The Senate Committee on National Food Security and Research has asked the government to immediately stop the import of cotton lint from India. Syed Muzaffar Hussain Shah, while chairing the committee meeting on Wednesday, warned that the country’s agriculture economy would be ruined if the import of 0.5 million bales of cotton from India was not stopped. The committee’s members observed that the last season showed a 30 per cent decline in cotton production, adding that the figure could ri

The Federation of Surat Textile Traders Association (FOSTTA) has urged the Union Government to slap anti-dumping duty on fabrics imported from China and other countries to save India's domestic man-made fabric (MMF) sector. In a letter to Union Textiles Minister Santosh Gangwar, FOSTTA said that almost half the MMF sector in Surat has been forced to observe a total shutdown for the past one month. Powerloom weavers have stopped manufacturing polyester fabric due to weak demand in the face of

Kraig Biocraft Laboratories, a producer of spider silk based fibres, recently announced that it plans to establish more than one additional production site, including its domestic operations. The production site would operate parallel to the prior announced plans for operations in Vietnam. The added production facilities will allow the company to fulfill outstanding material request for recombinant spider silk fibres from its partners and prospective clients. “Although securing a healthy

Come 2017, and India may easily tend to lose at least around $1-2 billion or more in terms of garment and fabric exports, thanks to the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) being implemented between 12 member nations including the US, Canada, Japan, Australia, New Zealand, Vietnam, Malaysia and South Korea, and some Latin American countries. TPP mandates that for member countries to export garments to each other, they should source 75 per cent of the raw materials like yarn and fabric within them

The cotton market remained steady on Monday amid slow trading. However, small spinners, who were keen to replenish their stocks, were unable to get hold of big lot deals due to depleting stocks held by ginners. Moreover, the short supply of cotton during off-season period has now forced many big spinners to import more cotton. Market sources said that around 50,000 tonnes have already reached the country in a period of one month. Earlier, spinners imported around 3.5 million cotton bales,

Nomadix, California based apparel manufacturer has partnered withRecover Textiles, a Spanish producer of upcycled cotton yarns, to launch the ‘clean apparel campaign’ which intends to make sustainable T-shirts that uses recycled textile waste without using any water or dyes. The campaign seeks to raise money for production of the Clean Tee which is made entirely from recycled cotton. Nomadix T-shirt reduces water consumption by 99 per cent. It consists of reblending cotton from used clothing

The first nine months financials of the listed companies of the textile sector suggest that the industry is heavily under pressure, as only 30 percent of the listed companies of textile industry marginally performing while remaining 70 percent companies showing closure or negative results. Financials of the non-listed textile companies are even worst and the exports of the sector are showing negative trends over the last two years. Unprecedented cotton crop failure caused 35% drop in producti

The cultivation of jute, the main cash crop of the country, is likely to cross acreage target this year, according to Department of Agricultural Extension. Farmers are growing jute on a total of 7.8 lakh hectares of land against the national target of 7.2 lakh hectares set for 2016-17 crop year, said DAE progress report. The production target of jute this year is 78 lakh bales, said DAE officials. DAE officials said farmers have become more interested in growing jute due to better price

The country’s earnings from Jute export to India in the July-April period of the fiscal year 2015-16 grew by 133.80 per cent to US$ 149.24 million from US$ 63.83 million in the same period of the FY 2014-15, according to the Export Promotion Bureau data. Data showed that the export earnings from India in the first 10 months of FY16 increased by 27.46 per cent to US$ 551.31 million from US$ 432.51 in the same period of the FY15. Readymade garment export to India in the July-April period gre

The owners of the export-oriented readymade garment manufacturers are set to contribute 0.03% of the export value to the workers’ welfare fund from July1, 2016. A 10-member board formed to manage the fund came up with the decision at its first-ever meeting held at the Ministry of Labour and Employment in the city yesterday. The board also decided to open two accounts with Bangladesh Bank where the contribution will be deposited. As per the decision, State Minister for Ministry of Labour an