A conference was organized last week in Sri Lanka with the participation of the delegation and members of the textile industry where a three team members delegation representing the Chinese government were present to brief on the Chinese regulations and testing standards, and trends in global textile testing. The Chinese market is vast and growing but many countries have failed to break into the textile market due to the lack of knowledge of their standards. Their standards are different to t

Suzhou Glacier Import & Export Co. Ltd, a Chinese global textile manufacturer plans to set up a new plant in Travelers Rest, it will be the first factory outside of China for the company that will make textiles for the automotive industry. The company’s president, Wilber Xu, said that the company will be investing $24 million to open a new manufacturing facility in a 170,000 square foot existing building. It is expected to hire 109 people in the new jobs. Xu said that his company was

In August of this year, China imported 70,000 tons of cotton, a drop of 36,000 tons by 33.96% from July, down 130,000 tons or 65.0% from a year earlier. From last September to this August, China’s cotton import totaled 1.67 million, down near 1.33 million tons or 44.4% year-on-year. The cotton import totaled slightly over 1.10 million tons in the first eight months of this year. Source: China Textile Leader Express

India will lead in production of cotton in 2015/16, says the latest US Department of Agriculture (USDA) estimates and will surpass China as the top producer this season. While yields in India remain well below the world average, India is forecast to produce 29 million bales in 2015/16 or 27 per cent of the global cotton crop. According to USDA, India's ascension to the world's leading-producer status largely results from having the most cotton area. Harvested area in India is expected t

Export of textile and clothing witnessed a negative growth of 46 per cent in the first two months of the current fiscal year from a year ago. The fall in export proceeds was being witnessed for the past few months despite GSP-Plus scheme, suggested data of Pakistan Bureau of Statistics released on Monday. In July and August 2015, export proceeds fell to $2.136 billion from $2.160bn over the corresponding months of last year, a decline of 46pc. Product-wise details show that export of

Cotton is the second major cash crop after sugarcane in Swaziland and the main source of income for small scale famers, especially those in drought prone areas. The cotton industry is currently under performing yet the cotton industry used to be a source of livelihood for 40 000 Swazis. Farmers grow cotton to pay school fees, build houses, buy food and clothes. The decline of cotton prices in world markets has resulted to a price drop locally. Swaziland Cotton Board Chief Executive Officer Da

Britain’s wool industry, which for a decade was shrinking is bouncing back as a series of innovations have sprung up, creating products that use wool from all 120 breeds of British sheep – around 60 pure and 60 half breeds. Inventors are using British wool for a variety of weird and wonderful new products, prompting an industry revival. British wool is unique because, unlike many other breeds of sheep, such as merino, British fleeces tend to be much coarser and scratchier. This was once a co

Pakistan is the fifth largest producer of cotton in the world, the third largest exporter of raw cotton, the fourth largest consumer of cotton and the largest exporter of cotton yarn in the world. Pakistani cotton and cotton products contribute about 11 percent to gross domestic product and 56 percent to the foreign exchange earnings. However, the governments have failed to implement the ban on the use of jute and polypropylene bags for the transportation of seed cotton. A senior member of K

Pakistan’s textile exports have rebounded in August 2015 after witnessing slump from last several months. Textile and clothing exports witnessed double digit growth of 11.24 percent in August from a year ago, suggested data of Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) released here on Monday. Exports of textile and clothing recorded at $1.02 billion in the previous month as against $889 million of a year ago. The unprecedented growth was mainly driven by substantial increase in export proceeds of

Faced with sharp decline in exports, cotton textiles exporters have urged the government the expedite free trade agreements (FTAs) with major importing countries including the European Union, Australia and Canada to remove trade barriers there. Despite price offered by Indian exporters for their cotton textiles is competitive, preferential access being given to some countries including Bangladesh, Cambodia, Pakistan, South Korea, Turkey and Vietnam in major importing nations like the European