100 percent man-made fibre yarns export have recovered in July particularly that of polyester and viscose yarns. 6.09 million kg of man-made spun yarn were exported, comprising 2.63 million kg of polyester yarn, 2.19 million kg of viscose yarn and 1.23 million kg of acrylic yarn, in the month of July. Polyester yarn exports were up 13 per cent in value while viscose yarn export jumped 27 per cent during the month. Acrylic yarn export was down 8.5 per cent after a significant pick seen on June. Acrylic yarn unit price realization fell only 1.1 per cent on year on year basis.
Viscose yarn export in July was valued at US $ 5.5 million and volume at 1.83 million kg, implying average unit price realization of US $ 3.04 per kg. They were exported to 29 countries with Belgium being the single largest importer worth US $ 1.25 million. It was followed by Turkey with imports worth US $ 0.94 million. Both these markets accounted for 35 per cent of all viscose yarn exported in July.
