This year Gujarat is expected to produce 1.20 crore bales of cotton. Each year, it exports cotton bales to China as well as other nations. Moreover, owing to bumper produce of cotton in these countries, export of cotton bales has taken a hit. The Gujarat government on Monday announced relief of R1,100 crore for farmers, including R500 crore relief in electricity bills and R600 crore relief in interest on short-term loan through 50% waiver. Over and above this, the state extended R700 crore as

Seven fabrics which feature an active particle technology, 37.5 have been selected for inclusion in ISPO Textrends 2015 forum. Fabrics were chosen by an international jury of journalists, designers and independent experts with highly competitive criteria.The seven selected fabrics featuring 37.5 technology are in four of the eight categories juried, including second layer, membrane & coating, insulation, and outer layer.These fabrics were developed by 37.5 certified mill partners like Raco

The government has made mandatory a certification of any textile product exported as an organic one, under the National Programme for Organic Production (NPOP). NPOP certification is already required for raw cotton. It is to now also cover finished organic textile products such as yarn, fabrics, made-ups and garments. “While a national standard for organic cotton is a welcome move, the manner in which it is being implemented will create havoc in the organic textile industry and lead to los

With the arrival of winter season in the city, sale of new and second-hand warm apparels has grown considerably. A visit to different markets of the city would show a rush of people at shops selling new and second-hand warm clothes. Prices of warm clothes which are in great demand nowadays have also increased manifold, compelling poor and low-income group people to go for second-hand woolen apparels being sold at roadside stalls and pushcarts in different parts of the city. On the one hand,

The price index of issue 20141215 of “China • Keqiao Textile Index” closed at 103.95 points, 0.12% lower than that of last period, 1.58% down from the beginning of this year, and decreased by 1.87% YOY. In this period, prices of textile raw material, apparel fabric, home textiles and apparel accessories all decreased, only price of grey cloth increased. A. Price of textile raw material had a slight decline. According to statistics, price index of raw material in this period closed at 86.2

The Russian nonwovens and technical textiles industries volume of production during the period January-October has declined by about 15 percent compared to the same period last year, due to the ongoing currency jumps; the ever growing volume of illegal re-exports of technical textiles and nonwovens to Russia through the other countries of the Customs Union, and in particular Kazakhstan and Belarus; volatile commodity prices and the high level of depreciation of equipment at the majority of the i

Pakistan textile remained the major beneficiary of the Generalized Scheme of Preferences (GSP) Plus arrangement. During January-April 2014, Pakistan textile exports to the EU increased to $1.74 billion from $1.44 billion during the same period in 2013. The EU has given the GSP Plus facilities to three new countries including Pakistan from January 1, 2014 and will end on December 31, 2016. Exports to the EU increased by 17 percent in the first five months of 2014. During the period under revi

Cotton production in Zambia, a land-locked country in South Africa, has reduced in 2013-2014 farming season to 95,000 tonnes from 102,000 tonnes in the 2012-2013 season, Zambia Daily Mail reported. During 2013-2014 farming season, the average yields were registered at less than 300 kilograms per hectare, Zambia Cotton Ginners Association (ZCGA) executive secretary Bourne Chooka said while signing a code of conduct with eight ginning firms to improve the cotton production in Zambia.At the recent

Wool production in Australia will decrease by about two per cent for 2014-15 season to 334 million kilograms greasy, compared to previous season’s total of 341 million kg, the Australian Wool Production Forecasting Committee (AWPFC) said in its December 2014 forecast. However, the production is now anticipated to be slightly less than the decline previously forecast in August. AWPFC chairman Russell Pattinson said, “While the Committee expected in August that average fleece weights would impr

Manufacturing has been shifting away from the more expensive southern China to Southeast and South Asian countries such as Vietnam and Bangladesh. The shift is being led by textiles which may have increased intra-Asian trade but it will still take years to cause an impact on global sourcing patterns, according to trade finance bankers and fashion retailers. World trade has been growing faster than world [gross domestic product] due to the fragmentation of the supply chain, said Noel Quinn, th