India's per capita textiles consumption up 5% in 2012

Country's per capita consumption of textiles in 2012 increased 5 per cent to 25.93 metres valued at Rs 2,862.87, as compared with previous year's utility of 24.70 metres for Rs 2,473,64.
Overall per capita consumption had gone up by five per cent over the previous year and the same has gone up by 16 per cent in monetary terms, according to a survey.
The survey 'Markets for Textile and Clothing: National Household Survey 2013' was conducted by the Textile Committee.
While the per capita consumption of textiles by men increased by 48 per cent, that of women rose at a lesser rate by 43 per cent, it said.

In monetary terms, the per capita purchase of textiles between 2000 and 2012 registered a growth of 79 per cent.
The survey collected bi-monthly textile purchase information for 2011 and 2012 from 13,280 households spread across 105 urban and 252 rural centres in the country.

The committee estimated the population of the country in 2012 as 1.22 billion, residing in 24.87 crore households.
Total consumption based on the estimated population stood at 31,636 million metres during 2012.
While aggregate consumption in 2012 increased by 5.87 per cent in quantitative terms, the same increased by 16.69 per cent in value terms over the previous year.

During 2000 to 2012, aggregate purchase of all textiles registered 76 per cent growth in quantitative terms and 138 per cent growth in monetary terms.
The CAGR of aggregate purchase of all textiles in terms of quantity and value stood at 4.54 and 10.67 per cent respectively, the survey said.
It added consumption of all textiles from rural areas accounted for 62.50 per cent of total consumption and that of urban areas at 37.50 per cent.
However, the per capita consumption of textiles in rural areas stood at 23.54 metres against the urban area's 31.20 metres, it said.