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North India sees slow yarn demand despite costlier cotton

Buyers remain in a wait-and-watch mode in Panipat’s recycled yarn and raw material trade. Traders observed continued stability in prices for recycled yarn and raw materials. The summer season typically remains dull for the domestic home textile market. The export outlook also remains unclear, as a stable US policy on duties is yet to materialise. The market is likely to take more time to find a clear direction.

The Ludhiana market showed no signs of improvement in cotton yarn demand. Prices remained stable. Optimism for strong demand was absent, and actual buying from the consumer industry and stockists remained slow. A trader from the Ludhiana market told Fibre2Fashion, “The market has witnessed average to slow demand for cotton yarn. We will have to wait longer for any uptick in demand driven by the current tariff issue. Imports of Chinese fabric have further dampened sentiment in the local cotton yarn market. The intermediary product is caught between weak demand and rising prices.”