1. KCA's Spot Rate for Base Grade-3 Weekly Average Ex-Gin Prices.

		Rs./40 Kgs.

Week ending

August 07, 2008	--	4,475

Last Week		4,201

2. Cotton Seed Cake P (Rs. / 40 Kgs.) Weekly Average

Week ending	Karachi	Multan

August 07, 2008	642	643

Last Week	642	697

3. Cotton Yarn Prices at Karachi. (Rs. per bundle of 4.54 kgs.)

Counts	Week ending August 07, 2008	Last Week

21's	748	748

30's	840	840

H I G H L I G H T S

* According to the Cotton Corporation of India, seed cotton arrivals from 2007-08 crop by July 26, 2008 had reached the equivalent of 31.375 million bales (170 kgs each), about 13% higher than the arrivals of 27.850 million bales reached at the same stage of last year.

South Korea imported 107,422 tonnes of raw cotton during January-June, 2008 which was 15% less than during the same period last year. The main suppliers were Brazil (55.6%) and the United States (35.1%).

The textile manufacturer’s exports during July-June, 2007-08 amounted to US$ 10,561.256 million, showing a decline of 2.1% from exports value of US$ 10,787.587 million in the corresponding period last season (2006-07).

Imports of textile machinery valued at US$ 438.270 million during July-June, 2007-08 were down by 12.9% from the same period in 2006-07.

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