It was showed that export turnover ofmarket purchasing of China Textile City had been1 billion yuan on March 30th and there had been 1887 deals of export goods of market purchasing.China Textile City is the onlypilot area of the new mode of trade—— market purchasing in Shaoxing and has play an active part in domesticeconomic cycle and internationaleconomic cycle.The progress can't take place without the help of ShaoxingBureau of Commerce, Shaoxing Customs and KeqiaoBureau of Commerce.

Due to sincere efforts of the Tiruppur Exporter’s Association (TEA), the ministry of textiles is now examining and working to resolve the crisis that emerged from the frequent increase in yarn prices and disruptions in regular supply of yarn, according to TEA president Raja M Shanmugham, who recently expressed confidence about a positive solution emerging.Pic: ShutterstockInternational cotton prices has now started coming down—of course not to the level of domestic cotton prices—and in line with

Top German scientists have found that wearing certain types of face masks for long periods of time could result in potentially hazardous chemicals and harmful microplastics being inhaled deep into human lungs.Professor Michael Braungart, director at the Hamburg Environmental Institute and co-founder of the world-renowned Cradle to Cradle environmental standard has toldEcotextile Newsthat mask wearers unwittingly run the risk of breathing in carcinogens, allergens and tiny synthetic microfibres b

LONDON– Animal rights group Four Paws has ranked 38 leading apparel brands based on their commitments to banning the controversial practice of mulesing within their supply chains.Rankings range from ‘mulesing-free champions’ including Patagonia and Ortovox to ‘black sheep’ Max Mara and Escada.Rebecca Picallo Gil, a wool campaign manager at Four Paws, said:“We are calling on fashion brands to take responsibility for the health of sheep throughout the supply chain. This includes publicly committin

A US Cotton Trust Protocol survey of sustainability decision-makers at 1,000 brands and retailers in the US and UK has revealed a sharp increase in consumer demand for sustainable products and business practices. The US Cotton Trust Protocol brings quantifiable and verifiable goals and measurement to sustainable cotton production and drives sustainability.Pic: ShutterstockA year into lockdown, the research finds sharp increase in consumer demand for sustainable products and business practices. A

InvoTech has launched the new UHF-RFID technology for tracking linen and uniform inventories, for maintaining proper PAR levels, and managing laundry activity without physical contact. InvoTech provides a completely contactless solution for everyone in wardrobe and housekeeping operations dealing with linens, uniforms, and laundry activity.Pic: PR WebUsing the UHF-RFID linen system allows us to manage the entire inventory. Processing linen items and tracking daily movement is simple and safe. Re

Kontoor Brands, a global lifestyle apparel company, is expanding its Indigood programme, an initiative for saving water during the fabric construction phase of the apparel supply chain. The programme now includes any water savings technology in apparel fabric production that uses at least 90 per cent less water than conventional fabric production.Pic: Kontoor BrandsThe Indigood programme debuted in 2019 with the introduction of foam-dyed denim. Kontoor Brands, which has a portfolio led by two of

Lifting a nearly two-year old ban, Pakistan's Economic Coordination Council (ECC) today allowed the import of cotton and cotton yarn from India. The proposal was presented before the top committee for approval at a meeting convened by the commerce ministry. The ECC met today and decided to allow the import, which is being seen as an effort to reopen Indo-Pak trade.Pic: ShutterstockThe ECC allowed the private sector to import 0.5 million tonnes of white sugar as well, according to Pakistani m

China Textile City Curtain Fabric&Wall Cloth Exhibition was held from March 24th to March 27th in China Textile City International Convention&Exhibition Center. It was the first exhition in 2021 and showed the charm of curtain fabric and wall cloth of China Textile City. It covered the whole industrial chain of curtain fabric and meet display and purchase needs of the industry. It was the professional exhition of curtain fabric industry and about 300 brands attended this exhition.

According to official statistics, US clothing imports decreased by 23.46% in 2020. Apparel Resources estimates that the nation imports $64.07 billion in clothes in 2020, a decrease of $17.6 billion from 2019. Their partner countries, except Vietnam, which showed a single-digit decrease in export, were affected by this. U.S. imports of clothing dropped 16.37%, down to SMEs of 23,132.80 million in 2020 in value. In 2020 the unit prices of these imports have fallen 8.28% as the UVR was only $3.02 f