May 07th, 2019
Polyester use at yarn plants should be favored by the rise of cotton prices in the past months whereas polyester prices were staying stable. The current decline of PSF prices in China should boost demand for polyester at Chinese spinning mills. In India and Pakistan, the cotton/polyester spread has surged in the last 12 months …
May 07th, 2019
Textile fiber prices are now declining in China, and yarn price offers could rapidly follow the same downward trend. Demand is not expected to rebound in the coming period, with fiber and yarn prices therefore expected declining. Spun yarn prices have not yet moved in China, back from the May Day weekend. The fall of …
May 06th, 2019
Polyester chain prices have begun dropping across the board in Asia with PTA however resisting any decline whatever the sharp fall of paraxylene prices. Polyester prices are depressed by the low level in demand which should even plunge after latest tariff threats from US president. Polyester chain prices have begun sliding across the board in …
May 06th, 2019
Cotton prices have surprisingly fallen in the last week in New York whereas also dropping on domestic markets in China, India and Pakistan. US futures have been depressed by a decline of commodity prices and renewed pessimism over ongoing trade negotiations with China. Cotton inventories could also be larger on domestic markets than earlier expected. …
April 29th, 2019
Polyester fiber prices are now falling over a weakness in demand, and although PTA prices have been kept unchanged. MEG prices are however further plunging, therefore offering room for lower polyester prices. Paraxylene and MEG prices have continued last week falling in the Far East, triggering anticipations of lower polyester prices in the coming period. …
April 29th, 2019
Cotton prices have slightly fallen on the international market after China has announced that its official sales from state reserves will resume in the next week. Chinese buyers are however still expected turning to the US crop and therefore pushing up New York futures to higher levels. Cotton prices have stayed firm in the past …
April 26th, 2019
Cotton yarn prices have stopped falling in Bangladesh, in line with the rebound of cotton prices on the international market. The surge of yarn imports is however pressuring domestic spinners with limited room for raising prices. Cotton yarn prices have stopped mostly falling in Bangladesh although spinners are further lowering their offers here and there. …
April 26th, 2019
Recycled polyester prices are now falling in China, in line with the decline of virgin polyester prices. Imports of foreign recycled fibers is also pressuring prices whereas PET bottle flakes are still lacking ahead of the peak season which will be triggered by hot temperatures of the coming months. Prices of recycled polyester fibers have …
April 25th, 2019
Cotton fiber and yarn prices are moving into different directions in China, India and Pakistan amid relatively low volatility levels, nevertheless. Polyester fiber and spun yarn prices are slightly dropping in China whereas viscose fiber prices are rising in Pakistan. Cotton prices are now receding in China where official sales from state reserves will resume …
April 25th, 2019
Viscose staple fiber prices have stayed unchanged in the past seven days in China over a lack of demand from downward processors. In Pakistan by contrast, VSF prices have nearly risen 2% in a single week, reflecting strong sales of spun yarns in the current period. Viscose fiber prices have stayed unchanged for the last …
