Gildan Activewear reported second-quarter revenues rose 4.9 percent to $548.8 million. Adjusted net earnings were $79.2 million, or 64 cents a share, up 8.9 percent The company had projected net sales for the quarter in excess of U.S. ...
Tags: Sports Apparel, Apparel, Sporting Goods, Recreation
The European Union (EU) has settled with the China government to downward adjust the floor price for PV modules imported from China from EUR0.56 (US$0.77)/W currently to EUR0.53/W beginning April 2014, with the reduction inviting objection ...
Tags: China-Made, PV Modules
Malaysia has approved a 20% increase in natural gas prices for industrial and commercial sectors in the west of the country, effective May 1, in order to reflect the cost of procuring more expensive imported LNG. Domestic natural gas ...
Tags: natural gas, LNG Cost
There was no shortage of news for the cotton market to digest this week as ICE futures lost over 300 pts basis the K4 contract. Losses on Monday were re-couped on Tuesday ahead of the USDA's monthly WASDE report, which contained few ...
Simon Coveney TD, Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine today warmly welcomed plans by the Killybegs Fishermen’s’ Organisation (KFO) and a Norwegian partner, to build the largest marine food ingredients plant in the ...
Tags: Food Ingredients, Killybegs Fishermen, Food
NY cotton futures fell four straight sessions before pulling back up Friday, ending the week lower by dropping 134 points in the spot May contract month. Monday’s weaker session set the tone for this week’s trading as USDA ...
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The prices of cotton in Indian market are likely to rise in the coming months, predicts the latest weekly analysis of cotton market released by S. Ajay Kumar & Company. According to the report, the arrival of cotton in the Indian ...
Tags: Cotton Prices, Indian Market, Cotton
EU has set a price/volume limitation on certain PV products exported from China to fight against the dumping and subsidies issues. The new minimum price that Chinese manufacturers can charge EU buyers could fall from €0.56/watt to ...
Tags: solar trade deal, PV, Chinese product
China is unlikely to reclaim its position as a major exporter of molybdenum oxide and ferromolybdenum despite the World Trade Organization ordering the country to remove export taxes and quota controls on the commodities, market sources ...
Despite volatile trading, ICE Cotton futures settled only slightly higher this week at 93.74 c/lbs basis the K4, and not much change is seen in the overall open interest. The week opened down sharply on Monday, followed by a 350 pts gain on ...
Tags: Cotton Futures, Volatile Trading
Parliamentarians, Government officials and representatives of management of textile companies have exchanged views on the status and development of the textile and clothing industry in Switzerland. At the annual meeting of the ...
Tags: Textile Industry, clothing industry, textile
The EU will lower the floor price for PV modules imported from China from EUR0.56 (US0.77)/W currently to EUR0.53/W beginning April 1, 2014, with the annual import quota remaining unchanged at 7GWp, according to China-based media reports. ...
Tags: PV Modules, China-Made Modules
The market has remained undecided as to where it wants to go next, with the last eleven sessions closing in a narrow range of just 166 points. The structure is still more or less the same in current crop futures, with specs and index funds ...
Tags: Cotton Futures, crop futures, on-call sales
ICE Cotton traded slightly higher this week despite the nearby cash market grinding to a virtual standstill. Current crop export sales were just enough to support the market, while the attractiveness of SH 2014 offers at 1000 pts less than ...
Tags: Cotton Trends, cash market, crop export
NY futures resumed their uptrend this week, as May rallied 380 points to close at 91.61 cents, while December gained 171 points to close at 79.55 cents. After meandering sideways for the past six weeks, unable to generate much ...
Tags: Cotton Futures, Cotton market, Textile