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This article presents an overview of statistics for textiles manufacturing in the European Union (EU), as covered by NACE Rev. 2 Division 13.

Table 1: Key indicators, manufacture of textiles (NACE Division 13), EU-27, 2009 - Source: Eurostat (sbs_na_ind_r2)
Figure 1: Sectoral breakdown of manufacture of textiles (NACE Division 13), EU-27, 2009 (1)
(% share of sectoral total) - Source: Eurostat (sbs_na_ind_r2)
Table 2a: Sectoral breakdown of key indicators, manufacture of textiles (NACE Division 13), EU-27, 2009 - Source: Eurostat (sbs_na_ind_r2)
Table 2b: Sectoral breakdown of key indicators, manufacture of textiles (NACE Division 13), EU-27, 2009 - Source: Eurostat (sbs_na_ind_r2)
Table 3: Largest and most specialised Member States in manufacture of textiles (NACE Division 13), EU-27, 2009 (1) - Source: Eurostat (sbs_na_ind_r2)
Table 4a: Key indicators, manufacture of textiles (NACE Division 13), 2009 - Source: Eurostat (sbs_na_ind_r2)
Table 4b: Key indicators, manufacture of textiles (NACE Division 13), 2009 - Source: Eurostat (sbs_na_ind_r2)

Main statistical findings

Structural profile

The textiles manufacturing (Division 13) sector comprised 60 thousand enterprises in the EU-27 in 2009. These enterprises employed 700 thousand persons, equivalent to 0.5 % of all persons employed in the non-financial business economy (Sections B to J and L to N and Division 95) and 2.3 % of those persons employed in manufacturing (Section C). The value added generated by the textiles manufacturing sector in 2009 was EUR 20 000 million, a 0.4 % share of the non-financial business economy total and a 1.4 % share of the manufacturing total.

In general the textiles manufacturing sector can be characterised by a relatively low apparent labour productivity, in part due to a traditionally high incidence of part-time employment: apparent labour productivity is calculated as the level of value added divided by a simple head count of the number of persons employed, regardless of their working hours. The EU-27's textiles manufacturing sector recorded an apparent labour productivity of EUR 29 thousand per person employed in 2009, well below the non-financial business economy average of EUR 41.6 thousand per person employed and the manufacturing average of EUR 46 thousand per person employed. As such, this sector recorded the fifth lowest apparent labour productivity among the 24 manufacturing NACE divisions in 2009. Average personnel costs within the EU-27’s textiles manufacturing sector were below the non-financial business economy average (EUR 30.0 thousand per employee) and also below the manufacturing average (EUR 34.5 thousand per employee): average personnel costs ranged from EUR 22.1 thousand per employee in the preparation and spinning of textile fibres subsector (Group 13.1) to EUR 26.5 thousand per employee in the weaving of textiles (Group 13.2) subsector.

The gross operating rate (the relation between the gross operating surplus and turnover) stood at 6.0 % for the EU-27’s textiles manufacturing sector in 2009, marginally below the manufacturing average (7.0 %) and also below the non-financial business economy average (9.7 %).

Sectoral analysis

The vast majority (69.3 %) of enterprises within the EU-27’s textiles manufacturing sector were active in the miscellaneous subsector concerning the manufacture of other textiles (Group 13.9). This subsector was also the largest in employment and value added terms, as its 400 thousand strong workforce accounted for 57.1 % of the sectoral total and its EUR 12 000 million of value added was 60.0 % of the sectoral total. From Figure 1 it can be seen that the weaving of textiles (Group 13.2) was the next largest subsector, with just under 18 % of sectoral employment and value added. Textiles finishing (Group 13.3) and the preparation and spinning of textile fibres (Group 13.1) complete the sectoral coverage.

The low apparent labour productivity figure for the whole of the EU-27’s textiles manufacturing sector was pulled downwards by the preparation and spinning of textile fibres, as this subsector reported a ratio that was EUR 23 thousand per person employed in 2009. The largest subsector, the manufacture of other textiles, recorded the highest apparent labour productivity, EUR 30 thousand per person employed, which was nevertheless more than one third below the manufacturing average.

As noted above, average personnel costs within the EU-27’s textiles manufacturing sector ranged from EUR 22.1 thousand per employee for the preparation and spinning of textile fibres subsector to EUR 26.5 thousand per employee for the weaving of textiles subsector. As such, all of the textiles subsectors recorded average personnel costs below the non-financial business economy average (EUR 30.0 thousand per employee).

Unlike apparent labour productivity and average personnel costs, the wage-adjusted labour productivity ratio is less influenced by the incidence of part-time employment. Nevertheless, this ratio was relatively low for all of the textiles manufacturing subsectors. The manufacture of other textiles recorded a wage-adjusted labour productivity ratio of 124.1 %, which was by far the highest among the four subsectors, while remaining some way below the non-financial business economy average (138.8 %) and the manufacturing average (132.1 %). The three remaining subsectors recorded wage-adjusted labour productivity ratios ranging from 102.5 % for the preparation and spinning of textile fibres to 107.6 % for textiles weaving.

For the gross operating rate, the manufacture of other textiles was the only subsector where this measure of operating profitability exceeded the manufacturing average of 7.0 %, although the 8.0 % rate that was recorded for this subsector remained below the non-financial business economy average (9.7 %). Again, the three smaller subsectors recorded lower values, ranging from a 2.0 % gross operating rate for the preparation and spinning of textile fibres to a 4.3 % rate for textiles finishing.

Country analysis

Italy was the largest Member State (in value added terms) for the textiles manufacturing sector in 2009, as well as in each of the four subsectors. Italy’s share of EU-27 value added averaged 26.8 % for the sector as a whole, and ranged from 19.5 % for the manufacture of other textiles to 41.6 % for the preparation and spinning of textile fibres. The second and third largest Member States in textiles manufacturing were Germany and the United Kingdom, with 15.4 % and 10.2 % shares of EU-27 value added respectively. In employment terms, Italy’s dominance was slightly greater, as 31.0 % of the EU-27’s textiles manufacturing workforce was in Italy.

The relative importance of the textiles manufacturing sector in value added terms was greatest in Portugal where this sector contributed 1.0 % of non-financial business economy value added in 2009. The next most specialised Member States were Italy, where 0.9 % of non-financial business economy value added was in textiles manufacturing, followed by Lithuania and Estonia (both 0.8 %). The least specialised in this sector, in value added terms, were Ireland, Cyprus and Sweden where the textiles manufacturing sector contributed less than 0.2 % of non-financial business economy value added in 2009. The Member States most specialised in the preparation and spinning of textile fibres were Bulgaria, Lithuania, Romania and Italy. For textiles weaving and textiles finishing the two most specialised Member States were Italy and Portugal. For the manufacture of other textiles the most specialised Member States were Estonia, Slovenia, Portugal and Lithuania.

Among the Member States, Romania and Poland recorded the highest wage-adjusted labour productivity ratios within the textiles manufacturing sector in 2009, both in excess of 160 %. At the other end of the range, France, Sweden and Italy recorded the lowest ratios, below 110 % – see Table 4b.

Data sources and availability

The analysis presented in this article is based on the main dataset for structural business statistics (SBS) which are disseminated annually. The series provides information for each Member State as well as a number of non-member countries at a detailed level according to the activity classification NACE. Data are available for a wide range of variables.

Context

This article presents an overview of statistics for the textiles manufacturing sector in the EU, as covered by NACE Rev. 2 Division 13. This division includes the preparation and spinning of textile fibres as well as textile weaving, finishing of textiles, finishing (but not manufacturing of) wearing apparel, the manufacture of made-up textile articles, except apparel (for example, household linen, blankets, rugs, cordage and so on); the manufacture of wearing apparel is classified to Division 14. Textiles may be produced from varying raw materials – for example, silk, wool, other animal, vegetable or man-made fibres, paper or glass.

The preparation and spinning of textile fibres includes the reeling and washing of silk, degreasing and carbonising of wool and dyeing of wool fleece, carding and combing of all kinds of fibres, spinning and manufacture of yarn or thread, twisting, folding, cabling and dipping of filament yarns.

Finishing of textiles includes bleaching, dyeing, dressing, pleating, waterproofing, coating, rubberising, impregnating or silk screen-printing.

The manufacture of other textiles concerns knitted or crocheted fabrics, carpets and rugs, rope, narrow woven fabrics and trimmings and made-up textile articles such as blankets, travelling rugs, bed, table, toilet or kitchen linen, quilts, eiderdowns, cushions, pillows, sleeping bags, made-up furnishing articles (for example, curtains, blinds or bedspreads), tents, sails, sun blinds, dust cloths, dishcloths, life jackets and parachutes.

This NACE division is composed of four groups:

  • the preparation and spinning of textile fibres (Group 13.1);
  • the weaving of textiles (Group 13.2), which covers the manufacture of broad woven fabrics;
  • the finishing of textiles (Group 13.3);
  • the manufacture of other textiles (Group 13.4).

Excluded are preparatory operations carried out in combination with agriculture (Division 01) and the manufacture of synthetic fibres (which forms part of chemicals manufacturing, Division 20).

Further Eurostat information

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SBS - industry and construction (sbs_ind_co)
Annual detailed enterprise statistics - industry and construction (sbs_na_ind)
Annual detailed enterprise statistics for industry (NACE Rev.2 B-E) (sbs_na_ind_r2)
Preliminary results on industry and construction, main indicators (NACE Rev.2) (sbs_na_r2preli)
SMEs - Annual enterprise statistics broken down by size classes - industry and construction (sbs_sc_ind)
Industry broken down by employment size classes (NACE Rev.2 B-E) (sbs_sc_ind_r2)
SBS - regional data - all activities (sbs_r)
SBS data by NUTS 2 regions and NACE Rev.2, from 2008 onwards (sbs_r_nuts06_r2)

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