The United States determined Wednesday it would continue to slap antidumping duties against polyester staple fiber from China. Revoking the current antidumping duty order on imports of Chinese polyester staple fiber would be likely to lead to continuation or recurrence of material injury within a reasonably foreseeable time, said a ruling by the US International Trade Commission (ITC). As a result of ITC's affirmative determination, the existing antidumping duties of 3.47 percent to 44.3 per

The Small and Medium Enterprise sector of the Lankan apparel industry which is currently weakening needs assistance and correct direction to enable it to realize its full potential to become the backbone of that sector as it is in many other countries. However, the country situation now provides new opportunities for investors in the respective industry to look at new and more profitable areas of textile manufacture which is in technical textiles. Textiles such as geo textiles and medical te

With an aim to explore the Russian textile market, over 300 Indian apparel companies will showcase their products in a fair at Saint Petersburg, which will start from next month. The four-day Fashion Industry International Fair, which will start from October 11, is one of the largest fair of textiles sector, Apparel Export Promotion Council (AEPC) President A Sakthivel said in a statement. "Indian companies is targeting the Russian apparel market through this participation. Over 300 exhibi

Italy's in July registered the biggest foreign trade surplus since July 1998, national statistics agency Istat said on Monday. The recorded surplus was of 4.5 billion euros (5.8 billion U.S. dollars), including a 2.7-billion-euro increase in European countries and a 1.8-billion-euro growth in non-EU countries. Istat noted that the surplus was over 2 billion euros higher than in July of last year. According to local experts, the record-high figure was a consequence of the recession hampe

If life’s a party, then London designers RSVP’d with the perfect options from their spring 2013 shows. London fashion typically exhibits a heavy street style influence, but this season, that East End edge took on a refined polish. Source: Vogue

Silk has long been viewed as the finest natural fabric known to humans -- flexible, smooth, beautiful, shimmering. But it is taking on new uses these days that boggle the mind. Violin strings? A short report in the March 10 issue of the journal New Scientist says they give a "thrilling tone," a unique and brilliant timbre. The violin strings use silk from Nephila maculata, the golden orb-weaving spider. The more common source of silk is, of course, from the cocoons of the moth Bombyx mori.

DuPont Biomaterials has taken the development of its Sorona fibres - which are made from a polymer derived from renewable plant sources such as corn instead of traditional petrochemical ingredients - to the next level with variants designed for trousers and jeans, seamless apparel and swimwear. The new products have been created with strategic customers, and provide apparel designers with sustainable, high-performance fibres and fabrics. Sorona offers "exceptional" softness, comfort stretc

LAGOS, Nigeria — At Nigeria’s Katangua Market, that castaway from the West means big money. Shipping container after shipping container arrive in the market in Lagos, filled to the brim with plastic-wrapped bales of secondhand clothes from the U.S. and elsewhere. Traders scour, barter, hem and haw over T-shirts, bras, pants and shoes sent to help clothe a nation of more than 160 million people where the textile industry largely collapsed years ago. But while much comes in as Western donati

The Textile Institute Fashion and Technology Special Interest Group together with its partner the University of Northampton is pleased to be able to announce this exciting new event for the leather sector, taking place on 24 October 2012, at the Sunley Conference Centre, University of Northampton, Northampton, UK. Having such a vast supply chain, leather quality starts with the farmer and finishes with the final consumer, with everyone in between requiring leather knowledge at different level