The area under Bt cotton cultivation in the country has rapidly increased from 29,000 hectares in 2002 — when commercial cultivation of the variety was permitted to — 11.2 million hectares in 2012, according to biotechnology experts. Participating at an interaction programme organised by the University of Agricultural Sciences-Bangalore on Monday, Biotechnology and Integrated Pest Management Consultant T.M. Manjunath said Bt cotton now accounts for 94.75 per cent of the country’s entire cotto

Thousands of garment workers have taken to the streets in Bangladesh in another day of protests. More than 100 factories were forced to shut for a third day on Monday due to the widespread protests as workers demanded higher wages and better working conditions. Bangladesh's clothing industry exported about $20bn (?12.5bn) worth of ready made garments last year. But workers argue that they have not benefitted from the phenomenal growth of the sector. Source: BBC World News.

For more than 70 years, DuPont has developed leading-edge technology for the fiber and textile industry. The DuPont Sorona fiber applications team continues that legacy by demonstrating the value Sorona fiber brings to three additional apparel segments – seamless, insulation and comfort stretch fiber. “From year to year, our applications team conducts research and development along various parts of the textile value chain, identifying opportunities that help our strategic customers enhance t

Fabrics made from recycled polyester, crushed oyster shell and nano-tech particles were among the offerings in the Fashion Theater at the California Market Center in Los Angeles during a two-day business matchmaking session organized by the Taiwan Textile Federation. The Aug. 22–23 event featured 17 exhibitors representing Taiwanese mills. Taiwan is well known for its synthetic fibers and its recycled polyester fabrics, and several of the exhibitors show their collections at Outdoor Retail

The second phase of the West Ethylene Pipeline is to be constructed by December, a deputy oil minister said. Abbas She’ri-Moqaddam, who is also managing-director of National Petrochemical Company, told Shana that the pipeline will serve the industrial development of west of the country. “Petrochemical plants on the way of this pipeline will be fed,” he said. “This national project is progressing well and is predicted to become operational by December,” he said, adding that downstream i

In August 2013 Pakistan exported textiles and apparel worth $1.095 billion, registering a rise of 3.42 percent over exports of $1.059 billion made during the corresponding month of last year, figures released by the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics showed. During the month, raw cotton exports grew substantially by 504.25 percent year-on-year. The other items that showed positive growth in exports during the month were cotton yarn, which rose by 18.12 percent year-on-year to $188.21 million, yarn

Around 25 percent of raw cotton of the volume fixed by the contractual obligations has been already delivered to the commodity points in Turkmenistan, Neutral Turkmenistan newspaper reported. "The cotton-growers must collect around 1.050 million tons of new harvest from more than a half million hectare of cotton fields," the statement said. According to Turkmenpagta (Turkmencotton) state concern specialists, this year's crop is rich, especially in Lebap region of the country. Accordi

China's crude oil imports from Iran reached 436,296 barrels per day in August, up 17.54 percent from the same month last year. The figure was also 9.8 percent higher than July, data from the customs authority showed on Sunday. China's imports of Iranian oil stood at 14.06 million tons over the first eight months of the year, according to official customs data, equivalent to 422,308 bpd and down 1.17 percent compared to the same period of 2012. China and other Asian importers of Iranian crude

Yarn, woollen carpet, textiles, readymade garments and juices topped Nepal’s export list in the fiscal year 2012-13. The products that topped the imports are petroleum products, iron and steel, machinery and parts, gold, electronics and electrical equipments according to the Trade and Promotion Export Centre (TEPC) that records the country’s export and imports. However, the overall import figure surpasses the export figures many times over, leading to a trade deficit of Rs 523 billion. The T

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