China has made an offer of technology and finance to Bangladesh for building a plant to make viscose fibre from jute. Viscose made from cellulose fibre found in trees by way of a complex chemical treatment is softer than cotton with good moisture-absorbing properties. This offering by China is done in its pursuit to strengthen economic ties with South Asian countries. If the plant materializes, then Bangladesh will not have to spend anything between 700 and 800 crore taka annually for import

The Government of India is working on a policy to reduce the flow of low-priced fabric into India, Union textiles minister Smriti Irani has said. Irani visited many powerloom factories in Maharashtra's Bhiwandi district and spoke to powerloom owners and workers to understand their problems. Bhiwandi is home to around seven lakh powerlooms. At a meeting of powerloom owners, Irani said she will meet officials of textile councils soon, and promised that she would also meet textile industry repr

361 Degrees International Limited (361°), a major Chinese supplier of shoes and sports goods, has stepped out to is try its footwear and apparel on the European market. 361 Degrees International Limited is also setting out in the running and fitness sectors, with six colourful shoe models from the running training and trail sectors in European market. The launch campaign, developed by Hamburg-based agency Drehmoment, focuses on the visualisation of the “runner’s high,” the euphoria runners ex

Aussie cotton farmers have hailed the Queensland Government's decision to offer an Au $10 million regional business support package. The funding is designed to allow energy users to better understand their energy usage and billing, which would allow users to adjust in order to minimise costs and also includes funding for meters and impact trials. The initiative will help better understand the impact of bills under different tariff options and promotion of energy audit services to cotton farme

Big spinners reducing their buying activity by keeping away from the trading ring as the issue of import of Indian cotton remain unresolved. There is a strong perception among spinners that the current situation of conditional imports of cotton from India is against the interest of the industry. This kept trading activity slow at cotton market on Saturday. It is being argued that by restricting free flow of cotton from India the government is damaging the local spinning industry on two accou

Tanzania is making efforts to protect its domestic textile market. For that, efforts are being made to introduce them in local markets instead of cheap imports. More manufacturers were moving huge sales to the regional markets of the East, Central and Southern Africa than they did to the local markets.Also, instead of dealing with second-hand clothes, traders can start buying and selling locally manufactured garment and earn maximum returns. Trade of second-hand clothes popularly known as (mi

The Chinese community is making effort to preserve its textile culture. Hong Kong-based Elaine Ng, is among the growing number of designers focused on ecological and cultural sustainability who hope to preserve skills of rural artisans that are fast vanishing in this increasingly industrial society. “A scarf that is made with 50 hours of love is different from one made by digital print in a factory,” said Ng, whose strategy of using artisans fits right in with Beijing’s push to shift away fro

CHINA said yesterday it had launched a dispute resolution case at the World Trade Organization over the surrogate country approach used by the United States and European Union to calculate anti-dumping measures against Chinese exports. When China joined the WTO in 2001, it agreed to let WTO members treat it as a non-market economy when assessing dumping duties for 15 years. That gave trade partners the advantage of using a third country’s prices to gauge whether China was selling its goods

China Textile Information Centre (CTIC), a state-owned research institution in the textile industry, has joined the Zero Discharge of Hazardous (ZDHC) programme as an associate contributor. CTIC’s commitment towards the programme will provide a significant opportunity for ZDHC to achieve impact across China, said Lydia Lin ZDHC’s Asia director. CTIC is managed by the China National Textile and Apparel Council (CNTAC), an industry federation which represents all textile related industries in

The import of cotton from international markets by spinning mills in India is likely to touch 17 lakh bales of 170 kg each during the current cotton season 2016-17 that began on October 1. This figure is slightly lower than the estimated 20 lakh bales imported in 2015-16 cotton year, but it is higher than the volume imported in 2013-14 and 2014-15. In cotton year 2013-14, India imported 11.51 lakh bales, which increased to 14.39 lakh bales in 2014-15, Union textiles minister Smriti Irani said