In spring and summer, outdoor leisure activities are heating up, and outdoor equipment such as sun protection is selling well, highlighting consumers’ pursuit of a healthy life and signalling growth opportunities for the global textile market. According to industry forecasts, the global textile market will increase from $720.41 billion to $1,217.12 billion in 2024-2033, with a compound annual growth rate of 6%, and textile science and technology innovation has become a key driving force.
In recent years, camping, skiing and other outdoor sports have gone from niche to mass, and people’s concern for nature and health has increased, leading to a surge in demand for functional fabrics, and the outdoor functional fabrics market is expected to grow at a CAGR of 12% – 15% from 2025 – 2030. China Textile City has opened its first outdoor functional fabrics specialised zone, showcasing innovative products such as nano-breathable fabrics, to enhance the competitiveness of the textile industry and promote the development of the outdoor leisure market. Outdoor fabrics pursue the integration of functionality and lightweight, traditional fabrics are difficult to take into account the characteristics of waterproof, breathable, wear-resistant, etc.
Modern textile science and technology to achieve breakthroughs, such as nano-breathable fabrics to balance the waterproof and breathable performance with the technology of filament bundle stacking, and the optimisation of the process of the punch fabrics to improve the cost-effective performance of the domestic products, and to promote the upgrading of the textile industry. ‘Outdoor + workwear’ cross-border trend, camping, hiking and other different scenarios on the equipment fabrics demand is different, promote textile technology innovation, enrich the outdoor leisure market. Advances in textile science and technology have brought about the application of new materials, regenerative fibres with good environmental performance, the application of which has expanded to the home, automotive and other fields, smart textile materials can be adjusted according to the environment and human activities, bringing new opportunities for the outdoor leisure market.
（Source：全球纺织网)
