Textile Industry News

China May Sell Another 2.5 Million Tonnes Of Reserve Cotton In 2017 China next year may match its 2016 sales from state cotton reserves to help plug a growing deficit in supply, an influential trade website quoted a government official as saying. Plans by the world's top textile market to sell … Read more about China May Sell Another 2.5 Million Tonnes Of Reserve Cotton In 2017

Bangladesh Remains Top Cotton Importer In 2015 Reinforcing its position as the world's largest importer, Bangladesh imported 6.2 million cotton bales in 2015-16. The US department of agriculture (USDA) has forecast Bangladesh's imports to increase to 6.3 million bales in 2016-17. This raises … Read more about Bangladesh Remains Top Cotton Importer In 2015

Cotton Down Nearly Three Percent As Hurricane Threat To Crops Fade: Cotton futures slid nearly 3 percent on Wednesday, their biggest intra-day percentage drop in over three weeks, as the threat of crop damage in the south-eastern United States from Hurricane Matthew diminished. The second month … Read more about Cotton Down Nearly Three Percent As Hurricane Threat To Crops Fade:

China, the world's top textile market, will grow more cotton than originally expected after favourable weather over the summer, according to an industry survey carried out as farmers prepare to harvest the 2016/17 crop. Total output will be 4.91 million tonnes in the season which ends in September … Read more about China To Grow Bigger-Than-Expected 2016/17 Cotton Crop

Texworld Exhibition In Paris: Textile Products Attract Thousands Pakistan high-end textile products displayed artistically were viewed and appreciated by thousands of participants, visitors and business persons in the 39th edition of four-day Texworld Exhibition being held in Paris, France from … Read more about Texworld Exhibition In Paris: Textile Products Attract Thousands

Cotton At Three-Week High Cotton futures rose on Wednesday to their highest level in three weeks, supported by gains in the oil and grains markets, ahead of a monthly supply-demand outlook from the US government next week. "We see some strength due to a rally in grains and a little bit of indirect … Read more about Cotton At Three-Week High

TDAP To Provide Subsidized Stalls At Intersec Expo Trade Development Authority of Pakistan (TDAP) will provide subsidized stalls to the participants in Intersec expo to be held from January 22 to 24, 2017 in Dubai. TDAP is providing subsidized stalls to increase exports of safety, security & fire … Read more about TDAP To Provide Subsidized Stalls At Intersec Expo

Recent Rains To Be Beneficial For Cotton Crop The current monsoon rains may negatively impact on cotton crop if they are sustained for a long period, but would have a positive impact over other standing major Kharif crops including rice, sugarcane and maize. According to senior officials of the … Read more about Recent Rains To Be Beneficial For Cotton Crop

Cotton Market: Trade Activity Slows Down Due To Low Quality Falling trend persisted on the cotton market on Saturday due to limited buying by spinners and mills, dealers said. The official spot rate was unchanged at Rs 6,600, dealers said. In Sindh and Punjab, seed cotton prices were inert at Rs … Read more about Cotton Market: Trade Activity Slows Down Due To Low Quality

Pakistani Businessman Given French Medal Government of France on Friday conferred one of its most prestigious medals, CHEVALIER DE L'ORDRE NATIONAL DU MERITE, upon Shabir Ahmed, a pioneer in establishing Islamabad's business cooperation with Paris. Ahmed is the patron-in-chief and former chairman … Read more about Pakistani Businessman Given French Medal

Spinners Optimistic Despite Continuing Slump Sales of commodity yarns continue to be stagnant mid-year, with many spinners reporting results significantly below projections. At the same time, while the downturn has been a disappointment, it does not, at least to this point, compare with the … Read more about Spinners Optimistic Despite Continuing Slump

Textile Exports Fall By 7.42 Percent In Fiscal Year 2016 The country''s textile exports declined by 7.42 percent during the just concluded fiscal year as compared to subsequent fiscal year of 2014-15 after exports deteriorated to $12.455 billion from $13.453 billion, according to Pakistan Bureau of … Read more about Textile Exports Fall By 7.42 Percent In Fiscal Year 2016