Luckily, as petroleum prices have remained low over the last two years, the costs of textured yarn's component materials PTA and EG have fallen greatly. In addition, the production of textured yarn is not labor intensive, so labor costs only account for about 30 % of total production costs. This means that prices for the materials which make up 70 % of production costs have dropped.
幸而近兩年拜石油價格持續走低之賜，加工絲的原料﹘ ﹘屬於石化產品的 PTA 和 EG 也都大幅降價，加上加工絲不屬於勞力密集產業，因此人力成本比重小，反倒原料佔掉生產成本的七成。