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Cotton Consumption Stagnates
Global cotton mill use is expected to remain stable at 26.7 million tons in 2008/09. The main reasons for the stagnation in mill use are slower world economic growth and higher prices of cotton relati...
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Holiday Fails to Curb Cotton Trading
Cotton traded in a 400 point range today on good volume. Overnight trading was higher following the bounce from yesterday, but ran into trade selling above 72.50. This upside momentum came off of frie...
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Cotton Market Moves Higher
Cotton moved higher fueled by higher other commodities prices. The general pull back in commodities this week came to an end today after slightly higher prices overnight. We did see an attempt at the...
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BEIJING, (AsiaPulse via COMTEX) -- China's Cotton Market Ran Steadily with Garment Exports According to the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC).
China exported garment value at US$11.8 billion in March, up 48.3 per cent year on year, and imported 213,000 tons of cotton, down 17.7 per cent. Its output volume of yarn hit 1.76 million tons, up 12...
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Inflation in Asia Could Boost Apparel Prices
The current rebound in inflation rates in Asia may result in higher production costs for apparel exporters. With food prices up about 50% in a single year in a large number of low-cost countries, work...
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Polyester Intermediate Prices on the Asian Market
PTA prices started slightly rising in the last days, after Asian producers were confronted with higher raw material costs in the past weeks, therefore reducing their operating rates. Polyester prices...
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Cotton Price Decrease Boosting Demand
Cotton prices further fell in the last week on the international market, triggering a recovery in physical demand from spinners. A rising dollar and expiration of the nearby contract were behind the n...
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Low Sales Figures in Cotton Market
The market situation developed very reserved during the past week. Enquiries from spinners´ side were rather selective and well-directed to most favourable offers. Due to lacking perspectives for the...
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Cotton Trade in a Narrow Range
Cotton traded in a narrow range on thin volume as we continue to follow outside markets. Grains were up overnight which gave support to cotton after several down sessions last week. However, other com...
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Solid Rise in Raw Wool Export Volumes from South America
In the 2007 calendar year, Uruguay and Argentina's raw wool export volumes saw strong growth. The solid rise in raw wool export volumes from South America can be explained by strong demand for mid-mic...
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Exports to Asia Grow by 3.3%
The Census and Statistics Department (C&SD) released April 24 the external merchandise trade statistics for March 2008. In March 2008, the values of Hong Kong's total exports and imports of goods reco...
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Markets Trade in a Narrow Range
Market traded in a narrow range on light volume ahead of first notice day on Thursday. We did have some late volatility in the K/N'08 spread trading as wide as 475 points to as little as 300 while set...
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U.S. Cotton Terry Towel Imports in 2004-2007
U.S. imports of cotton terry towels further rose in the last year with India surprisingly taking additional shares of the market. The final domination of a surging China now looks less evident, even w...
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U.S. Apparel Import Prices in January-February 2008: China vs. India, Indonesia, Vietnam, Bangladesh, Mexico and CAFTA
U.S. apparel import prices generally rose in a large number of categories in the first two months of 2008, especially for wool and man-made fiber products. China further raised its prices in most impo...
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Industry Leaders Gather to Discuss Volatility of Cotton Market in Q1
We had a bounce today on light volume with firmer prices in grains fueled by a CFTC hearing on commodity exchanges and possible changes to provide convergence in the physical markets. The grain and co...
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EU Imports of Cotton Denim Fabrics in 2004-2007 - Origins and Markets
EU's imports of cotton denim fabrics resisted a new decline in the last year, mostly due to a surge in Italian imports from Tunisia and Egypt on widely different market segments. Imports from Turkey d...
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Polyester Price Down to 12-Month Low in China
Polyester prices are now falling to a 12-month low in China, reflecting the lack of demand and the high level in inventories at fiber plants. An urgent need for cash is forcing producers in lowering p...
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Merino Cardings Indicator Fall by 32¢
The Australian wool market finished 1.4% lower, on average, at sales in Sydney, Melbourne and Fremantle this week. The AWEX EMI fell by 19¢ (-2.0%), ending the week at 938¢/kg. This reflected decrease...
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Cotton Prices Sharply Falling Amid Strong Volatility
Cotton prices were subject to a very strong volatility in the last week in New York, finally falling to much lower levels. The U.S. market was negatively affected by a decline in commodity markets, tr...
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Polyester Intermediate Prices on the Asian Market
Polyester intermediate prices were more stable in the last week in Asia. A new surge in crude oil prices to fresh record levels offered some support to spot markets for PX, PTA and MEG. May contract p...