Myanmar International Textile Expo & China Textile City Fabric Expo will be held from 8 to 10, Dec, 2017 in Tatmadaw Exhibition Hall, Yangon, Myanmar. The exhibition will assemble quality textile suppliers in South-East Asia to exhibit fabric products suitable for Myanmar textile and garment industry, to expand new market and promote the brand of China Textile City, and to explore cooperation opportunities with Myanmar textile association and government department. The exhibition has been

Cotton prices dropped sharply in the Brazilian market during the first fortnight of July 2017 as sales offers were higher than demand. Between June 30 and July 14, the CEPEA/ESALQ Index, 8-day payment terms, for cotton type 41-4, delivered in São Paulo, dropped 4.24 per cent, closing at 2.5479 BRL per pound on July 14, the lowest since November 11, 2016. Many cotton batches from the new 2016-17 season were traded in the first fortnight of July for prompt delivery, but with small volumes. “Act

Afghanistan government has called on industry owners to present plans and recommendations for ways to revive the textile industry in the country, as it harvest almost 60,000 tons of cotton a year but there are no factories in the country to process cotton, a finance ministry spokesman Ajmal Hamid Abdul Rahimzai said on Tuesday. Industrialists have been asked for their recommendations on Kandahar and other textile companies so that the issue is discussed by the high economic council and it sho

Indonesian textile exports to key markets have declined as many countries have reduced imports of textiles in the first half of 2017 amid bleak global economic conditions. Shipments to the USA fell 3.6 percent (y/y), to the European Union by 4.0 percent (y/y), and to Japan by nearly 5 percent (y) in the January-June 2017 period. According to Ade Sudrajat, Chairman of the Indonesian Textile Association (API), the apparel trade balance of Indonesia has improved markedly since the start of the y

DuraFiber Technologies, a leading global supplier of high-tenacity polyester fibres, engineered fabrics, sewing threads and advanced materials, has announced that it has taken the next steps to prepare its production facilities in Salisbury, NC, Shelby, NC, and Winnsboro, SC to be idled if a buyer is not identified by September 11, 2017. The actions follow a series of initiatives to lower production costs in response to increased competition in the textile industry, as well as a thorough rev

Trendstop's materials experts bring you an insider's guide to the essential print and fabric themes for lingerie, beach and sports fashion that will be impacting the materials market into the FW18-19. Our team travelled to the Interfiliere event held at the Porte de Versailles Expo Centre in Paris where innovation took centre stage with new technologies and sustainable concepts essential to shaping the modern materials market and inspire your activewear collections. Our comprehensive materials t

The Dixie Group, one of America’s fastest growing floorcovering companies, has announced that it has purchased all of the yarn manufacturing assets of the former Royalty Carpet Mills Porterville, California yarn plant. The company has also announced that it will lease the Porterville building through a long term arrangement within the next two weeks. The Dixie Group will begin hiring former associates to manage and operate the yarn plant. The output from the yarn plant will allow The Dixie

Apparel manufacturers from China, South Korea, India and other countries are lured to open new plants in the continent's second most populous nation Ethiopia which is fast developing into a dynamic apparel sourcing hub and with growing number of European and U.S. brands sourcing garments there. A significant factor in Ethiopia's emergence on the clothing scene is the planned opening of a new railway line to a port in neighboring Djibouti, located on the Horn of Africa in the Arabian Sea. The

Cotton crop cultivation during the current sowing season (2017-18) has witnessed about 18pc increase in Punjab as compared the sowing of same period of last year. However, it decreased by 6 percent in Sindh during the period under review, according to a top official in the Ministry of Textile Industry. During the current sowing season, cotton crop has been cultivated over 2.743m hectares in Punjab which is 18pchigher as compared the same period of last year. However, cotton sowing in the Sindh d

The upward trend of garment exports from Africa, thanks in part to Bangladeshi investors, poses a threat to Bangladesh's second position in the global apparel trade. In 2016, garment exports from 39 sub-Saharan nations stood at $2.6 billion, according to data from the International Trade Centre. Industry insiders are tipping the shipments to cross the $3-billion mark this year. The countries enjoy duty-free and quota-free access for certain goods, including garment, to the US under the Afr