The United States is the country with the largest consumption of geotextiles in the world. In the early 1990s, its annual consumption was more than 300 million square meters, and in recent years the consumption has reached 700 million square meters. Geotextiles in Europe and Japan have also developed rapidly. The annual amount of geotextiles in Europe has also been about 400 million square meters in recent years, of which spunbond nonwoven fabrics account for about 60% of nonwoven geotextiles; Japan in the mid-1990s The application of geotextiles will increase significantly in the future. Among the nonwoven geotextiles in Japan, the largest amount is the spunbond method, accounting for about 60% of the total nonwoven geotextiles, and it is mainly PET spunbond.
Geotextiles in China started in the early 1980s, but the amount used was very small at that time, and they were only experimental applications. It was not until the 1998 flood that caused the government's attention that the construction department included the application of geotextiles in the design specifications and formulated relevant national standards. Geotextiles were truly valued and developed. At present, the amount of geotextiles in China has exceeded 300 million m2, and the proportion of nonwoven geotextiles has reached about 40%. China's civil engineering construction has a huge potential market, and its potential is never less than 700-800 million m2 used in the United States. Experts estimate that China's geotextile will continue to grow in double digits in the next 15 years, among which the faster growth rate is PET spunbond filament geotextile.