Although global buying power for garments has dropped from US$704 billion in 2011 to $697 billion in 2012 and demand from most major markets such as the US, EU and Korea fallen to an all time low, Vietnam’s garment industry still managed an export growth of 12 percent with revenues at $15.8 billion. Last year, garment and textile exports touched $17.2 billion, up 8.5 percent compared to 2011. Of which, the country only imported materials for $8.8 billion and used nearly 50 percent from domestic

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The recent increase in prices of fuel will act as a constraint in achieving expected growth in earnings from readymade garment (RMG) exports, according to industry analysts. A fortnight ago, Bangladesh Government raised the price of diesel by Tk 7 a litre, and that of petrol by Tk 5 a litre to reduce subsidy burden. This increase in prices of diesel and kerosene will add some extra burden to the cost of production of apparel enterprises, which are already facing problems of inadequate gas

The Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Art Gallery at the College of the Holy Cross will feature an exhibition of Southeast Asian textiles titled “Transnational Ikat: An Asian Textile on the Move” from Jan. 24 – March 1, 2013. The exhibition is curated by Susan Rodgers, the W. Arthur Garrity Sr. Professor in Human Nature, Ethics and Society in the sociology and anthropology department; with research assistance from student docents Hana Carey '13, Tricia Giglio '14, and Martha Walters '14. The curat

Westlake Chemical Corporation's previously announced expansion of the Petro 2 ethylene unit at its complex in Lake Charles, LA has begun. This expansion will be completed in conjunction with a planned maintenance turnaround and will increase ethane-based ethylene capacity by approximately 230 - 240 million pounds annually in support of the Company's ethylene integration strategy. The unit is expected to be down approximately 60 days for the work to be completed. Westlake Chemical Corporati

Indonesian textile producers expect exports to increase again this year, albeit at a modest rate, on the back of an expected increase in orders from several buyers including the United States and Japan, after the industry suffered a 5 percent decline in 2012, an industry group said. In contrast to the recovery in exports, the country’s textile producers project lower sales in the domestic market due to an influx of imported products, Indonesian Textile Association (API) chairman Ade Sudrajat sa

India's cotton exports to dip 60 per cent this year: USDA (Reuters) India's cotton exports are likely to tumble by 60 per cent to 5.7 million bales in the marketing year ending July compared to last year level, a USDA report said. India, the world's second-largest exporter, is estimated to have shipped a record 14.7 million bales in the last marketing year, it said. One bale has 170 kg of cotton. "The 2012-13 export estimate is unchanged at 5.7 million bales (of 170 kg)," the US Departm

The Cotton Development Committee in Khajura, Banke, has increased the farm price of cotton this year with the objective of attracting farmers towards cotton farming. The committee hiked the price of one kilograms of cotton to Rs. 62 from Rs. 50. The committee said that the price of cotton was increased by Rs. 12 per kg to attract farmers toward the cotton farming. Now, farmers in Dang and Banke districts are picking cotton buds and have picked around 70 percent of cotton buds, said the commi

China Textile City Fabric Market (2013-01-10)Unit: yuan/m Collector: Jiang Jianren Item WidthCM Specification/Weight（meter） Wholesale Price：yuan/meter Wool/Polyester over coating cloth 150 580 25．80 Wool/viscose cloth 150 520 27．50 Polyamide/Cotton weft elastic fabric 150 brocade 100D×50D/32S cotton+70D ammonia 15．80 T/R single-thread yarn dyed seven-color checked woolen cloth 150 5