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22 January 2009 - A large number of anti-dumping investigations were last year launched by emerging countries on fiber and yarn imports from low-cost suppliers. As global economic recession looms, other sanctions could be decided in 2009 in order to protect national markets from allegedly dumped products. China is the main target of these investigations while Turkey is the most aggressive in imposing anti-duping duties.

21 January 2009 - Amid heavily depressing news, there are however clear signs that global textile and clothing markets may stop shrinking in 2009, although not fully recovering from the economic recession experienced in the United States and in Europe. Raw material costs of textile and apparel industries are no more declining in Asia where lower inflation rates may now limit the rise in manufacturing costs. A stronger dollar and the elimination of US textile quotas should also help in offering lower-priced products to consumer in developed countries.

21 January 2009 - Apparel sales further deteriorated in December at US retail. With an annual fall of 7.15% at clothing stores, the holiday season was the worst in a large number of years and the level in orders passed by US importers should be negatively affected as a consequence.

21 January 2009 - Viscose fiber prices fell in the past weeks in Pakistan over power shortages limiting demand from the domestic textile industry. Yarn prices stayed however unchanged, due to the reduction in textile production, our Correspondent reports.

20 January 2008 - The international yarn market is slowly recovering thanks to lower fiber and yarn prices and the sharp reduction in inventories at processing plants. Demand from the Far East and Europe is progressively back as the fall in the Pakistani and Indian rupees offers an additional advantage to South Asian exporters...

20 January 2009 - US apparel imports were extremely contrasted in major categories in the past year, according to just released preliminary data in volume terms. China's share further rose on a series of markets, amid slowing down or even declining overall imports. US buyers increasingly focused on specific sources for specific products...

Polyester prices slightly increased in the last seven days in China, reflecting a rise in raw material costs of staple fiber and filament producers. Operating rates are also down in the country while demand is however falling ahead of new year holidays.