In order to take the complete benefit of Trans-pacific Partnership Pact (TPP), a free trade agreement involving 12 nations, Vietnam should work upon the textile and apparel segment in particular, according to Ngo Chung Khanh, deputy head of the Multilateral Trade Policy Department, Ministry of Industry and Trade, Vietnam. The textile and garment industry is the biggest strength of Vietnam, he said while speaking at a workshop in the Ho Chi Minh City. The Vietnamese textile and garment sector

Pakistan, the neighbouring country has so far imported over 13 lakh bales worth Rs 2,000 crore from India is now banking on Gujarat, the largest cotton production state that accounts for more than 7 lakh bales worth over Rs1,000 crore to meet its requirement as it faces a substantial drop in cotton production. Interestingly , Pakistan garnered the lion's share of 46.6% of total 28.54 lakh bales exported from India during October-December 2015. This year Pakistan has emerged as the larges

German textile finishing specialist Monforts has made its Monfortex compressive shrinkage ranges for denim finishing even more cost efficient and eco-friendly. According to a Monforts press release, stretching and skewing functions for the denim fabric can be performed by a modified Thermex Thermo stretch unit. “This configuration allows fabric speeds of up to 40 metres per minute to be achieved with 14.5 oz per sq. yards denim on the single rubber version,” it added. While a 'double ru

Based on the findings of a study conducted to address the raw cotton shortage faced by the textile industry, the Ethiopian government has approved import of pest-resistant cotton seeds, the African Press Agency (APA) has reported. The study suggested that importing improved variety of cotton seeds can increase the country's cotton output by up to 40 per cent, according to the Ethiopian Textile Industry Development Institute (ETIDI). In recent years, the number of textile and garment units

More and more Vietnamese textile producers have sold their companies to Chinese investors to become Chinese satellite companies. Nguyen Van Hoan, former president of the Hanoi College of Textile, Garment Industry & Fashion, noted that Chinese have taken over existing Vietnamese companies because this method allows them to avoid strict regulations. Local authorities now do not encourage investments in the textile industry because textile factories cause big environmental problems. There

The World Trade Organization’s 10th Ministerial Conference held in Nairobi, Kenya, from December 15 to 19, was the first such meeting hosted by an African nation where the ministers agreed on a deal that will allow least developed countries (LDCs) to export more cotton to developed countries. Following a global deal sealed, African countries mainly Burkina, Faso, Benin, Chad and Mali and other developing countries can begin to export their cotton to developed countries duty-and quota-free from f

The price of cotton generally shoots up when the industry needs cotton and when the arrivals have come down in the market. But this year, just two months since new cotton season began and the prices of cotton have already gone up though arrivals continue to be high in the market. This situation has driven as many as 43 textile mills in the State have come together and plan to import cotton from West African countries, depending on the requirement. Prabhu Damodaran, secretary of Indian Texp

Vietnam has issued investment licences for 30 textile and garment projects in 2015 while foreign investment in industry was expected to continue increasing in the near future. A wave of mergers and acquisition has increased in the local garment and textile industry in a bid to take advantage of free trade agreements, especially the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP), as the local enterprises are aware that they would not fulfill requested orders due to their limitations in capital, according to the

crop failure in Pakistan has led to coercion for the nation to raise its imports following the hike in local prices. This has profited the world’s largest producer of the cotton fibre. The Indian Government’s cotton purchases are to plummet to 89% due to the increased exports in the 2015-16 marketing year. B.K. Mishra, chairman and managing director of the state-run Cotton Corporation of India (CCI) said that prices have been moved above the MSP (minimum support price) level in most states an

A Melbourne designer using bamboo for fibre has developed a bamboo stretch fabric having both aesthetics and functionality with high sun protection. Made in Melbourne, cloth has been given a 50plus ultraviolet protection factor rating by the government's Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency. Manufacturer Julia Van Der Sommen, who specialises in knitting technology and garment development, said that the fabric is very unique and it has taken two years to develop. The anti