Fabric costing | Costing calculation of knitting and colored Fabric |

The cost of knit grey and colored fabric depends on the count of yarn, quality of yarn, GSM of the fabric, Fabric structure, use of dye type and quality, dyed shade, and finish machines used to produce this type of fabric. The cost calculation is shown below:

1) Cost of grey knit fabric:

Let, us produce 100Kg single jersey-knit cotton grey of grey fabric with GSM 150 and yarn count is 30.

 Cotton carded yarn requirement will be for

100 kg grey fabric = 100 kg yarn

                      Plus = 0.5 kg wastage

                             = 100.5 kg yarn

Cost of yarn = 100.5 x 224 = 22400 taka

[1 kg yarn= 2.8$; 1$= 80 taka (2.8 x 80 = 224 taka)

Cost of yarn                                             = 22400/-

Knitting charge @ Taka 80/kg =100*80 =8000/-

Cost of 100 kg grey fabric                       =30200/-

Cost per kg grey fabric                         =30200/100

                                                              =302/-

Here the cost of 150 GSM Knit cotton grey fabric per kg will be 302/- Now you can add your expected expense and profit per kg of grey fabric cost, to the cost per kg grey fabric for your sales price.

2) Cost of colored knit fabric:

Let, us produce 100Kg reactive dyed color medium shade GSM 150 knit single jersey cotton finished fabric cost per kg may be calculated as follows:

 Fabric = 100 kg

 Add dyeing wastage @10 % of grey fabric =10 kg wastage

                                     Total fabric required = 110kg yarn

Cost of 110 kg knit fabric = 110 x 224 = 33220 /-

                      Add dyeing cost@75 kg =7500/-

Total cost (colored)                               = 40720/-

Cost per kg colored fabric                       = 40720/100

                                                                 = 407.20/-

                                                                 =5.09$/kg

Here the cost of 150 GSM Knit cotton colored finished fabric per kg will be 407.2 takas. Now you can add your expected expense and profit per kg of reactive dyed fabric to your sales price.