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Study finds high contamination levels in Cotton
By John Zarocostas GENEVA — Twenty-two percent of raw cotton sold in the last two years was seriously or moderately contaminated, which poses a burden for spinning mills, according to a global industr...
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Why do Turkish investors are coming to Egypt?
ISTANBUL- Hürriyet ALK Holding's textile unit is in a bottleneck, wrote Mahmut اalk, the father of اalk Holding Chairman Ahmet اalk in a letter to the Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoًan. “I gave unpa...
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Egyptian textile workers end strike
Factory managers said the strike cost the company millions of dollars a day [AFP] Workers at Egypt's largest textile factory have ended a week-long strike after the government agreed to their demands,...
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Full integrated textile and apparel industrial park to be founded
Eng. Rashid Mohammed Rashid (Minister of Trade & Industry) has announced that an agreement was reached with his Italian counterpart, for establishing a full integrated textile and apparel industrial p...
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Tolba says: QIZ is a stage won't last for ever and should make the most of it
Mr. Magdy Tolba "Head of RMG export council" has stressed that the QIZ agreement is no more than an important stage, which will not last forever and should make a maximum use of it.
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Egypt applies new energy prices for local industrial consumption
Eng. Sameh fahmy (Minister of Petrol) has pointed out that Re-pricing energy to the intensive energy consumption factories aim mainly to achieve the best possible use of the available energy resources...
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The Home textile export council is threatened to large fine
Mr. Ismail Abou El Sebaa "Head of home textile export council" has stressed that the council is facing a major problem as labor inspection offices in city of Mehalla have received a direct order to en...
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Australia halts Chinese textile exports
The Australian government will halt its textile imports from China after discovering that a great portion of the imported RMG and Blankets contain a high proportion of chemical hazards. In this contex...
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US approval on limiting Israeli QIZ agreement share to 8%
During his visit to Portsaid governorate, the US ambassador in Cairo "Mr. Richard Donny" has praised of what Egypt has achieved in the field of economical development, which was very apparent in the s...
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Turkey’s cotton imports break records
Turkey’s cotton imports, which totaled over 610,000 tons last year, have reached record levels with 720,000 tons in the first seven months of 2007 as the price of cotton continues to rise on the commo...
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Strong Indian rise in textile exports to US, EU
The textile and clothing exports to the US and the EU which together account for about two-thirds of India’s total textile and clothing exports, have recorded a growth of 8 percent and 14 percent resp...
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The appreciation of Indian rupee has started showing its impact as its apparel exports to the US
The appreciation of Indian rupee has started showing its impact as its apparel exports to the US declined by 1.67 per cent in value during the first half of 2007 against a 10.8 per cent increase recor...
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The Enormous Growth of the Textile and Apparel Industry in the Last Ten Years Made China Appear as a True Leader of the Sector
The apparel market consists of sales of all menswear, womenswear and infantswear. The menswear sector includes all garments made for men and boys. It includes both outer and under garments. The womens...
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Egyptian cotton growing area is on the decline
The government needs to take serious steps to recover the reputation of its cotton crop by increasing production, introducing new cotton varieties, reducing costs and implementing a clear pricing poli...
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Reclaiming the cotton throne
Egypt's "white gold" continues to face several challenges which have led to an obvious deterioration in its status on the international market. Experts believe that unless the government takes serious...
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Istithmar revises offer to acquire Barneys New York for US$ 900 million
Istithmar PJSC, a leading private equity and alternative investment house headquartered in Dubai, announced today that it has revised its offer to acquire Barneys New York, the luxury specialty retail...
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Pakistan - 2006-07 textile products exports up by 5.27 percent
Exports of textile products amounted to $10.757 billion in 2006-07, up by 5.27 percent from $10.218 billion of previous year. Official figures released here by Federal Bureau of Statistics (FBS) on Sa...
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Pakistani Textile machinery imports show negative growth
The textile and clothing products exports saw a marginal increase of 5.27% in 2006-07. This was largely due to decline in export of raw cotton, cotton cloth and bed wear. The exports were $10.757 bill...
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Jordan invites Chinese investment
On June 8 this year, Zhu Min Ru, Chairman of China Nonwovens & Industrial Textiles Association (CNITA) met the President of National Industrial Park, overseas business development general manager and...
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Loss Of Chinese Textile Exporters In The US Is India's Gain
Limitations ordered by the U.S. over textile exports of China within the first half of 2006 has benefited other countries with active textile exporters. The U.S., as the world's biggest trading econom...