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Egypt stimulation for Cotton cultivation
The state decided to cultivate 750 thousand feddan of cotton this year, namely to add about 300 thousand feddan on last year to enhance cotton productivity to reach 6 million kantar. Egypt aims to cov...
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US Grants Trade Preferences
The US government late Monday announced it was granting trade preferences to Algeria by designating it a beneficiary developing country for purposes of the generalised system of preferences, effective...
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China remains key to cotton prices
World production is increasing by 900,000 tons (5%) to 20.2 million tons in 2003/04. With consumption about 800,000 tons above production, world ending stocks are declining to an estimated 7.8 million...
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EU Imposes Million Dollars Sanction On US Goods
A new sanctions worth million of dollars has been imposed by European Union (EU) on goods from the United States ranging from textiles to jewellery
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India Garment Exports Down In Quantity Terms
India's exports of readymade garments to quota countries during January, 2004 witnessed an increase of 3.02 per cent in value terms even as they declined by 6.42 per cent in quantity terms.
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Government Funding For Apparel, Footwear SMEs
Small and medium-sized textile, clothing and footwear firms are being encouraged to apply for funding from Italy’s Industry Ministry to help them produce new collections and increase their competitive...
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U.S and Egypt will begin consultation on the recent US complaint on the Egyptian duty rates on textiles
The two nations are due to begin consultations on the hikes as soon as this week. In a submission to the World Trade Organization late last year, the U.S. asserted that Egyptian apparel duties, which...
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Egyptian Bed Linen Exports to EU are expected to surge dramatically after EU anti-dumping duties on Pakistan
Egypt is the 4th largest supplier to the EU market with its share of 6% in the entire volume of EU imports of bed linen, and 4% share of its value imports in 2003.
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Egypt imports 13 Thousand tons of cotton fibers from Sudan
The Cotton & Textile Industries Holding Company decided to import 13 thousand tons of Sudanese cotton for 91 cent/lb as to cover the demands of local spinning mills.
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Second round of textile talks to kick off soon
US and Chinese officials are expected to meet soon for a second round of consultations on the US decision to impose quotas on imports of Chinese knit fabric, bras and dressing gowns, according to a so...
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The Egyptian Cotton Yarn Exports to US Market Is Threatend By The Lack of Egyptian Cotton Fiber
Egypt is the 4th largest supplier to the US market with its share of 8% in the entire volume of US imports of cotton yarn, and 10% share of its value imports in 2003. Pakistan is the largest exporter...
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Pakistan a potential textile supplier
China considers Pakistan a potential supplier of textile goods in the world market, Chinese official sources said in Beijing. A report by the US International Trade Commission (ITC), examining the com...
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Will China Swallow the World?
As the debate over China’s textiles industry increases in the run up to the November 4th US Presidential elections, the China Chamber of Commerce of Import and Export for Textiles has hit back at Amer...
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SWITZERLAND: EU Hits With New Tax
Some Swiss exports including textile to the European Union are to be subject to new tariffs as of March 1 in a unilateral move by Brussels. The Swiss government on Wednesday said it had been told of t...
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Gulf Garment-Makers plan to shift base to Hyderabad
In order to exploit India's low manufacturing and product cost benefits, over 30 garment manufacturing companies from the Gulf region with a combined annual export potential of over $500 million have...
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Syria has become the largest cotton yarn supplier in volume to the EU countries
The EU importer's of cotton yarn have recently shifted their orders to Syria which has benefited from a large series of huge investments in modernizing existing capacities and building Greenfield cott...
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While Cotton prices Fibers are rising worldwide : <br> Egyptian Cotton Fibers Prices are still Stable
In Egypt, cotton prices were unchanged till February 7th with Extra long staple Giza 70 at 142.25 cents/lb and Giza 88 137.25 cents/lb. Meanwhile, the long staple Giza 86 is 130.25 cents/lb. The Ameri...
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Textile Exporters To Challenge Duty On Bed Linen
European Commission slapped 13.1 percent anti-dumping duty on Pakistani bed-linen to be implemented from March 18. The textile exporters have decided to challenge the imposition of anti-dumping duty o...
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Spinning Development Targets Rabbit Hair Knitwear in China
Since the late 1980s China has been the world’s number one supplier of rabbit to the textile trade. From a standing start in the mid-1950s it has steadily built sales into a business turning over more...
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The Cotton Cultivation and The Egyptian Textile Industry by 2005; Challenges and Prospects Conference
“Cotton Cultivation and the Egyptian Textile Industry by 2005; Challenges and Prospects” Conference will be held on 17 February 2004, under the auspices of the Prime Minister of Egypt. The event is or...