surat there is a bad news ahead of the festive season for the middle and lowermiddleclass women in uttar pradesh bihar jharkhand and odisha who are major customers of polyester saris and dress materials the surti saris and dress materials available in the range of rs 90 to rs 150 will soon cost between rs 120 and rs 190 this is because the yarn prices have seen an increase of rs 16 per kilogram in the past fortnight besides the job charge increase by 15 per cent by the textile processors market sources said surat is the biggest centre manufacturing cheap polyester saris and dress materials and the increase in the rate of raw materials and job charges is set to increase the prices of finished saris and dress materials by more than 25 per cent there are more than 55000 textile shops in the 140 textile markets on ring road and salabatpura that deal in saris and dress materials around rs 100 crore worth of finished fabric is traded every day by these markets the cheap sari and dress material segment comprises around 30 per cent of the total markets devkishan menghani former president federation of surat textile traders association fostta told toi the textile traders who have booked orders in advance are a worried lot there is a huge fluctuation in the prices of the finished fabrics textile processors said around 60 per cent of low quality fabric attracts job charge of rs 6 to rs 7 per metre and that the high end fabrics attract charges between rs 15 and rs 20 per metre consumers of saris priced above rs 1500 would have to pay 15 per cent more money for the product jitu vakharia president south gujarat textile processors association said the production cost has gone up with the increase in the price of chemicals dyes coal and natural gas we will pass the price increase on the textile traders and they will on to the buyers ultimately the end consumers will be paying 25 per cent more by melvyn reggie thomas tnn published on aug 21 2013 at 1052 am ist telegram facebook copy link be the first one to comment comment now comments comment now read comment 1 all comments post post find this comment offensive choose your reason below and click on the submit button this will alert our moderators to take actions reasons for reporting foul language defamatory inciting hatred against a certain community out of context spam others report join the community of 2m industry professionals subscribe to our newsletter to get latest insights analysis download etretail app get realtime updates save your favourite articles scan to download app sarees retail textiles bihar jharkhand homenewssurti fabric gets costlier