AMSTERDAM - The Forest Stewardship Council (FSC), which runs certification schemes for products - such as man-made cellulosic fibres - to promote responsible management of the world's forests, is under fire from Greenpeace.The environmental movement has launched a new campaign - entitled 'Destruction: Certified' - which accuses forestry certification schemes, including the FSC, of "greenwashing" the destruction of ecosystems.However, the FSC immediately responded by accusin

Yan Huiping was born in 1957 and majored in textile engineering at Donghua University. He is a teacher at Xuancai Textile Training Center now. Globaltextiles has known him for a long time and he has given 16 lectures on Globaltextiles. Yan Huipingteaches professional knowledge of fabrics and answers questions from audiences in the live stream chatting room.He is full of textile knowledge and experience and wants totrain talents of textile.

China Textile City will devote to serving existing business households well, attracting more textile merchants to settle in China Textile City and building digital smart market this year. QFC set up a popularization team to go to Zhili, Huzhou in early March with the aim ofpromoting the website and exploring resources of buyers. Thepopularization team went to 500merchants and 115merchants showed interest in thewebsite. 300 persons followed Wechat Public Account of Globaltextiles through this eve

Zhejiang China Textile City Group held the 2021 Economic Work Conference in early March. The theme of this conference was making every effort to build digital smart market and striving to play a promising role in "leading the race".The conference commended excellent staffs and summarized the achievements of 2020. China Textile City will devote to serving existing business households well, attracting more textile merchants to settle in China Textile City and building digital smart marke

The American Apparel & Footwear Association (AAFA) has welcomed the recent announcement by the Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR), extending tariff exclusions for import of personal protective equipment (PPE) for six months. AAFA has long brought attention to the detrimental impacts of tariffs on US consumers, workers and businesses.Pic: Shutterstock"While we focus on COVID-19 relief and recovery, it is essential that these efforts not be undermined by production co

The ZDHC Leather Wastewater Guidelines Addendum were created to expand the scope to include the leather industry, and are an addition to the current ZDHC Wastewater Guidelines Version 1.1. These ZDHC Leather Wastewater Guidelines set a single unified expectation for sampling, testing and reporting of industrial wastewater and sludge resulting from leather processing. They were developed in collaboration with a wide range of stakeholders from the leather industry including manufacturers, brands,

STOCKHOLM - Swedish fashion giant H&M says it will not be placing any further orders in Myanmar for the time being because of the uncertainty in the country following the military coup.H&M's country manager for Myanmar, Serkan Tanka, says the retailer has not yet decided whether to remain committed to Myanmar, where it works with 56 supplier factories, as a long term sourcing destination.Tanka said: "Although we refrain from taking any immediate action regarding our long-term pr

After falling by 20 per cent in underwear imports during 2020, USA has seen some positivity to start 2021 in this product category.According to OTEXA, USA imported US $ 312.32 million worth of underwear in Jan. ’21 – noting 18.34 per cent surge from Jan. ’20.All major shippers experienced a notable surge in their respective shipment of underwear to USA.China remained the top shipper with US $ 70.66 million worth of underwear exports to USA and rose 30 per cent in Jan. ’21 on Y-o-Y basis.Vietnam

Yan Huiping majored in textile engineering at Donghua University. He is a teacher at Xuancai Textile Training Center now, and will give a lecture from 15:30 to 16:30 on March 10th. He will teach professional knowledge of fabrics and answer questions from audiences in the live stream chatting room.

Construction Management Committee of China Textile City held a conversazione to answer questions ofmarket purchase trade on March 4th.Shaoxing Customs, Keqiao Bureau of Commerce, Keqiao Tax Bureau, Keqiao Market Supervision Bureau, ShaoxingAdministration of Foreign Exchange, Keqiao Branch ofBank of China and about 20operators ofmarket purchase trade attended theconversazione. The conversazione introduced the progress of the pilot anddemonstrate how to operate online.