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India cotton acreage up 7 pct at over 1.3 mln ha
Indian farmers have sown cotton in more than 1.3 million hectares in the three states which took to sowing so far this year, state government officials, said.
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Increasing population boosts cotton demand
"Cotton makes up more than 80 percent of the international fiber supply. It adds billions of dollars to the world economy and creates millions of jobs."
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Vietnam's textile export turnover shows decline
The Viet Nam Textile and Garment Association (Vitas) said up to May 15, the progressive export turnover of textile and garment products was estimated at $2.89 billion, a drop of 2 percent against the...
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Bangladesh April exports dip 2.3 pct in April
Bangladesh's exports fell 2.3 percent in April to $1.17 billion from a year earlier, government data showed on Friday, suggesting the global economic downturn is sapping demand.
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Cambodia: Garment exports fall 26pc in first quarter, new data show
GARMENT sector representatives are attending a regional trade fair in China this week in an effort to drum up orders and attract new investors as Commerce Ministry figures released Friday showed expor...
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Indian cotton output likely to rise 10%
Cotton production in India, the world’s second-biggest grower, may climb by as much as 10% next year as farmers increase the crop area to benefit from record domestic prices, a traders’ group said.
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Indian textile exports to decline until Sept
India’s textile exports will continue to fall until September, as demand remains weak in major export markets, a top official of the Confederation of Indian Textile Industry (CITI) told Reuters in an...
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India’s cotton exports may triple
World cotton trade is expected to increase by eight per cent to 6.5 million tonnes in 2009-10 with India contributing most to it, the International Cotton Advisory Committee.
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India seen losing out to Asian competitors in textile exports
Competition from Bangladesh, China and Vietnam is threatening the Indian textile industry and the country could find itself lagging in exports if it does not react suitably, say experts in the textile...
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Vietnam textiles increases market share in US
The United State’s Customs has recently reported that Vietnam’s market share of textiles and garments in the US has increased from 3.4 percent to 4.47 percent since the same time last year.
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High cotton prices have hit Indian textile industry hard
The way our cotton economy has been treated by the government during the current cotton year (October-September) makes a good example of misplaced policy intervention. It started with the unprecedente...
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Egypt rejects Greek cotton shipment at Alexandria
Egypt`s agricultural quarantine authority said on Monday it had rejected a shipment of 740 tonnes of ginned Greek cotton at Alexandria port because it contained cotton seeds.
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China Will Sell Cotton Reserves to Ease Tight Supply
China, the world’s biggest cotton producer and user, will sell more than half its government stockpiles of the fiber in a bid to ease tight domestic supplies.
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Indian cotton imports set to surge 60%
India is likely to register a 30-60% increase in cotton imports in the current cotton year (Oct'08-Sep'09) as international prices quote at a marginal discount to domestic prices after the government...
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Pakistan Textile exports down 9.27pc in 10 months
Due to prevailing power crisis and high interest rates, the export of textile products has declined by 9.27 per cent during the first 10 months (July-April) of the current financial year, making the a...
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Egypt's Arabia Cotton 9-month net profit slips 59 pct
Egypt's Arabia Cotton Ginning posted a 59 percent plunge in net profit on Tuesday to 19.6 million Egyptian pounds for the nine months to end-March, the company said.
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UK April retail sales up 0.9 percent from March
Retail sales in the UK rose 0.9 percent in April from March, but the increase over a three-month period was the lowest in 13 years, the government said Thursday.
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61% Decline in China`s 1Q textile machinery imports
According to a report compiled by the China Chamber of Commerce for Import and Export of Textiles, based on customs statistics, the nation’s imports and exports of textile machinery during January-Mar...
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Textile manufacturers in Taiwan register decline
Taiwan's textile manufacturers registered a decline in production value in the first quarter, said ITIS, the market research agency under the Ministry of Economic Affairs, yesterday.
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Sri Lanka apparel industry records 20.3 percent growth
The apparel industry of Sri Lanka has maintained its steadiness and mitigated the impact of recession on the economy by its satisfactory performance in the first quarter of 2009.