Inflation Index in Textiles Sector

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The W.P.I. Index based rate of inflation for the week ending 07.02.2009 has been provisionally
estimated at 3.92% as against the previous week’s level of 4.39%.

The textiles group has an overall weight of 9.8% in the WPI Index and hence it is an
important group in measuring inflation.

The index for 'Textiles' group declined by 0.7 percent to 139.0 (Provisional) from 140.0
(Provisional) for the previous week due to lower prices of cotton yarn-cones (4%) cotton yarn-
hanks and raw cotton (1%). However, the prices of cotton knitted garments (4%) and texturised
yarn and hessian cloth (2% each) moved up.

The annual inflation in respect of the textile group of items was 8.85% as compared to 3.92% for
all commodities for the week ending 07.02.2009. The weekly inflation of the textile group
decreased by 0.7 per cent for the week ending 07.02.2009 as compared to decreased of 0.2 per
cent in all commodities (Details Annexed)

Wholesale Price during 07.02.2009 and comparison with 31.01.2009

Items 31.01.09 07.02.09 % variation

ALL COMMODITIES 228.40 228.00 -0.18
Textiles 140.00 139.00 -0.71
a. Fibres 210.50 208.20 -1.09
Raw Cotton 212.60 210.00 -1.22
Raw Jute 207.30 207.30 0.00
Mesta 302.00 302.00 0.00
Raw wool 98.50 98.50 0.00
Raw silk 188.90 188.90 0.00
Coir fibre 138.00 138.00 0.00
a. Cotton Textiles 173.20 170.20 -1.73
a1. Cotton Yarn 171.70 167.80 -2.27
Cotton Yarn-'Hanks 177.30 175.00 -1.30
Cotton Yarn-Cones 170.50 164.20 -3.70
Other Cotton Yarn 148.70 149.00 0.20
a2. Cotton Cloth (Mills) 178.80 178.80 0.00
Long cloth/sheeting 184.50 184.50 0.00
Dhoties,sareas & voils 160.00 160.00 0.00
Cotton Shirtings 193.30 193.30 0.00
Cotton Grey Drills & Jeans 182.30 182.30 0.00
Cotton Grey Cloth & Canvas 330.10 330.10 0.00
Cotton Grey Cloth Others 183.10 183.10 0.00
Miscellaneous Cotton Cloth 138.90 138.90 0.00
b. Man Made Textiles 96.70 97.00 0.31
b1. Man Made Fibre 93.70 94.00 0.32
Polyster staple fibre 86.80 86.80 0.00
Viscose filament yarn 102.10 102.10 0.00
Acrylic Yarn 101.80 101.80 0.00
Texturised Yarn 45.10 46.20 2.44
Nylon Filament Yarn 103.50 103.50 0.00
Synthetic Yarn 118.70 119.10 0.34
Polyster Yarn 60.10 60.10 0.00
Viscose Stable Fibre 192.40 192.40 0.00
b2. Man Made Cloth 139.40 139.40 0.00
Terry Cotton Shirtings 133.20 133.20 0.00
Synthetic Cloth Dyed or Printed 137.80 137.80 0.00