In September, Pakistan's cotton import volume did not continue to increase as expected, but fell slightly to 41.7kt due to a number of reasons. First of all, a look at the specific US cotton contracts and shipment data could know that the delay in the shipping of US cotton to Pakistan this month had Read More

Pakistan’s textile and apparel export value declined by US$48 million to US$1.527 billion in Sep 2022, down by 3 percentage points month-on-month, yet up 2.68% from last year. This year, the textile and apparel export orders to European and American market flowed back to Southeast Asia, which booste Read More

Spandex market saw tight balance now, while increasing supply imposed more pressure on the price. The operating rate of spandex plants has rose to above 80% and the new units are active in starting production. However, demand is expected to fall from high level later. Spandex inventory has been grea Read More

Major raw materials of spandex touched bottom in end-Aug and early-Sep and rose obviously later. BDO plants suffered great losses and ran at low capacity during the first part of Q3, while demand grew after Sep and the spread of pandemic in Northwest China impacted delivery. Price of BDO apparently Read More

Price of spandex increased more than that of other raw materials of textiles and apparels since Sep. The increment of spandex 40D has been at 5,000yuan/mt or 16.4% and price of varieties with tight supply rose even more. The operating rate of spandex plants has ascended to above 80%. New spandex uni Read More

Recently, the second phase of the alkynation efficiency improvement project from Shaanxi Shanhua was successfully started up at one time, completed the activation of the catalyst, and produced qualified 1,4 butynediol.The second phase of BDO alkynation efficiency improvement project is a key project Read More