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Taiwan's Denim Fabrics Exports 2004-2007
Taiwan's exports of cotton denim fabrics no more declined in the last year, reflecting a very strong demand from Cambodia or Colombia. Sales to other destinations fell, by contrast. Prices of fabrics...
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Polyester Intermediate Prices on the Asian Market
PTA prices less significantly increased in the last week in Asia while glycol prices even declined. Crude oil prices recovered above US$100, therefore pushing up paraxylene and PTA on Asian spot marke...
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Cotton Prices Looking For Direction
Cotton prices are now looking for some direction on the international market. After the sharp drop previously experienced in New York, prices were more stable in the last week. Spinners were back to t...
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Turkey Ranks Second Among Textile Suppliers of EU
Turkey ranked the second among countries which supply textiles and clothing to EU countries, according to EU`s official statistics institution Eurostat. The import of EU countries in textile and cloth...
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Pakistan - 22 Percent Decline in Textile Machinery Imports
Textile machinery imports declined by 22 percent in eight months of the current financial year as industrialists did not find textile sector attractive for further investment, industry sources said. T...
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Polyester Intermediate Prices on the Asian Market
prices less significantly increased in the last week in Asia while glycol prices even declined. Crude oil prices recovered above US$100, therefore pushing up paraxylene and PTA on Asian spot markets....
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Not much activity during the week for cotton merchants & ginners
Things have been rather silent during this half week (on Monday and Tuesday most offices were closed). Apart from the sales of merchants, especially during the last two weeks, we haven't heard of any...
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Egypt - Alcotexa Sells 100 Tons of Cotton in a Week
The Alexandria Cotton Exporters' Association (Alcotexa) said on Sunday it committed in the week ended March 22 to sell 100 tons of cotton for export. An Alcotexa statement broke down the sales as 50 t...
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Egyptian Bourse Ends Flat, Most Textile Shares Gain
The Egyptian brokers reported that Egyptian main indexes rebounded from early losses on Thursday to end nearly flat, with most textile stocks in the green for a second straight session.
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China - Textile Industry Gains Slim Profits
China's export-oriented textile industry is suffering from low profit margins amid yuan appreciation, China National Textile and Apparel Council (CNTAC) said. According to CNTAC's latest industry surv...
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India - Textile Industry to Provide 12 m Jobs by 2010
India's Union Minister of State for Human Resource Development Daggubati Puran-dareswari has said the cotton industry will generate 12 million jobs in the country by 2010. Speaking at a seminar at Ach...
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Pakistan to Display Embroidery Machines in Textile Exhibition
A private machinery company would display latest embroidery machines in the 5th Textile Asia International Exhibition, being held at Karachi Expo Centre, Karachi from April 4 to April 7, 2008. The exh...
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US Duty-Free Bill for Pakistani ROZs Introduced in Congress
Five US Senators just introduced a long-awaited bill for offering duty-free access to products from certain areas in Pakistan, the ROZs(Reconstruction Opportunity Zones). A very large number of textil...
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EU Clothing Imports in 2004-2007
European Union clothing imports further rose in 2007, although less significantly than in prior year. Shipments rebounded from Turkey, Morocco and Tunisia while stagnating from India and declining fro...
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Textile Expo to Boost Local Sector
To boost the local textile industry, an exhibition of textile products was held on March 27, in Amritsar. The event was a result of initiative taken by the Ministry of Textiles and the Shawl Club (Ind...
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Cotton Prices Increase by LE 1,600 Per Ton Yarn Companies May Face Breakdown Because of Price Rise
Official economic sources warned that a large number of the yarn and textile companies, especially government companies, may face breakdown due to the big increase in cotton prices. The price of one t...
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Nonwovens leaders to showcase latest breakthroughs at Index
The number of companies presenting new products will exceed 500 for the first time in the history of INDEX exhibitions, the world’s largest and most important event for the nonwovens industry at Genev...
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US Apparel Imports from China in January-February 2008
Apparel imports continued sharply declining from China in a large number of categories in February. Such a fall reflects higher production costs in China while the yuan is further increasing. They als...
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Viscose Filament and Staple Fiber Prices
Viscose prices again fell in the past two weeks in China with both VSF and filament rates being cut by suppliers. Seasonal demand may however rebound in the coming months while viscose fiber exports a...
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EU-Israel Business Dialogue to Boost Bilateral Business & Investment
The EU-Israel Business Dialogue was launched on November 1 by Vice President of the European Commission responsible for Enterprise and Industry Genter Verheugen and Israel's Minister of Industry, Trad...