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Primark signs first multi-year textile-to-textile recycling deal with Circ, from 2029
Primark will start using recycled polyester made from textile waste by recycler Circ in its ranges from 2029, under the retailer's first multi-year agreement with a textile-to-textile recycler.
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Egyptian cotton exports open 2026/27 season at 6,811 tonnes, with India taking over 80%
Egypt shipped 6,811 tonnes of cotton to six countries between 1 and 27 September, the first weeks of the new export season, according to Cotton Exporters Union data reported by Al Mal. India alone too...
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Egypt's textile exports need a new strategy to hit $20bn by 2030, NTI chairman warns
Garment exports grew 16% to $2.525bn in January–August 2026, but Mahmoud Ghazal of Nile Textile Industries says the current pace falls far short of Egypt's $20bn textile and garment export goal for 20...
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Egypt urges France's Casino to buy more Egyptian textiles as Monoprix plans entry
At an Egyptian-French business forum, Investment and Foreign Trade Minister Mohamed Farid discussed with Casino Group greater use of Egyptian suppliers in textiles and ready-made garments, as the Fren...
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US–China tariff deal lists Chinese bed and table linen for cuts, but leaves apparel out
Washington and Beijing have published reciprocal lists of about $30bn in goods each for tariff cuts. The US list includes Chinese bed linen, table linen and curtains, while apparel and footwear stay o...
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Levi's and M&S launch initiative to move garment suppliers onto renewable power
Levi Strauss & Co and Marks and Spencer, supported by Schneider Electric, have launched the Fashion Renewable Collaborative to help apparel suppliers switch to renewable electricity. Nearly 500 suppli...
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Egypt Stitch & Tex 2026 opens in Cairo as about ten Turkish textile firms eye the Egyptian market
The Egypt Stitch & Tex 2026 textile technology exhibition opened in Cairo alongside Cairo Textile Week, as officials tied the modernisation of spinning and weaving lines to a $1.4bn export target and...
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H&M lifts Q3 operating profit 23% on purchasing gains while sales stay flat
H&M's operating profit rose 23% in the June–August quarter and its operating margin widened to 10.6%, helped by purchasing and cost control and a one-off tariff benefit, although sales grew only 1% in...
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Egypt's ready-made garment exports climb 16% to $2.5bn in first eight months of 2026
Egyptian garment exports reached $2.5bn between January and August 2026, up 16% year on year, with shipments to Europe passing $1bn for the first time in the period and Spain, the UK and Italy posting...
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CIB lends $80m to Eroglu Knitting for export-only $140m garment complex in Qantara West
Commercial International Bank has extended $80m in seven-year financing to Eroglu Knitting for a $140m, fully export-oriented textile and garment complex in Qantara West, planned to make 24 million ga...
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Egypt's state spinning and weaving overhaul spans seven companies as government opens door to private partners
Deputy Prime Minister Hussein Issa reviewed progress on Egypt's national project to modernise seven state spinning and weaving companies across more than one million square metres, and said the state...
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Asia–Europe container rates fall as Suez Canal transits pick up, Drewry index shows
Drewry's World Container Index slipped 1% to $4,468 per 40ft box as Shanghai–Rotterdam and Shanghai–Genoa rates fell 4–5%, while weekly Suez Canal transits rose from 41 to 48 and restored capacity on...
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US cotton export sales triple in a week as Mexico, Vietnam and Pakistan buy; ICE futures post first weekly gain in a month
Net US Upland cotton export sales jumped to 230,500 running bales in the latest USDA week, more than three times the prior week, while ICE December futures closed at 82.71 cents a pound, their first h...
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Industry minister tours 6th of October textile mills, calls sector a key target of Egypt's industrial strategy
Egypt's Minister of Industry Khaled Hashem visited two fabric makers in 6th of October City that export to Europe, Turkey, Brazil and Morocco, and said textiles are a key target of Egypt's industrial...
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India says US trade deal is "almost done", a test for Egypt's edge with American apparel buyers
India's commerce minister Piyush Goyal said a trade pact with the United States is "almost done and dusted" provided Indian exporters get competitive tariffs, ahead of talks with the US Trade Represen...
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Turkiye's fabric imports fall 8.3% in January–July 2026 as Egypt slips to third-largest supplier
Turkiye imported $978.5m of fabrics in the first seven months of 2026, down 8.3% from $1.067bn a year earlier. China extended its lead with a 7.7% rise, while Egypt's shipments fell sharply and it dro...
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Turkish manufacturer bets on Egypt as global fashion supply chains shift
Turkish apparel Şahinler Egypt manufacturer is expanding its Egyptian operations as global retailers diversify sourcing networks beyond Asia, reinforcing Egypt’s emergence as a strategic manufacturing...
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Egypt and China’s Cloud Chain plot $2bn ‘carbon-neutral’ textile city
Egypt’s investment and foreign trade, minister Mohamed Farid said the country has the “necessary assets” to become a regional hub for integrated textile manufacturing, as officials met with senior re...
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Egypt’s garment exports rise 15% to $1.15bn in first four months of 2026
Egypt’s ready-made garments exports increased by 15% during the first four months of 2026, sustaining strong growth momentum amid rising demand from key international markets and ongoing efforts to di...
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Egypt’s PM inaugurates $40m Turkish garment factory in SCZONE
Egyptian Prime Minister Moustafa Madbouly on Saturday inaugurated Türkiye’s $40 million Eroglu Garment factory in the West Qantara Industrial Zone of the Suez Canal Economic Zone (SCZONE), the Cabinet...
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With investments of USD 35.2 million..SCZONE Chairman signs a contract with Pakistan’s “Interloop Group” for a ready-made garments project in Qantara West*
Mr. Waleid Gamal El-Dien, Chairman of the General Authority for the Suez Canal Economic Zone (SCZONE), signed a contract this morning at the SCZONE’s headquarters in the New Administrative Capital to...
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IAF warns US tariffs threaten global fashion, textile industry
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