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Cotton Inc Unveils RESTech Technology For Beddings

Textile Insights September 8, 2023

US based Cotton Incorporated has launched RESTech Cotton technology, a performance sheeting solution that blends cool comfort, exceptional durability, gentle softness, with a focus on sustainability. “By merging innovative design with advanced chemistry, RESTech Cotton technology has taken a

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Cotton Outlook Projects Reduced Global Output For 2023-24

Textile Insights September 6, 2023

Cotton Outlook’s forecast of global raw cotton production in 2023-24 has this month been reduced by 529,000 tons. The decline is attributed principally to weather-related losses in the United States, plus a smaller adjustment for the African Franc Zone, based on the latest planting data. Output in 2022-23, however, has been raised by 176,000 tons, […]

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Pakistani Cotton Arrivals Soars 97.5% Till Aug 31

Textile Insights September 5, 2023

Cotton arrivals in Pakistan soared 97.5 percent from a year ago period as on August 31, 2023 to total 3.04 million bales as against 1.53 million bales in the same period last year. “Pakistan is expecting a bumper cotton output and production may reach the target of 12 million bales in 2023-24,” data from Pakistan […]

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Project To Promote DNA Testing Of Cotton In India

Textile Insights September 2, 2023

Textiles Minister Piyush Goyal informed that a project will be initiated for development of cotton markers in order to promote DNA testing of cotton in the country. Piyush Goyal said this while presiding over the seventh interactive meeting with the Textile Advisory Group (TAG) on Cotton, in Coimbatore to review progress of initiatives for cotton […]

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Traces of Xinjiang Uygur Cotton Found In US Apparel Imports

Textile Insights September 2, 2023

US Customs has detected links to cotton grown in China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, in 28 percent of all tests done on apparel and shoes imported from China. Under an act enacted in 2022, the US banned import of garments produced from cotton grown in the Xinjiang Uygur region, over allegations of forced labour. “These […]

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QCO On Cotton Put Off By A Year By Textiles Ministry

Textile Insights August 31, 2023

“The Textiles Ministry has put off implementing the Quality Control Order (QCO) on cotton bales for a year, following protests and stiff opposition from Vidharbha based cotton ginners. “The implementation of QCO on cotton also called BIS on cotton bales has been extended till August 27, 2024” ToI reported. The Textiles Ministry had approved the […]

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Cotton Cultivation Up In Gujarat, But Down Across India

Textile Insights August 29, 2023

Reports indicate that cotton cultivation in Gujarat has increased by 5 percent to 26.79 lakh hectares in the 2023-24 cotton season. However, there are apprehensions of Indian cotton production declining in the new cotton season as cotton sowing has reduced all over India. “Cotton cultivation across India decreased 1.81 percent over the previous season to […]

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2023 Cotton Output Forecast To Decline In China

Textile Insights August 28, 2023

Chinese cotton production is forecast to decline in the current cotton season, primarily in its main cotton growing region of Xinjiang Uygur, due to the impact of the US import ban and also diversion to other food crops. Cotton output may drop by 10 percent in China, amid a food security drive and also due […]

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Indo Count & Partech Partner To Develop Non-GMO Cotton Seeds

Textile Insights August 26, 2023

Indo Count Industries and Partech Seeds are partnering to pave the way for a groundbreaking collaboration in the research and development of innovative cotton seed varieties. This partnership aims to propel the cotton farming industry forward by creating non-genetically modified organism (non-GMO) seeds with enhanced yield, higher staple length, and improved crop

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SIMA Contests CAI Cotton Crop Forecast Of 311 Lakh Bales

Textile Insights August 23, 2023

Coimbatore based Southern India Mills’ Association (SIMA) has contested the estimates of Cotton Association of India (CAI) which forecast a cotton crop of 311 lakh bales (of 170 kg each) for the 2022-2023 cotton season. The Chairman of SIMA, Ravi Sam has urged the CAI to avoid digressing from the forecast made by the Committee […]