The late-sown cotton in Punjab is more prone to pest attack, according to Punjab Agricultural University (PAU). The state agriculture department is concerned about pest infestation on the cotton, sown over 1.06 lakh hectares after May 15. A survey was carried out in various villages of Punjab to identify the intensity of pest attack on the crop. The survey carried out by 50 supervisors and 500 scouts of the state agriculture department found out that the number of whiteflies is lower than th

The Goods and Services Tax (GST) Council has decided to levy 18 per cent GST on man-made fibre and yarn, while man-made fabric will attract 5 per cent GST. The higher GST rate on MMF and man-made yarn may lead to increase in man-made yarn prices while also creating confusion on input credit, according to powerloom weavers and traders from the textile hub of Surat.At the current rate of taxation, tax on yarn works out to approximately Rs 0.70 to Rs 0.80 per kilogram. As per the GST rate structure

With the different Good and Services Tax (GST) scales fixed for various processes in the knitwear production chain is going to have ramifications considering that the production chain in Tirupur cluster remains mostly disintegrated and also a consequential fear among the apparel exporters of a possible shrinkage in profit margins. Complexity will arise as job works are going to be taxed at 18 % even though garments attract only 5 %. In Tirupur, processes like dyeing, knitting, fabrication and

South Carolina, once a center of the American textile industry, has seen the business rebound through an influx of Chinese companies. "The exciting thing that I heard today is many of the Chinese investors that we were talking to today were textile (focused). Many of our communities in South Carolina were traditionally textile," said Thomas "Tommy" Pope, speaker pro tempore of the South Carolina House of Representatives. "The Chinese companies are kind of bringing back the textile indust

On the occasion of World Environment Day, which is being celebrated on 5 June, RadiciGroup has decided to draw attention to the issue of saving water and point out some of the action taken by the man-made fibre industry. The water footprint of synthetic fibres is way lower than that of cotton, wool or viscose products. The company says it is fully committed to the constant monitoring and control of water resource consumption in its various processes, as well as bringing to the market yarn dye

Japan produced 79,590 tons of man-made fibre (MMF) in April 2017, registering an increase of 2.8 per cent year-on-year. While synthetic fibre output fell 3.1 per cent to 62,680 tons, cellulosic fibre production rose 33 per cent to 16,910 tons, Japan Chemical Fibers Association said based on the official data from the ministry of economy, trade and industry. Among synthetic fibres, output of acrylic staple fibre increased by 1.3 per cent year-on-year to 11,873 tons, while that of nylon filamen

Sri Lankan apparel exports declined by 11.3 percent to $822.4 million in the first two months of the current year compared to exports of $927.5 million in the corresponding period of the last year. According to the data released by the Central Bank of Sri Lanka, textiles and apparel accounted for about 61.95 percent of all industrial exports made by the South Asian nation during the two-month period. In fact, the fall in export value has been higher in February compared to January. Export ear

The Union Government has been focusing on development of machinery for weaving and processing sector. It has supported loom development projects on public-private partnership mode and also cleared a project to set up a common engineering facility centre. If segments such as weaving and garmenting do well, demand for yarn will also pick up and this will drive investment. According to R. Rajendran, president of Textile Machinery Manufacturers’ Association, reduction in allocation of funds for T

Bangladesh Cotton Development Board has adopted a five-year project titled "Extensive Cotton Cultivation" considering importance of the sector and its further development. According to experts, cotton production can be enhanced to around 0.8 to 1.0 million bales from the existing hardly 0.1 million bales annually. On successful implementation of the project, the cotton production will increase many fold and that will save huge foreign currency. At a regional workshop titled "Prospect of Co

In the first three months of 2017, YTD imports of textile yarns amounted to 771 million sq m in terms of quantity, a 0.9% increase relative to the same period the year before. Despite the increase, the YTD value of imported yarns dropped 1.7% to $302.89m from $308m the year before. The increase in quantity imports was most likely due to cheaper supply of imported yarns, as the YTD value per sq m dropped 2.6% to around 0.39 per sq from 0.40 per sq m the year before. This has been good for Amer