Viscose yarn is the second largest export item among spun yarns, only after cotton and the largest among all man-made fibre yarns. In January 2009, 2.54 million kgs of viscose yarn was exported earning about US$7 million. Compared to a year ago, the volumes were down 26% while value showed a decline of 46%.

Thus, among all spun yarns, the performance of viscose yarn had improved significantly. Unit realization too was significantly down by 27% during January 2009 from its year ago level. Thus, viscose yarn exports for the cumulative period April 2008 to January 2009 was 22.5 million kgs valued at US$74 million. Unit value realisation averaged US$3.24 per kg.