Industry

Joint Declaration Between CITI & Swiss Textiles To Boost Trade

Textile Insights November 25, 2023

The Confederation of Indian Textile Industry (CITI) and Swiss Textiles have strengthened their commitment to a robust trade and economic partnership with the signing of a Joint Declaration. “The Joint Declaration marks a momentous occasion marks a significant step towards fostering

Product Launch & Innovation

Polygiene Unveils Unique Plant-Based Odour Control Technology

Textile Insights November 25, 2023

The Polygiene Group has launched a unique, plant-based antimicrobial and odour control technology StayFreshBIO, for the textile market. For the same the company has signed an exclusive distributor agreement with French biotech company Proneem. The agreement runs for three years and gives Polygiene access to new and innovative technology that will complement their existing

Export

Vietnam-Made Textiles & Apparels Shipped To 104 Countries

Textile Insights November 25, 2023

This year, Vietnam-made textile and garments were exported to a total of 104 countries, despite a decline in export turnover. This was informed by Vũ Đức Giang, Chairman of Việt Nam Textile and Apparel Association (VITAS) and reported by Vietnam News Agency. “This demonstrates efforts of the exporters to diversify markets amid drop in consumption […]

Industry

H&M To Hike Rates Of Garments Sourced From Bangladesh

Textile Insights November 25, 2023

H&M which is amongst the top garment retailers in the world will pay a higher price for the apparels it sources from Bangladesh suppliers to offset the hike in minimum wages of clothing industry workers. The Swedish retailer announced that it will absorb the hike in garment worker’s wages which were increased by 56 percent […]

Cotton

CCI To Procure One Million Bales Of Kasturi Brand Cotton

Textile Insights November 24, 2023

Government owned Cotton Corporation of India (CCI) is set to procure over one million bales of premium Kasturi cotton in the current season that began in October. “India’s cotton output for the 2023-24 season is projected at 36 million bales of 170 kg each, Lalit Kumar Gupta, CMD of CCI told Mint. Last season the […]

Dyes & Chemicals

Bluesign Simplifies Access & Makes Bluesign Guide Public

Textile Insights November 24, 2023

Bluesign has taken an important step in enhancing the Bluesign System and simplified access with introduction of the public Bluesign Guide. According to Bluesign, the public Guide is accessible to everyone and registration or login is not required to make information easily available to rapidly develop adoption of better materials With the new public Guide, […]

Economy

Turkey Hikes Duty By 30-100% On Textile Product Imports

Textile Insights November 24, 2023

The Turkish government has hiked tariffs by 30-100 percent on several textile imports in a bid to support the local textile industry that had appealed to restrict the increasing imports of textiles After the Turkish government increased import duties on textile imports, Turkish garment manufacturers face the prospect of higher manufacturing costs. Turkey is the […]

Textile Park

Darshana Jardosh Optimistic About Impact Of PM MITRA Park

Textile Insights November 24, 2023

Darshana Jardosh, Minister of State for Textiles has expressed optimism on the transformative impact of the upcoming PM MITRA Park in Navsari, Gujarat. Minister Jardosh said this at a textile seminar in Surat which was held as a precursor to the 10th edition of Vibrant Gujarat 2024, scheduled to take place in Gandhinagar from January […]

Export

Japanese Imports Of Apparel Surge 17.4% In September 2023

Textile Insights November 24, 2023

Japanese imports of apparel in September 2023 climbed to US $2.63 billion, a surge of 17.4 percent over its previous month, but fell 3.95 percent volume wise. In the period between January and September this year, garment imports from Japan rose slower at 4.08 percent to $16.66 billion over the comparable months of the previous […]

Cotton

Better Cotton Programme To Support Chad Farmers

Textile Insights November 23, 2023

Cotontchad, a Chad based aggregator and exporter of cotton convened a multi-stakeholder event in Chad to explore the potential for a Better Cotton Programme. Better Cotton, Cotontchad, and IDH gathered key stakeholders from Chad’s cotton industry in the country’s capital, N’Djamena, to discuss the potential for the launch of a new Better Cotton Programme. The […]