Weekly price shock alert: BCI Cotton–Week ended July 3 - Textile Fashion News Fibre2Fashion Sponsored Join Our Exclusive Free Webinar on Strategic Intelligence for Apparel Sourcing Leaders | Register Now Source innovative home textile produ
- Textile Fashion News Fibre2Fashion Sponsored Join Our Exclusive Free Webinar on Strategic Intelligence for Apparel Sourcing Leaders | Register Now Source innovative home textile products and trends at Intertextile Shanghai Home Textiles 2026 | Explore More Connect with global textile professionals at Intertextile Shanghai | Register Today Source sustainable performance fabrics and innovations at Functional Fabric Fair | Register Now Intelligence TexPro F2F Prime News Trade Fairs & Events Marketplace Marketing Solutions Digital Advertisement Print Advertisement Webinar Marketing Media Booster Magazine Subscription Articles Advertise with Us Sign In All Categories Articles News Buyers Suppliers Trade Fairs Interview Market Intelligence F2F Prime For You Textiles Apparel Fashion Retail E-commerce Technology Sustainability Chemicals Technical Textiles News Flash India-Israel BIA enters into force, strengthens investment ties Bangladesh’s 21.5% RMG rebound masks export squeeze Italy's retail sales edge up 0.2% in May; online sales jump nearly 12% China's logistics index climbs to 50.6% in June 2026 Mexico apparel nearshoring faces Asian fabric risk in 2026 Textiles | Weekly price shock alert: BCI Cotton–Week ended July 306 Jul '265 min read Pic: Generated by ChatGPT Insights BCI Cotton 3128B (China) rose *.*% the week's strongest move, supported by tighter Xinjiang supplies and reserve draw-downs. BCI Cotton KCA Spot (Pakistan) dropped *.*%, while BCI Cotton Shankar-6 (India) remained at ₹***./kg (~$*.*), widening Asia's cotton cost gap. Country-specific supply, demand and policy factors are increasingly driving Q3 sourcing and procurement decisions. Opening snapshot Asian cotton fibre markets diverged this week as country-specific supply, demand and policy factors outweighed regional trends. TexPro data shows China&# * * ;s BCI * * * * B benchmark rising * . * * per cent week on week, Pakistan&#<span class="startxt">*</span><span class="startxt">*</span>;s KCA Spot declining <span class="startxt">*</span>.<span class="startxt">*</span><span class="startxt">*</span> per cent, while India&#<span class="startxt">*</span><span class="startxt">*</span>;s Shankar-<span class="startxt">*</span> remained unchanged at &#<span class="startxt">*</span><span class="startxt">*</span><span class="startxt">*</span><span class="startxt">*</span>;<span class="startxt">*</span><span class="startxt">*</span><span class="startxt">*</span>.<span class="startxt">*</span><span class="startxt">*</span>/kg (~$<span class="startxt">*</span>.<span class="startxt">*</span><span class="startxt">*</span>) for a fifth consecutive trading session.</p> <p> For procurement teams, the widening price gap highlights the limitations of relying on a single regional benchmark when planning raw-material purchases for Q<span class="startxt">*</span>. Instead, sourcing decisions increasingly require country-level price assessment as d
