Pakistan Hosiery Manufacturers and Exporters Association (PHMA) has rejected the government's plan to impose import duty on cotton yarn saying it would pose negative impact on the value-added textile sector, the Pakistani media has ...
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In a change of course just six months after announcing an end to subsidies for its cotton farmers, Egypt has stopped all cotton imports in a bid to assist the production and marketing of the local crop, according to media reports. Egypt ...
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Most of the cotton growing states like Punjab, Haryana, Rajasthan, Gujarat and parts of Maharashtra and Karnataka have started getting good rainfall, which has led to farmers beginning sowing of cotton. “CCI has sold nearly 1.5 ...
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According to the International Textile Machinery Federation (ITMF), shipments in most of the textile machinery segments experienced declines in 2014. Deliveries of new short-staple spindles in 2014 fell by 15 per cent as against 2014, ...
Tags: Textile Machinery, Textile
One of India’s leading manufacturer, marketer and retailer of suiting fabrics, Raymond has announced a new category initiative with the launch of 'Raymond Linen' recently. The company claims that the new suave collection consists of ...
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According to USDA’s initial projection for the 2015 crop, US cotton production is forecast at 14.5 million bales, 11 per cent below the final 2014 crop estimate. Based on the prospective plantings report, 2015 cotton area is ...
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In what may mark an end of high-quality extra long staple cotton, the Egyptian Government has decided to stop paying subsidy of 350 Egyptian pounds per qintar (160 kg) of cotton to producers, from the next agricultural season. Last ...
Tags: Cotton Production, raw materials, Textile
The third meeting of Cotton Crop Assessment Committee (CCAC) kept its estimate for the cotton crop season 2014-15 unchanged from the previous meeting at 13.488 million bales. At the meeting, chaired by Amir Marwat, secretary, Ministry ...
USDA reduced the 2014 US cotton crop by 3 per cent to 15.9 million bales in its latest cotton crop forecast released this month; however, the estimate remains 3 million bales above the 2013 crop. While planted area rose 600,000 acres to ...
The quotations for the CIF Bremen Cotton Index fluctuated within a small range in the current week, compared to the previous week. The corresponding prices in Euro experienced only a marginal change as well, while the US dollar remained ...
The volatile movements in New York cotton futures discouraged spinning yarn producers from entering in to long term contracts. “Aside from a few deals in extra-long staple varieties, mills continued to adopt the wait-and-watch ...
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The CIF Bremen Cotton Index and prices of cotton for near dates have tended to decline in the reporting week. Yet, the fluctuating range and fall in quotations for available cotton, was weaker than that of the futures for December. ...
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Applied DNA Sciences, a provider of DNA-based anti-counterfeiting technology and product authentication solutions said it has signed an agreement with a textile manufacturer to purchase its SigNature T DNA mark. The SigNature T DNA mark ...
Tags: SigNature T DNA mark, Long Staple Pima cotton, Textile
While, New York cotton futures for the November trading month tended to be firm, the CIF Bremen Index remained almost unchanged in the current week. According to reports, various reasons were said to contribute to the strong December NY ...
“The CIF Bremen Index mildly followed the marginally downward movements in New York cotton futures in the current week,” a report from the Bremen Cotton Exchange, informs. It adds that mainly technical reasons were likely ...