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Egypt's Alcotexa sells 200 T cotton in past week
Egypt's Alexandria Cotton Exporters' Association (Alcotexa) committed to sell 200 tonnes of Giza 86 cotton in the week that ended on May 1, an Alcotexa official told Reuters on Sunday.
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Egypt's Arafa says profit hit by recession
Arafa Holding, Egypt's biggest garment exporter, reported a decline in net profit for the year to end-January of $10.2 million, saying the sluggish economy in its key British and European markets weak...
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UK: Economic crisis shrinks apparel market
The global apparel market has shrunk around 1.8% as a result of the financial crisis, according to a new report from just-style.
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Bremen cotton market - Limited choice of origins
The sales of upland cottons in the domestic market remained limited to the still available producing countries in Central Asia and West Africa. After the prices had consolidated on a high level contra...
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Bangladesh garment industry wants cheaper yarn
DHAKA: Bangladesh will loss its huge ready-made garments market in the international markets if government fails to curb rising yearn price in the domestic market, a business leader said Saturday.
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China concerned by Indian cotton export ban
The China National Textile and Apparel Council (CTEI) has expressed concern that global cotton prices are likely to rise in the wake of the Indian Government’s decision yesterday to suspend registrati...
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PAKISTAN: Yarn prices hit textile sector
FAISALABAD: An abrupt and abnormal increase in prices of the cotton yarn has hit the local cotton yarn market which is giving a deserted look and yarn merchants are sitting idle for lack of buyers. Ac...
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US clothing import prices hit a 20-year low
The average price of US clothing imports has fallen to its lowest level in over 20 years, according to the business information company Textiles Intelligence.
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PAKISTAN: Cotton importers strike deals with other sources
KARACHI: Since India has banned export of cotton to save it’s own textile industry, the Pak exporters got confused and indulged in panic buying of cotton from other countries to meet the export commit...
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TURKEY: Online marketing to increase textile exports to EU
Turkish textile firms will be encouraged to start marketing their products on some of Europe’s most popular websites as part of efforts to expand the Turkish textile industry’s existence in the EU exp...
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India to Produce Record Cotton Output in 2010-2011
India’s cotton output will rise to a record 25 million bales in the year starting August 1 from an estimated 23.5 million a year earlier, a U.S. Department of Agriculture unit said.
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CCI Weighs In on World Cotton Production
Cotton Council International (CCI) has released its latest projections for world and U.S. cotton production. Statistics of note include:
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China Cotton Imports Rise Sharply
According to the statistics of General Administration of Customs, China imported 324,000 tons raw cotton in March 2010, up by 46.5 percent from February, and up by 230 percent year-on-year.
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Fashion conference to bring world’s leading buyers to Istanbul
Recovering rapidly from the global economic downturn, the Turkish textile sector aims to boost exports with the 3rd İstanbul Fashion, Textile and Ready-to-Wear Conference, which is expected to earn th...
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India's ban on cotton exports to hit Bangladesh
DHAKA: Bangladesh's prime export industry textiles may suffer badly following India's restrictions on cotton exports this week, a business leader said on Thursday.
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Trends in US textile and clothing imports
US imports of textiles and clothing fell for the second year in succession in 2009, by 7.5% to 46.6 bn sme (square metres equivalent), following a 5.2% drop in 2008—which was the first decline since 2...
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PAKISTAN: Growth in raw cotton, yarn pushes up textile exports
KARACHI: Country’s textile exports showed signs of recovery on the back of phenomenal growth in raw cotton and yarn but the value-added segments continued reeling in the first nine months of the curre...
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India halts cotton exports to cool domestic prices
India, the world’s second-largest cotton grower, halted exports to boost domestic supplies and cool prices that have jumped 27 percent in the past year. Registration of export contracts have been susp...
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PAKISTAN: Textile sector to spend $800m on cotton import
KARACHI: The import of 200,000 cotton bales from India is in the doldrums as Indian government has imposed an export duty on the produce, importers said on Tuesday. “Besides the Indian lint prices wit...
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China May Face Cotton Supply Shortage This Year, CNCotton Says
China, the world’s biggest cotton consumer, may face a domestic supply shortage on falling output and reduced international supplies for import, an analyst at state-backed CNCotton.com said.