According to PCI Fibers (UK), current per-capita consumption of textiles in leading countries and regions around the world is 38kg in North America, 24kg in Western Europe, 16 to 20kg in Japan, Korea and Taiwan, 15kg in China and 4kg in India. It is worth noting that China has a close number to Japan. It indicates that huge investment in infrastructure resulted in an expansion in the consumption of textiles in areas such as geotextiles, automobiles and various types of construction, as well as a part of domestically-produced textiles for export being counted as domestic consumption.