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U.K. Apparel Retailers Absorbing Costs.
Cotton prices might be at their highest level since 1995, but British consumers probably aren’t aware of that fact. That’s because U.K. apparel retailers have continued to absorb rising costs rather t...
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EGYPT: 46 Thousand Tons is the Total Cotton Export Contracts in a Week.
Alexandria Cotton Exporters Association Members (Alcotexa) have contracts to export cotton with approximately 46 thousand tons during the week to be of total 60 thousand tons from the beginning of the...
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Egypt: Major surge in Yarn prices and expected to further rise during the coming days
Textile factory owners threatened to stop working within two weeks if the price increase was not controlled.
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India: The Indian Government may raise cotton export cap if output exceeds estimates
Commerce ministry says exports beyond 5.5 million bales will attract duty. The textiles ministry favored of cotton exports beyond the present cap of 5.5 million bales this year if production exceeds t...
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TUNISIA: Tunisian Textile Exports continue to rise.
North African nation Tunisia said its exports of the textile and clothing sector posted 5.6 percent increase in value and 9.93 percent in volume in the first eight months of the year.
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INDIA: Indian Textile Market is expected to double by 2012.
The current domestic market of textile in India is expected to increase to $60 billion by 2012 from the current $34.6 billion.
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BULGARIA: Apparel producers return strong growth.
Bulgarian apparel and textile producers have shown strong signs of a recovery from the global economic crisis, which hit the sector hard.
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TUNISIA: Tunisian textile and clothing exports soar in first eight months of 2010
According to data recently released by the Ministry of Industry and Technology, exports of the textile and clothing sector posted 5, 6% increase in value and 9, 93% in volume.
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CHINA: China's textile, Garment exports up 28.3% in August
The export value of textiles and garments in China grew 28.3% year on year but fell 3.1% month on month to US$20.14 billion in August, according to the latest statistics from China's General Administr...
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BANGLADESH: Bangladeshi manufacturers seek government intervention to cool cotton prices
Bangladesh’s leading apparel industry lobbyists spoke out about their concerns over cotton prices in local and international markets here on Wednesday, saying rocketing prices will damage the country’...
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EGYPT:" Establishing a Global Industrial Area for Spinning and Weaving in Kafr El-Dawar" Rashid said
Eng Rashid Mohamed Rashid (Minister of Trade and Industry) announced that the Government is implementing a comprehensive plan for development of Kafr Al-Dawar to revitalize this area again as a global...
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USA: Cotton Prices Surge on Asia Supply Scarcity
Cotton prices have surged to new 15-year highs as exports from Asia fall. Textile and apparel exporters in Asia say consumers may feel the pinch with more expensive T-shirts and jeans.
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Egypt's Alcotexa sells 5,632 T cotton in past week.
Egypt's Alexandria Cotton Exporters' Association (Alcotexa) has committed to sell 5,632 tonnes of cotton in the week that ended on September 25, an Alcotexa official told Reuters on Sunday.
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ITALY: Orders of Italian Textile Machinery grew 35% in 2010 Q2
Orders for Italian textile machinery grew over the second quarter of 2010, which closed with an overall index of 159.5 points for the period from April/June, amounting to a 35% increase compared with...
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EGYPT: El Nasr Clothes of Egypt Is Seeking Funds for Restructuring
EL Nasr Clothes & Textiles, an Egyptian knitwear company that produces clothes for clients including Marks & Spencer Group Plc, said it is seeking funds for restructuring and plans to export to the U....
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BULGARIA: Bulgarian clothing exports grow.
Prada and Vivienne Westwood will help Bulgarian dress-making companies survive the world crisis. Some 90% of the clothes and textile materials which Bulgarian companies produce are exported, shows an...
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PAKISTAN: Textile mills insist on tax relief
The All Pakistan Textile Mills Association (Aptma) has called upon the government to not impose the value added tax (VAT) or the reformed general sales tax (GST) on the textile sector.
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TURKEY: Venezuela seeks Turkish cooperation in textile sector
Venezuela, the country which finds a place amongst the world’s leading oil exporters, has requested Turkey, to extend support in various areas, right from textiles to ICT. T
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EGYPT: Arafa Feb-July Net Profit jumps: bourse
Arafa Holding, Egypt's biggest garment exporter, posted an almost fourfold increase in net profit for the Feb-July period, the bourse said in a statement on Wednesday.
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GLOBAL: Cotton production to rise in 2010-2011
World cotton production in 2010/11 is forecast at 117.0 million bales, up 16 percent from a year. Rising global cotton prices and improvements in credit availability have resulted in higher area in se...