Export

Indian Cotton Yarn Exports Increase Explosively In September

Textile Insights December 5, 2023

India’s exports of cotton yarn in September 2023 totaled 103,100 tons by volume, growing by a massive 293.11 percent year over year, but declining 11.12 percent over its previous month. In the same month, China dropped down to second position among exports of Indian cotton yarn, when it reached

Policies

Saudi Arabia Unveils Anti-Dumping Probe On Coated Textiles

Textile Insights December 5, 2023

Saudi Arabia has launched an anti-dumping investigation targeting imports of coated textiles or fabrics from China and South Korea. The General Authority of Foreign Trade (GAFT) in Saudi Arabia has initiated the investigation in accordance with the Law of Trade Remedies in International Trade. According to a Saudi Arabian law, GAFT is responsible for trade […]

Industry

India Positioning Itself As Textile Sourcing & Investment Hub

Textile Insights December 4, 2023

India is positioning itself as a textile sourcing and investment hub through the seven PM-MITRA Parks being set up in various states of India at an investment of Rs 70,000 crores and other schemes. “We are hopeful that these PM MITRA Parks will emerge as growth centres in the textile sector because of foreign investments […]

Home Textiles

China’s Home Textile Exports Slip Slightly In First 10 Months

Textile Insights December 4, 2023

Chinese home textile exports totaled US $27.33 billion in the period between January and October 2023, down by just 0.5 percent from a year ago period. “Home textile exports in October were $2.81 billion, down from $3.30 billion in September. Exports had grown in August and September, but once again slipped in October,” data from […]

Sustainability

Fashion For Good Toolkit To Manage Indian Textile Waste

Textile Insights December 4, 2023

Leveraging insights from Wealth in Waste, Fashion for Good has released a toolkit designed to revitalise textile waste in India. A conference on ‘Sorting for Circularity India’ was held in New Delhi on December 1-2, hosted in collaboration with Laudes Foundation, IDH, Canopy, and Reverse Resources. The event marks the launch of ‘Re-START’, a textile […]

Machinery

Webspector Automated Fabric Inspection System Becomes A Hit

Textile Insights December 4, 2023

Shelton Vision after having demonstrated its WebSpector automated fabric inspection system detecting faults on camouflage fabrics at speeds of up to 100 metres a minute at ITMA 2023 has secured an unprecedented number of new orders. “The company has subsequently been recruiting additional staff in order to beef up its operations to meet delivery times […]

Machinery

Brueckner Group Inaugurates Thai Manufacturing Plant & Office

Textile Insights December 4, 2023

Bruckner Group Asia-Pacific has inaugurated a new manufacturing facility and office in Thailand with a vision to serve its customers better in the ASEAN region. The Brückner Group, encompassing Brückner Maschinenbau, Brückner Servtec, Kiefel, and PackSys Global, has consistently prioritised cultivating strong local relationships with customers worldwide. “In alignment with

Industry

Pilot Tiruppur Textile CETP Set Up With German Collaboration

Textile Insights December 4, 2023

A pilot plant to treat textile effluents was inaugurated at Kunnankalpalayam Common Effluent Treatment Plant (CETP) in Tiruppur. The pilot project has been undertaken in collaboration with Germany. After lab tests, a pilot-scale electrochemical ozone oxidation process (ECOOP) reactor and CDI were installed at Kunnankalpalayam CETP and it can treat 350 litres of effluent

Sustainability

GOTS Pilot Project CSCS to Certify Small Operator Groups

Textile Insights December 2, 2023

In an initiative to enhance accessibility to certification for small operator groups within the organic textile value chain, GOTS has introduced its ongoing Controlled Supply Chain Scheme (CSCS) Pilot Project. The project, launched in 2022, was strategically developed to overcome the obstacles that often deter small-scale operators from pursuing GOTS certification.

Industry

Bangladesh Minister Downplays US Sanctions Over Labour Issue

Textile Insights December 2, 2023

A Bangladesh minister has asserted that the efforts of the US and EU to obstruct or sanction Bangladesh’s apparel exports will prove futile. “Business and politics are dissimilar spheres. The US and European countries will not do anything that jeopardises the Bangladesh garment industry,” Commerce Minister Tipu Munshi said while addressing the press.