Japanese textile manufacturers are cranking up efforts to export white cloth for making ethnic attire in the Middle East, where Japan’s reputation for quality is helping it acquire a lion’s share of the cloth market. The materials are most commonly used to make a men’s long-sleeved, ankle-length loose garment called a thobe. Nationalist sentiment has been growing in many Middle Eastern countries since the Arab Spring began in December 2010, and younger generations are wearing ethnic clothing

Merchandise is displayed at the Indian Green The Gap store in New Delhi An Indian recycling company that uses junk to create accessories is fighting a legal trademark suit launched by US clothing giant Gap Inc demanding that the firm change its name. Green the Gap, an Indian company which runs three stores in the country, mainly sells accessories and home decor items made out of waste including beer cans, rubber tyres and fruit cartons. Vimlendu Jha, founding owner of the firm, which a

The African countries can be a potential market for exports of Vietnamese textiles, according to the Department of African, West Asian and South Asian Markets, in the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MOIT). The agency said despite being a source of raw cotton, the textile industry has not developed in many African countries. Along with an increase in the population and income of the African people, the continent will become a big market for textile items, vov.vn reported. In 2012, Vietn

ICE cotton futures slipped on Monday on investor selling as worries built ahead of a Federal Reserve meeting eyed for signs of when the U.S. central bank will slow its stimulus and concerns grew over economic growth in China, the world's top textile market. The most-active December cotton contract on ICE Futures U.S. edged down 0.41 cent, or 0.5 percent, to settle at 84.71 cents per lb. U.S. stocks dipped and the dollar climbed a day ahead of the Fed's two-day policy meeting this week eyed b

While for GHCL, the revenue has fallen due to rationalisation in its clientele, for Jindal Worldwide and Pradip Overseas the same has fallen due to dip in demand. Unlike other verticals of textile industry, the home textiles vertical has taken a beating in the first quarter. According to industry players like GHCL and Pradip Overseas, while the margins have more or less remained intact, the revenue have fallen for the players. While for GHCL, the revenue has fallen due to rationalisation in i

India’s Apparel Export Promotion Council (AEPC), under the aegis of Ministry of Textiles, Government of India in active collaboration with the Embassy of India, Japan, participated with 136 companies, constituting a more than a 20% share in overall participation in JFW International Fashion Fair, Tokyo from 17-19 July, 2013. Zohra Chatterji, Secretary (Textiles), Ministry of Textiles, Government of India led a delegation of manufacturer exporters from apparel, fabric and made-ups along with D

New orders for Italian textile machinery were up by 12% during the second quarter of 2013, compared to the year before, according to figures released by ACIMIT (Association of Italian Textile Machinery Manufacturers). The Association’s economics department revealed that the growth was driven by foreign market purchases, up 14%, whereas the domestic market was stable with orders down 1%. Raffaella Carabelli, ACIMIT president, said: “Overall figures show a definite improvement with respect t

Indian apparel exporters have generated a business worth USD 32.4 million from the JFW International Fashion Fair (IFF), recently held in Tokyo, informed the apex apparel exporters' body. "India Pavilion has witnessed over 1900 buyers and the business negotiated/ done was USD 32.4 million," Chairman, Apparel Export Promotion Council (AEPC), Dr A Sakthivel said in a press statement recently. The first time visitors were hopeful of generating business in long term. Considering this, it is expe

Local garments exporters are expected to cash in on the expected comeback of American and European buyers, who have reportedly started increasing their outsourcing activities in the country. Robert Young, president of the Foreign Buyers Association of the Philippines (Fobap), was quoted by the Philippine Exporters Confederation Inc. as saying that Fobap members were now “receiving more purchase orders from their principals” in the United States. These are the same US buyers who have stopped b

It is planned to reap around 1.050 million tons of cotton from an area of a half million hectares this year, "Neutral Turkmenistan" newspaper reported. The crops are still being grown. "The prospects for the crop are good, especially given last year, when the country's cotton growers reaped about 1.235 million tons of harvest, considerably exceeding the state order by 11 percent," the article said. Around 5,500 pieces of technology from companies such as John Deere, Case, Belarus, Minsk Tr