China's cotton production will decline in 2013 compared with one year ago due to a combination of a reduction in land used to grow cotton and bad weather in cotton-planting provinces, an official with the Ministry of Agriculture (MOA) said Thursday. China is expected to produce 6.32 million tons of cotton in 2013, down 337,000 tons from the previous year, Xiang Yu, an official with the Department of Crop Production of MOA, told an industrial conference held by the China Cotton Association (C

Mongolia is now able to not only produce cotton fleece from sheep wool but also building insulation material. Below is a brief interview about this latest development with B.Ganbat, head of the Mongolian Wool Products Manufacturers Association. -How are you planning to process sheep wool for preparing insulation material? -We have set an objective to use sheep wool for two purposes. First, to fully provide uniforms made with domestic cotton to all General Education School students. Further

The exports of textiles, excluding apparel, from Turkey grew by 7.1% year-on-year to USS 5.4 million during the first eight months of the current year, according to the figures released by the Istanbul Textile and Apparel Exporters' Association (ITKIB). The textile exports accounted for around 5.5% of Turkey's total exports during the eight-month period, haberler.com reported quoting Anadolu Agency. Turkey's textile exports to Russia were valued at USD 714.5 million, followed by Italy with USD 5

Cotton output is likely to be about 9 per cent higher at 370 lakh bales (170 kg each) in the next season compared to the current year, while exports are estimated to be 15 per cent lower at 85 lakh bales. Cotton season is between October to September. In the current year, the natural fibre production was around 340 lakh bales, domestic consumption was 260 lakh bales and exports were 100 lakh bales. "The natural fibre output is expected to be 370 lakh bales in the 2013-14 season, and the d

Fast rising cotton yarn exports may be coming on slow track, albeit for short time, as prices have shot up significantly. China is the biggest importer of Indian cotton yarn and have now reduced their imports from India and are waiting for prices to soften up a bit before they start buying heavily. According to data by Directorate General of Foreign Trade, registration of cotton yarn exports was down to 104.913 million kgs in the month of August compared to 139.745 million kgs in July. T

H.H. Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum, Chairman of the Dubai Supreme Council of Energy and President of the Dubai Civil Aviation Authority, has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Sam Pai, Chairman, China Sonangol Group. The agreement mandates China Sonangol International Pte. Ltd. to set up a crude oil refinery in Dubai. The state-of-the-art refinery will process end products for domestic use as well as targeted international markets. For this purpose, a project consortium will

Confederation of Indian Textile Industry has requested government to restore export benefits under focus market scheme. Confederation of Indian Textile Industry has requested government to restore export benefits under focus market scheme and incremental export Incentivisation scheme on cotton yarn. Reacting to a recent notification No.43(RE-2013)/2009-2014 dated September 25th issued by Directorate general of Foreign Trade (DGFT) withdrawing these benefits on certain products including c

Cotton yarn exports could double to hit a new milestone of 2,000 million kg this year due to a dramatic shift in Chinese policy on textile raw material import, which promotes purchase of yarn over cotton. Indicating high demand from abroad, the registration for yarn exporters with the Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT) jumped 50 per cent to 593 million kg in the first five months of the financial year from 397.2 million kg a year ago. The increase in yarn export will not only raise t

Cotton pickers line up on Sept 1 to board a special train that will carry them from Xuchang, Henan province, to two-month jobs in Kuytun, the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region. NIU SHUPEI / FOR CHINA DAILY Every fall, Yang Qizhi treks thousands of miles from Henan province to the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region to pick cotton. For the past eight years, the 52-year-old has earned about 13,000 yuan ($2,120) for two months of work picking cotton in Xinjiang during harvest. Her monthly inc

Kuwait's crude oil exports to China more than doubled in August from a year earlier to mark a seven-month high of 1 million tons, equivalent to around 237,000 barrels per day (bpd), the latest government data showed. Surging by 101.2 percent on the year, the volume was the highest since January, when Kuwait's crude shipments to the world's second-biggest energy consumer reached 1.09 million tons (258,000 bpd), according to the General Administration of Customs. In an exclusive interview