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VIETNAM: Garment Exports to hit $13 billion this year.
Vietnam should be able to export US$13 billion of garments and textiles this year, according to the Vietnam Textile and Apparel Association (Vitas).
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TUNISIA:Textile & Clothing Exports raised by 5% in Q1 of 2011.
Exports of the textile-clothing sector reached 1.313 million dinars (MTD) in the first three months of the current year, i.e. a rise of 5.09% compared with the same period last year, according to stat...
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EGYPT: Textile companies are facing a sharp shortage in the input materials.
Egypt's textile and spinning companies are facing a sharp shortage in the materials they need for production, the Textile Workers Syndicate chairman said Tuesday.
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TURKEY: Turkish Textile exporters in dire straits due to tax turmoil.
After being hit by a series of political crises in their chief export markets, Turkish apparel exporters are looking for ways to manage a second blow from the recent tax issued on imported fabrics. Th...
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TURKEY: Turkey is set to increase organic Textile Exports.
Turkey is set to increase organic textile exports, said an industry expert on Thursday at the country’s first-ever organic textile trade fair in the western province of Ýzmir.
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BANGLADESH: Bangladeshi exports surges by 40.3 % in nine months ending March.
Bangladesh's exports surged by nearly 41% in March year-on-year to US$2.14 billion. Its exports for July 2010 to March 2011, the first nine months of the 2010/11 fiscal year of the country, rose by 40...
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THAILAND: Thai garment manufacturers relocating to Vietnam for lower production costs.
According to the Thai Garment Manufacturers Association (TGMA), there is a recent trend for Thai garment manufacturers to relocate their production bases to Vietnam for cheaper production costs, espec...
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VIETNAM: Vietnam`s exports to the US surge in two months
Vietnam’s total exports to the US have shot up in the first two months of the year, by 19 percent against the same period last year, according to the US Department of Commerce (DOC).
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UK: Global cotton stock to drop 18.97 million bales.
The US Department of Agriculture has projected lower cotton ending stocks for the marketing year 2010/11, ending on July 31. Considering the ending stocks for 2008/09 season, which hit 60.52 million b...
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EGYPT:The Holding Co. for Cotton,Spinning & Weaving achieves a significant decline in net losses.
Achieving a significant decline in net losses, the Holding Company for Cotton, Spinning and Weaving and Garments held a general assembly meeting to announce its yearly financials.
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ARGENTINA: Argentinean Textile Exports record a percentage increase of 55.4%.
Exports of textile and clothing from Argentina rose by 55.4% in first half of 2010, following a decrease of 20.9% in 2009, according to a report published by Research and Markets.
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BANGLADESH: Bangladesh now world's second largest knitted goods manufacturer.
Bangladesh has become the world's second largest exporter of knitted goods, beating Turkey in terms of volume last year, a report in the country’s Financial Express said on Sunday.
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GLOBAL: Cotton Prices to Remain Strong in 2011/12.
Global cotton production is expected to rise by 12% to a record of 27.4 million tons in 2011/12, driven by an expansion in plantings in most producing countries. However, the projected increase in pro...
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AUSTRALIA: Australia Continues Cotton Comeback with Largest Crop Ever
Continuing the remarkable post-drought resurgence for Australian cotton, the industry is now predicting that this year’s national harvest will be the largest ever recorded: 4,056,000 bales.
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UK: Marks & Spencer Sales and Profitability Surprise as Bolland Makes His Mark.
Marks & Spencer Group PLC (MKS), the U.K.’s largest clothing retailer, reported sales that beat estimates and forecast improved profitability as Chief Executive Officer Marc Bolland starts to put his...
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INDIA: India Removes Restriction on Cotton Yarn Exports.
As of April 1, India’s restrictions on cotton yarn exports are officially a thing of the past. On March 31, India’s Director General of Foreign Trade removed the restrictions on cotton yarn exports ef...
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JAPAN: Japan`s Nonwovens production dropped down by 1.1% in January.
The Japan Ministry of Economy, Trade & Industry (METI) reported that the nation’s production of nonwoven fabrics in January 2011 decreased by 1.1% from the same month of last year to 25,524 tons.
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UK: Marks & Spencer plans Paris re-entry with 'Bricks & Clicks'.
Marks & Spencer announces that it will return to France towards the end of this year with a combined e-commerce and retail ‘bricks & clicks' strategy in line with its business plans announced in Novem...
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UNITED KINGDOM: M&S launches the Dry Extreme Shirt for men.
Marks & Spencer (M&S) announces it will launch a range of sweat-free shirts for men, the first of their kind on the High Street. Named “The Dry Extreme Shirt” the range will consist of four styles; pl...
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INDIA: New Centers of Excellence for Technical Textiles to be established in India.
The Indian government officially announced On the 25th of March, the creation of four new Centers of Excellence in technical textiles as part of its recently announced Technology Mission on Technical...