Fibre

Birla Cellulose Launches VSF Fibre with 50% Recycled Content

Textile Insights October 12, 2023

Indian producer of cellulose fibres, Birla Cellulose has launched ‘Circular Fiber Blend’ which has significantly enhanced the proportion of mechanically recycled fibre to 50 percent. “This has been down even while maintaining high-strength yarn, making it ideal for fabric and garment production

Cotton

CAI Revises Estimate Of 2022-23 Season Cotton Pressing Numbers

Textile Insights October 11, 2023

The Cotton Association of India (CAI) has revised its final estimate of cotton pressing numbers for the season 2022-23 which began from October 1, 2022. According to a CAI press release, CAI has estimated cotton pressing numbers for the 2022-23 season at 318.90 lakh bales of 170 kgs as against its previous estimate of 311.18 […]

Industry

SIMA Chairman Demands Evaluation Of New TN Energy Tariff

Textile Insights October 11, 2023

The apex body of spinners in South India, the Southern India Mills Association (SIMA) has urged the Tamil Nadu government to evaluate its policies related to energy supplied to the textile industry. “Tamil Nadu is most attractive destination for new investments mainly due to its energy policies relating to wind power, open access power, third […]

Export

Indian Exporters To Get Automatic ‘Status Holder’ Certificates

Textile Insights October 11, 2023

Union Minister of Commerce & Industry and Textiles Piyush Goyal unveiled an initiative to issue system based automatic ‘Status Holder’ certificates under the Foreign Trade Policy (FTP) 2023. The exporter will not be required to apply to the office of Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT) for a status certificate. The export recognition will be […]

Cotton

Brazilian Cotton Exports Slower Than Expected In September

Textile Insights October 11, 2023

Brazilian cotton export in the four weeks of September stood at 63,500 tons, 54,100 tons, 36,400 tons, and 27,000 tons respectively, which indicates a continuous downward trend. Considering that August to December are peak months for signing contracts and ship and export cotton, the downward trend is against the expectations of the Brazil cotton industry. […]

Home Textiles

Chinese Home Textile Exports Reverse Downward Trend In Aug

Textile Insights October 11, 2023

Chinese home textile exports were able to reverse the downward trend witnessed in the last few months and turned positive in August 2023. Home textile exports in August 2023 amounted to US $3.07 billion, up 2.3 percent year-on-year, while in the first eight months of 2023, they stood at $21.46 billion, down 1.5 percent from […]

Cotton

Two Storms Wreck Havoc Over Cotton Crop In Greece

Textile Insights October 10, 2023

The two storms which hit Greece in September are expected to have destroyed 60-70 percent of the cotton grown in the Thessaly region, which is a major hub for cotton production. Thessaly located in central Greece accounts for 81,000 hectares of the 250,000 hectares under cotton cultivation in the whole of Greece Media reports quoted […]

Cotton

Chinese Pilot Project To Grow 170,000 Tons Sustainable Cotton

Textile Insights October 10, 2023

A Chinese pilot farm project to grow sustainable cotton is expected to produce 170,000 tons of sustainable cotton this year. The pilot project is being run by the Cotton China Sustainable Development Program (CCSD) in Northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. “The project to grow sustainable cotton was first started in 2021 and till date […]

Export

Iranian Textile & Garment Exports Up 6% In H1FY’24

Textile Insights October 10, 2023

Iranian exports of textiles and clothing increased 6 percent year on year to US $368 million in the first six months of the Iranian calendar year ending September 22, 2023. Iran exported textiles and garments totaling to $345 million in the comparable period of the pervious Iranian calendar year. This was informed by Mohsen Gorji, […]

Sustainability

Americhem Launches Campaign Titled ‘Sustainability Enabler’

Textile Insights October 10, 2023

Supplier of innovative polymer solutions Americhem has announced a global campaign called ‘Americhem, a Sustainability Enabler’. This campaign aims to increase awareness of sustainability and help key business stakeholders achieve their sustainability goals. Americhem is focusing its sustainability efforts in three areas, Process, Product, and People and in the past few