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Related Keywords: daily production, dip in sales, ethylene, fall in crude prices, FOSTTA, man-made textile sector, manufacture of polyester, Pandesara Industrial Association, principle ingredient, recession, Surat, textile trader, yarn price

The daily production of man-made fabrics in Surat has gone down from 3 crore metre to 2.3 crore metre in the past 20 days due to recession faced by the industry. Decline in production by at least 20 percent compared to last year, according to market sources.

The yarn prices have become unstable due to the falling crude prices. The principle ingredient used in the manufacture of polyester is ethylene, which is derived from petroleum. Due to this the industry is incurring loss of Rs 4 per metre, said Mahinder Ramoliya, a weaver from Sachin.

Related Keywords: Aidifitri season, Cosmic Silk, Fadil, Fareeda, headscarve, hijab manufacturing, Muslimah wear, textile trader

Pakistani wholesale entity for Muslimah wear, Farooq Khan of Alfaro who started off as a textile trader in Malaysia 12 years ago before launching his own fashion line has projected sale of not less than 2 lakh pieces of headscarves during the Aidilfitri season in Jalan Masjid India alone.
 
This was but a piffling figure considering the 100 wholesalers wheeling and dealing in headscarves and coverings in the area.
 

Related Keywords: dress material, finished fabric, high end saris, job chares, Manmade fabric, Surti saris, textile processors, textile trader

Surat, country's biggest man-made fabric (MMF) where finished fabric including saris and dress material manufactured are set to become with the hike in job charges by textile processors. According to Textile traders, Surti saris and dress material will become costlier by Rs 1.5 to Rs 2 per metre. The prices of high-end saris, including those exported to different countries, are likely to go up by Rs 6 per metre.