A total of 334,000 tons of wool were imported through Zhangjiagang Free Trade Zone in Zhangjiagang of Jiangsu province in the first half of the year, increasing 44.32 percent year-on-year. The wool is worth $386 million, an increase of 24.87 percent from last year, according to statistics released by the zone’s customs. A total of 9,897 tons of wool are exported through the Zhangjiagang Free Trade Zone, worth $134 million. The numbers saw a year-on-year increase of 13.49 percent and 0.75 perc

A clothing company is preparing to revive operations in a southeast Missouri town where it closed a plant 14 years ago. Paramount Apparel is scheduled to begin production in Ellington as soon as next week, bringing up to 80 new jobs. Paramount was founded in 1929 in St. Louis as Paramount Cap Manufacturing and moved its headquarters to the southern Missouri town of Bourbon seven years later. The company had a production plant in Ellington from the 1950s until shutting it down in 1999. France

After undertaking an in-depth programme of market research and interviews with stakeholders in various sectors, the organizers of the Yarn Expo fairs have decided that Yarn Expo Spring will now be held in Shanghai starting in 2014, and will take place from 3 – 5 March. The fair will be relocated to the Shanghai World Expo Exhibition and Convention Center, alongside Intertextile Shanghai Apparel Fabrics – Spring Edition, while the autumn edition will remain unchanged. The Yarn Expo fairs have

Since the beginning of this year, the price of viscose filament has kept a downward trend and it is expected to rebound by the end of the third quarter of this year, said Wang Shengyong, General Manager of Jilin Chemical Fiber Group Co., Ltd. Jilin Chemical Fiber Group Co., Ltd. is quickening its step of readjusting product structure by adding a bamboo pulp and fiber integrated project with annual capacity of 95,000 tons, which is expected to be completed at the end of this year. After the pro

Prince George wearing a shawl knitted by G H Hurt on a Stoll machine British knitwear manufacturer G H Hurt & Son manufactured the shawl used to wrap HRH Prince George of Cambridge in when he left hospital last week. The shawl was manufactured using a Stoll flat knitting machine, according to Stoll. G H Hurt is known for manufacturing delicate scarves and high quality blankets, mainly for ladies and babies. The manufacturing plant – established in 1912 – has a long tradition

Government orders regarding the supply of gas to textile mills during 10-hour periods of outages have been partially implemented but supplies at many places could not be streamlined partly due to resistance from gas distribution staff. Sources in the SNGPL said staggered supplies will ensure that the mills operate 24 hours a day. The mills will use Pepco load for 14 hours and produce their own power through gas during the 10-hour outages. The All-Pakistan Textile Mills Association has giv

The garment exporters in the country who were looking forward to reduction in interest rates in the monetary policy review on Tuesday said the RBI has failed to give them any relief and they would find it difficult to compete with neighbouring countries where interest rates are lower. Apparel Export Promotion Council said in a release that today’s credit policy has not addressed the issue of reduction in interest rate nor the RBI has announced interest subvention for knitwear and garment expo

Bangladesh's Eastern Refinery Ltd will skip exporting naphtha in October, for the third straight month, as plant maintenance and repair work continue, a senior company official said on Tuesday. On average, it exports one 170,000-barrel naphtha cargo about every 45 days. The loss will be easily filled in the market as high volumes of naphtha will continue to stream into Asia from Europe, the United States and the Mediterranean. Since the start of the year, Asia has been receiving an average

Italy has recorded 12% overall growth in new orders for textile machinery for the second quarter of 2013, thanks to foreign markets (+14%) and a stable domestic market (-1%). During the second quarter of 2013, new orders for textile machinery, as elaborated by ACIMIT’s economics and press department, showed signs of growth compared to the same period for 2012 (+12%). The absolute index stood at 92.2 points (basis 2010=100). These figures, ACIMIT says, are the result of a growing rate of new

Turkish textile and garment companies are planning to move their factories to Ethiopia, with the assistance of Ayka Addis Textile and Investment Group, a Turkish company that made the same move three years ago. Ayka submitted a proposal for the relocation of several Turkish textile and garment companies to the Ministry of Industry which has been already accepted. Ayka Addis’ General Manager Ercan Turkoglu told Capital in an email response that an industrial zone will be built by Ayka Addis.