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Tour helps U.S. cotton capture additional overseas market share
Executives representing 28 overseas textile companies have toured the U.S. Belt to familiarize themselves with American cotton and how the fiber is produced, processed and marketed.
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Chinese Imports Threaten Kenya's Textile Industry
Textile workers and business owners in Kenya complain that the import of cheap goods from China and second-hand textile goods from other countries are threatening their industry and suppressing the nu...
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Global cotton inventory smaller than USDA estimate
The global cotton inventory in the upcoming 2013/14 season will be 3 percent smaller than the 93 million bales currently predicted by the US government due to shrinking output and uncertainty about de...
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Tunisia: Textile and clothing exports up 7% in Q1
Exports of the textiles and clothing sector posted an increase in value of 7.06% in the first quarter of 2013, compared to the same period in 2012, amounting to 472 million dinars, while imports decre...
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Indian textile delegation in Iran to boost exports
A high-level Indian delegation led by Textiles Secretary Mrs. Zohra Chatterji is currently in Iran with an aim to increase Indian textile exports to Iran.
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India’s textile exports may grow 15% in 2013-14: Minister
India’s textile exports for the current fiscal year 2013-14 are likely to grow by 15 percent over last year, Minister of State for Textiles Panabaaka Lakshmi has said.
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US buyers reestablish links with exporters
American buyers are re-establishing links with Pakistan’s textile and clothing manufacturers, following supply disruptions in Egypt, the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) recently reported.
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Tunisian textile & clothing exports rise 7% in Q1
The exports of textiles and garments from Tunisia, the smallest country in North Africa, increased by 7.06 percent to 472 million dinars, during the initial three months of 2013, compared with the cor...
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Pakistan exports post 7.09 percent increase in 9 months
Textile exports from the country during first three quarters of current financial year posted an increase of 7.09 percent growth as compared to the same period of last year.
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Gap Unveils Global Strategies
Gap Inc. is serious about becoming the top apparel company in the world. Gap Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Glenn Murphy and the retailer’s other top executives gave presentations on Gap’s plans...
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Greece cuts Cotton crop as Europe’s top grower turns to corn
Greece’s cotton harvest, Europe’s biggest, is set to slump 25 percent this year as farmers plant less of the fiber in favor of more profitable durum wheat and corn, according to a U.S. Department of A...
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Egypt apparel exporters suffer downgrading of Egypt credit rating
Six credit rating cuts at Moody’s Investors Service and five at Standard & Poor's since the 2011 uprising have prompted global banks to demand more to finance imports of raw material such as yarn and...
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Scottish Textile Firms Target China
16 Scottish textile companies flying out to China towards the end of the month with the aim of winning more than £1m worth of new business. They’ll be taking part in the first-ever Scottish Pavilion a...
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Why the Pakistan textile industry cannot die
The textile sector enjoys a pivotal position in the exports of Pakistan. The contribution of this industry to total gross domestic product (GDP) is 8.5%. It provides employment to about 15 million peo...
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China purchase hopes lift cotton to near one year high
Cotton prices surged last weekend, reaching the highest level in nearly a year, on fund buying and short-covering amid expectations that the top textile market China will continue buying even as price...
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China's retreat from textiles helps India, Bangladesh
China, a major textile producer for about two decades, is now focusing on other sectors. It is expected this would change the fortunes of other textile producers such as India and Bangladesh.
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China to issue more cotton import quotas to textile exporters
China has purchased about 350,000 tonnes of US wheat over the last 10 days after prices fell to their lowest in more than seven months, and soaring domestic prices increased the appeal of the US grain...
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US textile imports rise in 2012; apparel imports dip
The imports of textiles by the US increased 1.8 percent year-on-year to 30.4 billion square metre equivalents (SME) during 2012, while clothing imports decreased 0.8 percent year-on-year to 23.7 billi...
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Libya: 85 International Companies Take Part in Textiles, Clothing Fair in Tripoli
Eighty-five international companies have taken part in the textiles and clothing fair that has been opened Tuesday at the Tripoli International Fair grounds in downtown Tripoli.
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THAILAND: Textile and apparel exports drop 12.2% in 2012
Thailand's textile and garment exports slumped 12.2% year-on-year in 2012 due to a decline in demand from key markets.