ABACA production in the Philippines fell by 10 percent from January to November 2012, with Region 5 (Bicol)—the country’s top producer of the fiber—recording a 19.3-percent drop in output, according to a Fiber Industry Development Authority (Fida) report. In terms of exports, shipments of abaca fiber and manufactured items decreased by 25 percent between January and October last year. Bicol, which contributes more than a third of the country’s abaca production, saw its output drop to 137,470 1

Kraig Biocraft Laboratories, Inc. announced that researchers, working pursuant to Kraig's collaborative research program, utilizing customized spider silk genetic engineering sequences, succeeded in creating a new type of recombinant spider silk, which the Company is designating as "Big Red." The "Big Red" silk is currently being spun within the laboratory by transgenicly modified silkworms. "'Big Red' is a composite fiber," said Company CEO, Kim Thompson. "This new type of fiber was desig

Top 10 popular fabric（2013-01-21） No. Item WidthCM Specification/Weight Price 1. Full Size Lustrous Polyester Positioning Printed Curtain Fabric 280 680g/meter 18.50yuan/meter 2. Cotton Pad-dyed Drill 150 20S×16S 128×60 14.70yuan/meter 3. Viscose/Wool cloth 150 550g/meter 27.00yuan/meter 4. 210T Water-jet Polyester Taffeta 150 50DFDY×63DFDY 2.00yuan/meter 5. Cotton Pad-dy

The garment and textile sector has set an export target of US$18.5-19 billion in 2013, said Le Tien Truong, Deputy Director General of Vietnam National Textile and Garment Group (Vinatex), at a press briefing recently. Vinatex will follow a strategy of fast growth, high efficiency, and suitable usage of investment capital in 2013, Truong said. The garment and textile sector earned $17.2 billion in revenue from exports last year. Vietnamese made garments are on the list

Pakistan had to slow down on its high quality apparel exports, maybe due to the high quality apparel exports in Sri Lanka. According to foreign reports, with the power and energy expenses increasing alarmingly in Pakistan, apparel importers are looking towards Sri Lanka, India and Bangladesh for their future export orders. According to reports, Pakistan had not been able to make ends meet with their export orders which had left European importers in an awkward position. According to repo

Woven garment exports grew by nearly 12 per cent in the first half of the current fiscal year, helped by a shift in orders from China, exporters said. Woven garment exports rose to $4.971bn during the six months from July to December, up from $4.457bn in the same period of the previous year. Knitwear accounted for $4.976bn, a rise of 3.85 per cent, according to statistics from the state-run Export Promotion Bureau (EPB). Knitwear exports moved into positive growth in October, amid signs th

Country's denim sector is flourishing thanks to increasing orders from global buyers turning from countries like China and Turkey to Bangladesh. Competitive price range with better quality products help increase the orders of denim goods, industry insiders said. "Export orders for denim are on the rise in the country. The product's export growth marked a double digit in last one year, because more and more buyers are coming here for denim goods, thanks to low labour costs and better quality",

Japan will likely surpass the European Union (EU) to become the second largest importer of Vietnam’s textile-garment products in 2013, according to the Vietnam Textile and Apparel Association (VITAS). As per a forecast of VITAS issued last Saturday, Vietnam’s textile-garment exports to Japan will continue to rise nearly 18% this year with a turnover of over US$2.37 billion. Last year, Vietnam exported US$2 billion worth of textile-garment products to Japan, a growth of 17% from 2011. As su

Taiwan posted a garment trade surplus of US$8.5 billion in 2012, down 7.1 percent from the year-earlier level of US$9.15 billion, the Taiwan Textile Federation said yesterday. Garment exports fell 7 percent last year to US$11.82 billion, from US$12.72 billion in 2011, the textile promotion organization said, citing statistics from the Ministry of Finance. Garment imports totaled US$3.32 billion in 2012, also down 7 percent from US$3.57 billion the year before, the federation said. Source: C