Westlake Chemical Corporation's previously announced expansion of the Petro 2 ethylene unit at its complex in Lake Charles, LA has begun. This expansion will be completed in conjunction with a planned maintenance turnaround and will increase ethane-based ethylene capacity by approximately 230 - 240 million pounds annually in support of the Company's ethylene integration strategy. The unit is expected to be down approximately 60 days for the work to be completed. Westlake Chemical Corporati

Indonesian textile producers expect exports to increase again this year, albeit at a modest rate, on the back of an expected increase in orders from several buyers including the United States and Japan, after the industry suffered a 5 percent decline in 2012, an industry group said. In contrast to the recovery in exports, the country’s textile producers project lower sales in the domestic market due to an influx of imported products, Indonesian Textile Association (API) chairman Ade Sudrajat sa

India's cotton exports to dip 60 per cent this year: USDA (Reuters) India's cotton exports are likely to tumble by 60 per cent to 5.7 million bales in the marketing year ending July compared to last year level, a USDA report said. India, the world's second-largest exporter, is estimated to have shipped a record 14.7 million bales in the last marketing year, it said. One bale has 170 kg of cotton. "The 2012-13 export estimate is unchanged at 5.7 million bales (of 170 kg)," the US Departm

The Cotton Development Committee in Khajura, Banke, has increased the farm price of cotton this year with the objective of attracting farmers towards cotton farming. The committee hiked the price of one kilograms of cotton to Rs. 62 from Rs. 50. The committee said that the price of cotton was increased by Rs. 12 per kg to attract farmers toward the cotton farming. Now, farmers in Dang and Banke districts are picking cotton buds and have picked around 70 percent of cotton buds, said the commi

China Textile City Fabric Market (2013-01-10)Unit: yuan/m Collector: Jiang Jianren Item WidthCM Specification/Weight（meter） Wholesale Price：yuan/meter Wool/Polyester over coating cloth 150 580 25．80 Wool/viscose cloth 150 520 27．50 Polyamide/Cotton weft elastic fabric 150 brocade 100D×50D/32S cotton+70D ammonia 15．80 T/R single-thread yarn dyed seven-color checked woolen cloth 150 5

Thousands of powerlooms workers took out a cycle rally in the favour of their demands here the other day. The rally was led by Labour Qaumi Movment District President Chaudhary Tanveer. The rally started from Sargodha Road, passed through Ayoub Chowk and moved on Faisalabad Road for onward march to Faisalabad. Addressing the rally participants, the LQM District president said that they would continue their strike until they succeed in their mission. He said that a contract was signed

A special plan has been drawn up by the Provincial Department of Textiles to set up textiles villages in the province to uplift the handloom textile industry. The plan will be implemented on the instructions of Provincial Minister Gunadasa Dehigama. Plans are underway to handover a handloom machine worth Rs 50,000 to each textile village. Dehigama said five textile villages have already been setup in Kalugamuwa, Kurunegala, Nattandiya, Pothuhera and Weerambugedara. Source: Daily

Apex industry chamber for textiles CITI today demanded that the Government reduce excise duty on man-made fibres to 8 per cent in the forthcoming Budget to boost the sector’s growth. In its pre-Budget memorandum to Finance Minister P. Chidambaram, the Confederation of Indian Textiles Industry (CITI) said: “The duty on man-made fibres and their raw materials may be reduced to 8 per cent from the current 12 per cent.” It argued that the duty reduction will not lead to revenue loss for the G

The exporters enjoying GSP facilities from the US market have expressed their worries over the recent move by the US Senators to review the special facilities for Bangladesh on grounds of labour related 'disagreements'. Not only the GSP beneficiaries, other exporters have also found the US lawmakers' plea alarming for the country's overall export sector. The GSP (Generalised System of Preferences) is the facility that allows duty-free export from a country. The US is the single-largest destin