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Prices30 Apr 2018According to provisional figures released by the Office of Textile Commissioner, both Indian manmade fibre and filament yarn production underperformed year-on-year within the first two months of 2018. Total manmade fibre production dropped 3.9% to 204.16 million kg, while filament yarn production dropped marginally (0.8%) to 194.13 million kg in 2018 up to February. Meanwhile, in Pakistan, projected trade deficit for cotton in Pakistan this 2017/18 market year widened, according to latest provisional figures released by the United States Department of Agriculture in April. Pakistan’s projected cotton trade deficit dropped 2.7% to 2.7 million bales from 2.45 million bales (480lb per bale) projected in the previous month as a result of an upward revision in imports coupled with a downward revision in exports.
Innovation Briefing27 Apr 2018In this product innovation profile, WTiN is reporting on a development from researchers at Fudan University, China, who have demonstrated the fabrication of stretchable, light-emitting fabrics by attaching a light-emitting layer containing electroluminescent ZnS (zinc sulphide) phosphor to a commercially available spandex substrate modified with conductive polypyrrole (PPy)
