China's cotton futures extended a rally on Thursday as speculative buying pushed prices to the highest in more than a year in anticipation of tight supplies after Beijing delayed sales from its state cotton reserves, traders said. The most-active September 2016 contract at the Zhengzhou Commodity Exchange was traded up by more than 6 percent to an intra-day high of 13,425 yuan ($2,073.23) per tonne, the highest since September 2014. The price has jumped about a quarter so far this month, out

Pakistan textile exports to the European Union increased from 545,698 metric tonnes in 2013 to 662,475 metric tonnes in 2015, a 21.3 percent increase. On the other hand, exports from the country during March 2016 witnessed negative growth of 9.55 percent and reached to $1.742 billion compared to the exports of 1.926 billion in March 2015. In 2015, among the textile productions, the exports of textile garments increased from 137,399 metric tonnes to 179,901 metric tonnes in 2015, showing an i

America's National Cotton Council (NCC) has challenged the findings of a Turkish anti-dumping probe that has led to a three per cent CIF (cost, insurance and freight) duty imposed on all US cotton fibre imports into Turkey, effective immediately. On April 16, 2016, the Turkish government released its final decision on its anti-dumping investigation of US cotton. Turkey is the second largest export market for US cotton with shipments ranging between 1.5 and 2.0 million bales. The duties aut

The Ministry of Trade and Industry confirmed that there is a plan to waive the 25 percent Customs duty on imported fabric, a move that is meant to boost the production of locally-made garments. But this could spell doom for Rwanda's only textile factory, L'usine Textile du Rwanda (Utexrwa) struggling to stay in business due to competition from imported fabrics. The mill, which opened in 1984, is also grappling with high production costs, making its fabric too expensive for ordinary Rwandans.

China's currency renminbi (RMB), or the yuan, is unlikely to see a large depreciation this year despite slowing economic growth and weak exports, a U.S. expert said. "I don't think we'll see either a big step devaluation or a market-driven large depreciation" of the RMB this year, Nicholas Lardy, a senior fellow at the Peterson Institute for International Economics and a leading expert on China's economy, said at a seminar on global economic prospects. "I don't accept the argument that the

Vietnam exporters posted a 9.6% year-on-year jump in overseas footwear consignments to US$2.78 billion for the first three months of 2016, according to the latest statistics from the General Department of Vietnam Customs. The US was the largest export market for the three months January-March, accounting for a 34% market share with sales of US$945.56 million, said the Department. Sales to the US were up over 11.6% when compared to last year’s corresponding period. In terms of market share,

Denim fabrics and products in Bangladesh have embodied constant evolution over the years with the blessings of latest technology and innovative designs, industry people said. They made the remarks at the opening ceremony of a two-day Bangladesh Denim Expo in the capital yesterday. Denim Experts Limited is hosting the event. “We believe that denim fabrics and denim products are under constant evolution because of strong technological influence and the new generation’s choice to change denim

Cotton price rose to a seasonal high on Monday as dwindling cotton stocks held by ginners prompted panic buying. According to market reports, ginners hold fewer than 250,000 bales at present. The rising trend in cotton prices in early trading in the New York cotton market and elsewhere was reported to be another factor which indu­ced sentiment, brokers said. Ginners were also reluctant to dispose of their stocks at this juncture as they are expecting to get higher rates in the coming days

Bangladesh should focus on the growing Asian apparel market, where the retail value of garment and textile consumption in just India and China will more than double to $750 billion by 2020, from approximately $300 billion at present, said a Swiss textile expert. The Asian garment and textile sector has been growing fast and will continue to do so in the next four years, said Christian P Schindler, director general of Switzerland-based International Textile Manufacturers Federation or ITMF.

With Pakistan’s inclusion in the Generalised System of Preferences (GSP) by the European Union (EU) India has lost 37 textile markets over the last two years in the European Union to Pakistan. Preferences are given to certain countries through tax exemption in developed markets to boost trade from that country. This duty anomaly, along with other issues, has resulted into a slow pick-up of garments and fabrics from India as compared to Pakistan. Data compiled by the Ministry of Textiles showe