Cotton

Cotton Output To Be Up 33% In Three West African Countries

Textile Insights December 21, 2023

The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) in its latest report has indicated that cotton production in three key cotton producing West African countries is expected to be 2.06 million bales, up 33 percent year on year. Cotton output in Mali, Burkina Faso, and Senegal is forecast to rise in the

Apparel, Fashion, Retail

East African Community Proposes Standardisation Of Garments

Textile Insights December 20, 2023

Following the lead of Indonesia, the East African Community (EAC) has proposed standardisation of quality parameters for garments, with the aim to assist trade by harmonising standards. “The East African Standards Committee (EASC) has targeted various apparels which will focus on manufacturing defects, chemical restrictions, test methods and finally labeling,”

Cotton

Cottonconnect Expands Cotton Traceability Platform To Brands

Textile Insights December 20, 2023

CottonConnect, a social enterprise that focuses on creating a more sustainable and responsible cotton industry has made its TraceBale traceability platform available to the wider apparel industry. TraceBale traceability platform is expected to help brands address supply chain transparency challenges. TraceBale is now available as a standalone solution to all within the

Technical Textile & Nonwoven

Chinese Spunlace Nonwoven Exports Drop 6% In October

Textile Insights December 20, 2023

Chinese exports of spunlace nonwovens amounted to 29.70 kilo tons in October 2023, up 6 percent year over year, but down 9 percent month on month. The average export price stood at US $2,308 tons in October, a decline of 7 percent from a year ago period and also a drop of 2 percent when […]

Cotton

Pakistan’s Cotton Output Down 33% From Target In 2023-24

Textile Insights December 20, 2023

8.02 million bales of cotton had been ginned across Pakistan by December 15, as against 4.90 million bales of 170 kg each in the same period in the previous season. It may be recalled that Pakistan’s cotton crop was destroyed by the massive floods that the country faced last year, due to which cotton production […]

Export

Pakistani Textile Exports Continue Downward Slide In Nov

Textile Insights December 20, 2023

Pakistani exports of textiles continued their downward slide where they stood at US $1.37 billion in November 2023, down 3.51 percent year on year and also down 5.43 percent month on month. In the first five months of fiscal 2023-24 ending November 2023, textile exports from Pakistan amounted to $6.9 billion, a drop of 10.14 […]

Export

Bangladesh Topples China From Top Spot In EU Knitwear Imports

Textile Insights December 20, 2023

For the first time in knitwear clothing imports, EU’s import from Bangladesh has exceeded the share of any other country during the first nine months of 2023, both in value and volume. Between January and September, EU’s knitwear import from Bangladesh amounted to US $9 billion as against $8.96 billion from China in value. While, […]

Dyes & Chemicals

AATCC Chlorine Test Control Fabric Tests Chlorinated Water

Textile Insights December 19, 2023

AATCC has launched a new Chlorine Test Control Fabric for use with TM 162 Colorfastness for swimming pools with chlorinated water. “This sunny yellow control fabric enables testing laboratories to evaluate colour change when textiles are exposed to chlorinated swimming pool conditions,” AATCC said in a press release. Proper use of the control fabric serves […]

Machinery

Master Offers Retrofits For Existing Indigo Dyeing Machine

Textile Insights December 19, 2023

Master S.R.L. had earlier launched the ‘Craftyflow’ and ‘Craftyrope’, for the dyeing of denim warps with indigo and sulphur dyes, which can work both in air and in the nitrogen atmosphere with ecological and economical advantages. “These machines are the results of several trials and the evolution of the concepts utilised in our original dyeing […]

Machinery

Saurer Showing Engineering & Technology Strengths At Domotex

Textile Insights December 19, 2023

Saurer Technologies will be showcasing its engineering, technology, service and automation strengths at the Domotex exhibition in Hanover which will be held from January 11-14, 2024 in Hall 5, Stall E-27. One of the technologies on display is the CarpetCabler/CarpetTwister 1.12, which has high flexibility and increased productivity and offers possibilities to produce