Cambodia’s natural silk industry is on the verge of extinction due to the widespread use of pesticides that have severely damaged the health of silkworms, leading producers to rely on imported synthetic fibers to meet demand, experts say. Men Sinoeun, executive director of the Artisan’s Association of Cambodia, said global demand for the luxury fiber in recent years has remained at between 300 and 400 tons, while the production of natural silk in Cambodia has continued to fall, dropping to on

The Pakistan Cotton Ginners Association (PCGA) fortnightly report shows that the Trading Corporation of Pakistan has purchased only 92,700 bales of cotton while 1,39,58,447 cotton bales were sourced to the country's ginners by December 31st,2014, which shows an increase of 10.16 percent than last year when ginneries received 1,26,70,902 cotton bales. PCGA Chairman Hafeez Anwar briefed journalists on Saturday about seed-cotton (phutti) arrivals, sales and unsold stock of cotton. He said that 1

Despite several challenges faced by the apparel industry, export earnings from the RMG sector rose by nearly 5% to US$22.25bn in January-November this year compared to the same period last year. According to the Export Promotion Bureau (EPB), Bangladesh fetched $22.25bn in 11 months of 2014, which was $21.22bn in the previous year. The knitwear export during the period stood at $11bn with a rise of 6.723% from the previous year’s $10.4bn. Woven products earned $11.15bn growing at 3.05% as

Saying that non-refund of TUF subsidies has impacted future projects, textile industry representatives in a joint memorandum have asked for a cut in duties to revive the industry. For 'Make in India' to succeed in the textile sector, the government should ensure that raw material costs, costs of converting raw material to finished goods as well as the tariff should be less than or equal to international prices, they said in the memorandum. The Southern India Mills’ Association (SIMA), Confe

In this photo, a farmer collects cotton harvest at a farm. — AFP/File All stakeholders in the textile supply chain, starting from growers to spinners and value-added textile sector, found 2014 to be a difficult year due to a host of factors, including high cost of doing business, severe energy crisis and poor law and order situation. Apart from the internal factors, which badly hit the country’s largest industrial sector and the biggest foreign exchange-earner, there were unannounced curbs

The increasing numbers of international orders, boosted by ebbing worries on regulatory incompliance and a stable political front, promise a tempting 2015 for garment makers. Favourable factory inspection reports by two retailers' groups -- Accord and Alliance -- have shed some positive light on safety and labour standards, industry insiders said. The Accord cleared more than 98 percent factories as safe in its report last September, which was a highly desirable achievement for the sector

The price index of issue 20141229 of “China • Keqiao Textile Index” closed at 103.92 points, 0.02% lower than that of last period, 1.61% down from the beginning of this year, and decreased by 1.72% YOY. In this period, prices of textile raw material, apparel fabric, home textiles and apparel accessories all decreased, only price of grey cloth rebounded. A. Price of textile raw material declined slightly. According to statistics, price index of raw material in this period closed at 86.03 p

With the collapse in the local companies like Puma due to poor quality of imported fabrics, the Kenyan textile industry can stimulate its growth again only when the quality standards in the three African countries viz.Tanzania , Uganda and Kenya is enhanced. The imports are due to fragile cotton value chain capacity that cannot meet demand in terms of volume, price and quantity. Industrialist Dr Riyaz Haider from Bio Sustain Tanzania Ltd said that Tanzania and Uganda have competitive advan

Pakistan plans to import various varieties of cotton seeds produced by foreign firms despite a ban on their import. According to officials in the Pakistan Environment Protection Agency and the Pakistan Agriculture Research Council (PARC), the move followed claims by foreign seed and pesticide producing companies that adopting new cotton varieties would double Pakistan’s cotton produce from an average 12 to 13 million bales a year to 26 million bales per year. As per the Plant Quarantine Act 1

Models display designer Cheng Yingfen's 2015 spring/summer collection, which highlights Idili silk, in Beijing. [Photo/China Daily] Idili silk has been worn by people in the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region for nearly 3,000 years. But for those outside of the region, the fabric was largely unknown until a recent fashion show in Beijing. Xinjiang fashion designer Cheng Yingfen showed the 2015 spring/summer collection as part of the China Fashion Week in October. The collection presents even