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Dyes & Chemicals

CHT Presenting Sustainable Auxiliaries At Techtextil Frankfurt

Textile Insights April 2, 2024

The CHT Group is focusing on tailor-made and modern product and process solutions to optimise performance and functionality of technical textiles at Techtextil Frankfurt in Hall 11, Stall B-11. The CHT Group’s product portfolio includes water-based as well as silicone based finishing and

Fibre

Hyosung’s Backward Integration Into Raw Material For Spandex

Textile Insights April 2, 2024

Hyosung is initiating a backward integration project and is investing in producing bio-Butanediol (BDO), which is a chemical, used as a raw material for PTMG, which is used to make spandex fibre. This was announced by Hyun-Joon Cho, Chairman of Hyosung who added that the company is investing US $1 billion to establish a 200,000 […]

Industry

Indonesian Trade Minister Refutes Claim Of Continuing Slump

Textile Insights April 1, 2024

The Indonesian Minister of Industry Agus Gumiwang stated that the textile industry in Indonesia is not experiencing a decline as previously reported. “Even though there are reports of plans of massive layoffs, the textile industry and related sectors are currently experiencing increased activity,” he said while addressing reporters. “I am in receipt of a report […]

Policies

Mexico To Review Antidumping Duty On PFY Imports From India

Textile Insights April 1, 2024

The Mexican Ministry of Economy through a gazette informed that is reviewing the anti-dumping duty imposed on imports of polyester filament yarn (PFY) from India and China with tax number 5402.33.01. The gazette said that the review is initiated by a change in the circumstances that led it to conclude that there will be no […]

Export

Chinese Cotton Fabric Exports Up 10.24% Between Jan & Feb

Textile Insights April 1, 2024

Cotton fabric export volumes in the first two months of 2024 increased 9.32 percent year on year to 938 million metres, while value-wise it rose 10.24 percent to US $1.51 billion. Of this, cotton fabric overseas shipments grew to 560 million metres in January, down 2.77 percent from a year ago month and was also […]

Cotton

Increase In Acreage To Boost Cotton Production In Myanmar

Textile Insights April 1, 2024

A total of 612,712 acres of cotton would be sown in Myanmar in the 2024-25 fiscal across 19 cotton plantation zones in six states and regions as against 576,324 acres in the earlier fiscal. “This cotton acreage would be increased gradually to reach 747,000 acres by fiscal 2027-28,” Mynamar’s Union Minister for Agriculture U Min […]

Corporates

YKK Japan Shifts Global Operations Headquarter To Vietnam

Textile Insights April 1, 2024

The world’s biggest apparel and luggage zipper manufacturer YKK has shifted its global operations headquarters from Japan to Vietnam. YKK has been operating in Vietnam since 1998 through its subsidiary named YKK Vietnam, with its first factory located in Dong Nai and set up its second plant in 2018. “In the past 26 years, YKK’s […]

Industry

Swedish University To Train Uzbek Textile Professionals

Textile Insights April 1, 2024

Uzbekistan and Sweden’s Boros University, renowned for its Swedish School of Textiles have reached an agreement to train textile industry professionals of Uzbekistan. This agreement was reached following a virtual meeting between Ambassador Nodir Ganiev of Uzbekistan and Vice-Rector, Kim Bolton of Boros University. “Also present at the meeting were representatives from

Export

Chinese PSF Exports Down 13.8% Between January & February

Textile Insights March 30, 2024

In the first two months of 2024, Chinese exports of polyester staple fibre (PSF) totaled 167.2 kilo tons, down 13.8 percent over the comparable period of 2023. Of these, PSF exports in January 2024 amounted to 97.27 kilo tons, a year on year decline of 7.2 percent, while in February, they stood at 69.9 kilo […]

Apparel, Fashion, Retail

Yiwu In China Experiencing Surge In Yoga Apparel Orders

Textile Insights March 30, 2024

Yoga apparel manufacturers in Yiwu located in Zhejiang Province, are experiencing a significant increase in domestic and global orders. The sales growth is attributed to the rising popularity of yoga, particularly among women and as these warm-weather exercise trends pick up in spring, clothing factories are seeing a surge in demand. Yiwu is one of […]

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