Chinese polyester staple fibre (PSF) exports expanded 21.2 percent over a year ago period to 904.4 kilo tons in the first nine months of the current year. Between January and September 2023, overseas shipment of PSF to Vietnam totaled 157,715 kilo tons, up by a massive 40.74 percent year on
The garment industry which accounts for around 45 percent of Sri Lanka’s export earnings saw apparel exports plunge 26 percent over a year ago period in the first nine months of the current year. Between January and September 2023, Sri Lankan clothing exports slipped to $3.34 billion, down 26 percent over the comparable months of […]
Cotton arrivals in Pakistan ginning factories till October 31 were 82 percent higher than the production of the cotton crop for the same period in the previous season. Data released by the Pakistan Cotton Ginners Association (PCGA) revealed that around 6.8 million cotton bales arrived at the ginning factories till Oct 31 percent, which is […]
A recently released report states that the contribution of the Indian textile industry will almost double from the current 2.3 percent to 5 percent by 2020. The report titled ‘Decadal Outlook for Textile Industry’ was jointly prepared by the Confederation of Indian Industry and Primus Partners. The report further said that Gross Value Added (GVA) […]
15 Swiss textile machinery companies are showcasing their latest, innovative and more important, sustainable technologies at the upcoming ITMA Asia. “In China, the textile industry is forward-looking and resilient, with a healthy appetite for new technologies and a determination to keep its leading position,” Swiss Textile Machinery Association (Swissmem) said in a press
In the third quarter of 2023, the index of textile machinery orders, processed by the Research Office of ACIMIT (the Association of Italian Textile Machinery Manufacturers), showed a significant decline of 20% when compared to the same period in 2022. The index was reported at 84.2 points, with a base year of 2015 set at […]
In view of the requests from textile industry stakeholders’, the Ministry of Textiles has decided to extend the date of inviting fresh applications under the PLI Scheme up to December 31, 2023. Earlier the Ministry had extended the period for inviting fresh applications from the textile industry till August 31, 2023 and then to October […]
In the first eight months of the current year, Canadian garment imports amounted to US $8.11 billion, down 7.8 percent from a year ago period Imports from China were $2.42 billion, a year over year decline of 11.6 percent, while accounting for 29.9 percent of overall apparel imports. Between January and August this year, imports […]
A team of Brazilian government officials and cotton farmers is visiting India to request and negotiate a 100,000 metric tons import duty free quota of Brazilian cotton to India. This was informed in a statement released by the Brazilian Cotton Farmers Association (ABRAPA) earlier this week. ABRAPA added in the statement that the visit would […]
Better Cotton, the world’s largest cotton sustainability initiative launched a first-of-its-kind traceability solution for the fashion and textile sectors. The solution has been developed over three years and will provide visibility of cotton’s journey through the supply chain by logging stakeholder input on the Better Cotton Platform. The organisation has worked closely





















