The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) recently published in the Federal Register a supplemental notice of proposed rulemaking on proposed changes to the guaranty provisions of the Fur Rules under the Fur Products Labeling Act. These ...
Tags: Fur Rules, Textile Products
Some people think that China is not only a country, but also a big factory. Especially in textile production, China has the image of being a land of extremely large companies with tens of thousands of employees in every factory. For the ...
Tags: Textile
The International OEKO-TEX Association’s Dr. Sam Moore, who represents OEKO-TEX in North America, will present a webinar introducing the new OEKO-TEX STeP certification system for sustainable textile production facilities on Tuesday, ...
Tags: Step Certification, OEKO-TEX
Families in Brazil spent US$ 102 billion on textile and apparel products in the year 2012, according to a survey conducted by the Brazilian Association of Textile Retail (ABVTEX) through the Fundação Getúlio Vargas ...
Tags: textile products, apparel products
The National Tariff Commission of Pakistan, which had initiated anti-dumping investigation in June 2012 against the PSF import from China, has declared not to impose this duty on import of Polyester Staple Fibre from China, as the domestic ...
Tags: Anti-Dumping Duty, PSF Import
In a recent initiative, the International Organization "The Ecological and Toxicological Association of Dyes and Organic Pigments Manufacturers (ETAD)" issued a fresh list of impurities for dyes used in textile applications. This important ...
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The National Tariff Commission (NTC) shall not subject polyester staple fibre (PSF) imports from China to anti-dumping duty, All Pakistan Textile Mills Association (APTMA) acting chairman Wisal Monnoo has said. He said NTC has ...
John Lewis outlined its support for UK manufacturing by setting a two-year 15 per cent growth target for all sales of goods in its shops that are made in the UK. Sales of UK-sourced products at John Lewis totalled £480m in 2012, ...
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The Ghana Textile Garment and Leather Employees Union (TGLEU) has urged the Ministry of Trade and Industry to reconsider its decision to give seized pirated textiles to charity. The decision of the Ghanaian Government violates Trade ...
Two new textile factories would come up in the municipality of Cambambe, also spelled Kambambe, in Angola, located in Southern Africa, by the year 2015. The new textile plants would be built under a Japanese private investment, ...
Tags: Textile Factories, Angola
Thanks to very low labor costs, Bangladesh succeeded in the past decade in becoming the second-largest supplier to international markets after China. In 2012, the country exported apparel worth US$20 billion. About 50 percent is exported to ...
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Among several types of industries, textile industry in India is developing at a fast pace. This industry has contributed significantly towards Indian economy's growth & development. The variety of fabrics offered by textile companies is ...
Tags: Apparel, Textile, Processing Machinery
Martex Fiber Southern Corp. — a Spartanburg-based manufacturer of recycled industrial textile products — has acquired JBM Fibers Inc. — a Brownsville, Texas-based manufacturer of reprocessed textile waste and fiber ...
Tags: Textile, Fiber, industrial textile
Various stakeholders urged the Government departments to promote and buy uniforms made in Zimbabwe, at a two-day ‘Made in Zimbabwe’ clothing conference. The Zimbabwe Revenue Authority, the Zimbabwe National Army and the ...
A delegation of company owners from Spanish community of Valencia will participate in a trade mission to the United Arab Emirates (UAE), from June 11-14, 2013. The trade mission is organized by the Internationalization and Textile ...
Tags: Textile