Inflation Index in Textiles Sector

Friday, February 13, 2009


The W.P.I. Index based rate of inflation for the week ending 31.01.2009 has been provisionally estimated at 4.39% as against the previous week?s level of 5.07%.

          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 0.78 percent to 140.0 (Provisional) from 141.1 (Provisional) for the previous week due to lower prices of polyster yarn (11%), dhoties, sarees & voils (6%), cotton yarn-cones, cotton yarn-hanks, nylon filament yarn and raw cotton (1% each). However, the prices of cotton grey drills & jeans (3%), cotton grey cloth (others) (2%) and viscose filament yarn (1%) moved up.

The annual inflation in respect of the textile group of items was 9.55% as compared to 4.39% for all commodities for the week ending 31.01.2009. The weekly inflation of the textile group decreased by 0.78 per cent for the week ending 31.01.2009 as compared to decreased of 0.74 per cent in all commodities (Details Annexed

Wholesale Price during 31.01.2009 and comparison with 24.01.2009

Items

24.01.09

31.01.09

% variation

ALL COMMODITIES

230.10

228.40

-0.74

Textiles

141.10

140.00

-0.78

a. Fibres

213.30

210.50

-1.31

Raw Cotton

215.70

212.60

-1.44

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

188.00

188.90

0.48

Coir fibre

138.00

138.00

0.00

a. Cotton Textiles

174.40

173.20

-0.69

a1. Cotton Yarn

173.60

171.70

-1.09

Cotton Yarn-'Hanks

179.30

177.30

-1.12

Cotton Yarn-Cones

172.50

170.50

-1.16

Other Cotton Yarn

149.20

148.70

-0.34

a2. Cotton Cloth (Mills)

177.40

178.80

0.79

Long cloth/sheeting

184.50

184.50

0.00

Dhoties,sareas & voils

170.90

160.00

-6.38

Cotton Shirtings

193.30

193.30

0.00

Cotton Grey Drills & Jeans

176.80

182.30

3.11

Cotton Grey Cloth & Canvas

330.10

330.10

0.00

Cotton Grey Cloth Others

179.10

183.10

2.23

Miscellaneous Cotton Cloth

138.90

138.90

0.00

b. Man Made Textiles

98.10

96.70

-1.43

b1. Man Made Fibre

95.20

93.70

-1.58

Polyster staple fibre

86.80

86.80

0.00

Viscose filament yarn

101.40

102.10

0.69

Acrylic Yarn

101.80

101.80

0.00

Texturised Yarn

45.10

45.10

0.00

Nylon Filament Yarn

104.10

103.50

-0.58

Synthetic Yarn

118.70

118.70

0.00

Polyster Yarn

67.30

60.10

-10.70

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

178.20

178.20

0.00

Woollen yarn

141.40

141.40

0.00

Woollen Cloth

253.90

253.90

0.00

Other Woollen Cloth

121.50

121.50

0.00

d. Jute Hemp & Mesta Textiles

249.60

249.60

0.00

Hessain cloth

237.00

237.00

0.00

Hessain & sacking bags

265.80

265.80

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  24.01.2009 and comparison with 26.01.2008 for inflation

Items

02.02.2008

31.01.09

% inflation

ALL COMMODITIES

218.80

228.40

4.39

Textiles

127.80

140.00

9.55

a. Fibres

185.70

210.50

13.35

Raw Cotton

184.70

212.60

15.11

Raw Jute

197.90

207.30

4.75

Mesta

314.00

302.00

-3.82

Raw wool

96.20

98.50

2.39

Raw silk

138.40

188.90

36.49

Coir fibre

161.50

138.00

-14.55

a. Cotton Textiles

150.20

173.20

15.31

a1. Cotton Yarn

145.40

171.70

18.09

Cotton Yarn-'Hanks

151.40

177.30

17.11

Cotton Yarn-Cones

141.80

170.50

20.24

Other Cotton Yarn

133.30

148.70

11.55

a2. Cotton Cloth (Mills)

168.00

178.80

6.43

Long cloth/sheeting

184.50

184.50

0.00

Dhoties,sareas & voils

169.50

160.00

-5.60

Cotton Shirtings

169.20

193.30

14.24

Cotton Grey Drills & Jeans

172.30

182.30

5.80

Cotton Grey Cloth & Canvas

264.80

330.10

24.66

Cotton Grey Cloth Others

180.30

183.10

1.55

Miscellaneous Cotton Cloth

129.20

138.90

7.51

b. Man Made Textiles

96.60

96.70

0.10

b1. Man Made Fibre

94.00

93.70

-0.32

Polyster staple fibre

97.00

86.80

-10.52

Viscose filament yarn

98.60

102.10

3.55

Acrylic Yarn

101.80

101.80

0.00

Texturised Yarn

47.60

45.10

-5.25

Nylon Filament Yarn

100.80

103.50

2.68

Synthetic Yarn

105.10

118.70

12.94

Polyster Yarn

66.90

60.10

-10.16

Viscose Stable Fibre

185.00

192.40

4.00

b2. Man Made Cloth

133.00

139.40

4.81

Terry Cotton Shirtings

127.00

133.20

4.88

Synthetic Cloth Dyed or Printed

137.80

137.80

0.00

Mixed Fabrics

130.00

147.70

13.62

c. Woolen Textiles

170.90

178.20

4.27

Woollen yarn

130.80

141.40

8.10

Woollen Cloth

243.20

253.90

4.40

Other Woollen Cloth

121.50

121.50

0.00

d. Jute Hemp & Mesta Textiles

202.30

249.60

23.38

Hessain cloth

201.20

237.00

17.79

Hessain & sacking bags

203.80

265.80

30.42

e. Other Misc. Textiles

181.70

191.80

5.56

Cotton Knitted Garments

253.80

262.50

3.43

Tyre Cord

143.90

154.50

7.37

Tyre Cord Fabric

91.80

104.30

13.62

 

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