Domestic technical textiles Industry Segment-wise consumption of ...

Source: Industry Survey, Company web-sites, Capitaline
The source of seat belt webbing in India is domestic production and imports. The domestic
manufacturers for seat belt webbing are small in size like Shivam Narrow Fabrics, D.I. Plast India
Pvt. Limited, UP Filaments and others of similar size.
Manufacturer Year Production
Quantity
Shivam Narrow Fabrics * 2007-08 2.5 million
meters
UP Filaments** 2007-08 1200 MT
Source: Industry Survey
* Includes only seat-belt webbing for automobiles
** Includes webbings for all applications
Rane TRW utilised 1.647 million meters seat-belt webbings (Rs 2.3 crore at Rs 13.97 per meter) in
2006-07 for manufacturing 0.686 million seat-belts (i.e. 2.4 meter webbing per seat-belt).
Auto component manufacturer NK Minda Group has announced the formation of a joint venture (JV)
with Japan's Tokai Rika to manufacture automotive seat belts in Bangalore.
Imports & Exports of webbings for seat-belts (four-wheelers)
The import figures for webbings with application in four wheelers seat belts manufacture are as given
below:-
HS Code Description Imports Imports
2007-08(E) 2007-08(E)
58063200 SEAT BELT WEBBINGS*
Around 2.25
million meters
Rs 2.5 crore
approx.
59119090** SEAT BELT WEBBINGS
Around 4 million
meters
Rs 5.25 crore
approx.
Source: IBIS, IMaCS Analysis
* These webbings find usage in automotive belts and host of other applications;
non-webbing products under this HS code have been excluded
** In addition, seat belt webbings are also imported under HS code 59111000 in
very small amounts
Under the HS code 59X, Thailand accounts for two-thirds of automotive seat-belt webbings imports
while Japan accounts for one-third of the imports, China accounts for 2-3% and Malaysia, Turkey &
Phillipenes account for around 1% of the seat-belts webbings imports approximately.
Under the HS code 58X, Korea accounts for over 90% imports of automotive seat-belt webbings
imports while Thailand accounts for the remaining imports.