February 11th, 2019
Business activities have remained subdued on the international cotton market in the last week, as participants were waiting for the first data from the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) in two months. The market should stay stable until the end of US-China trade negotiations, due before March 2nd. The international cotton market has stayed relatively …
February 11th, 2019
Polyester chain prices have stayed frozen in the past week over celebrations of the new lunar year in China and elsewhere. Prices were this Monday firm on the paraxylene market but new signs of a slowing down global economy could depress PTA and MEG market prices in the coming period. The petrochemical markets have remained …
February 11th, 2019
Spun yarn prices have continued rising in the last seven days in India, whatever the lack of demand from export markets in the current period. If polyester fiber prices have been raised, cotton fiber prices are pressured by a rise of cotton imports from other origins. Yarn prices have further risen in the last seven …
February 11th, 2019
Yarn prices were staying frozen at the start of the new week in China, as holiday mood was still prevailing and further freezing market operations. China’s cotton use is now expected declining this season, according to latest data from the US Department of Agriculture (USDA). The weakness in demand and a decrease of international cotton …
February 11th, 2019
Fiber and yarn prices have remained stuck at their pre-holiday level in China whereas cotton yarn prices have risen in the last two weeks in India and Pakistan. Future market trends are far from clear, with uncertainty now prevailing. Fiber and yarn prices have remained unchanged in the last days in China, following the official …
February 11th, 2019
Viscose prices have stayed frozen in the past weeks in China, being still in holiday mood in the current period. VSF prices have confirmed their decline in 2018 after they have begun to drop by early 2017, as reflected by our 5-year chart. The viscose markets have remained very stable in the past weeks, as …
February 11th, 2019
Polyester prices have stayed very stable in the past days, as China was very slowly returning to work. Prices have been frozen for weeks by lunar year holidays and they are not expected sharply moving in the coming period. A fall of PTA and MEG prices could however depress polyester prices. Polyester fiber prices have …
