Sources worth reading
Where we look each week. These are links out, not copies. Anything marked as paid is someone else's product and we do not reproduce their numbers here.
Cotton futures and world indices
The benchmark everyone in the chain watches, whether or not they trade it.
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ICE Cotton No. 2 futures
The New York cotton futures contract. The reference price the rest of the world moves against.
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Cotlook A Index
The long running world cotton price index. Headline figures are visible, the full service is paid.
Pakistan cotton
The numbers that set the floor for Pakistani yarn.
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Karachi Cotton Association spot rate
The official Pakistani cotton spot rate. Daily issuance resumed after being suspended for part of 2025 and 2026.
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Business Recorder, cotton
Daily spot rates and a weekly cotton review covering the Pakistani crop and mill buying.
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All Pakistan Textile Mills Association
Industry position, production data and policy news from the Pakistani mill sector.
Man made fibre and feedstock
If you buy blends, these move your cost as much as cotton does.
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Fibre2Fashion price watch
Daily feedstock, fibre and yarn prices across the world. The headline pages are free, the TexPro data product is paid.
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YarnsandFibers
Price trends across the textile chain, plus country reports on production, exports, imports and capacity.
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EmergingTextiles
Fibre, yarn and apparel price databases with long history. Paid service.
Energy and currency
Two things that move a quote between the day it is given and the day you accept it.
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Crude oil prices
US Energy Information Administration data. Crude feeds polyester, so it feeds blended yarn.
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State Bank of Pakistan exchange rates
Official Pakistani rupee rates, which is what your Pakistani supplier's bank will use.
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Bangladesh Bank exchange rates
Official taka rates, for buyers landing goods in Bangladesh.
Why this page is only links
Several of the best data services in this industry are commercial products that people pay for. Copying their numbers onto our page would be taking something that is not ours, and it would also mean you are reading a second hand figure with no way to check it. So we link, and you read it at the source.
If you know a source that belongs on this page, tell us. We will look at it and add it if it is genuinely useful.