In 2014, cotton will be sown on 545,000 hectares of land in Turkmenistan to achieve the planned production of 1.05 million tons of cotton, according to a plan approved by the Ministry of Agriculture. The plan has been framed in view of the ‘President of Turkmenistan’s program of socio-economic development of the country in 2012-2016’, which advises rational use of land, water, agricultural machinery and mineral fertilizers as well as further increase of the cotton production volumes on the ba

Turkey is gaining more and more awareness regarding organic cotton production, and would soon become a global brand in the production of organic cotton, said the Turkish Nazilli Cotton Research Station’s manager Sadettin Ozturk. According to Mr. Ozturk, Turkey possesses favorable conditions for organic cotton farming and currently, the country is the largest producer of organic cotton in the world, reports haberler.com. Organic cotton farming is conducted without the use of chemical inputs

In the first eleven months of 2013, the export of textiles and garment from Fujian Province totaled near US$ 21.13 billion, up 25.6% year-on-year, accounting for 21.8% of the province's total, 15.6 percentage points higher than the province's average growth rate. It accounts for 8.19% of the nation's total and 13.8 percentage points higher than the average growth rate of the national textile industry. The export of garment and accessories stood at US$ 15.17 billion, up 23.3% year-on-year, ra

A cotton processing factory burnt in Patuakhali. -- New Age photo A cotton processing factory and an easy bike garage, adjacent to the new market under sadar police station in Patuakhali, were completely burnt Tuesday morning, a fire service official said. The fire might have been originated from an electrical short circuit in the facility around 8:30 am. Fire service officials estimated the loss worth about Tk 10 lakh, our correspondent reported. The official said the fire soon engulfe

Children's clothing and shoes made by a dozen globally-recognised brands have been found to contain potentially harmful chemicals, Greenpeace said Tuesday. A new investigation by the environmental campaign group showed that at least one article from every brand was found to have chemicals that "can have adverse impacts either on human reproductive, hormonal or immune systems". But some of the substances it tested were at concentrations as low as 1mg per kilo, which it described as "the

Although the textile industry confronted with many difficulties, the textile industry in Jiangsu Province maintained steady growth. In January-October, the prime business revenue of the textile industry reached CNY 1.08 trillion, up 9.60% year-on-year and the total profit amounted to CNY 48.16 billion, up 16.24%. Meanwhile, CNY 163.36 billion worth of textile products were delivered for export, up 9.18%. By coping with the changing development environment, the local textile industry positive

China's economy will continue to recover because of an increase in exports and improvement in overcapacity industries, and the country's GDP growth in 2014 is expected to be 8.6 percent, according to Deutsche Bank on Monday. The economic conditions of the United States and Europe in 2014 will be better, which is good for China's exports, and the overcapacity industries of solar, cement and shipbuilding are improving their relations between supply and demand, said Ma Jun, the chief economist

With growth on both the visitor and exhibitor sides, Heimtextil 2014 has been a complete success. In addition to the excellent statistics, the quality and enormous spectrum of products underscore the unique position of Heimtextil as the world’s leading trade fair for home and contract textiles”, says Detlef Braun, Member of the Executive Board of Messe Frankfurt, summing up the results of the event. With growth in the number of exhibitors for the fourth year running, Heimtextil sent a positi

Retail sector has been witnessing a sluggish growth in Australia but this slowdown has given rise to new age fashion brands for men, which are resisting the current downward curve in the country’s retail sector. The competition is heating up in the men’s wear segment in Australia with the entry of foreign brands such as Zara, Top Shop and Gap. Quality and credibility of the brand is playing a major role in their success stories. However, today the mantra for the success of men’s fashion brand

Inadequate legal cover has been a major challenge in launching of Bt cotton certification for the private seed sector, says Syed Muhammad Nasir Ali. PHOTO: FILE In a fresh bid to restart the legislation process from where it was discontinued earlier, a summary is being sent to the Prime Minister Secretariat, seeking exemption over the lapse of the proposed Seed Amendment Act 2010, which could not be tabled before the parliament prior to its dissolution in 2013. The passage of the Seed