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Cotton output up 12 percent
KARACHI: The national cotton output has increased by almost 12 per cent as compared with the last year, says the fortnightly report of Pakistan Cotton Ginners Association (PCGA) issued on Monday.
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TUNISIA: Exports of Tunisian textile on the increase
Textile is the first manufacturing sector in Tunisia, representing 36% of manufacturing exports, generating 3 billion Euros. Tunisia is also the first exporter to Europe on the southern Mediterranean...
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Shortage of cotton pushes up prices
KARACHI: Cotton prices rose on Monday due to shortage of lint, as the Karachi Cotton Association (KCA) fixed official spot rates to Rs5,550 per maund, showing an increase of Rs75 and Rs5,948 per 40 kg...
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CHINA: China sees recovering textile industry
combined gross industrial output of the 53,300 textile enterprises of designated size and above surged 27.05% year on year to RMB 567.33 billion in the first two months of this year, according to stat...
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Egypt reviving its apparel industry with Turkish investments
HE Eng.Rashid Mohamed Rashid ( Minister of Trade and Industry) searched during his meeting on Wednesday with the chairman of "Polaris" the Turkish ( Tonc Ozkan) which is specialized in building indust...
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PAKISTAN: Textile sector faces decline in growth
The textile sector faced a decline in its growth due to severe energy crises specifically, value added sector in the country felt the burden of 100 bp increase in EFS rate, besides a rise in energy ta...
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Cotton trade remains brisk
Trading activity on the cotton market stayed brisk because of the shortage of lint and higher prices, dealers said on Wednesday.
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Increased Chinese buying pushes up cotton prices
Rising demand from China has resulted in a spurt in local cotton prices over the last two months. While 68 lakh bales of cotton have been registered for exports, 45 lakh bales have already been shippe...
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Boutros Ghali: 450 Million Pounds for the Export Support Fund
Dr. Youssef Boutros Ghali,( Minister of Finance ) has declared providing 450 million pounds for the Export Support Fund, of which 150 million to support textile exports according to the rules set by t...
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Thai textile industry predicts growth in 2010
Despite a sharp drop in its export revenues in 2009 due to the global economic downturn, the Thai textile and garment industry is expressing optimism about the future and expects to see 10-15% growth...
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Cotton market stays listless
Trading activity on the cotton market was dull on the last day of the week as sellers and buyers remained on the sidelines waiting for the government’s decision on the controversy over the yarn export...
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Textile industry looks at Latin American markets for growth
The Indian textile industry, yet to recover from the impact of recession is making a desperate bid to grab a share of the growing textile markets in Latin America.
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Apparel industry urges goverment to check cotton, yarn exports
Indian apparel manufacturers are facing steep price hike and serious shortage of fabrics and urged the government to introduce some sort of control mechanism to prevent uncontrolled exports of yarn an...
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China sees more cotton imports in Feb on growing demand
China imported 221,000 tons of cotton in February, 137.6% more than in the same month of last year, according to a statement released by the National Development and Reform Commission.
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Oriental Weavers to pay cash, share dividends
Shareholders in Egyptian carpetmaker Oriental Weavers approved a dividend of 3 Egyptian pounds per share and one free share for every 4.8467 owned, the bourse said on Monday.
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China's textile, garment exports up 89.3% in Feb
The export value of textile and garments in China reached US$12.64 billion last month, up 89.3% from the same month of last year but down 18.8% month on month, according to the latest statistics from...
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Exports of Tunisian textile on the increase
Textile is the first manufacturing sector in Tunisia, representing 36% of manufacturing exports, generating 3 billion Euros. Tunisia is also the first exporter to Europe on the southern Mediterranean...
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Egypt's Alcotexa sells 3,759 T cotton in past week
Egypt's Alexandria Cotton Exporters' Association (Alcotexa) committed to sell 3,759 tonnes of cotton in the week that ended on March 20, an Alcotexa official told Reuters on Sunday.
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Bangladesh explores apparel market of India
A 12-member delegation from Bangladesh met officials of India＊s Apparel Export Promotion Council (AEPC) to explore the possibility of entering Indian apparel market.
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PIBC supports import of cotton from India
The Pak-India Business Council (PIBC) has supported the demand of APTMA to import cotton from India to overcome yarn export problem in the country.