PPE import of USA reached US $ 18.46 billion during Jan.-Nov. ’20 period, with a mammoth surge of 316.30 per cent on Y-o-Y basis – as says the official data.Nonwoven disposable apparels contributed US $ 4.13 billion under HS Code 6210105000 and grew 466.80 per cent from the same period a year earlier. This was thehighest standalone valueamongst total 23 HS Codes under which USA imported PPE products till November in 2020.The import of face masks, clubbing 5 HS Codes 6307909845, 6307909850, 63079

Chen Jianzhi who is a specialist in new retailer and new e-commerce fields will give a lecture from 15:30 to 16:30on January 29th. He will tell us how to get good and continual orders.

Post-pandemic, the Indian textile sector is now on a recovery path. However, the demand-price equation is suffering from an imbalance at many levels of this sector. Exorbitantly high cotton yarn prices are an area of concern for fabric and garments manufacturers. They hope that the prices will stabilise in the coming months due to increased production.Pic: ShutterstockSince yarn prices are yet to adjust itself in the downstream industry, textile millers and garments unit owners are "not too

Fashion for Good, a global initiative that strives to make all fashion good, has launched a new, two-year pilot project in collaboration with leading brands Kering and PVH Corp, and leading global textile manufacturer Arvind Limited to pilot a radically resource-efficient cotton farming technology provided by Fashion for Good innovator, Materra.Pic: MaterraMaterra’s innovative combination of precision agriculture, environmental control and real-time data tracking facilitate resilience for cotton

The latest episode of "Preferred Fabric from Textile City -- Live Stream Series of Suppliers"is going to be carried out from 9:30-11:00a.m. on January 28th. At that time,Wenzhan Textile,Penglan Textile, Liuding Textile will show you viscose fabric, silk fabric, fox fur fabric, sherpafabric, suede fabric,corduroy fabricrespectively.

SYDNEY - Australian Wool Innovation (AWI) is to trial the use of transparency platform Everledger's blockchain technology to trace the chain of custody of wool from farm to consumer.AWI says the collaboration aims to capture and make visible secure information about wool provenance and its supply chain for the benefit of wool growers, manufacturers and retailers.Everledger will build and host an electronic chain of custody tool (ECCT) on its platform to track and validate the exchange of own

IKEA has released sustainability report for FY20 that covers collective efforts from the contributors in the IKEA franchise system and value chain. Company’s important achievements include reaching the 2020 forestry goal, assessing 9,500+ products for circular capabilities and improvements throughout value chain to further reduce the climate footprint.Pic: IKEAThe report stated that the pandemic called for extraordinary measures to mitigate the effects for co-workers, business partners and commu

WASHINGTON – A consortium launched by US technology firm Conservation X Labs will offer US$650,000 for solutions that help combat the ocean’s microplastics problem.Backed by the likes of sportswear firm Under Armour, surf wear brand Finisterre and materials manufacturer Bolt Threads, as well as industry NGOs Fashion for Good, Canopy and the Microfibre Consortium, the challenge will commence from tomorrow, after a virtual launch event.“By harnessing planetary genius, we can allow conservation to

With the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, the global apparel value chain has experienced an unprecedented disruption.As the second-largest exporter of clothing products, Bangladesh felt the jerk, which jolted the industry leaving millions of workers in trouble.Factory owners were in severe crisis as they were not able to run the factory due to lockdown in home and export destinations.Figure: Some of the buyers shifted orders to China and other countries, who received more orders than the pre-C

While Bangladesh’s apparel exports witnessed a 3% during the July-December period of FY21, its foreign currency earnings from the home textile products posted a robust growth by 48% to $547 million.As per Export Promotion Bureau (EPB) data, during the July-December period, the first half of the current fiscal year 2020-21, Bangladesh earned $547.48 million, up by 48% compared to $370 million in the same period of last fiscal year. In the FY20, the sector brought $759 million.Figure: The stay at