According to the International Textile Industry Statistics on productive capacity and raw materials consumption in the short-staple organised sector, number of short-staple spindles installed across the globe grew to 227 million units in 2022 from 225 million units in 2021.  The number of installed open-end rotors increased to 9.5 million during the year from 8.3 million in 2021 while the number of installed air-jet spindles increased across all regions in 2022.

Installation of shuttle-less looms increased to 1.85 million in 2022 while that of shuttle looms reached 952 thousand. Total raw material consumption in the short-staple organised sector slightly decreased to 44.26 million tonne in 2022. Consumption of raw cotton and synthetic short-staple fibers decreased by -2.5 per cent and -0.7 per cent, respectively while consumption of cellulosic short-staple fibers increased by 2.5 per cent.