Textile Industry News

Textile Item Exporters In Turkey's Denizli Target China Exporters in Turkey's Denizli, which accounts for $1.5 billion of the country's $3.5-billion annual home textile exports, have shifted their attention to alternative markets, China being a key country. While Denizli exports primarily to the … Read more about Textile Item Exporters In Turkey’s Denizli Target China

US commerce department finds dumping of low melt PSF The US department of commerce (USDC) has announced affirmative final determinations in the antidumping duty (AD) investigations of imports of low melt polyester staple fibre (PSF) from two countries. USDC determined that exporters from South … Read more about US commerce department finds dumping of low melt PSF

Protectionism top threat to textile sourcing: William Connor Protectionism is the biggest political factor and threat affecting textile sourcing today, according to William E Connor, CEO of Hong Kong-based William E Connor and Associates Ltd, which offers logistics framework to textile and … Read more about Protectionism top threat to textile sourcing

Korea,Taiwan Big 2 Investors In Vietnam's Textile Sector More than 2,000 foreign companies from 16 countries and territories have invested around $15.75 trillion in Vietnam’s garment and textile sector so far, according to Vietnam Textile and Apparel Association (VITAS) chairman Vu Duc Giang. … Read more about Korea,Taiwan Big 2 Investors In Vietnam’s Textile Sector

Industry Players welcome Walmart Entry The acquisition of Flipkart by Walmart has dominated business discourse over the last one month. Industry insiders tell Fibre2Fashion what they feel about the deal. The acquisition of Indian e-commerce biggie Flipkart by an even bigger American retail giant … Read more about Industry Players welcome Walmart Entry

Irani, EPCH To Work Towards Enhancing Textile Export Union textile minister Smriti Irani and Union finance minister Piyush Goyal recently called a meeting with the heads of Export Promotion Councils (EPCH) to formulate the strategies for enhancing export in each sector which comes under the … Read more about Irani, EPCH To Work Towards Enhancing Textile Export

US Bans Import Of Cotton Goods From Turkmenistan The US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has issued a Withhold Release Order (WRO) last week banning the importation of all Turkmenistan cotton or products produced in whole or in part with Turkmenistan cotton. Following the ban, retailers and … Read more about US Bans Import Of Cotton Goods From Turkmenistan

Textile Processors In Surat Hike Job Charges Textile processors in Surat have collectively decided to hike their job charges for processing all types of finished fabrics by ₹2 per metre due to rising costs of dyes, chemicals, coal and textile workers’ wages. The decision was taken during a … Read more about Textile Processors In Surat Hike Job Charges

Uzbekistan & Turkey Plan To Launch Textile Trade Centre Uzbekistan and Turkey are planning to create a wholesale trade centre called Textilkent for textile products and knitted garments. The centre will be inspired by similar centres created in Turkey and Europe. Preliminary agreements were made … Read more about Uzbekistan & Turkey Plan To Launch Textile Trade Centre

Surat Textile Traders' Sales Fell 40% Post GST The implementation of the Goods and Services Tax (GST) has led to a drop of 30-40 per cent in the textile sales in Surat, according to the Federation of Surat Textile Traders Association (FOSTTA). The association claims that the new tax regime … Read more about Surat Textile Traders’ Sales Fell 40% Post GST

3 US Researchers To Study Cotton In Space Station A project by a Clemson University scientist to explore the cotton genome and how it reacts in microgravity and normal gravity and another by a University of Wisconsin (UW)-Madison botanist to study cotton seedlings grown on the International Space … Read more about 3 US Researchers To Study Cotton In Space Station