14.13 Per Capita Availability of Cloth

Unit 1994-95 1995-96 1996-97 1997-98
Population (In million) 119.9 122.1 124.3 126.5
Cloth (New):
Local product. of yarn (Mill.  Kg.) 48 48 48 51
Import of yarn (Mill. Kg.) 82 85 120 123
Export of yarn (Mill. Kg.) 2 1 0.0 0.0
Total availability of yarn(Mill. Kg.) 128 132 168 174
Net  availability  of yarn (a) (Mill. Kg.) 122 125 160 165
Cloth products handloom (b) (Mill. metre) 1226 1264 1608.8 1666.2
Mill made local cloth prods. (Mill. metre) 34 36 11 10
Less export of cloth (Mill. metre) 92 99 239 288
Total net availability of local mill made cloth (Mill. metre) 1168 1201 1380.8 1388.2
Import of cloth (c) (Mill. metre) 166 154 142 170
Net available new cloth for consumption (Mill. metre) 1338 1355 1522.8 1558.2
Availability of old cloth (Mill. metre) 66 75 9 7
Per capita available of old cloth (Metre) 0.6 0.6 0.1 0.1
Per capita availability of new cloth (Metre per annum) 11.1 10.1 12.3 12.3
 
Note: (a) It is assumed that 5% total available of cotton yarn is used for other than  cloth  making (b) Total net available yarn is assumed to have been consumed by handloom  industry and co-efficient of 1 Kg yarn of 36 counts equivalent to 10.08  metre of cloth been used. (c) Imported cloth includes cotton cloth, mix-cloth with polyster, tetron, silk, etc.
Source:National Income Section,BBS