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Insight16 Aug 2017Pharmaceutical company Mundipharma has teamed up with Yuhan-Kimberly, a manufacturer of sanitary napkins, to launch Kleenex masks that will protect the respiratory health of Chinese families.
Prices15 Aug 2017The negative impact of flooding in Gujarat a couple of weeks ago is still being felt, as India’s cotton fibres and yarns prices remains high. The USDA is expecting higher competition for existing cotton supply in China relative to 2016/17 market year as its stock-use ratio drops due to large drop in initial reserves in 2017/18 market year, relative to the year before. This is despite an expected increase in domestic production. Production deficit is expected to squeeze, while trade balance is expected to remain the same. The drop in PKR against the dollar has meant more competitive textile exports, but higher costs of imported inputs. Pakistan’s textile industry has been relying more on imported inputs, so it is struggling to cope with higher costs. Already 30-40% of inefficient firms have closed down. High taxes are causing issues in liquidity – which could have been used to boost investment and increase productivity in the textile export sector.
According to figures provided by the USDA, China’s estimated cotton supply and demand is constant, relative to estimates made in June for the 2016/17 market year.
Insight10 Aug 2017Computer Aided Design (CAD) systems are widely used in apparel design, as well as in the area of textiles for weaving and weft knitting, where photorealistic images of future products can be virtually manipulated to change the colours, yarn types, pattern, densities and other parameters.
