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
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
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
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
The National Cotton Council (NCC) economists have point to a few key factors that will shape the U.S. cotton industry’s 2021 economic outlook. This past year was characterised by significant uncertainty and volatility in both the global economy and the world cotton market. The most challen
Recently, Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps (XPCC) held a press conference to introduce the economic operation of XPCC in 2020. In 2020, XPCC achieved a gross production value of 290.514 billion yuan, an increase of 4.5 percent over the previous year at comparable prices, of which