Following the recent US government extension of the Africa Growth and Opportunity Act (Agoa) for 10 years, under which Kenyan textiles trade in the American market. The Kenyan government has taken the first steps to revive the textile industry with plans to give cotton farmers 750 tonnes of certified seed this year. In the short term, the government, through the Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Authority (Affa), will provide 50 tonnes of seed for free to cotton growers by end of August, with t

In view of rising imports of batik textiles, Indonesia's Ministry of Trade has issued a regulation requiring all importers of batik-patterned fabrics to register with the ministry and seek special permit for import. Addressing a press conference in Jakarta last week, trade minister Rachmat Gobel said, “There is a rising trend in imports of batik textiles...so, we need to put an effort to preserve domestic batik industry by blocking batik textile imports.” In January-April 2015, Indonesian

For the six months ended June 30, 2015, revenue at industrial thread and consumer textile crafts manufacturer and marketer Coats Group went up 4 per cent on a like-for-like basis. In a statement, Coats said its sales for the first half of 2015 grew 4 per cent on a like-for-like basis, but was down 3 per cent on a reported basis to reach US $748.1 million. It added that its Speciality business continued to generate double digit sales growth and achieved 13 per cent year over year growth in

Iranian researcher Dr. Shila Shahidi and faculty member at the Islamic Azad University of Arak has introduced a new method by which polyester fabrics could be dyed more efficiently through plasma surface activation. The method is aimed at tackling the problems in traditional dyeing methods, such as weak dyeability, high-temperature, excessive use of water, and discharge of several chemical additives. The method introduced in this work comprises the formation of functional groups on the sur

A three-day Bangladesh Apparel and Safety Exposition is going to be held in Chittagong in August 6-8 to showcase the country’s garment products to the international buyers as well as to familiarise the factory owners with the world-class safety equipments. In a pre-expo press conference at the Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association headquarters in the city, the president of the association Md Atiqul Islam said that the expo was the continuation of Apparel Summit held in D

Cotton production estimate has been kept unchanged at 382.75 lakh bales for the 2014-15 marketing year ending September, according to industry body. The Cotton Association of India CAI) has retained the estimate of the crop at 38.27 million bales in 2014-15 marketing year (October-September). Production stood at 40 million bales (of 170 kg each) during 2013-14, according to CAI data. The association said the Cotton Corporation of India (CCI) has procured about 8.7 million bales to provide price

Textile production in China is becoming unprofitable after years of rising wages, higher energy bills and mounting logistical costs, as well as new government quotas on the import of cotton. Twenty-five years ago, Ni Meijuan earned $19 a month working the spinning machines at a vast textile factory in the Chinese city of Hangzhou. Now at the Keer Group's cotton mill in South Carolina, which opened in April, Ni is training American workers to do the job she used to do. "They're quick learne

Trading Corporation of Pakistan (TCP) to issue multiple cotton tenders for the sale of the remaining quality of 88,600 cotton bales procured from domestic market, due to the lower participation in the first tender although the state-run grain trader has successfully sold some 6,800 cotton bales. TCP issued first tender on July 16, 2015 for the sale of 95,400 cotton bales (crop year 2014-15), procured some six months back to support farmers and the domestic market. In response to the first cot

From January to June, exports in Keqiao District amounted to 5.01 billion USD, ranking the city’s second. Learned from relevant departments that in the first half, exports growth rate in Keqiao is lower than the provincial and national average, but 2.9% higher compared with that of the whole city, ranking the city’s second. Insiders believe that, in the new normality of traditional textile exports’ slowdown, Keqiao’s exports are pretty good. Relying on China Textile City’s development, Keq

Informed from the textile industry economic analysis meeting of H1 2015 held by the China Textile Industry Association on July 30, in the first half of 2015, China's textile industry is facing a more severe external situation, the industry's economic growth rate is getting lower rather than that in 2014 and exports decline. However, the textile industry adhere to promote the transformation and upgrading and make efforts to overcome the various risk factors, so the main operating indicators of gr