The global economy will strengthen over the coming two years, but urgent action is still required to further reduce unemployment and address other legacies from the crisis, according to the OECD's latest Economic Outlook. According to the ...
Tags: global economy, unemployment
With a view to increase cotton production in the region, Pakistan's Punjab government is considering introducing new cotton seeds with the help of US agricultural firm Monsanto, said Punjab Governor Chaudhry Muhammad Sarwar, while ...
ITMA ASIA+CITME 2014 will take place in Shanghai next June 16-20. It will be another opportunity to connect with the French Textile Machinery manufacturers. The French offer is very large as France is the 6th textile machinery exporter ...
Tags: Textile Machinery, Textile, Cotton, apparel, home textiles
China's passenger vehicle sales rose 9 percent year-on-year in March, driven by delayed new model launches ahead of the Beijing auto show and a rush to buy before curbs were introduced by the Hangzhou government. There were 1,588,792 ...
Tags: Passenger Vehicle, Minivans, Auto
In the first three months of the current year, Turkey's steel pipe exports increased by 2.52 percent year on year to 472,894 metric tons, according to the statistics provided by the Turkish Steel Pipe Manufacturers Association (CEBID). The ...
Tags: Steel Pipe, Construction
The IAF was invited to be present at a Ministerial meeting of the Dutch Trade and Development Minister, Lilianne Ploumen, with her French counterpart, Minister Nicole Bricq. The meeting, held in Paris, produced a common statement by ...
Tags: Apparel Sector, IAF&OECD
Batting for domestic silk producers, apex industry body ASSOCHAM recommended extension of anti-dumping duty on imports of raw silk from China till December 2015 in order to boost India's raw silk production. "India's silk industry is an ...
CBI (Centre for the Promotion of Imports from developing countries) and the International Apparel Federation (IAF) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU). The goal of this MoU is to intensify collaboration between the two organisations ...
There is uneasiness that, following the release of China’s cotton policy, there will be pressure from Chinese buyers on Indian spinners to further reduce prices. In recent months, Chinese buyers have already lowered yarn buying ...
The Turkish city of Bursa is all geared up to host the sixth edition of the International Textile and Apparel Sector Research and Development (R & D) Project Market Summit, scheduled to be held from April 3 to 4, 2014, at the Bursa Merinos ...
Tags: Textile R&D Summit, Bursa, Apparel Sector
For years Beijing stressed that the country’s farmers must grow enough grain to feed the masses. Measures enacted in 1996 called on China to produce 95% of its own grain. That policy reflected concerns rooted deep in centuries of food ...
Tags: Self-Sufficiency Policy, farmers
The Commonwealth Cybergovernance Model adopted by ICT ministers from the 53-country Commonwealth of Nations this week could encourage African nations to move forward on controversial proposals to combat cybercrime and develop common ...
Tags: Computer Products, IT, Online Security
The profitability of steelmakers based in China's Hebei Province remained low in 2013, with 16 percent of key steel companies in the province suffering losses, according to media reports citing the recent 2014 board meeting of the Hebei ...
Tags: steelmakers, steel industry
The Future Materials (FM) Awards will co-locate with the 8th Aachen-Dresden International Textile Conference in Dresden, Germany, in November 2014. The glittering gala dinner to reward innovation in the technical textiles industry will ...
Xinchuang Li, deputy secretary general of the China Iron and Steel Association (CISA), has stated that the issue of overcapacity in China's steel industry has become very serious, while adding that slow economic growth and economic ...
Tags: Steel Industry, Overcapacity