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Insight7 Nov 2016Viscose staple fibres continued to fall during the week ending 4 November, with the daily average percentage change showing a 0.52% decrease within that week. The five-day average price dropped to 15,860 yuan per tonne, from 16,282 yuan per tonne the week before. The 2.59% drop is faster than the 1.94% drop then week before, when prices dropped from 16,604 the week ending 21 October.
Insight7 Nov 2016Daily prices this week averaged an increase of 0.018% per day to 15,369 yuan per tonne on Friday from 15,358 yuan per tonne on Monday, and averaged 3.35% below the polynomial trend. The price on Tuesday decreased 0.078% to 15,346 yuan, from 15,358 yuan the day before. On Wednesday, it went up 0.15% to 15,369 yuan – where it stayed until the end of the week.
Insight27 Oct 2016During the week ending 28 October, average cotton index in China rose 5.21% to 15,365 yuan per tonne, compared to the week before the holiday when average price were at 14605 yuan per tonne. Relative to the week ending 21 October, prices rose 0.2% from 15,334 yuan per tonne the week before, a recovery from 0.08% drop in the week ending 21 October from 15347 yuan per tonne the week before.
Insight27 Oct 2016Price offered by the Karachi Cotton Association fell to 5,950 kg per 37.32 kg on Wednesday in response to increased supply and panic selling among existing spinners and mills this week, a 0.83% drop from Rs6,000 per 37.32 kg the day before. Prices stabilized at the former till Friday when it dropped another 0.84% to 5,900 the end of the week.
Insight27 Oct 2016Viscose staple fibre still fell the week ending 28 October. The five-day average price fell 1.94% to 16,282 yuan per tonne from 16,604 the week before. The five-day average price has fallen since the week after the Chinese holiday, and has been falling at an accelerated pace. From a 0.27% drop the week ending 14 October, relative to the week before, to 1.6% drop in the week ending 21 October to a further 1.94% drop in week the ending 28 October.
Insight27 Oct 2016Data provided by the United States Department of Commerce: Office of Textile and Apparel shows that US imports of Polyester filament fabrics fell in August relative to July due to continuous fall in Demand since June.
Insight24 Oct 2016Polyester prices in China continue to rise upwards along with its intermediates (PTA,MEG, and PX), while viscose and Polyamide prices falls. Cotton combed yarns falls slightly in China despite the rise in dollar relative to the yuan, and as cotton cotlook price rise slightly by 0.51%. Indian cotton carded yarns rise as well at a faster pace than the cotlook A Index.
Insight24 Oct 2016Weekly average Cotton prices rose 1.12% in week ending 21st of October due to sustained cotton buying from spinners and mills. Prices were stable at Rs 6050 per 37.32 up to the 20th last week before falling 0.83% to Rs 6000 per 37.32.
Insight24 Oct 2016America’s trade surplus in July contracted relative to June 2016 by 57.76% to $12.298 million from $29.113 million. Most of the drop in trade surplus is the result of a widening deficit in fabrics. Out of the total $25.258 million drop in trade surplus, Fabrics takes into account of $16.735 million (66.26% of total loss). Total gain from Fibers Yarns and Thread relative to June 2016 amounted to just $8.443 million leading to a net drop amounting to $16.814 million in trade surplus.
Insight18 Oct 2016According to data provided by the US Department of Commerce, US trade surplus in textile and fabrics fell 35.28% to $420.678m from $649.970m during the same period last year. Like in June, the main reason for the drop in trade surplus is due to exports falling faster and harder than imports
Insight17 Oct 2016Average 5-day price fell slightly by 0.31% in week ending 14th of October to Rs 5,967 per 37.32kg from Rs 5,985 per 37.32 kg the week before due to increased supply entering the market allowed by good weather conditions.
Insight11 Oct 2016China Cotton Yarn prices fell on the 30th of September compared to last week. Growth in Indian Cotton yarn prices slowed down due to the arrival of new cotton. Taiwan yarn prices remained stable due to typhoon that hit the market this week. Polyester, Viscose and Polyamide prices in China increased slightly this past week due to high trading activity.
Insight10 Oct 2016According to data provided by the United States: International Trade Administration: Office of Textile and Apparel, US year-to-date quantity imports of textured filament yarns decreased in the months leading up to August 2016, relative to the same period last year.
Insight10 Oct 2016Slow cotton yarn demand due to slow global growth caused some cautious buying among spinners and mills in Pakistan. China’s long holiday exacerbated this low demand this week. Although price fell, the decline wasn’t much as mills continued buying to cover their requirements. Local markets in Pakistan and India were moving in line with global track.
Insight7 Oct 2016According to data provided by the United States International Trade Administration: Office of Textile and Apparel, Year-To-Date US imports of polyester filament fabrics up to July fell 16% relative to the same period last year to 94.094 million square meters from 112.027 million square meters.
Insight3 Oct 2016Cotton prices have recovered following the week ending 9 September. According to an article written in Business Recorder, there has been fresh buying interest from spinners and mills in the week ending 23 September due to a slight fear of further rise in the price of cotton. The fear is the result of supply-side challenges major cotton producing regions were predicted to face.
Insight16 Sept 2016According to the US department of Commerce and US international Trade Administration, demand for imported combed Cotton dropped between January to July 2016 compared to the same period last year. The quantity of imported combed cotton decreased 8.58% to 11.827 million kg from 12.937 million kg during the same period one year before. Prices per kg also dropped 8.04% to $3.14 per kg, from $3.42 per kg during the same period the year before.
