全球近80%的纺织品贸易集中在亚洲各类市场。在亚洲/远东地区,棉花价格指标常参考Cotlook A指数。英国PCI纤维公司在一定程度上效仿该指数,参考引用了亚洲的价格指数内容,并使用国际CFR价格术语,在其网站上给出了全球合成纤维价格指数。图1比较了近几年这两项价格指数的变化趋势。由图1可以看出,2005—2009年棉花与合成纤维的价格走势很接近,但在2010/2011年度,棉花价格大涨,这主要是由于棉花供应的巨大波动。2008年,全球 Nearly 80% of the world’s textile trade is concentrated in various Asian markets. In Asia / Far East, the cotton price index often refers to the Cotlook A index. The PCI Fiber Company of the United Kingdom, to a certain extent, follows this index by citing the Asia Price Index and using the international CFR price terms to give the global Synthetic Fiber Price Index on its website. Figure 1 compares the trend of these two price indices in recent years. From Figure 1, we can see that the price trend of cotton and synthetic fiber is very close in 2005-2009. However, the price of cotton rose sharply in 2010/2011, mainly due to the huge fluctuation of cotton supply. 2008, the world