# Wadding, felt and nonwovens (HS2 56) Sector Trade Overview | Yugalinks

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Wadding, felt and nonwovens at HS2 56, with reported global trade through 2024.

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## Answer

The wadding, felt and nonwovens sector recorded $29.4B in reported global trade in 2024, with +0.8% annual change.

## Key figures

| Measure | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Latest reported trade | $29.4B |
| Latest annual change | +0.8% |
| Active exporters | 194 |
| Active importers | 200 |
| Active HS6 products | 30 |

## Annual trend

| Year | Global trade | Corridors | HS6 products |
| --- | ---: | ---: | ---: |
| 1995 | $7.6B | 5,085 | 30 |
| 1996 | $8.0B | 5,270 | 30 |
| 1997 | $8.4B | 5,302 | 30 |
| 1998 | $8.2B | 5,557 | 30 |
| 1999 | $8.9B | 5,975 | 30 |
| 2000 | $9.0B | 6,761 | 30 |
| 2001 | $8.8B | 6,872 | 30 |
| 2002 | $9.3B | 7,073 | 30 |
| 2003 | $11.0B | 7,368 | 30 |
| 2004 | $12.3B | 7,496 | 30 |
| 2005 | $13.4B | 7,593 | 30 |
| 2006 | $14.9B | 7,954 | 30 |
| 2007 | $16.7B | 8,024 | 30 |
| 2008 | $18.5B | 8,162 | 30 |
| 2009 | $15.7B | 8,192 | 30 |
| 2010 | $18.7B | 8,609 | 30 |
| 2011 | $21.2B | 8,530 | 30 |
| 2012 | $21.0B | 8,922 | 30 |
| 2013 | $22.4B | 8,848 | 30 |
| 2014 | $24.0B | 9,209 | 30 |
| 2015 | $22.6B | 9,206 | 30 |
| 2016 | $22.6B | 9,252 | 30 |
| 2017 | $23.8B | 9,409 | 30 |
| 2018 | $25.9B | 9,499 | 30 |
| 2019 | $25.8B | 9,466 | 30 |
| 2020 | $28.2B | 9,463 | 30 |
| 2021 | $31.0B | 9,695 | 30 |
| 2022 | $30.3B | 9,815 | 30 |
| 2023 | $28.7B | 9,890 | 30 |
| 2024 | $29.4B | 9,821 | 30 |

## Growth and market structure

- Trend: Stable
- Three-year CAGR: -1.8%
- Five-year CAGR: +2.6%
- Historical peak: $31.0B in 2,021
- Positive-growth years: 79.3%
- Exporter concentration HHI: 1,511.6
- Importer concentration HHI: 434.5
- Trade volatility coefficient: 0.4

## Leading corridors

| Rank | Exporter | Importer | Trade value | Growth | HS6 products | Distance | FTA |
| ---: | --- | --- | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: | --- |
| 1 | China | USA, Puerto Rico and US Virgin Islands | $731.5M | -6.2% | 30 | 11,883 km | No |
| 2 | USA, Puerto Rico and US Virgin Islands | Mexico | $660.9M | -0.7% | 30 | 3,359 km | Yes |
| 3 | China | Viet Nam | $626.2M | +0.8% | 30 | 2,732 km | Yes |
| 4 | USA, Puerto Rico and US Virgin Islands | Canada | $493.1M | -3.1% | 30 | 556 km | Yes |
| 5 | China | Japan | $449.1M | -5% | 30 | 1,763 km | No |
| 6 | China | Republic of Korea | $438.4M | -5.3% | 30 | 867 km | Yes |
| 7 | Japan | China | $383.1M | -3.1% | 28 | 1,763 km | No |
| 8 | China | Indonesia | $284.8M | -0.7% | 30 | 4,425 km | Yes |
| 9 | Mexico | USA, Puerto Rico and US Virgin Islands | $236.5M | +2.7% | 30 | 3,359 km | Yes |
| 10 | Germany | USA, Puerto Rico and US Virgin Islands | $232.3M | -7.5% | 28 | 6,402 km | No |

## Leading exporters

| Rank | Country | Exports | Partners | HS6 products |
| ---: | --- | ---: | ---: | ---: |
| 1 | China | $7.4B | 200 | 30 |
| 2 | Germany | $2.6B | 173 | 30 |
| 3 | USA, Puerto Rico and US Virgin Islands | $2.3B | 176 | 30 |
| 4 | Italy | $1.7B | 164 | 30 |
| 5 | Japan | $1.3B | 156 | 30 |
| 6 | Turkey | $1.2B | 176 | 30 |
| 7 | France | $838.9M | 178 | 30 |
| 8 | Republic of Korea | $774.0M | 163 | 30 |
| 9 | Netherlands | $699.4M | 163 | 30 |
| 10 | India | $644.3M | 182 | 30 |

## Leading importers

| Rank | Country | Imports | Partners | HS6 products |
| ---: | --- | ---: | ---: | ---: |
| 1 | USA, Puerto Rico and US Virgin Islands | $3.0B | 120 | 30 |
| 2 | Germany | $1.8B | 107 | 30 |
| 3 | Mexico | $1.1B | 68 | 30 |
| 4 | Viet Nam | $1.1B | 68 | 30 |
| 5 | China | $1.1B | 95 | 30 |
| 6 | Japan | $1.1B | 74 | 30 |
| 7 | France | $1.0B | 121 | 30 |
| 8 | Italy | $933.7M | 87 | 30 |
| 9 | United Kingdom | $869.9M | 106 | 30 |
| 10 | Poland | $835.0M | 88 | 30 |

## HS6 products

- Wadding, other articles thereof, sanitary towels and tampons, napkins and napkin liners for babies and similar (HS6 560110)
- Wadding: other articles thereof, of cotton (HS6 560121)
- Wadding: other articles thereof, of man-made fibres (HS6 560122)
- Wadding: other articles thereof, other than of cotton or man-made fibres (HS6 560129)
- Wadding: textile flock and dust and mill neps (HS6 560130)
- Felt: needleloom felt and stitch-bonded fibre fabrics, whether or not impregnated, coated, covered or laminated (HS6 560210)
- Felt: of wool or fine animal hair (excluding needleloom felt or stitch-bonded fibre fabrics), not impregnated, coated, covered nor laminated (HS6 560221)
- Felt: of textile materials other than wool or fine animal hair (excluding needleloom felt and stitch-bonded fibre fabrics), not impregnated, coated, covered or laminated (HS6 560229)
- Felt: impregnated, coated, covered or laminated (excluding needleloom felt and stitch-bonded fibre fabrics) (HS6 560290)
- Nonwovens: whether or not impregnated, coated, covered or laminated (HS6 560300)
- Nonwovens: whether or not impregnated, coated, covered or laminated, of man-made filaments, (weighing not more than 25g/m2) (HS6 560311)
- Nonwovens: whether or not impregnated, coated, covered or laminated, of man-made filaments, (weighing more than 25g/m2 but not more than 70g/m2) (HS6 560312)
- Nonwovens: whether or not impregnated, coated, covered or laminated, of man-made filaments, (weighing more than 70g/m2 but not more than 150g/m2) (HS6 560313)
- Nonwovens: whether or not impregnated, coated, covered or laminated, of man-made filaments, (weighing more than 150g/m2) (HS6 560314)
- Nonwovens: whether or not impregnated, coated, covered or laminated, not of man-made filaments, (weighing not more than 25g/m2) (HS6 560391)
- Nonwovens: whether or not impregnated, coated, covered or laminated, not of man-made filaments, (weighing more than 25g/m2 but not more than 70g/m2) (HS6 560392)
- Nonwovens: whether or not impregnated, coated, covered or laminated, not of man-made filaments, (weighing more than 70g/m2 but not more than 150g/m2) (HS6 560393)
- Nonwovens: whether or not impregnated, coated, covered or laminated, not of man-made filaments, (weighing more than 150g/m2) (HS6 560394)
- Rubber thread and cord: textile covered (HS6 560410)
- Yarn: high tenacity yarn of polyesters, nylon, other polyamides or of viscose rayon, impregnated or coated (HS6 560420)
- Yarn: textile yarn, strip, and the like of heading no. 5404 or 5405, impregnated, coated, covered, or sheathed with rubber or plastics, n.e.s. in heading no. 5604 (HS6 560490)
- Yarn: metallised, whether or not gimped, of textile yarn, or strip or the like of heading no. 5404 or 5405, combined with metal in the form of thread, strip or powder or covered with metal (HS6 560500)
- Yarn and strip and the like of heading no. 5404 or 5405: gimped, (other than those of heading no. 5406 and gimped horsehair yarn): chenille yarn (including flock chenille yarn): loop wale-yarn (HS6 560600)
- Twine, cordage, ropes and cables: whether or not plaited, braided or impregnated, coated, covered or sheathed with rubber or plastics: of jute or other textile bast fibres of heading no. 5303 (HS6 560710)
- Twine: binder or baler twine, of sisal or other textile fibres of the genus agave (HS6 560721)
- Twine, cordage, ropes, cables: of sisal or other textile fibres of the genus agave (excluding binder or baler twine), whether or not plaited, braided or rubber or plastic impregnated, coated, covered or sheathed (HS6 560729)
- Twine, cordage, ropes, cables: of abaca (manila hemp or musa textilis nee) or other hard (leaf) fibres (HS6 560730)
- Twine: binder or baler twine, of polyethylene or polypropylene (HS6 560741)
- Twine, cordage, ropes, cables: of polyethylene or polypropylene (excluding binder or baler twine), whether or not plaited, braided or rubber or plastic impregnated, coated, covered or sheathed (HS6 560749)
- Twine, cordage, ropes, cables: of synthetic fibres other than polyethylene or polypropylene, whether or not plaited, braided or impregnated, coated, covered or sheathed with rubber or plastics (HS6 560750)
- Twine, cordage, ropes, cables: of materials n.e.s. in heading no. 5607, whether or not plaited, braided or impregnated, coated, covered, or sheathed with rubber or plastics (HS6 560790)
- Twine, cordage or rope: fishing nets, made up, of man made textile materials (HS6 560811)
- Twine, cordage or rope: knotted netting, for other than fishing, of man-made textile materials (HS6 560819)
- Twine, cordage or rope: knotted netting, of other than man-made textiles (HS6 560890)
- Yarn: articles of yarn, strip or the like of heading no. 5404 and 5405, twine, cordage, rope or cables n.e.s. or included (HS6 560900)

## Definitions and coverage

Merchandise trade observations aggregated to HS2. Growth, concentration, volatility, and peak comparisons calculated from reported observations. Missing values remain unavailable and are not imputed.

Reported observations cover 1995-2024. The data release was refreshed 2026-07-20 09:34:08.

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- Primary trade series: OECD (2025), Balanced international merchandise trade statistics (BIMTS) - HS2017-6D, OECD Data Explorer (accessed on 2026-08-27). [OECD Data Explorer](https://data-explorer.oecd.org/) · [OECD Terms & Conditions](https://www.oecd.org/termsandconditions/)
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