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GOTS Certified Facilities Increase 10% In 2022

Textile Insights July 22, 2023

In the two decades since its inception, Global Organic Textile Standards (GOTS) has expanded its reach and impact in 2022. This has resulted in a 10 percent year on year increase in certified facilities totaling to 13,549 facilities across 84 countries, through 24 GOTS-approved Certification

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Pakistan To Harvest Highest Cotton Crop In Ten Years

Textile Insights July 21, 2023

Farmers in Gujarat have sown cotton in 2.52 million hectares till mid-July, up 8 percent, when compared with the earlier three year average. “The cotton sowing area figure for this year is also higher when compared with the same time last year, when it stood at 2.31 million hectares,” government data informed. The higher cotton […]

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Gujarat Cotton Crop Sowing Up 8% Till Mid-July

Textile Insights July 21, 2023

Farmers in Gujarat have sown cotton in 2.52 million hectares till mid-July, up 8 percent, when compared with the earlier three year average. “The cotton sowing area figure for this year is also higher when compared with the same time last year, when it stood at 2.31 million hectares,” government data informed. The higher cotton […]

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Cotton – The Lifeline Of India

Textile Insights July 19, 2023

Although in the past two decades man-made fibre has progressed and even gained a larger share in the total annual global consumption of fibre, the rising interest in sustainability is bringing cotton back into the forefront as the most popular fibre, says Dr. P. Alli Rani In this competitive world, every country aspires to become […]

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Better Cotton Signs UNECE Sustainability Pledge

Textile Insights July 15, 2023

Better Cotton has signed the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) Sustainability Pledge, ahead of the launch of its Traceability Solution at the end of 2023. The Sustainability Pledge is an open-source suite of policy recommendations, guidelines and standards that enable industry to authenticate their sustainability claims. The aim of the Pledge is to […]

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CAI Projects Indian Cotton Crop At 311.18 Lakh Bales

Textile Insights July 14, 2023

Cotton Association of India (CAI) revised upwards, India’s cotton production at 311.18 lakh bales (1 bale=170 kg) for cotton year 2022-23 in its estimates arrived in June 2023. In its estimates arrived at in May 2023, the trade body had estimated Indian cotton crop at 298.35 lakh bales. Overall cotton supply for the current season […]

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Iconic ‘Seal Of Cotton’ Trademark Celebrates 50 Years

Textile Insights July 13, 2023

Cotton Incorporated is celebrating the 50th anniversary of the ‘Seal of Cotton’ trademark this year, which is an iconic logo that transformed cotton from an agricultural commodity into a globally recognised symbol of natural comfort, trust, and sustainability. The ‘Seal of Cotton’ was unveiled in 1973 as a symbol of trust, quality, sustainability and reliability […]

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NCBA Estimates Higher Indian Cotton Crop In Current Season

Textile Insights July 11, 2023

India’s cotton crop in the October 2022 to September 2023 cotton season will be 329.72 lakh bales (1 bale=170kgs), as against 312 lakh bales last season, the National Cotton Brokers Association (NCBA) has estimated. “The estimate is based on arrivals until June-end and was finalised at a meeting held over Zoom,” the Hindu Businessline reported. […]

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Aussie Cotton Spins Export Success In Indonesia

Textile Insights July 11, 2023

Indonesia is becoming a growing market for Australian cotton as Australia’s competitively priced, high-quality cotton is stealing market share from the US and Brazil. Indonesia accounted for 12 percent of total raw cotton bales exported in the 2022 season, up from 9 percent in 2019, because Aussie cotton is well regarded in Indonesia for its […]

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US Cotton Growers Invited To Become Climate Smart

Textile Insights July 10, 2023

The US Cotton Trust Protocol has invited US cotton farmers to join its five-year ‘Climate Smart Cotton Program’. The program aims to measure and improve the carbon footprint of the US cotton industry while building on the four pillars of Climate Smart Agriculture (CSA) practices. Participating growers will receive technical and financial support as well […]