Warp knitted tape for slide fastener

A warp knitted narrow width tape for a slide fastener comprising:

• a plurality of wales extended in parallel along a length direction of the tape, wherein the wales are divided into
• a first group of the wales having at least two of the wales, the first group of wales being associated with a fastener element attaching portion of the tape disposed along a side edge of the tape and extending in a width direction, and
• a remaining group of the wales being associated with a tape main body adjacent to the fastener element attaching portion of the tape;
• one or more first knitting yarns disposed across adjoining wales in the first group of wales;
• a second knitting yarn on each of the wales in the first group of wales, the second knitting yarn and the one or more first knitting yarns being entangled;
• and
• one or more other knitting yarns composing the warp knitted tape associated with the tape main body;
• wherein a dry heat shrinkage ratio of the one or more first knitting yarns and the second knitting yarn is set lower than a dry heat shrinkage ratio of the one or more other knitting yarns composing the warp knitted tape.