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March failed after nearing resistance at its Aug gap of 650 and is heading down to support at the Nov low of 577. Support below there lies at the contract [...]

US Industry Opposed to Increasing Textile Imports The US textile industry is urging the Brush administration to reject developing countries' demands to increase textile imports into the country as it [...]

This paper reviews the literature of price linkages and examines the degree to which cotton prices are linked; it also tests whether such linkages have improved over the last decade. [...]

The producer spot and the futures markets are reliable sources of price information. They differ in structure, composition and their role in commodity markets, with the latter participating in the price discovery process. An analysis of the producer market (cash)/futures price relationship for cotton in the Southwest region using the cointegration technique indicates that futures and producer prices of cotton are closely related. However, the futures market is the dominant market in terms of price information, and thus it can be used as price information for the producer cash market in the Southwest.

The prices of cotton in commodity markets are influenced by several factors. Among these, price information has the strongest impact because it affects price reporting. Daily Sport Cotton Quotations (DSCQ) which are provided by the Agricultural Marketing Service represent the producer price of cotton. The DSCQ has a critical function because it can influence marketing and resource allocation decisions. It is also used in the settlement of futures contracts. An evaluation of the reliability of DSCQ in reflecting producer prices in the Southwest region is presented.

Tight U.S. wheat stocks - the result of reduced acres and yields, and expanding export demand - have led to a sharp rise in prices since the start of the [...]

December is out of control to the upside as it approaches monthly resistance at .8320, which is the .618 retracement level of the '95/'01 decline. Daily CC above targets horizontal [...]

December has violated monthly resistance at .6862 making monthly resistance at .7270 its next upside target. That is the .50 retracement level of the '95/'01 decline. Daily CC above there [...]

October blew through this year's low at .0602 and is heading down to horizontal support at last Nov's low of .0574. CC below there targets at least the 8/02 low [...]

December has recently gapped above resistance at its steep Jul downtrend line making the Jul gap at .5936 its next upside target. CC above there will lead to a test [...]

December reversed and gapped higher to violate initial resistance at its steep Jul downtrend line (.5646-.5553). The next upside target lies at the Jul gap of .5936. CC above there [...]

cost still leads the list of concerns for this nonwovens fiber Cotton suppliers and nonwovens manufacturers and consumers still cringe when looking back three years ago at the $1+ per [...]

Fiber Forecast Mostly Steady for 2014 By ARTHUR FRIEDMAN Stability in raw material prices and economic conditions around the world resulted in a rarity in the global fiber business in [...]

Byline: Harry Cline Despite strong world demand for Pima cotton and prices to reflect it, California cotton acreage will tumble once again, this time to below 300,000 acres this season. [...]

Byline: Roy Roberson Cotton and peanuts have traditionally been among crop royalty in the South. Historically, if cotton is to be called king, surely peanuts would be the crown prince, [...]

Crop failures in China, India and Pakistan and fierce US competitiveness threaten much of Asia's textile industry. One of Asia's largest industries, textiles, depends heavily on cotton, the price for which rose past $1 per pound in Apr 1995 for the first time since the 1860s. The hike was caused by the boll worm and leaf-curl virus. This followed record-low prices in recent years as former Soviet republics dumped their goods on the world market. Now, China has become the world's biggest cotton importer, while America exports half of all it produces.

Byline: Elton Robinson As world cotton supplies dwindled in 2011, nervous end users in foreign countries bought hundreds of thousands of bales of high-priced U.S. cotton to insure ample supplies. [...]

Manufacturers of man-made fibers expect to increase their share of the clothing market due to the rise in raw cotton prices. The price of raw cotton reached a five year high in Mar 1993, when it exceeded the level of 82 cents per pound. Cotton currently has a 57% share of the market for fabrics; its main competitors are polyester, with a 25% share, acrylic, with a 5% share, and rayon, with a 3% share. Man-made fiber manufacturers are expected to act quickly to increase their market shares because a forecasted large cotton crop likely will drive prices down again., NEW YORK -- With the dramatic increases in prices of raw cotton over the last year, man-made fiber producers are mobilizing for what they see as an opportunity to build [...]

Byline: EVAN CLARK and NINA JONES Stocks Falter to End October As Economic Fears Creep Back The relief that accompanied last week's deal to stem Europe's debt crisis receded Monday [...]

Byline: EVAN CLARK Drought Threatens Cotton Crop There could be little easing up in cotton prices. Although the U.S. Department of Agriculture said Thursday that the nation's farmers had boosted [...]

Byline: KRISTI ELLIS Apparel Prices Down in March as Retailers Hold Off Increases WASHINGTON Consumers haven't felt the pinch just yet. Retail apparel prices fell in nearly every category in [...]

THE FIBER PRICE SHEET The last Tuesday of every month, WWD publishes the current, month-ago and year-ago fiber prices. Prices listed reflect the cost of one pound of fiber or, [...]

Byline: KRISTI ELLIS Inflation Looms Over Apparel Industry WASHINGTON Apparel executives are raising the specter of a prolonged increase in raw materials and labor costs as they grapple with a [...]

Byline: David Bennett The 2008 farm bill requires the USDA to take over Food and Drug Administration (FDA) inspections of both domestic and imported catfish. Already extremely tardy to take [...]

The Fiber Price Sheet The last Tuesday of every month, WWD publishes the current, month-ago and year-ago fiber prices. Prices listed reflect the cost of one pound of fiber or, [...]

Byline: Harry Cline $1 cotton? Pshaw! Pima cotton growers in California, Arizona, New Mexico and Far West Texas are tantalizingly close to a $2 per pound market for Extra Long [...]

THE FIBER PRICE SHEET The last Tuesday of every month, WWD publishes the current, month-ago and year-ago fiber prices. Prices listed reflect the cost of one pound of fiber or, [...]