20Jun
Cotton exports dwindle due to high prices in May
Cotton exports volume dwindled to just 1.6 lakh bales (170 kg each) in May as against 7.7 lakh bales exported in the same month of previous marketing year (2017-18) and 2.40 [...]
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20Jun
Cotton yarn export slump continues in May, deteriorates further
The slump in cotton yarn export from India continued after ending fiscal 2018-19 with a yearly high in March. In April, export in US$ terms fell 14% with volumes down 8.5%. [...]
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11Jun
Polyester slumps as it losses cost and demand support
Polyester chain pricing were seen plunging with cost support almost collapsing while demand hated to rebound as the markets were fundamentally entering the usual off-peak [...]
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05Jun
PTA moderates but spread with paraxylene widens
PTA or purified terephthalic acid, the key raw material to produce polyester – saw prices rise in early May in Asia on incessant buying, coupled with overall slow [...]
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05Jun
Paraxylene tumbles, eases cost support for polyester
Crude oil markets opened May on a weaker note with moderate movement on either sides, but plunged after EIA revealed the US inventories hit 2.5-year highs. A strong US$ also [...]
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25Apr
Cotton yarn export rises in March on falling prices
Cotton yarn export was at 130 million kg worth US$380 million (INR2,630 crore), up 6% from previous year’s level in US$ terms. 77 countries imported cotton yarn from India at [...]
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24Apr
Cotton prices shoot up while ginners face shortage in Gujarat
Cotton prices are on the uptrend amid missing accurate crop estimates while some pockets face shortage of kapas. In Gujarat, the second largest cotton grower in India, nearly [...]
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24Apr
Cotton export to Bangladesh plunges 69 pc in March
Cotton export volume continued to slump, to 5.1 lakh bales (170 kg each) in March as against 12.5 lakh bales ex-ported in the same month of previous marketing year (2017-18). [...]
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03Apr
Viscose or rayon fibre prices appear bottoming out in in China
Viscose or rayon staple fibre markets in China apparently stabilized in the last week of March 2019 as high-end fibre producers lowered their offers to acceptable levels of [...]
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03Apr
Acrylic fibre prices firmer on restricted production
Acrylic fibre (ASF) markets in Asia were silent in the last week of March, waiting for a demand turnaround while cost kept rising. In China, with some replenishing activities [...]
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