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

The seat cover requirement in vehicles varies from two meters in small cars to eleven meters in multi
utility vehicles and luxury end cars.
Unit UVS MPV
A1 A2
Passenger cars
A3 A4 A5 A6
Value
(Rs/meter)
Seat Cover meters 11 5 3 5 7 8 9 11 275
sq m 16 8 5 7 10 12 14 16
Average life of seat covers (adjusted for customers who rarely change their seat covers) is estimated
as 5 years.
The current and future forecast of passenger car seat covers industry is given below:-
Seat upholstery
Domestic usage
Seat upholstery
(in million meters)
Seat upholstery
Value (in Rs. crore)
Market 2007-08 2012-13
New car sales 9.91 20.44
Replacement market 4.7 11.12
Total 14.68 31.56
New car sales 272.6 562.1
Replacement market 129.4 305.9
Total 402.0 868.0
Source: Industry survey, IMaCS Analysis
The potential market for seat cover industry in 2012-13 is estimated at Rs. 868 crore up from Rs. 402
crore in 2007-08 (E). No inflationary increase has also been assumed for the price of the seat-cover
material. In volume terms, the usage of seat cover (including the replacement market) is expected to
grow from 14.68 million meters in 2007-08 to 31.56 million meters in 2012-13.
Imports & Exports of car-seat fabrics
The import figures for car seat fabrics are as given below:-