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 | |||||