Cotton yarn prices drop in Tiruppur as mills face cash crunch




South India registered mixed trend in cotton yarn amid weaker sentiments. Last week’s upward trend took a pause as fabric buying was weak and stocks are abundant. Cotton yarn prices slipped ₹5-10 per kg in Tiruppur because southern mills had cut factory rates as they were forced to bring down prices for want of liquidity. Mumbai maintained stable trend.

Tiruppur market noted down trend in cotton yarn prices. Trade sources said that millers are struggling to meet out their regular expenses. They had to reduce cotton yarn prices to arrange cash for monthly expenses like electric bills, staff salaries and other recurring expenses. Earlier. many mills were quoting very high prices and offering heavy discount on the prices. According to the traders, mills have now reduced cotton yarn rates by ₹30 per kg in the beginning of this month. After adjustment of discounts, net decrease was noted around ₹8-10 per kg. Therefore, market rates of cotton yarn came down by ₹5-10 per kg.” Combed cotton yarn recorded down fall, but carded yarn remained stable. A trader told Fibre2Fashion, “The mills are bearing higher losses on cotton yarn production because they need liquidity. If demand improves, mills may try to limit losses by increasing yarn prices.” Today, 30 count combed cotton yarn was traded at ₹350-355 per kg (GST extra), 34 count combed at ₹362-367- per kg and 40 count combed at ₹365-370 per kg in Tiruppur market. Cotton yarn of 30 count carded was sold at ₹312-317 per kg, 34 count carded at ₹322-325 per kg and 40 count carded at ₹322-335 per kg, according to Fibre2Fashion’s market insight tool TexPro.

South India registered mixed trend in cotton yarn amid weaker sentiments. Last week’s upward trend took a pause as fabric buying was weak and stocks are abundant. Cotton yarn prices slipped ₹5-10 per kg in Tiruppur because southern mills had cut factory rates as they were forced to bring down prices for want of liquidity. Mumbai maintained stable trend.

Cotton yarn prices remained stable in Mumbai market, which noted weaker demand from powerloom owners. Cotton yarn prices did not get support from weaving industry due to heavy stocks of fabrics. A broker said that cotton yarn weaving units and powerloom owners have huge stocks of fabric which may last for months. They were happy from recent price rise as they received a window to clear their stocks. But they are not purchasing cotton yarn for further production due to uncertain conditions. According to trade sources, fabric stocks were also depleting as large number of powerlooms remained closed for long time. 60 count carded cotton yarn of warp and weft varieties were traded at ₹1,780-1,880 and ₹1,640-1,680 per 5 kg (GST extra) respectively. 44/46 count carded cotton yarn (warp) was traded at ₹1,700-1,750 per 5 kg. 80 count carded cotton yarn (weft) was sold at ₹1,760-1,780 per 4.5 kg. 40/41 count carded cotton yarn (warp) was sold at ₹325-332 per kg. 40/41 count combed yarn (warp) was priced at ₹380-390 per kg, as per TexPro.

In Gujarat, cotton prices gained due to better buying from spinning mills. Lower arrival also supported cotton prices. cotton prices increased by ₹2,000-3,000 per candy of 356 kg since last week. Shankar-6 cotton was traded at ₹85,000-91,000 per candy in spot market of Gujarat.

Fibre2Fashion News Desk (KUL)





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