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2005 was a mixed year for the international fabric machinery market. Although deliveries of knitting machinery to the world's mills increased, weaving machinery deliveries plunged. Shuttleless loom and shuttle loom deliveries fell at double-digit rates. In the case of shuttleless looms, the more advanced weaving technology, deliveries were down by 16%, while shuttle loom shipments fell by as much as 96% to only 663 machines. The 16% drop in shipments of shuttleless looms was due entirely to a 30% decline in deliveries to Chinese mills. Nevertheless, the Chinese industry continued to hold a commanding position and accounted for 61% of global purchases in 2005. Mills in India and Bangladesh followed in second and third places, respectively, after stepping up their purchases at triple-digit rates. Shipments to mills in Pakistan, meanwhile, grew by a respectable 56%. The global market for circular knitting machinery, in contrast to that of weaving, was buoyant in 2005. Double-digit increases were recorded in worldwide deliveries of single jersey and double jersey machines. In the flat knitting sector, there were increases in shipments of hand and semi-automatic machines, but sales of electronic flatbeds fell. The increases in circular knitting machinery were due mainly to higher shipments to Chinese mills. China accounted for 73% of the global increase in single jersey machines and 86% of the rise in double jersey machines. In the case of hand and semi-automatic flat knitting machinery, Chinese mills stepped up their purchases by 605%. In doing so, they accounted for more than the global increase in acquisitions in 2005. In the electronic flatbed machinery market, Hong Kong held first place with a 46% share of the market.

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GENERAL TRENDS WEAVING KNITTING Circular knitting Flat knitting WEAVING MACHINERY SHUTTLELESS LOOMS SHUTTLE LOOMS CIRCULAR KNITTING MACHINERY SINGLE JERSEY CIRCULAR KNITTING MACHINES DOUBLE JERSEY CIRCULAR KNITTING MACHINES FLAT KNITTING MACHINERY HAND AND SEMI-AUTOMATIC FLAT KNITTING MACHINERY ELECTRONIC FLATBED KNITTING MACHINERY STATISTICAL APPENDIX List of tables Table 1: Shares of shuttle looms and shuttleless looms in shipments of weaving machinery by region, 2005 Table 2: Breakdown of shuttleless weaving machinery shipments by type and region, 2005 Table 3: Shipments of shuttleless looms by region and leading countries of destination, 2004 and 2005 Table 4: Installed capacity of shuttleless looms by region and leading countries, 2004 and 2005 Table 5: Cumulative shipments of shuttleless and shuttle looms by region and leading countries of destination, 1996-2005 Table 6: Shipments of shuttle looms by region and leading countries of destination, 2004 and 2005 Table 7: Breakdown of circular knitting machinery shipments by type and region, 2005 Table 8: Shipments of single jersey circular knitting machinery by region and leading countries of destination, 2004 and 2005 Table 9: Cumulative shipments of circular knitting machinery by type, region and leading countries of destination, 1996-2005 Table 10: Shipments of double circular knitting machinery by region and leading countries of destination, 2004 and 2005 Table 11: Breakdown of flat knitting machinery shipments by type and region, 2005 Table 12: Shipments of hand and semi-automatic flat knitting machinery by region and leading countries of destination, 2004 and 2005 Table 13: Shipments of electronic flatbed knitting machinery by region and leading countries of destination, 2004 and 2005 Table 14: Installed capacity of shuttle looms by region and leading countries, 2004 and 2005 Table 15: Installed capacity and shipments of weaving machinery by type, region and selected country, 1996-2005 List of figures Figure 1: Shipments of shuttleless looms, 1996-2005 Figure 2: Cumulative weaving machinery shipments, selected countries, 1996-2005 Figure 3: Cumulative shipments of circular knitting machinery, selected countries, 1996-2005 Figure 4: Shipments of circular knitting machinery, selected regions, 1996-2005 Figure 5: Shipments of hand and semi-automatic knitting machinery, selected regions, 1996-2005 Figure 6: Shipments of flatbed knitting machinery, selected regions, 2000-2005