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Insight12 Jul 2017New research from the University of Leeds, UK, suggests that the use of controversial fluorochemicals used in the manufacture of waterproof jackets may be unnecessary.
Insight11 Jul 2017Organisers of a major three-day India Textile 2017 exhibition in Gujarat have hoped to use the event to encourage product diversification and better supply chain links within the country’s growing textile sector.
Prices10 Jul 2017The dollar appreciated 0.34% against the yuan in light of positive figures from the US jobs report. The appreciation thus placed downward pressure on the dollar price of Chinese fibre, filament and yarn. Recorded Chinese cotton yarn prices remained stable in terms of yuan, but dropped 0.34% in terms of dollar relative to the week before. The value of 32s polyester and 30s viscose yarns appreciated 3.43% and 1.02% in terms of yuan respectively; 3.08% and 0.67% in terms of dollars respectively. Polyester Staple fibre increased 3.9% in terms of dollars (4.3% in terms of yuan), while Viscose staple fibre upped 2.4% in terms of yuan (2% in terms of dollars). Blended yarns (poly-cotton and poly-viscose), like cotton yarns, remained stable in terms of yuan and dropped 0.34% in terms of dollars relative to the week before. In India, cotton yarn prices dropped relative to the week before, while 29mm Indian cotton fibre prices moved positively, following the GST tax rate of 5% starting from 1 July for cotton yarn. China’s YTD production of yarn and synthetic fibre production increased in the months leading up to May 2017, relative to the year before.
Insight10 Jul 2017According to data provided by China’s National Bureau of Statistics, accumulated synthetic fibre production by the end of the 2016 was at 45.36 million tonnes, a 1.1% increase from the 44.87 million tonnes produced by the end of 2015.
