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Upper Egypt cotton auctions sell Giza 98 at up to EGP 9,540 a qintar
Auctions held on 20 October for raw Giza 98 cotton from Fayoum, Minya and Sohag sold about 12,000 qintars at EGP 9,100–9,540 a qintar, well above the EGP 8,100 opening price, Al-Mal reported.
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Hapag-Lloyd expects more services to return to the Suez Canal, SCA says
Hapag-Lloyd, which now runs two Asia services through the Suez Canal, told the Suez Canal Authority on 21 October that more of its services are expected to return to the waterway in the coming period.
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Bangladesh garment exporters fear EU order slowdown as protests spread across Europe
Bangladeshi knitwear and woven exporters say European buyers are holding orders and refusing price rises as cost-of-living protests spread in France, Italy, Spain, Portugal and Belgium, The Business S...
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Pakistan keeps duty-free Export Facilitation Scheme for textile inputs despite misuse
Pakistan's finance minister of state told parliament on 20 October the Export Facilitation Scheme will stay, with tighter controls rather than abolition, even as spinners say duty-free yarn and fabric...
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Heimtextil 2027 expects about 2,900 exhibitors in Frankfurt on 12–15 January
Messe Frankfurt expects around 2,900 exhibitors at Heimtextil on 12–15 January 2027, level with the previous edition — a key showcase for Egyptian home-textile exporters targeting European buyers.
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India's babywear exports to the US fall 43.6% in eight months as tariffs bite
India's babywear shipments to the US dropped 43.56% to $166.5 million in January–August 2026 and its market share fell from 22.2% to 14.9%, with Vietnam and Bangladesh moving ahead, Fibre2Fashion repo...
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Inditex warns Bangladesh that frequent policy changes could push garment orders to rival hubs
Zara owner Inditex, which buys about $2.5bn of garments a year from Bangladesh, told the commerce minister that recent yarn and logistics rule changes raise costs and delivery times and could shift or...
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Indian apparel exporters see US Christmas orders fall 25–30% as freight costs climb
Indian garment exporters report a 25–30% drop in US orders for the Christmas and New Year season, while EU demand holds firm and September exports rose 13.7% to $1.1bn.
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Pakistan textile and clothing exports rise 5.3% to $5.03bn in July–September as garments lead
Pakistan's textile and clothing exports grew 5.26% to $5.026bn in the first quarter of fiscal 2026-27, led by ready-made garments and cotton yarn, while bedwear was flat and cotton fabrics fell.
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One in five fashion brands selling to the US has had a shipment detained, TrusTrace survey finds
A TrusTrace survey of 57 fashion executives finds 21% of US-selling brands have had a shipment detained by US Customs, and 75% cannot yet fully show where their materials come from.
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European Parliament votes to ease EPR representative rule for small EU firms selling textiles
MEPs backed a narrower version of a Commission plan to suspend the duty to appoint an EPR authorised representative in each member state, limiting relief to EU-based small and micro firms in sectors i...
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Egypt offers 53 ready-built textile units in Upper Egypt and Fayoum, bids close 29 October
Of the 400 ready-to-operate factory units Egypt's Industrial Development Authority is offering, 53 are earmarked for spinning, weaving and textiles in Qena, Minya, Luxor, Aswan and Fayoum, with applic...
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GAFI lists spinning and weaving investment sites in Kafr El Dawwar and New October
Egypt's investment authority has posted two spinning and weaving opportunities on its investment map: a partnership to restart the Royal Textile factory in Kafr El Dawwar, and a 26,062 m² plot for sal...
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Egypt tightens cotton delivery rules as planted area rises to about 201,000 feddans
Agriculture directorates have issued strict rules for the 2026/27 cotton delivery season, banning any fees on farmers, as ministry data put the cotton area at about 201,000 feddans, up from 195,000. A...
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Egypt's textile chamber invites garment exporters to Egypt–Indonesia roundtable on 26 October
The Textile Industries Chamber has invited spinning, weaving and garment firms to a Cairo roundtable with Indonesia's embassy on 26 October to explore trade and investment partnerships; registration c...
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Vietnam and EFTA sign free trade agreement after 14 years of talks
Vietnam signed a comprehensive free trade agreement with Switzerland, Norway, Iceland and Liechtenstein in Hanoi on 18 October. Apparel and footwear are among EFTA's top imports from Vietnam, adding a...
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Bangladesh's BGMEA launches ESG data dashboard covering 326 garment factories
BGMEA has launched an ESG Data Disclosure Platform that will collect and publish sustainability data from 326 garment factories employing more than 584,000 workers, as Bangladesh competes for buyers w...
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Turkey's yarn exports rise 2.6% to $1.37bn in January–August, with Egypt a leading market
Turkey exported $1.368bn of yarn in the first eight months of 2026, up 2.63%, while yarn imports fell 16.62% to $1.159bn, Fibre2Fashion reported. Egypt, Italy and Portugal were the leading destination...
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Cairo wins vote to host ITMF world textile conference in October 2027
The ITMF General Assembly, meeting in Fortaleza, Brazil, approved Cairo as host of its October 2027 conference — Egypt's first since 2007 and a chance to show buyers and investors its full textile cha...
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Egypt brings forward EGP 8bn export-support payment to 2,054 exporters
Egypt's finance ministry moved the third instalment of the cash share of export support forward to 15 October, paying about EGP 8bn to 2,054 exporting companies a week early.
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Four Egyptian firms ship 1,132 tonnes of Giza 94 cotton in week to 11 October
Egyptian cotton exports for 4–11 October totalled 1,132 tonnes, all Giza 94, as picking spreads across the country and the cotton area rises to about 205,000 feddans, Al-Mal News reported.
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