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Primark Celebrates 10 Years Of Sustainable Cotton Programme

Textile Insights October 4, 2023

Primark, CottonConnect, and RUDI celebrated the 10th anniversary of the Primark Sustainable Cotton Programme (PSCP) in Ahmedabad. The celebration was attended by 150 women farmers associated with the programme from across the state. Primark, CottonConnect and RUDI launched the PSCP in India in

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Applications Open For Aussie Future Cotton Leaders Program

Textile Insights October 4, 2023

Cotton Australia has opened applications for the cotton industry’s premier entry-level leadership opportunity, the 2024 Australian Future Cotton Leaders Program (AFCLP). According to Cotton Australia, there are 15 spaces available for the best and brightest young minds dedicated to developing their leadership knowledge, skills and experience. Held every two years the AFCLP

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Better Cotton Launches New Strategic Partnership In Spain

Textile Insights October 2, 2023

Better Cotton has launched a new strategic partnership in Spain with Espalgodon and the regional government of Andalucia to kickstart the production of Better Cotton-equivalent cotton in Spain. Better Cotton has worked with the regional government of Andalucia to align its Integrated Production System (IPS) with the Better Cotton Standard System (BCSS). In practice, this

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Global Textile Executives To Partake In Cotton USA’s 42nd Tour

Textile Insights September 27, 2023

The 42nd Cotton USA Orientation Tour will be held from September 30 to October 7, in which textile manufacturing executives from 15 countries will visit the main cotton growing regions in the US The tour’s major objectives are to increase US cotton awareness on the various types and qualities of US cotton and help them […]

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Chinese Cotton Imports Plummet 37.1% Between Jan & Aug

Textile Insights September 26, 2023

China imported around 858,000 tons of cotton in the first eight months of 2023, down 37.1 percent from a year ago period. “In the 2022-23 cotton season, China imported around 1.425 million tons of cotton, also down 17.6 percent compared to the 2021-2022 season,” data of Chinese Customs informed. In the 2022-2023 cotton season, the […]

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Brazil Forecast To Become Biggest Cotton Exporter

Textile Insights September 25, 2023

Brazil may overtake the US and become the world’s biggest cotton exporter as Texas; the main cotton producing region in the US has been impacted by droughts and heat waves. If the US cotton crop continues to be impacted, Brazil can easily overtake the US and become the largest cotton exporter Brazil and the US […]

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Indian Cotton Production To Reach 340 Lakh Bales In 2023-24

Textile Insights September 25, 2023

In the 2023-24 cotton season, which begins from October 1. India’s cotton production is forecast to reach 330-340 lakh bales (I bale = 170 kg) J. Thulasidharan, President of the Indian Cotton Federation (ICF) said this at an annual general meeting of the ICF held in Coimbatore. Thulasidharan also informed that cotton cultivation in India […]

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Better Cotton India Program Substantially Cuts Pesticides Use

Textile Insights September 23, 2023

Better Cotton’s India Program cut highly hazardous pesticides use from 64 percent to 10 percent between the 2014-15 and 2021-22 cotton seasons. Indian farmers who used Monocrotophos, a pesticide classed as highly toxic by the World Health Organisation dropped from 41 percent to just 2 percent. Now a coalition made up of Better Cotton, Fairtrade […]

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China’s Economic Situation Worries US Cotton Stakeholders

Textile Insights September 23, 2023

China’s economic situation is a problem, with growth rates less than 5 percent, as against double digit growth rates in the pre-pandemic era, predominantly due to its manufacturing and exporting prowess. “The Chinese economic situation is not being helped by the housing crisis and high unemployment rates,” was one of the conclusions at a meeting […]

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Storm May Affect 15-20% Of Greek Cotton Crop

Textile Insights September 22, 2023

A storm which hit Greece in the first week of September may have affected 70 percent of the cotton crop in Thessaly. Thessaly is the main Greek cotton growing hub and in turn, this impact may reduce the country’s total production by 15-20 percent. This was informed by a senior researcher Dr Mohammed Darawsheh working […]