Here is a visual guide to the different textile arts on display at the Islamic Arts Museum Malaysia:
Australia is set to become the world’s second-biggest exporter of raw cotton, trailing only the US, after last year’s record harvest and another good crop expected next month.
The Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Sciences predicts Australia will export an unprecedented 1.1 million tonnes of cotton in 2012-13, 11 per cent more than in 2011-12.
But cotton production this season will not exceed last year’s record crop, falling by 21 per cent from last year’s 1.2 milli
Cotton prices have increased significantly over the last eight months, a period when the harvesting is intensified and Brazilian cotton exports move up. The 2011/12 season (harvested in 2012) was the second highest in history, and purchasers expected significant price drops in Brazil, which was observed in the first semester of 2012. However, the trend changed and domestic and export demands underpinned prices.
In the second semester of 2012, significant volumes exported recovered prices reduci
Cotton textile exports are expected to grow by 9 per cent at USD 9.56 billion in the current fiscal as against USD 8.42 billion in the previous year despite adverse market conditions in key markets of the US and European Union, an industry body said today. “Cotton textiles are amongst the select few items in the textile and clothing basket that have shown positive growth in exports during the current fiscal (2012-13). “Current trends in exports indicate it will surpass the target of USD 9 billio
Iran exported $644 million worth of textile products during the first eleven months of the current Iranian calendar year (March 20, 2012-February 18, 2013), IRNA reported.
Textile exports grew by 24 percent compared to the same period in the past year.
Machine-made floorings, clothing, and threads were the main exported products.
In October, 2012, Iranian industry ministry official Mehdi Eslampanah said that regional countries as well as the South America are the main targets for Iranian t