NA NA NA NA
18 Customs Revenue from
Textile Sector (Rs. Crores) NA NA NA NA NA NA
19 Production of Textile Machinery
(Rs. Crores) NA NA NA NA 6580 NA
20 Per Capita Cloth Availability
(Sq. Mtrs.) NA NA NA NA 40.61 NA