QUEENSLAND – WoolProducers Australia, a native grower body, has described Australian Wool Exchange’s (AWEX) review of its National Wool Declaration (NWD) as “premature”, and believes this year’s document shouldn’t be finalised until conclusions are drawn from ongoing pain relief trials into the freeze branding procedure.Contentious proposals to differentiate between mulesed wool and freeze branded wool led to several rounds of consultations among stakeholders last year, before AWEX reverted to o

FC Index of Keqiao’s textile on March 29th was 107.82, up 0.33% from the prior week, up 3.23% compared with the beginning of 2021, and up 3.08% compared with the same period last year.Marketing of spring market of China Textile City rises this week. Amount price of raw material market drops compared with last week, amount price of grey cloth market rises obviously, amount price of garment fabric market’s cloth falls slightly, transaction amount price of home textile products drops slightly compa

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