The Confederation of Indian Textile Industry (Citi) has urged the government to speed up clearances of projects under the technology upgradation fund scheme (TUFS). In a letter to the Centre, the association, representing the entire textile value chain from yarn to garments, has said that if immediate remedial measures are not taken, the momentum achieved in modernisation and expansion of the industry would be affected. Citi has pointed out that investments in the textile and clothing industr

Shoe soles import rates hiked sharply from US $1.07 per pair in March by almost 37.18 percent in April 2006.Three major import sources of shoe soles include dealers from Hong Kong, Taiwan and China.While April prices by Hong Kong suppliers was around $1.2 per pairs, representing a rise of almost one percent from late March, that by Taiwanese suppliers was up 58.25 percent to reach $1.63.China has raised prices by about 68 percent to nearly $0.84 per pair. Source:Fibre2fashion, New

The Intertextile Pavilion organized by Messe Frankfurt, CCPIT-Tex and the Shenzhen Garment Industry Association will return to Shenzhen from 25 ?27 July 2006. The fair is recognised by overseas and domestic textiles manufacturers as an ideal marketing platform from which to tap into the South China market, one of the country's largest garment manufacturing centres. "The pavilion was created to provide a professional meeting point for suppliers and buyers in this booming textile region," said Ms

KARACHI: Textile Commissio-ner, Muhammad Idrees Ahmed has said the clothing trade is growing at a faster rate.He pointed out that Pakistan exported textiles worth dollars 6.12 billion and clothing worth dollars 3.03 billion in the year 2004. Idrees was of the view that the post quota scenario has brought both opportunities and threats for Pakistani textile producers.He pointed out that the young and educated professionals in the field of textile engineering and textile marketing, textile managem

Top-grade bamboo fibre has been developed in Shandong by Daihai Group.It is a kind of natural fibre; cloth made therefrom is of high quality bamboo fibre and is soft to body.It? a bright and flat fibre with elasticity and this eco-friendly bamboo fibre gets easily disintegrated in soil eliminating all chances of land pollution.Clothing fabric can be manufactured and the group can produce about 18 million metres of this bamboo fibre fabric, each year.The group plans to sell its fabric products in

LAHORE: The government is considering a proposal to hire foreign consultants to improve the technology used in the garment industry, sources said.Consultants are expected to be hired from Hong Kong, China, Taiwan, South Korea, Japan, Germany, Italy, the UK, Turkey and Sri Lanka, added the sources. The step may make exporters competitive in garment business so that they can be a catalyst to enhance productivity of the garment industry by making it cost effective, thereby sustaining and improving

BEIJING: Cumulative lint cotton procurement reached 1.8 mil tons based statistic, by the end of March 2006. If Xinjiang crop price remains high, the sale will become increasingly tough in the near future. However, over half of the amount has yet to be sold. The main reason arises from a slow response to the ever-changing market environment. Xinjiang crop, known for its superior quality in China, has a major advantage in Chinese cotton market. The fast development of textile industry has

Textile Clothing industry held a conference on April 27, 2006 in Beijing.Ten leading enterprises in textile clothing industry displayed their integrated level in the conference.Each year, council will choose first 10 strong enterprises from manufacturers in textile clothing sector, and not traders .Textile clothing enterprises will be able to raise their competitive capacity in international trade in this manner, and promote development of China's textile clothing industry. Source

Statistics Canada announces the Gross Domestic Product by industry, February 2006 & review of wholesale trade 2005, are as follows:Canadian economy grew by 0.2 percent in February, the same pace as in the previous month. While economic activity was bolstered by a rebound in utilities and strength in wholesale sales, it was slowed by a drop in output in the mining and oil and gas extraction sector and in manufacturing.Wholesale trade main sources of decline came from a steep drop in apparel s

In order to demolish textile trade wall, more and more Jiansu textile enterprises plan to set up factories in other countries.So far, eight textile enterprises have set up their factories in foreign land as a result, textile export values have grown to US$1 million.These enterprises forward the reason of cheaper raw material and lower salary, however, the major reason is to avoid textile trade wall.Jiansu Heifeng is one such company exporting woolen products. The company has set up a factory in