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USA: Clothing manufacturers surprised by demand for cotton
Expecting a shift toward greater use of man-made fibers, clothing manufacturers have been surprised by the seemingly insatiable global appetite for natural fibers--primarily cotton. While the cost of...
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Egyptian Delegation visits headquarters of Cotton International magazine.
A delegation of cotton professionals recently made the 6,800-mile trip from Egypt to the United States to discuss the state of the global cotton industry and visit the headquarters of Meister Media Wo...
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EGYPT: Egypt's Kabo restructures eyes doubling sales by 2013.
Garment maker El Nasr Clothing & Textile Co (Kabo), one of the earliest Egyptian companies to be privatised, hopes to double sales by 2013 as it restructures and boosts capacity, its chairman said on...
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Turkey's LC Waikiki brand erects giant factory in Egypt
A member of the Executive Board of Tema Holding, Sefik Dizdar, said Tuesday LC Waikiki will enter foreign markets and take a giant step in the year 2011.
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CHINA: Global Cotton Production Rebounds On Price Rise.
Global cotton production is forecast at 25.2 million tons in 2010/11, up by 15% from 2009/10. Farmers have reacted to the jump in cotton prices in 2009/10 by significantly expanding their plantings in...
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VIETNAM: Vietnam’s Garments Exports Up 17.4 Percent.
Vietnam earned 5.87 billion USD from garment exports in the first seven months of this year, a year-on-year rise of 17.4 percent. The country has also seen a positive growth in most of its export mark...
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EGYPT: 30% Increase in the Extra Long Staple Cotton Production.
The Weekly report of Cotton Arbitration and Testing General Organization (CATGO) predicts that there will be an increase in the world production of extra long staple cotton with a percentage increase...
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Minor Plunge in Indian apparel exports
Economic slowdown in main markets like the US and Europe cut down India’s apparel exports during 2009-10.
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BANGLADESH: Bangladesh hails dramatic rise of garment export to Japan
Japan proves to be a lucrative destination for Bangladesh's garment as apparel exports to the country saw an extraordinary 148% growth in the first half of the current fiscal year compared to the same...
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GERMANY: High Cotton Prices Brings Down Enquiries.
The constantly high price level and the few offers for short-term available cotton brought the number of enquiries down compared with the previous week. Also, the works holidays of the local spinning...
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Turkey worried over falling Cotton Output.
Turkey which was a leading producer of cotton in the past is now seeing its production fall substantially while consumption is rising, according to delegates who attended a recent Cotton Trade Informa...
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Zimbabwe anticipates record cotton exports.
World record inflation holder, Zimbabwe is likely to create another record, this time for good, for cotton exports.
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Pakistani Textile Sectors Battle Over Yarn Export Duty.
A standoff between two of Pakistan’s major textile sectors, with spinners on one side and value-added on the other, is contributing to a major drop in cotton prices over the last week. Uncertainty on...
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Bangladeshi Apparel Exports Rank Fourth in Worldwide Rankings.
Faruque Hassan, Vice-President of Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) said the World Trade Organization (WTO) has rated Bangladesh to be the fourth largest garment expor...
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China Cotton Prices Up on Import Decline.
China is witnessing a decline in cotton imports for the second month that is driving up cotton prices although the government is willing to sell some of its stock pile and increase the import quota by...
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China Cotton Imports Rise slightly in June.
Cotton imports of China improved slightly by 5% in June to 177213 metric tons as compared to the last year, said the General Administration of Customs.
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PAKISTAN: Exports of Textile cross $10 billion mark
With the support of increased growth of cotton yarn, textile exports managed to cross the $10 billion mark in the fiscal 2009-10. In the outgoing financial year, textile goods exports totaled to $10.2...
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PAKISTAN: Pakistan Textile Exports Hit New Record.
One of the leading cotton producers, Pakistan said its textile exports crossed the $10 billion mark in the financial year 2009-10 on the back of high growth of cotton yarn.
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Egypt's Oriental Weavers to issue bonus share.
Egypt's Oriental Weavers, the world's largest machine-woven carpet maker, said on Tuesday it would issue bonus shares and increase its capital by 21 percent to 450 million Egyptian pounds.
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EGYPT: 60pct Decline in the Public textile Sector losses to reach 145 Million USD
The ministry of investment has predicted a decline in the loses of the textile sector of about 1.4 billion pounds by the end of the current fiscal year, after repaying the debt of the business sector...