A conveying belt suitable for powerturn conveying applications. The conveying belt has a mult-layer structure with layers of parallel laid yarns disposed in various angles relative to the machine direction. The parallel yarns are stitchbonded to a multiply interwoven scrim to form a subassembly. A batt of staple fibers is needled to the scrim and the batt and subassembly are encapsulated by a polymer.