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www.gtanews.in Global Textiles & Apparels, Mumbai , 21 June 2018 Textile Raw Material Price Item Crude Oil WTI PX Crude Oil Brent PTA Buy PTA Sell MEG Buy MEG Sell CPL Buy CPL Sell PC Conventional Spinning PA High-speed Spinning PA ACN Cotton 329 Cotton Linter Bottle Grade Chip PSF VSF ASF Polyester POY Nylon FDY 40D Spandex Nylon POY Acrylic Top 3D Polyester FDY Nylon DTY Viscose Long Filament Polyester DTY 10S OE Cotton Yarn 32S Cotton Carded Yarn 40S Cotton Combed Yarn 30S Spun Rayon Yarn 32S Polyester Yarn 45S T/C Yarn 40S Rayon Yarn T/R Yarn 65/35 32S 45S Polyester Yarn T/C Yarn 65/35 32S 10S Denim Fabric 32S Twill Fabric 40S Combed Poplin 30S Rayon Fabric 45S T/C Fabric Price 71.36 1025 77.47 5720 830 729 950 15000 2070 8000 16900 16750 16200 22900 4680 7200 8950 13900 18800 9285 21300 36000 11100 22900 37800 10900 19500 19500 14420 23250 26450 18850 14000 19100 14800 16200 19900 17100 9.32 5.71 7.98 4.46 4.72 Unit Fluctuation (%) USD/Barrel 0.31 USD/Ton 1.38 USD/Barrel 0.34 RMB/Ton 1.33 USD/Ton 1.22 RMB/Ton 0.55 USD/Ton 0.21 RMB/Ton 1.35 USD/Ton 0 RMB/Ton 0 RMB/Ton 0 RMB/Ton 0 RMB/Ton 0 RMB/Ton 0 RMB/Ton 0 RMB/Ton 0 RMB/Ton 0.28 RMB/Ton 0 RMB/Ton 0 RMB/Ton 0 RMB/Ton 0 RMB/Ton 0 RMB/Ton 0 RMB/Ton 0 RMB/Ton 0 RMB/Ton 0 RMB/Ton 0 RMB/Ton 0 RMB/Ton 0 RMB/Ton 0.04 RMB/Ton 0 RMB/Ton 0 RMB/Ton 0.86 RMB/Ton 0 RMB/Ton 0 RMB/Ton 0 RMB/Ton 0 RMB/Ton 0 RMB/Meter 0 RMB/Meter 0 RMB/Meter 0 RMB/Meter 0.22 RMB/Meter 0 Associations & Company affairs North American Machine Vision growth USA: According to the AIA, the North American sales of machine vision components and systems had increased 19% year over year to $709 million in the first quarter of 2018, setting a new all-time record for quarterly sales. The machine vision Committee to Study Demands of Garment Workers Mumbai: The Chief Minister, Mr. H.D. Kumaraswamy had set up a committee involving Labour Department officials, textile manufacturers, Central trade unions, and garment workers to study the long- pending issues plaguing garment workers, including notification of minimum wages. At a meeting with representatives of Garment and Textile Workers’ Union and All India Trade Union Congress (AITUC) and Textile Manufacturers, the Chief Minister said the committee should come out with its report in a time- bound manner so that minimum wages of garment workers could be notified by this year-end. The Garment workers has been demanding that the new government implement the revision of minimum wages that the erstwhile Siddaramaiah-led government attempted by issuing a draft notification in February 2018, but withdrew it in March 2018. The industry employs Raw Wool/Wool Tops & Woollen Yarn, Source : TXC, MUMBAI Price (Rs. Per kg.) around 4.5 lakh people in the State, mostly women, with nearly 3.5 lakh workers in Bengaluru alone. The Labour Department had issued the draft notification on February 22, 2018, proposing to double the minimum wages in the tailoring industry. But garment workers’ hopes were dashed when the department issued an order withdrawing the draft notification. The department said the industry management had objected to the revision on the grounds that minimum wages in Karnataka were higher than that in other States and doubling it would have an adverse impact on an industry that is already facing tough international competition. components category grew 28% to a new record high of $107 million during the first quarter. The growth in components was primarily driven by camera sales, which increased 44% to $65 million. Optics (16% to $12 million) and software (nine percent to $5 million) marke ts also experienced growth in the first quarter. The machine vision systems category increased 17% to $597 million in the first quarter of 2018. Within the systems category, sales of smart cameras climbed 26% to $109 million, while application specific machine vision (ASMV) systems grew 16% to $488 million. AIA and its sister group, RIA – the Robotic Industries Association, are teaming up again to bring more content on leading- edge robot, machine vision, and new for 2018 – AI. The Collaborative Robots, Advanced Vision & AI Conference (CRAV.ai) will take place October 24-25, 2018 at the Hyatt Regency in Santa Clara, CA. 02 Grasim invest in the VSF Mumbai: The company plans to spend Rs.4,257 crore of the Rs.13,327 crore of capital expenditure towards brownfield expansion and debottlenecking of VSF plants. Grasim has ensured control over 80% of the costs through backward integration, giving it an important competitive advantage over nonintegrated players. The company has been planning to take the brand international. Liva helped Grasim lift its domestic sales volume to 3,69,480 metric tonnes (mt) in FY18 compared with 3,12,238 mt in FY16 as Liva’s outlets grew 18 times from 2,035 to 37,420 during the period. VSF’s global demand has been growing at a CAGR of 6% compared with cotton’s 1% and polyester staple fibre’s (PSF) 2%, making Grasim invest in the VSF business. Grasim is the world’s fourth largest pulp producer with a VSF plant in China. One of India’s largest viscose staple fibre (VSF) producers Aditya Birla Group firm Grasim Industries, is making its capacity larger by 2.4 times to make 788 kilotonnes per annum (ktpa) of VSF by 2021 at cost of ₹4,257 crore and market it as the most sustainable fibre compared to polyester or cotton. Blended Yarn Price List, Source : TXC, MUMBAI Price (Rs. Per kg.) Current Last Week Last Year Polyester/Viscose 20s 65/35 NA NA NA 30s 65/35 162.00 160.00 163.00 40s 65/35 178.00 176.00 177.00 2/30s 65/35 NA NA NA 2/40s 65/35 227.00 227.00 201.00 2/60s 65/35 288.00 288.00 274.00 Polyester/Cotton 30s 65X35 167.00 165.00 158.00 40s 65X35 NA NA NA Textiles Items Price List, Source : TXC, MUMBAI Current Last Week Last Year Imported Merino Wool (Australia) Price (Rs. Per kg.) (i) Merino Wool of MFL 68/70 mm (micron 22.0 to 24.5) in Rs. 1063.66 1055.44 691.01 Current Last Week Last Year (ii) In Australian Cents (Avg.) 2107.50 2107.50 1407.50 Raw Cotton 110.58 106.70 112.57 (iii) Australian Dollar Exchange 5.47 50.08 48.07 Medium (20.5 to 24.5 mm) 95.40 95.05 95.26 rate in items of Rupees Long (27.5 to 32mm) 118.89 116.35 122.67 Indian Raw Wool Micron Extra Long (32.5mm & Above) 141.02 118.89 142.71 (i) Bikaner White 28-32 390.00 384.00 270.00 Cotton Yarn (Hanks) 263.02 263.07 247.97 (ii) Bikaner White 32-36 325.00 320.00 246.00 Cotton Yarn (Cones) 208.83 201.14 202.03 (iii) Bikaner White 36-40 Washed 318.00 315.00 245.00 Cotton Yarn (Hosiery) 217.75 217.75 225.75 (iv) Bikaner White 36-40 Greesy 252.00 250.00 188.00 Poly/Visc. Blended Yarn 213.75 212.75 203.75 (v) Kekri 36-40 Washed N.A. N.A. N.A. Poly/Cotton Blended Yarn 167.00 165.00 158.00 (vi) Kekri 36-40 Greesy N.A. N.A. N.A Viscose Staple Fibre (Std.) 192.99 192.99 180.57 Wool Tops (from imported Wool) Polyester Staple Fibre 116.09 116.09 91.93 (i) 22.5 Micron 648.00 645.00 475.00 Viscose Filament Yarn 369.70 369.70 400.54 (ii) 32 Micron 494.00 490.00 360.00 Nylon Filament Yarn 268.07 268.07 267.65 (iii) 36 Micron 415.00 413.00 317.00 Polyester Filment Yarn 107.73 107.73 105.68 Woollen Yarn Texturised Yarn 117.50 107.75 108.00 (i) Weaving 2/56 1420.00 1395.00 937.00 (ii) Weaving 2/48 1210.00 1198.00 810.00 (iii) Hosiery 2/32 438.00 435.00 314.00 (iv) Hand Knitted 2/16 N.A. N.A. N.A. (v) Carpet Yarn: Fine N.A. N.A. N.A. Price (Rs. Per kg.) (vi) Shoddy Yarn: Fine 386.00 385.00 267.00 : Medium 296.00 294.00 210.00 Current Last Week Last Year : Coarse 252.00 250.00 176.00 Man Made Filament Yarn, Source : TXC, MUMBAI Man Made Fibers, Source : TXC, MUMBAI Price (Rs. Per kg.) Current Last Week Last Year Viscose Staple Fibre Nagda/Harihart/Vilayat (Std.) 192.99 192.99 178.88 Kharach (std.) 192.99 192.99 182.25 Polyester Staple Fibre 1.2 D 116.53 116.53 94.96 Other Dienier 115.64 115.64 93.31 Cotton Yarn, Source : TXC, MUMBAI Price (Rs. Per kg.) Current Last Week Last Year Cotton Hank Yarn 20s 219.00 219.00 208.00 30s 249.00 249.00 235.00 40s 267.00 267.00 251.00 60s Card 319.00 319.00 300.00 60s Comb 354.00 354.00 330.00 80s Comb 466.00 466.00 435.00 100s Comb 515.00 515.00 480.00 Cotton Cone Yarn 20s 188.50 163.50 159.50 30s 186.00 186.00 180.00 40s/42s 201.00 201.00 208.50 60s Card 255.50 255.50 256.50 60s/62s Comb 275.00 275.00 283.00 Cotton Yarn Hosiery Cones 20s (K) 189.00 189.00 197.00 30s (K) 210.00 210.00 215.00 40s (K) 231.00 231.00 240.00 40s (C) 241.00 241.00 251.00 Viscose Filament Yarn 75 D Bt. Century Rayon 479.00 479.00 520.50 100 D Bt. Indian Rayon 388.00 388.00 422.00 120 D Bt. Indian Rayon 364.00 364.00 394.00 150 D Bt. Indian Rayon 341.00 341.00 369.00 Nylon Filament Yarn 20/1 D 270.00 250.00 265.00 20/1 Bright Flat 292.00 272.00 300.00 44 SD Crimp 258.00 258.00 258.00 Polyester Filament Yarn 126 D 111.86 111.86 108.33 235 D 103.60 103.60 103.03 Texturised Yarn 80/84 D 117.50 107.75 108.60 Raw Cotton Price List, Source : TXC, MUMBAI Price (Rs. Per kg.) Current Last Week Last Year Medium (20.0-24.0mm) Bengal Deshi (RG) P/H/R ICS-101 117.82 116.42 98.98 Below 22mm V-797 (Gujarat ICS-102) 22mm 74.52 74.52 81.83 Jayadhar (KAR ICS-103) 23mm 90.26 90.26 94.48 Y-1 (M/M ICS-104) 24mm 98.98 98.98 105.73 Lon g (26.0 to 30.0mm) J-34 (P/H/R ICS-202) 26mm 116.98 114.45 122.88 H-4/MECH.1 (P/H/R ICS-105) 28mm 118.98 116.42 125.13 Shankar-6/Shankar-4 (Guj. ICS-105) 29mm 117.54 116.14 120.63 Bunny/Brahma (M/M/A/K ICS-105) 30mm 118.67 118.38 122.04 Extra Long (32.0 & Above) MCU-5 (A/K/T/O ICS-106) 32mm 124.57 124.52 129.35 DCH-32 (M(P)/K/T ICS-107) 34mm 157.47 113.25 156.07