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Insight22 Jul 2015According to China Customs, cotton imports during June amounted to 161,800 tonnes, down 0.8% from the prior month and 25.85% y-o-y.
Insight21 Jul 2015Olympic opportunities will be laid out to delegates as WTiN brings together a line-up of industry experts for the inaugural WTiN South America Digital Textile Conference, to be held in São Paolo, Brazil this Wednesday and Thursday, July 22 and 23, 2015.
The data published by China National Bureau of Statistics indicates that man-made fibre production during June was 4.2 million tonnes, rising 1.69% on May and 11.6% y-o-y.
Insight20 Jul 2015Egyptian cotton has long been renowned as a luxury fibre, with its long staple length. This fibre is, however, difficult to process, so it is exported to countries where luxury cotton textiles are manufactured.
Insight17 Jul 2015The global technical textiles market will reach US$193.7 billion by 2020, amplifying at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 4.5% during the forecast period 2015-2020, according to Future Market Insights’ latest report ‘Technical Textiles Market: Global Industry Analysis and Opportunity Assessment 2015-2020.’
Insight17 Jul 2015Latest International Textile Manufacturers Federation (ITMF) figures show that in Q1/2015, global yarn production fell by 15% quarter-on-quarter after a decline of 29% in Q4/2014. The reason for the strong decline were exceptionally weak figures from Asia. Asian yarn production fell by 16% quarter-on-quarter. Output in Europe declined by nearly 10%, while in North America it rose by 4.4%.
Insight17 Jul 2015The nonwovens wipes market continues to show strength in 2015, and nonwovens giant Suominen has confirmed the upward industry trend with record sales and profit in the first half of 2015, according to figures in its interim financial report released on 17 July.
Insight17 Jul 2015The world’s largest automotive interiors supplier, China-based joint venture Yanfeng Automotive Interiors, is ploughing US$55 million into a new factory in Chattanooga, US to supply components to the Volkswagen assembly plant located there.
Insight16 Jul 2015The Generalised System of Preference (GSP)+ scheme from the EU is allowing goods from select countries to be imported into the EU at reduced or zero rate of duty in exchange for meeting certain sustainability and good governance demands, over a period of ten years. Pakistan was recently granted this status, but it has proved unpopular with competitors like India.
