Industry

All Kenyan Police & Military Uniforms To Be Produced Locally

Textile Insights October 25, 2023

Kenyan President William Ruto has announced that henceforth all uniforms of the police and armed forces will be produced in Kenya to promote domestic manufacturing. “Currently, the east African country imports 90 percent of its textiles and garment requirements from various countries like

Machinery

Uster To Host Webinar On Raw Material Management

Textile Insights October 23, 2023

Raw material management is a high priority area for Uster and its clear from FiberQ, part of the new Uster 360Q suite of pioneering solutions. It’s also underlined by a second webinar scheduled for early November. The Uster ‘Think Quality’ approach makes FiberQ unique and it’s the central theme of the Uster raw material management […]

Policies

Be Aggressive Against Forced Labour Chinese Garments: NCTO

Textile Insights October 23, 2023

National Council of Textile Organizations (NCTO) urged the US government to take immediate and aggressive action to step up enforcement against import of Chinese apparels made from forced labour. NCTO also urged action against Chinese made counterfeit garments which are devastating the vital US manufacturing base. This was the message conveyed by NCTO CEO Kim […]

Export

Chinese Textile & Garment Imports Down 9.49% In Jan-Sept

Textile Insights October 23, 2023

In the first nine months of the current year, Chinese textile and garment exports declined to US $223.14 billion, down 9.49 percent as compared to $246.55 billion in the same months of the previous year. “Of this, textile exports totaled $101.92 billion during the period from January to September 2023, a drop of 10.30 percent […]

Export

TEA Tells Centre To Restrict Bangladesh Garments Imports

Textile Insights October 23, 2023

A Tirupur garment exporter’s association has sought the intervention of the centre to restrict the ever increasing import of knitted fabrics and garments from Bangladesh. Both fabrics and garments are imported from Bangladesh into India without paying any customs duty under a free trade agreement (FTA) signed between both countries. “It’s the local manufacturers who

Cotton

Piyush Goyal Launches Website Of Kasturi Cotton Bharat Brand

Textile Insights October 23, 2023

Minister of Textiles Piyush Goyal launched the website of website of Kasturi Cotton Bharat. Kasturi Cotton is a cotton brand launched by the Ministry of Textiles and Cotton Corporation of India (CCI). This website will provide necessary information and updates on this initiative and highlights the registration process for ginners to produce Kasturi Cotton Bharat […]

Industry

Bangladesh Textile & Garment Sector Tops FDI Chart In FY’23

Textile Insights October 21, 2023

US $1.22 billion in foreign direct investment (FDI) was received by the Bangladesh textile and garment industry and it was the topper among FDI received by various sectors in the country in fiscal 2023. According to Bangladesh Bank, the central bank of Bangladesh, the country received $3.2 billion as FDI in fiscal ending June 2023, […]

Cotton

Google Awards $3.3mn Grant To Developer Of Cotton Ace App

Textile Insights October 21, 2023

Google has given a US $3.3 million grant to Wadhwani AI as part of Google’s AI for the Global Goals challenge, aiming to advance the United Nations Sustainable Development Global Goals. Wadhwani AI’s existing Cotton Ace app, which helps farmers in fighting pests in cotton farms, will now be expanded to fight pests in other […]

Sustainability

Rudolf Wins Responsible Care Federal Competition Award

Textile Insights October 21, 2023

Manufacturer of textile chemicals Rudolf has won the coveted Responsible Care Federal Competition 2023 Award in the SME category. The German company has been honoured with the award for its achievements in the field of sustainability and environmental protection. The award was presented as part of a competition organised by the German Chemical Industry Association […]

Cotton

WTO Not Able To Stop Cotton Subsidies Paid By Rich Countries

Textile Insights October 21, 2023

The World Trade Organisation (WTO) has not been able to address the issue of reducing cotton subsidies provided by rich countries to their farmers The WTO has not been able to do so despite a decision taken at the Hong Kong Ministerial Meeting in 2005 to reduce cotton subsidies immediately. The cotton subsidies paid by […]