China plans to discontinue its cotton and soybean purchasing and storage mechanism soon and offer direct subsidies to farmers instead, according to the Xinhua News Agency. Finance Minister Lou Jiwei said that the Chinese government will ...
The Central Asian country of Tajikistan has harvested 372,132 tons of cotton by December 1, 2013, which represents 93.1 percent of the target for the current season, according to the Ministry of Agriculture. This year, cotton was grown ...
Tags: Cotton, Tajikistan Harvests
Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service economists recently provided 2014 projections for major commodities produced in Texas, with many pointing to past drought conditions as a key factor in making or breaking a crop. The Plains region of ...
Tags: Agriculture, Food
Instead of our regular look at the most read stories on just-style during the week, we thought a fitting end to the year would be to take a look at the top stories on just-style in 2013. Garment factory disasters, strikes, safety ...
Tags: Apparel, Accessories
Japan-based Nitori Holdings Company is set to invest US$ 550 million in Tanzania’s cotton farming and related industries, Daily News Tanzania reported. The Japanese company has secured 40,000 hectares of land for commercial ...
Tags: Cotton Farming, Textile
Subdued buying activities were noted in market across India. Daily all India kappas arrivals crossed 1,80,000 bales and the monsoon in Andhra Pradesh is reflecting on prices of cotton. Mills are going hand to mouth and constantly observing ...
Tags: Indian, Textile, Cotton Prices
Welspun India Ltd (WIL), the leading home textiles maker, has been spinning robust margins and profits on back of rupee's depreciation against US dollar, coupled with advantage of cheaper Indian cotton over key competitors like China and ...
Textile mills turn to buy cheaper Indian cotton yarn to cut costs Affected by adverse weather, a reduced planting area and lower Indian cotton prices, China's cotton output is expected to drop sharply this year compared with 2012, which ...
Cotton quotes have been moving up in the Brazilian market, affected by the higher demand. Many companies are operating more at this end-of-the-year period, aiming to guarantee the raw material that is necessary to the consumption for the ...
Tags: Cotton Prices, Textile
Releasing the second quarter numbers, the Vardhman Textiles’ management had predicted that margins may come under pressure ahead as cotton prices will increase while demand remains weak. The statement of the company that ...
Tags: Cotton Prices, Textiles
In April 2013, the Secretariat’s projected price for the current season was 118 cents per pound. Since then ICAC’s projected price has plummeted, and the current midpoint of the forecast range is 88. China’s reserve and ...
Tags: Cotton Prices, import policies
While Chinese polyester players are emerging as "too big to fail", their closest rivals from India have hit the slowdown wall as they struggle with poor economies of scale in the event of weak demand from major markets like Europe. The ...
The depreciation in Pakistan's rupee value against US dollar has led to an increase in raw cotton prices which rose by Pk Rs 200/40kg in the lower grade category and Rs 100/40kg in the higher grade category, in the Sindh and Punjab regions ...
Tags: Cotton, Textile, Cotton Prices
ICE Cotton settled lower again, closing at 76.58 on the back of two weeks of uninterrupted daily losses. Reporting remains delayed due to the government shutdown, but CFTC data released this week shows that spec selling - both long ...
ICE cotton settled slightly lower this week, closing at 83.11 basis Z3. Growing cert stocks and lower YoY Chinese cotton imports in September prompted bearish headlines that, along with sagging technicals and ideas that the US crop may be ...