The 2005 results of Israel? textile and fashion industry demonstrated real growth in sales by 1-1.5% to $2.03 billion, alongside further lay-offs. The number of textile workers fell by 1,500 last year, mostly caused by the closing down of 12 sewing workshops. All of these sewing workshops were in outlying areas, and in Arab and Druze communities, areas already suffering from high unemployment and limited job opportunities. In the decade since 1995, the number of textile workers has plummeted 6

WASHINGTON: US textile imports from China dived downwards in February compared to one year earlier. Shipments in restricted, as well as non-limited categories were all significantly lower compared to last year's surging volumes. Concerned over supply disruption and embargoes, importers last year placed fewer orders with China. The sources said here on March 06. US textile imports during February are much lower than during the same month one year earlier, according to US preliminary data. Categ

A wealth of new textiles will be available in the coming years. This was revealed by the forum TextileTrends, which took place in Berlin in mid- February. Around 150 national and international textile experts spent two days discussing the opportunities and demands of the textile industry. Focal topics were technical and functional textiles.The textile industry will experience an upturn in the coming year, says Professor Roshan Shishoo, Swedish textile consultant and Chairman of the event.He clai

AHMEDABAD: This could be the beginning of another Indo-US alliance, that the Chinese may not like. Close on the heels of the high-profile visit by the US President George W Bush last week, when US and India inked a nuclear deal, the Indian and American textile industries are getting together to explore possibilities of a bigger partnership. As a part of a national event to be held this month in Ahmedabad, biggies from the textile sector will do some brainstorming to accelerate textiles exports t

The Turkish government is set to override the concerns of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and cut value-added tax on textile products by 10%, according to reports. Foreign trade minister Kursad Tuzmen told reporters that the cut from 18% to 8% was necessary to protect Turkish textiles manufacturers from a flood of cheap Chinese products in global markets. Thousands of jobs are at risk thanks to rising energy costs and increasing competition from China, manufacturers say. Global textile q

WASHINGTON--The Bush administration is considering the possibility of separating textile discussions in on-going multilateral trade negotiations amid warnings by U.S. textile groups that China will soon monopolize the textile industry.New data compiled by the National Council of Textile Manufacturers shows that at China's current growth rate it will have 70 percent import market share in the United States and European Union in categories not covered under the current U.S. comprehensive textile a

US textile imports from China dived downwards in February compared to one year earlier. Shipments in restricted, as well as non-limited categories, were all significantly lower compared to last year's surging volumes. Concerned over supply disruption and embargoes, importers last year placed fewer orders with China. US textile imports during February are much lower than during the same month one year earlier, according to US preliminary data Less volume in restricted categories Categories

The textiles and clothing industry in the country plans to up its exports from US $ 13 billion at present to US $ 40 billion by 2010. The removal of the quota regime had come as a big bonus for the industry. Currently, the Indian textile industry exports worth US $ eight billion to the US, one of the biggest textile markets in the world, Chella K Srinivasan, Regional President, Indo-American Chamber of Commerce, South India Council, told reporters here today. The chamber along with the Appar

The Indonesian Department of Trade and the Indonesian Textile Association (API) will this week discuss measures to safeguard the country against increasing Chinese textile imports, Bisnis Indonesia reported. Minister of Trade Mari Elka Pangestu has asked API to submit quantitative data on the legal import volume of Chinese textiles to determine the losses suffered by the domestic textile industry. Mari said any potential safeguards could only be used on legal imports. Small producers in cities

With chemical producer BASF's support, the UN organization UNIDO (United Nations Industrial Development Organisation) and the Egypt National Cleaner Production Center want to make the Egyptian textile industry more sustainable and thus more competitive: at a workshop in Cairo lasting several days, textile finishers and processors are learning how to apply BASF's eco-efficiency analysis. This analytical tool is intended to help Egyptian textile manufacturers to meet the demands of the global mark