From the get go, the United Arab Emirates' (UAE) chairmanship of the Kimberley Process (KP) had a fair share of controversies as civil society, and a number of member states, expressed their concern with seating the 2016 chair in Dubai. ...
People’s Daily published the signed paper of Minister of Commerce Gao Hucheng’s To Cooperate for the Prosperity of Regional Development with the Help of the China-Korea Free Trade Agreement on June 2. The full text follows: ...
Tags: China-South Korea FTA, textile, garment, steels, liquid crystal display
The recently held annual meeting of the International Cotton Advisory Committee (ICAC), welcomed contributions from African Regional Economic Communities (RECs) about their work with the International Trade Centre (ITC) on a regional ...
The International Cotton Advisory Committee (ICAC) unveiled the World Cotton Calendar, at its 73rd plenary meeting held in Thessaloniki, Greece, this month. The World Cotton Calendar is a huge database maintained by the ICAC and it ...
Tags: World Cotton Calendar, Textile, Apparel
Speakers at the recently held International Cotton Advisory Committee's (ICAC) 73rd Plenary Meeting were of the opinion that, instrument testing of cotton lint will help farmers realise better prices and that it was imperative. This ...
Tags: cotton lint, instrument testing, Apparel
Most of the panel of speakers at ICAC’s 73rd Plenary Meeting, were of the consensus that all stake holders in the cotton industry should work together to increase its consumption, vis-a-vis manmade fibres (MMF). "Cotton is a ...
Tags: Cotton, synthetic fibres, Textile
“The one biggest area within the cotton industry which holds the potential for improvement and efficiency is logistics,” said three speakers at the ICAC Plenary Meeting held in Greece. That was the takeaway message delivered ...
Tags: cotton industry, Costs of logistics, Textile
The theme of the 73rd Plenary Meeting of the International Cotton Advisory Committee (ICAC) will be “From Land to Brand: Strengthening the Cotton Value Chain". This annual event is one of the premier fixtures in the world cotton ...
Tags: Cotton Value, Apparel, Textile
Words have meaning. When different words are used for the same thing, or the same words are used for different things, confusion results. Cotton has been produced for thousands of years, but the commercial industry is about 200 years old, ...
Tags: Cotton Seeds, Breeder Seed
The 72nd Plenary Meeting of the International Cotton Advisory Committee (ICAC) used its First Open Session to address what is likely the cotton industry's single greatest threat: synthetic fibers. The panel of expert speakers during the ...
Tags: Cotton Fibre, Textile
When talking about the growth of middle-class consumers, the discussion often centers on China and India. But the Latin American market is showing impressive growth as well, and raising the visibility of awareness of cotton among those ...
Tags: Cotton Awareness
The International Cotton Advisory Committee (ICAC) and Generation 10 Ltd (G10), a leading provider of commodity supply chain software solutions, announce the successful launch of the ICAC World Cotton Database. The World Cotton Database, ...
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World trade in denim fabric fluctuated between 530,000 tons and 760,000 tons per year between 2001 and 2011, and averaged 670,000 tons over those years. The largest import market is Hong Kong, followed by Turkey and Mexico, with annual ...
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The Latin American Association for Cotton Research and Development (ALIDA) will hold its 13th Meeting in Cartagena, Colombia on October 3, 2013. The meeting will continue all day parallel to other sessions of the 72nd ICAC Plenary ...
The number of countries producing cotton with biotech traits has grown to 15, and more are completing the processes associated with regulatory approval prior to adoption. The fees associated with biotechnology and the need for biosafety ...
Tags: Cotton, Biotech Traits