The National Union of Textiles, Garment and Tailoring Workers of Nigeria (NUTGTWN) recently urged the government to create a textiles ministry to address the industry’s woes and revive the sector. Textiles workers also said they would demand from the government a directive for strong patronage forthis year.Pic: ShutterstockIn a New Year message, union national president John Adaji and secretary Issa Aremu said the creation of the ministry should be taken up as a priority.“The objective of the pr

Thehas retained its cotton crop estimate for 2019-20 season beginning October 1, 2019 at 354.50 lakh bales of 170 kg each, i.e. at the same level as in the previous estimate. While cotton crop estimate has increased by 2 lakh bales in Maharashtra, it is decreased by an equal quantity in the Northern Zone.Pic: ShutterstockIn its December estimate, the CAI has reduced its cotton crop estimate of the Northern Zone by 2 lakh bales from its previous month’s estimate i.e. 61 lakh bales as compared to

is expected to reach $7 billion by the end of fiscal 2020-21, witnessing a growth of at least 10 per cent from the current level, according to Ronak Rughani, chairman of the, which is optimistic about a further momentum in the sector this fiscal.Pic: ShutterstockThough the present trend of total MMF textiles exports from India is not encouraging, exports in value-added segments like fabrics witnessed nearly 8 per cent growth during April-October period in 2019-20 as compared to the same period i

An operational plan provides a clear picture of how a team, section or department will contribute to the achievement of the organizational goals. Any organization can tackle the priorities successfully with a strong operations plan. Because a complete operational plan maps out the day-to-day tasks that required to run a business. This will be successful when operational excellence is achieved by every member of an organization.Figure:Readymade garments (RMG) operation should be driven by the pla

Cotton is a core raw material in textile production and cotton is the second largest industry in the world. But the industry holds many untold stories itself.Uzbekistan produces 5% of total world cotton and cotton is an emergency cash crop a year for the Uzbek government. Cotton is a vital $1 billion-a-year cash crop for the Uzbek government. Uzbekistan has a population of 32 million and is the seventh-largest producer of raw cotton. Over the years, farmers have had to buy seeds and fertilizers

Vietnam’s trade surplus reached a record high of $9.9 billion in 2019, according to the General Statistics Office’s monthly report, which revealed last year’s surplus was also the highest seen in the past four years, after $1.6 billion in 2016, $1.9 billion in 2017 and $6.8 billion in 2018.Pic: ShutterstockThe nation’s trade turnover surpassed the $500-billion mark for first time in 2019, witnessing the stronger growth of the Vietnamese-invested sector compared to foreign invested sector, accord

HP introduces new portfolio of digital textile printersPic: HPTechnology company HP Inc has announced a new portfolio of digital textile printers, HP Stitch S500 and HP Stitch S1000, to reinvent the textile printing industry in the country. These printers deliver fast, precise colour-matching, along with efficient and simplified printing processes and are designed to accelerate commercial digital print adoption…New Finnish tech for automated sorting of waste textilesFinnish recycling firm LSJH,

Global fibre production at all-time high, says reportGlobal fibre production has doubled in the last 20 years, reaching an all-time high of 107 million metric tonnes in 2018 and is expected to grow to 145 million metric tonnes by 2030, according to the Preferred Fibre and Materials Market Report 2019 released by non-profit Textile Exchange. The report measured the production of fibre and materials with improved social and environmental impacts…Resolution on natural fibres adopted at UNBangladesh

Cambodia’s ministry of commerce recently granted export rights under the preferential trading system to 78 garment, footwear and bag factories in the first 11 months of last year, according to its annual report. The ministry registered 51 such facilities from January to November, a rise of 24 per cent over 41 in the same period in 2018, the report said.Pic: ShutterstockTwenty seven bag factories were registered, an increase of 170 per cent year-on-year on the 10 registered in the same period the

After the incidents of unrest for a few years, mainly for wage hike for the 4.4 million workers, the garment sector witnessed a peaceful and stable environment in the year 2019. However, the garment sector, which typically contributes 84 percent in the national export in a year experienced a negative shipment since August.Figure 1: In 2019 the apparel manufacturers are increasing newtechnologiesand automation to catchup with the other apparel manufacturing countries.The negative trend continued