- China’s cotton imports rise 16.8 percent in 2020
- Total cotton imports by China increased by 16.8 percent year-on-year to 2.16 million tonnes in 2020, according to the country’s General Administration of Customs. Cotton imports declined during the first half of the year due to the impact of COVID-19 pandemic, but imports soared in the sec
- Mar 03, 2021
- Vietnam: Exports of textiles and footwear on the increase
- In January 2021, the textile production index and the apparel production index increased by 16.6 percent and 9.9 percent compared to the same period in 2020, respectively, according to the Ministry of Industry and Trade. The production of textiles from synthetic fibers
- Mar 03, 2021
- UK to continue GSP benefits for Bangladesh till 2027
- Bangladesh would continue to enjoy the generalised system of preferences (GSP) on trade until 2027, according to British high commissioner in Dhaka Robert Chatterton Dickso, who recently said the two countries will find out a mechanism to maintain a trade regime beneficial for both after 2
- Mar 03, 2021
- USA: Textile and apparel imports continue slide
- The Department of Commerce’s Office of Textiles and Apparel reports that monthly imports of cotton, wool, manmade fiber, silk blend, and non-cotton vegetable fiber textile and apparel products totaled 6.31 billion square meter equivalents in December 2020, down 7.6 percent from November bu
- Mar 03, 2021
- Pakistan: Textile exports jump 8 percent in 7MFY21
- The July-January figures showed that growth in textile and clothing exports came from the value-added sector. In January, the export from the sector posted 10.79 percent growth to USD 1.32 billion as against USD 1.19 billion over the corresponding month of last year. The improvem
- Mar 03, 2021
- Survey confirms widening skills gap in textile dyeing
- The textile dyeing industry is experiencing a global skills gap, now reaching crisis point, as younger people fail to enter the profession, according to a new survey from the Society of Dyers and Colourists. Lack of knowledge is now harming textile production, and adding to cor
- Mar 02, 2021
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