The backlog of ships waiting to unload at the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach fell from a peak of 109 ships in January to four vessels this week, according to the Marine Exchange of Southern California. Bottlenecks continue to delay cargo at other major U.S. seaports and at inland freight hubs, but the end of the backup at the big ports in California signals broader supplychain tangles that have been troubling retailers and manufacturers are unwinding. India cotton output seen rising 12%.
India is likely to produce 34.4 million bales of cotton in the 2022/23 season that started on Oct. 1, up 12% from a year ago after farmers expanded the crop area, a trade body said on Tuesday.
The rise in output in the world’s biggest producer of cotton could weigh on global prices that have corrected sharply after rising earlier this year to their highest in a decade. Fabric makes up 78.75% of China’s total textile shipment.
Fabric constituted 78.75% of the total textile exports of the world’s largest textile exporter China during the first half (H1) of 2022. It exported fabric worth $37.183 billion in this period, while its total textile exports were valued at $47.217 billion.
China’s cotton textiles exports were valued at $10.218 billion (21.64%) in the period under review. The exports of textiles made from wool and animal hair were at $1.175 billion (2.49%), silk at $482.902 million (1.02%), flax at $384.881 million (0.82%), true hemp at $2.527 million (0.01%) and others at $ 4.364 billion (9.24%). Falling cotton prices may lower prices for fashion.
Looking ahead, with this month’s revisions to the demand side of the balance sheet, the increase in production is enough to result in a surplus of production beyond consumption, according to economist Jon Devine. While stocks in the U.S. are forecast to be low by historical standards, an increase in warehouse supply is predicted to be at the world level. One can conclude that the high levels of inventory and the likely promotional efforts of retailers during the holiday season will combine to reduce the prices to the consumer.