Inflation Index in Textiles Sector
 

  The W.P.I. Index based rate of inflation for the week ending 20.12.2008 has been provisionally estimated at 6.38% as against the previous week’s level of 6.61%.

          The textiles group has an overall weight of 9.8% in the WPI Index and hence it is an important group in measuring inflation. 

The index for ‘Textiles’ group declined by 0.1 percent to 141.2 (Provisional) from 141.4 (Provisional) for the previous week due to lower prices of synthetic yarn (2%).  However, the prices of raw silk (5%) moved up.

The annual inflation in respect of the textile group of items was 10.66% as compared to 6.38% for all commodities for the week ending 20.12.2008. The weekly inflation of the textile group decreased by 0.1 per cent for the week ending 20.12.08 as compared to decrease of 0.2 per cent in all commodities (Details Annexed)

Wholesale Price during 20.12.2008 and comparison with 13.12.2008

Items

13.12.2008

20.12.2008

% variation

ALL COMMODITIES

230.70

230.20

-0.22

Textiles

141.40

141.20

-0.14

a. Fibres

216.40

215.60

-0.37

Raw Cotton

219.20

218.30

-0.41

Raw Jute

207.30

207.30

0.00

Mesta

302.00

302.00

0.00

Raw wool

98.50

98.50

0.00

Raw silk

172.20

181.50

5.40

Coir fibre

138.00

138.00

0.00

a. Cotton Textiles

174.50

174.50

0.00

a1. Cotton Yarn

174.10

174.10

0.00

Cotton Yarn-'Hanks

180.20

180.20

0.00

Cotton Yarn-Cones

172.80

172.80

0.00

Other Cotton Yarn

149.20

149.20

0.00

a2. Cotton Cloth (Mills)

176.00

176.00

0.00

Long cloth/sheeting

184.50

184.50

0.00

Dhoties,sareas & voils

170.90

170.90

0.00

Cotton Shirtings

193.30

193.30

0.00

Cotton Grey Drills & Jeans

176.80

176.80

0.00

Cotton Grey Cloth & Canvas

310.50

310.50

0.00

Cotton Grey Cloth Others

179.10

179.10

0.00

Miscellaneous Cotton Cloth

137.50

137.50

0.00

b. Man Made Textiles

99.70

99.30

-0.40

b1. Man Made Fibre

96.90

96.50

-0.41

Polyster staple fibre

96.60

96.60

0.00

Viscose filament yarn

101.40

101.40

0.00

Acrylic Yarn

101.80

101.80

0.00

Texturised Yarn

43.10

43.10

0.00

Nylon Filament Yarn

104.60

104.60

0.00

Synthetic Yarn

119.60

117.50

-1.76

Polyster Yarn

67.30

67.30

0.00

Viscose Stable Fibre

192.40

192.40

0.00

b2. Man Made Cloth

139.40

139.40

0.00

Terry Cotton Shirtings

133.20

133.20

0.00

Synthetic Cloth Dyed or Printed

137.80

137.80

0.00

Mixed Fabrics

147.70

147.70

0.00

c. Woolen Textiles

180.20

180.20

0.00

Woollen yarn

141.40

141.40

0.00

Woollen Cloth

259.10

259.10

0.00

Other Woollen Cloth

121.50

121.50

0.00

d. Jute Hemp & Mesta Textiles

234.80

234.80

0.00

Hessain cloth

226.00

226.00

0.00

Hessain & sacking bags

246.20

246.20

0.00

e. Other Misc. Textiles

191.80

191.80

0.00

Cotton Knitted Garments

262.50

262.50

0.00

Tyre Cord

154.50

154.50

0.00

Tyre Cord Fabric

104.30

104.30

0.00

        Wholesale Price during 20.12.2008 and comparison with 22.12.2007 for inflation

Items

22.12.2007

20.12.2008

% inflation

ALL COMMODITIES

216.40

230.20

6.38

Textiles

127.60

141.20

10.66

a. Fibres

179.70

215.60

19.98

Raw Cotton

178.00

218.30

22.64

Raw Jute

197.70

207.30

4.86

Mesta

314.00

302.00

-3.82

Raw wool

96.20

98.50

2.39

Raw silk

138.40

181.50

31.14

Coir fibre

161.50

138.00

-14.55

a. Cotton Textiles

148.60

174.50

17.43

a1. Cotton Yarn

143.30

174.10

21.49

Cotton Yarn-'Hanks

149.70

180.20

20.37

Cotton Yarn-Cones

139.20

172.80

24.14

Other Cotton Yarn

131.20

149.20

13.72

a2. Cotton Cloth (Mills)

167.90

176.00

4.82

Long cloth/sheeting

184.50

184.50

0.00

Dhoties,sareas & voils

169.50

170.90

0.83

Cotton Shirtings

169.20

193.30

14.24

Cotton Grey Drills & Jeans

172.30

176.80

2.61

Cotton Grey Cloth & Canvas

263.30

310.50

17.93

Cotton Grey Cloth Others

180.30

179.10

-0.67

Miscellaneous Cotton Cloth

129.20

137.50

6.42

b. Man Made Textiles

97.30

99.30

2.06

b1. Man Made Fibre

94.70

96.50

1.90

Polyster staple fibre

100.40

96.60

-3.78

Viscose filament yarn

95.80

101.40

5.85

Acrylic Yarn

101.80

101.80

0.00

Texturised Yarn

49.40

43.10

-12.75

Nylon Filament Yarn

99.20

104.60

5.44

Synthetic Yarn

105.20

117.50

11.69

Polyster Yarn

66.90

67.30

0.60

Viscose Stable Fibre

184.60

192.40

4.23

b2. Man Made Cloth

133.80

139.40

4.19

Terry Cotton Shirtings

127.00

133.20

4.88

Synthetic Cloth Dyed or Printed

137.80

137.80

0.00

Mixed Fabrics

133.00

147.70

11.05

c. Woolen Textiles

170.90

180.20

5.44

Woollen yarn

130.60

141.40

8.27

Woollen Cloth

243.20

259.10

6.54

Other Woollen Cloth

121.50

121.50

0.00

d. Jute Hemp & Mesta Textiles

205.50

234.80

14.26

Hessain cloth

204.90

226.00

10.30

Hessain & sacking bags

206.20

246.20

19.40

e. Other Misc. Textiles

183.30

191.80

4.64

Cotton Knitted Garments

253.80

262.50

3.43

Tyre Cord

143.90

154.50

7.37

Tyre Cord Fabric

103.60

104.30

0.68

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