February 25th, 2019
Polyester intermediate prices could now drop in Asia, over a lack of demand from polyester fiber producers. With margins plunging at PTA and MEG plants however, operating rates may be expected falling in the Far East, therefore offering some support to material costs of polyester producers. Crude oil prices have continued rallying in the past …
February 25th, 2019
Cotton futures have rebounded in the past week in New York, with investors anticipating large Chinese buying after a trade agreement will have been signed between Washington and Beijing. The first USDA data covering the coming season have however reflected a rise in global ending stocks, as a clear sign that prices will not rise …
February 22nd, 2019
Wool prices have surged this week in Australia after China has imposed a ban on imports of greasy wool from South Africa. The wool indicator has risen above 2,000 A$ cents for the first time since last October. Wool prices have sharply rebounded this week in Australia after Chinese authorities have decided to ban imports …
February 21st, 2019
Fiber and yarn prices have stabilized in the last seven days in China, India and Pakistan. Uncertainties are rising in China where cotton fiber and yarn prices could however bottom out in the coming period. In India, the fall of international cotton prices is pressuring the domestic fiber and yarn markets. Fiber and yarn prices …
February 21st, 2019
Viscose prices have stayed frozen in the past days in China, over rising uncertainties on the market. Prices are however expected to bottom out in March, in line with seasonal trends. Viscose fiber prices have stayed unchanged in the past seven days in China, over a lack of demand from the yarn industry. The textile …
February 20th, 2019
Polyester fiber prices could slightly decline in the coming days, as textile production is very slowly returning back to normal after Chinese holidays. Raw material costs of polyester producers are however rising over a rally of crude oil prices, meaning that any fall of polyester prices will be limited. Polyester staple fiber and filament prices …
February 20th, 2019
Business activities are slowing down on yarn markets in Pakistan, in line with a lack of demand from China. Lower cotton prices have helped spinners in slightly reducing their offers for specific counts. – From our Pakistan Correspondent Ahmed Fayz Cotton yarn prices have begun very slightly decreasing on the domestic market in Pakistan, over …
February 20th, 2019
Yarn prices have stopped rising in India after being significantly increased in the past weeks. Cotton prices have also stabilized after sharply falling in the past three months. Cotton exports are however expected dropping this year whereas imports would be supported by the fall of prices on the international market. Spun yarn prices have stopped …
February 19th, 2019
Textile fiber prices could decline in the coming months, being negatively affected by very poor apparel sales at retail, amid a global economic slowdown. Cotton futures have already dropped this week in New York and polyester chain prices have begun decreasing in the Far East. Other petrochemical fibers could follow the same downward path. Fiber …
February 19th, 2019
Yarn prices have not moved in China where production is very slowly returning to normal after the end of lunar year holidays. Yarn import prices have been kept unchanged in the meantime, in absence of clear trends for the coming period. The yarn production is slowly returning to normal, about ten days after the end …
