Cotton Council International (CCI), which works in conjunction with the National Cotton Council to promote US cotton exports, is all set to launch its 25-year old flagship brand COTTON USA in India. Under COTTON USA brand, CCI ...
Tags: Cotton Council International, US cotton exports, cotton
UK based Worn Again, with a vision to eradicate textile and clothing waste from the global apparel and textile industry has joined forces with apparel retailer H&M and lifestyle Group, Kering. Worn Again which wants to make continual ...
Tags: Clothing Waste, new technology, Apparel
Cotton Council International is organising an ‘Invitation only’ Seminar Evening on April 10, 2015 at Trident Oberoi, Mumbai. The Seminar will offer useful insights on the global scenario of cotton and the cotton textile ...
Tags: COTTON USA, textile industry
Indian synthetic fibre and yarn producers have urged the Union Ministry of Finance to abolish excise duty of 12 per cent levied on the industry and bring it at par with the cotton fibre and yarn sector. “This will help the growth of ...
Tags: cotton fibre, yarn sector, Textile
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 man-made fibre (MMF) industry in India has demanded that the Union Government implement a fibre neutral excise policy and remove bias and anomalies against the MMF industry. The MMG producers, represented by the Association of ...
The Mexican state of Chihuahua leads in production of cotton in the country during last year with 652,340 bales, with an average yield of 7.72 bales per hectare, as per the data released by the Ministry of the Rural Development of the ...
Tags: Cotton Production, cotton, cotton growers
The Central Asian country of Tajikistan can increase production of organic cotton fibre and also find an industry that could process it, says Simon Ferrigno, International Trade Centre (ITC) international consultant on organic cotton, ...
Tags: Organic Cotton, Textile
Saparmurat Batyrov, Minister of Textile Industry, Government of Turkmenistan, has submitted a report on the condition of the country’s textile industry to President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov, reports en.trend.az. The report ...
Tags: Textile Industry, Turkmen Ministry
The Russian Ministry of Agriculture recently held a meeting in order to discuss the prospects of development of cotton production in the country, especially in the Astrakhan, Stavropol and Kalmykia regions of Russia. According to a ...
Tags: Cotton Production, Textile
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
Cotton cultivation in Latin American country of Colombia has deteriorated due to the decreasing demand from both the domestic and global textile industry as well as lack of sophisticated pest management program. According to the ...
Tags: Cotton, Farming Deteriorates
Experts from Brazil and representatives of Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) are currently visiting Peru to promote the development of small-scale farming for cotton production. The visit is a part of the Brazil-FAO International ...
Tags: Cotton Growing, Cotton
Around 400 cotton farmers and field workers in Punjab and Sindh region have received training on clean cotton picking techniques and sustenance of cotton fibre quality norms pursuant to the training workshops organized by the Ministry of ...
Announcing the end of cotton harvesting season in the country, Uzbekistan President Islam Karimov said that over 3.35 million tons of cotton has been harvested this season. The President congratulated cotton growers in the country for ...
Tags: cotton, Land program, textile, crop