Guwahati, Jan 4: The National Conference of Textiles Ministers is set to be held in Guwahati from January 8 to 9 under the theme “India’s Textiles: Weaving Growth, Heritage & Innovation”, an official said on Sunday. The two-day conference is being organised by the Ministry of Textiles, Government of India, in collaboration with the Assam government. The meet aims to bring together Union and State Ministers of Textiles along with senior officials from the Centre and the

Birla Cellulose and Circulose have announced a cooperation agreement aimed at advancing circular textiles and scaling textile recycling initiatives. Under the agreement, Circulose will supply pulp produced from 100% textile waste to Birla Cellulose, which will convert the material into textile fibre products for use across the value chain. The collaboration is designed to strengthen supply chain resilience and ensure a dependable supply of recycled fibres, supporting the growing demand for more

In the first week of 2026, the U.S. Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) cotton futures market exhibited a volatile pattern of rising first and then falling, setting a suspenseful tone for the year's trajectory. The front-month March contract initially surged to a high of 86.50 cents per pounddriven by bullish sentiment early in the week, but subsequently gave back some of those gains as profit-taking emerged, closing around84.20 cents per poundon Friday. For the week, it recorded a modest cumulative

According to an announcement from the Ministry of Finance, China will implement import provisional tariffs, set below the Most-Favored-Nation (MFN) rates, on 935 commodities—including cotton—effective January 1, 2026. Notably,the in-quota tariff on cotton imports will be sharply reduced from the current 6% to 1%, while the duty on combed wool will also drop from 8% to 3%. This policy adjustment represents a crucial step by China in optimizing the supply chain for textile raw material

03 January 2026: Russia and India have agreed to deepen their partnership in the textile industry, with plans to expand production and increase trade in raw materials, finished textiles and equipment. The discussions took place in Moscow between Russia’s Deputy Ministers of Industry and Trade, Aleksey Gruzdev and Ivan Kulikov, and India’s Minister of State for Textiles, Pabitra Margherita during his recent visit. Pabitra Margherita also inaugurated the “Best of India – In

Against the backdrop of profound adjustments in the global textile and apparel trade landscape and increasingly fierce market competition, the Indonesian Textile Association (API) is actively advocating to the government, urging the initiation of specialized trade negotiations with the United States. The goal is to reduce tariffs on Indonesian textile and apparel exports to the U.S. to zero. This move is regarded by the industry as a strategic effort for Indonesia to maintain and enhance its key

Against the backdrop of the restructuring of the global textile industry chain, Egypt is leveraging its unique resources and geographical advantages to forge a distinctive development path. This path is based on the "revival of high-quality upstream cotton" and driven by "investment attraction in downstream garment manufacturing," aiming to comprehensively enhance its industrial competitiveness from raw materials to end products. One of the strategic priorities of the Egyptian government is to

Recently, the China Textile Commerce Association and Alibaba International Digital Commerce Group held a cooperation exchange meeting at Alibaba's headquarters. Both parties engaged in in-depth discussions on core issues such as the textile industry's cross-border expansion, resource coordination, and service upgrades, reaching multiple cooperative agreements. As a social organization with a 35-year history, the China Textile Commerce Association has deep expertise in market circulation and chan

Recently, the Bangladesh Textile Mills Association (BTMA) issued an urgent appeal to the government, calling for immediate action to curb the dumping of yarn imported from India. The association warns that this practice poses a serious threat to the domestic textile industry and could lead to large-scale unemployment and factory closures. Industry data shows that from July to December 2023, Bangladesh's imports of yarn from India increased by approximately 30% year-on-year, with a significant

According to the latest data from the General Administration of Customs, China's cotton yarn exports in November were25,200 metric tons, representing amonth-on-month decrease of 2.8%and ayear-on-year decrease of 8.09%. Although the pace of decline has significantly narrowed compared to the previous two months, exports remain on a downward trajectory. This trend stands in stark contrast to the performance of other cotton product categories in the same month: cotton product exports totaled646,400