Première Vision’s two barometers compared the changes in production volumes for Première Vision exhibitors in 2015, to that of the overall textile and leather market, a figure obtained by Unido and published by the United Nations.Over the last year, textile quantities produced by Première Vision exhibitors increased 2.1%, close to the 2.8% recorded by Textile World Production. By economies, exhibitors from emerging markets claimed an increase of 9.8%, compared to a market gain of 4.2 %, while exhibitors hailing from mature economies noted a 1.6% gain, compared to a 1.1% dip across the whole developed market. Asian exhibitors, meanwhile, witnessed a 5.9% increase in 2015, as production slumped in Europe, down 2.8 %.

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