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AFRICA: COMESA suggests member countries to take benefit of AGOA
With Africa Growth Opportunity Act (AGOA) being extended, The Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) has urged its member countries to speed up exporting textiles, local newspaper repo...
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Korea : Decline in Apparel exports during the first half of 2004
A continuous decline was noted in South Korea's apparel exports in the first half, although at a lower pace than in the past year.
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USA: Restrictions likely on the import of textiles
US is likely to impose sanctions on the import of textile items from numerous nations owing to the sudden rise in the shipments to US throughout 2004
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SYRIA: Researchers produce naturally coloured cotton
The researchers, from the agriculture institute of Syria's Aleppo University, have produced naturally coloured cotton by causing random changes in the genetic material of cotton seeds. Scientists are...
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Egyptian Cotton Fiber Excellency Safeguards Egyptian Home Textiles Exports from 2005 challenges
Egyptian cotton fiber plays a major role to the positive development and the increase of the Egyptian home textile exports of bed linen and towels.
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European trade commissioner Calls For Cut In Cotton Subsidies
European trade commissioner Pascal Lamy has called for a halt on subsidies to cotton producers in rich countries.
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EU: WTO agree to cut cotton subsidies of rich countries
The World Trade Organisation (WTO) had to agree to cut the cotton subsidies of rich nations as part of a wider global accord worth as much as $500 billion (R3.75 trillion), European trade commissioner...
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China’s exports soar
China's exports of textiles and apparel reached US$18.8 billion in the first quarter of 2004, up almost 25% on last year, fueling fears that it will overrun the market after quota abolition in 2005.
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Hong Kong textile firms see gains from quota scrapping
As the world textile industry gears up for the abolition of export quotas in January, Hong Kong firms are expanding, seeking to capitalise on an expected shift in global textile manufacturing to China...
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Can Bangladesh weather Chinese ‘hurricane’ of apparel exports front?
For Bangladesh and other apparel exporting countries it is China that has emerged as the biggest threat with the abolition of export quotas next January.
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The Private sector spinning manufacturers are taking a higher share in the exports Egyptian cotton yarn
The exports of Egyptian cotton yarn has increased to reach 41,284 Tons in 2003 with a surge of 13.8% from 2002. The main exporter of Egyptian cotton yarn is Misr. Spinning and Weaving company (Public...
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Brazil Cotton Exports Drop to Only 12,797 Bales in April 2004
Brazil’s cotton export shipments declined in April 2004 to only 12,797 bales, marking the lowest level of the 2003/04-season.
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US Signs Three More Free Trade Agreements
The US government has announced conclusion of free trade agreement negotiations with Australia, Morocco and Bahrain, and administration officials say they expect Congress to approve the Australian pac...
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WTO warned of pending textiles crisis
Durban - Clothing and textile industries, particularly in developing countries, faced a crisis of unprecedented proportions, a global alliance for fair trade in the industry said in a statement follow...
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WTO changes may upset apparel makers of U.S
The remaining apparel quota restrictions are scheduled to be lifted on Jan. 1, 2005, for World Trade Organization member nations including China, India and Bangladesh, noted Merrill Lynch.
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The Egyptian Cotton export commitments have decreased by more than 60%
Commitments for Exports of Egyptian Cotton fiber during 2003/2004 season have decreased by more than 60% compared to the last season's export figures which were recorded to be more than 180,000 Tons....
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Syria's Textile Sector Loses $32m
DAMASCUS (AFP) —- Syria's state-run textile industry has lost $32 million in recent years, the ruling party's Al-Baath newspaper reported, slamming the figure as "catastrophic".
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Textile trade hit by Dh60 m defaults
DUBAI - Dubai's textile trade, which has been staging a strong recovery since the Iraq war, seems to be plunging into a fresh crisis following a chain of business collapses resulting in bad debts tota...
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Eurocoton, FTA Endorse Istanbul Declaration
Two multinational coalitions of textile industry and apparel associations — the Committee of the Cotton and Allied Textile Industries of the European Communities (Eurocoton), and the Andean Textile Fe...
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EC hints at reduction on anti-dumping duty on Pakistan bed linen & pet resin
A senior government official said that The European Commission (EC) has hinted considering reduction in the anti-dumping on the import of Pakistani bed linen to six percent from 13.1percent. It was ex...