Is the textile industry — which accounts for more than 8pc of gross domestic product and is the largest employer of the country’s workforce outside agriculture — losing its lure? Apparently, it is. The trend when everyone with capital wanted to invest in textile manufacturing because it promised easy profit and clout is reversing fast. There are signs that many factory owners in Punjab are taking money out of their textile business and investing in the fast growing retail markets to cash in

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To ensure fair participants can easily identify their target suppliers and buyers, organisers of Intertextile Shanghai Apparel Fabrics, which will be held from October 11–13, 2016, have again created a number of well distinguished product zones. One is the Functional Lab, which will have two pavilions, organised by Invista and Gyeongbuk Natural Color Industry Institute, as well as innovators from China, Hong Kong, Israel, Japan and Korea. Another is the Beyond Denim hall, where American de

Vietnam’s garment and textile industry is targeting to earn an export revenue of US$31 billion in 2016, up 10% against the previous year. The figure is expected to be met in the near future, with motivation stemming from the recently-signed Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) and European Union-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA). However, many leading businesses in the sector are facing declines in the number of orders and export prices, which makes it very difficult for them to achieve the

China's Consumer Price Index (CPI) in June is likely to increase 1.9 percent year on year, slightly less than the 2 percent recorded in May, according to an industry report. The official CPI for June is due to be released by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) on July 10. The Bank of Communications said in a report that the slowing inflation is due to falling vegetable and other food prices, which account for around one-third of the CPI calculation. The CPI for May grew 2 percent ye

The five heads of state in the East African Community -- Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania and Uganda, last February agreed to introduce a total ban on imports of secondhand clothes by 2019. But as immediate action to help promote local manufacturers, Rwandan has massively hiked import duties on secondhand clothes and shoes, coming mainly from Europe and North America. Rwandan Revenue Agency manager Drocelle Mukashyaka said that the measure takes effect from July 1 2016. Import duty on each ki

The China-proposed Belt and Road initiative and regional economic development, Xinjiang, which borders eight countries and boasts 29 national ports, has grown into a trading hub for garments. According to the latest statistics released by Urumqi Customs, China has exported 16.57 billion yuan (about 2.5 billion U.S. dollars) worth of textiles and garments through ports in Xinjiang, Textile and garment exports to Central Asia and Russia via ports in Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region have incr

Prices failed to maintain rising trend on the local cotton market on Saturday due to falling interest among buyers, according to dealers. According to some brokers, trade activity came down ahead of Eid-ul-Fitr holiday. The official spot rate shed Rs 50 to Rs 5,900, dealers said. In Sindh seed cotton prices were at Rs 2900-3200 while in Punjab phutti prices were at Rs 3000 and Rs 3200, per 40 kg, respectively, dealers said. In ready business, around 400 bales of cotton changed hands at

China sold 21,700 tonnes of cotton at an auction of state reserves on Tuesday, pushing its latest sales past 1 million tonnes in a sign of a tight Chinese textile market. The state reserve cotton was sold at an average price of 12,868 yuan ($1,937.54) per tonne, up from a price of 12,230 yuan at an auction last week, according to information published late on Tuesday on the China cotton industry website cncotton.com.In an indicator of strong demand for the material, all the cotton that was made

American Printhouse, a wholesale screen printing and garment manufacturing company has announced a partnership with Thread, a company that specialises in creating eco-friendly fabric from recycled plastics. “This is a game changer for those seeking environmentally and socially responsible alternative fabrics,” said Sam Akkad, founder of American Printhouse. Thread's manufacturing process is closely monitored from the moment they pick up a plastic bottle to when the 'Ground to Good' fabric