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Garments gain 2nd-largest export value
The textiles and garment industry gained the second-largest export value in the first four months of this year, after the export value of phones and their components, according to the Ministry of Indu...
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Indian Cotton Production Increases
India’s cotton production for the current season (October 2017-September 2018) is estimated to be 36 million bales (170 Kgs each).
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EU, U.S. reluctant to remove trade preferences for Cambodia garments
The European Union and the United States appear reluctant to remove preferential trade access for Cambodia’s vital garments sector, Fitch’s BMI research unit said on Tuesday, despite calls from rights...
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Vietnam’s Textile and Garment Exports Continue to Grow
In 2017, Vietnam’s textile and garment industry earned US$31 billion from exports, a year-on-year increase of over 10 percent. This growth momentum will continue in the next few years, with exports pr...
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Ethiopia ups textile sector in industrialization bid
Ethiopia is largely an agrarian economy but the country is working hard to change this by upping its game in the textile sector. Eighteen leading apparel and textile companies from the U.S., China, In...
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Egypt’s exports of ready-made garments jump 17% in Q1
Egypt’s exports of ready-made clothes jumped 17 percent in the first quarter (Q1) of 2018, recording $385 million (LE 6.77 billion), compared to $330 million during the same period of 2017, the Ready...
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Egypt announces construction of largest textile park
Egypt’s Minister of Industry and Foreign Trade Tarek Kabil announced Monday the start of the construction of the largest textile and clothing industrial park in Egypt on a land space of 3.1 million sq...
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Cotton Egypt Association Unveils New ‘Be Human’ Brand For Egyptian Cotton™
Cotton Egypt Association has unveiled a new brand identity and digital platform to re-enforce Egyptian Cotton™ as the finest cotton in the world.
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Egyptian cotton the focus of e-commerce re-brand
Textiles manufacturer, Cotton Egypt Association (CEA), has unveiled a new brand identity at this week’s Heimtextil trade show.
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Egypt Home textile export council demands CBE to add exporters to SME’s finance initiative
Egypt Home textile export council (HTEC) will participate with 40 companies in the upcoming “Heimtextil-International Trade Fair for Home Textiles” exhibition, scheduled to be held Frankfurt, Germany...
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Egypt‘s textile imports decline 73% in 2017
Egypt‘s imports of textile products dropped 73% to $200 million at the end of 2017 from $768 million in 2016, Egypt‘s trade minister Tarek Kabil said.
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Egypt industry Ministry to offer incentives for textile sector
Egypt will offer incentives for investors to attract new projects in the textile sector, Minister of Industry and Foreign Trade Tarek Kabil said Sunday.
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Eroglu Holding to invest 100 Million USD in Egypt
Eroglu Holding is to expand its presence in Egypt textile manufacturing with 100 Million Investments in its affiliated DNM company located in Demiatte, Egypt.
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Egypt textile council with Ministerial presence discuss a strategy for Egypt textile sector
Minister of Trade and Industry Eng. Tariq Qabeel stressed the importance of expansion in agricultural investment to ensure the needs of the Egyptian cotton industry, considering the increasing relianc...
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Egypt invests in re-building Ginning sector with ‘Bajaj-India’
Egypt Public Business Sector Minister Dr. Ashraf el-Sharqawi reviewed Saturday with representatives of the Bajaj Company the final terms a contract to develop the ginning machinery of the Cotton and T...
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‘Nile Holding’ and ‘Giza Spinning’ agree on a 45 Million USD investment in Upper Egypt
Nile Holding Co. for Jeans wear manufacturing and Giza Spinning & Weaving Co. have agreed to set up a vertically integrated textile manufacturing facility in Minya Governorate with an initial investme...
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Egypt’s textile exports increase 3% in 10 months
Exports of the Textile Export Council increased three percent in the period between January to October 2017 to stand at $673 million, compared with $651 million a year earlier.
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Turkish ‘Taypa’ expands its manufacturing investments in Egypt
Tyapa is headquartered in Istanbul, and with manufacturing facilities in Turkey and Egypt. Taypa is one of the largest producers of denim in Turkey, exporting 80 percent of its production to around 50...
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Long staple cotton production in Egypt to be expanded: PM
Long staple cotton production in Egypt will be expanded and 32 firms owned by the public business sector are being renovated to increase production, Prime Minister Sherif Ismail said inaugurating the...
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Egypt exports reach 17 Billion USD
Egypt exported cotton, pearls, precious stones and jewelery from January to August 2017,according to data released by the Statistics Authority in its latest publications on Egypt’s foreign trade volum...