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South India's cotton yarn market faces weak demand, discounts rise

16 May '25

3 min read

South India's cotton yarn market faces weak demand, discounts rise

Insights

Despite a positive outlook from India's textile and apparel exports in April 2025, south India's cotton yarn market remains under pressure due to weak demand, labour shortages, and limited garment exports.
Mills are offering discounts to attract buyers amid bearish global sentiment.
Cotton prices in Gujarat remained stable, but poor demand forced the Cotton Corporation of India to reduce auction rates.

The Mumbai market continued to witness weak demand from the loom sector due to an acute shortage of workers. As a result, looms are operating at lower capacities. A trader from Mumbai told Fibre2Fashion, “Market prices of cotton yarn were hovering at previous levels, but mills are offering higher discounts to attract buyers. Slower consumption in the loom sector is the main cause of poor cotton yarn demand.”

In Mumbai, ** carded yarn of warp and weft varieties were traded at &#****;*,***-*,*** (approximately $**.**-$**.**) and &#****;*,***-*,*** per * kg (approximately $**.**-$**.**) (excluding GST), respectively. Other prices include ** combed warp at &#****;***-*** (approximately $*.**-$*.**) per kg, ** carded weft at &#****;*,***-*,*** (approximately $**.**-$**.**) per *.* kg, **/** carded warp at &#****;***-*** (approximately $*.**-$*.**) per kg, **/** carded warp at &#****;***-*** (approximately $*.**-$*.**) per kg and **/** combed warp at &#****;***-*** (approximately $*.**-*.**) per kg, according to trade sources.