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Insight21 Apr 2016According to Vietnam Customs, yarn imports during March surged 65.15% on the previous month, to 75,472 tonnes, due to the seasonal impact.
Insight21 Apr 2016New York cotton futures jumped once again on Wednesday as the buoyancy on the China market convinced global investors that the impact of the reservation cotton auction could, in the short-term, be limited, given the high floor price that might be underpinned after May 3.
The China Foreign Trade Association recently announced that in the course of the last 11 months, the Chinese government has collected around US$75million in fines from dye houses in China. This comes hand in hand with the closure of several businesses following the revision of emissions regulations at the beginning of 2015, which many companies have struggled to adhere to. The revelation sets an expectation for the G20 summit, which will likely see the Zhejiang province, home to around 50% of the textile dyeing industry in China, shut down in September.
Insight19 Apr 2016The Vietnamese textile industry and government is planning to overcome poor productivity and a serious shortage of textile and dyeing materials to better leverage Vietnam’s inclusion in the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade deal.
