Month: April 2025

Polyester Fibers: China, India, Pakistan  (Weekly)

Polyester fiber markets remained weak in early April, with Chinese PFY producers cutting output to prevent a price war, PSF prices stabilizing but continuing their long-term decline, and rising feedstock costs failing to improve margins amid poor demand, geopolitical uncertainty, and looming U.S. tariff threats. Our weekly report provides a comprehensive picture of polyester staple fiber (PSF) and polyester filament yarn (POY, DTY, and FDY) markets in China, India, and Pakistan. The report offers weekly updated data in both local currencies and US dollars to make easy comparisons with our extensive price tables. All of the data is available for download.

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Pakistan Fiber and Yarn Prices (Weekly)

Pakistan’s textile sector remains under stress, with falling yarn prices, weak cotton output, and rising costs highlighting the urgent need for policy reform and industry support. Our weekly review offers a comprehensive overview of Pakistan's domestic and export yarn markets. It comprises price data for a range of yarn types, encompassing cotton yarns, polyester-cotton blends, polyester-viscose blends, polyester-spun yarns, and viscose-spun yarns. Data are accessible for download.
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Spun Yarn Prices: Domestic Markets (Weekly)

Despite a rebound in global cotton prices, domestic yarn markets in Asia remained weak overall, with polyester blends softening further and viscose showing relative stability. To compare market trends across these four countries, we have selected benchmark indicators, including 30s carded cotton knitting and 40s combed cotton knitting, polyester-cotton, 100% polyester, and 100% viscose. All data are available for download.
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Spun Yarn Prices: International Market (Weekly)

India's cotton yarn export prices rose slightly in the past week, Pakistan's remained steady, and China's import prices continued to soften amid subdued global demand. The report details the latest and long-term trends in the international yarn market, focusing on 100% cotton in China, India, and Pakistan. The report highlights various counts in both carded and combed cotton categories.
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Emerging Currencies: March and 1st Quarter 2025 (Monthly)

The first quarter of 2025 highlighted the fragility of politically and market-sensitive currencies, while renewed confidence in European assets reshaped global capital flows. Our monthly statistical report presents a comprehensive overview of currency values in low-income nations relative to the US dollar, the euro, the British pound, the Indian rupee, the Pakistani rupee, and the Chinese renminbi over the past five years.
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