Intertextile Shanghai Apparel Fabrics is organised by Messe Frankfurt (HK) Ltd and The Sub-Council of Textile Industry, CCPIT. Intertextile Shanghai Apparel Fabrics China International Trade Fair for Apparel Fabrics and Acces-sorieswill be held at Shanghai New International Expo Centre on 26-29 October,2005. A temporary hall to be constructed at Intertextile Shanghai Apparel Fabrics 2005 due to demand for space Many market leading companies show their confidence in the fair. Due to a huge demand

While the traditional weaving sector continued its shrinking spell in 2005, total weaving industry output was bolstered by the specialty segment. Europa Index of Output (2000=100) for Jan-July (seven months) averaged 79.7, which represented just 1.8 percent year-on-year decline. Traditional cotton weaving output averaged a 7.5 percent monthly year-on-year decline showing worst ever performance. Worsted weaving registered an average 3.3 percent monthly decline, dropping to an indexed output of 55

Today Australian Wool Innovation Limited (AWI) welcomed the decision by Justice Hely of the Federal Court of Australia to allow its amended statement of claim and accept its application to serve proceedings on PETA and people associated with it in the United States.Justice Hely also ruled that Ms Ingrid Newkirk, President of PETA, pay AWI? costs in relation to her unsuccessful strike-out application.Mr Targ said the Australian Wool and Sheep Industry Taskforce, which represents all peak national

Chinese textile firms, bogged down by quotas slapped by the United States and Europe, are standing up against trade barriers and market uncertainties. "We've given up 5 million yuan (617,000 US dollars) of US orders in the recent three months because no one knows when the textile trade row can be settled properly," said Huang Jun, vice president of Tianjin Textile Group, in an exclusive interview with Xinhua Friday. Her company is not alone to shun the US market. In fact, every textile dealer in

China and the United States will hold a new round of negotiations on textile trade in Washington during September 26 and 27, the Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) announced on Friday. The ministry did not reveal any details. The US Trade Representative office said that the delegations would be led by David Spooner, the chief US negotiator on textile trade, and by Lu Jianhua, director of the Foreign Trade Department of MOFCOM. The new meeting comes after US-Chinese textile talks in Beijing ended late

On going textile friction between China and US, and the recently resolved issue of import quotas with European Union has impacted on the demand for cotton in China on the lower side, industry sources reveal.Already textile exports from China have been badly hit, what with EU having released 87 million pieces of garments, textiles that were blocked at European ports having exceeded the predetermined levels of imports from China.But more important are the restricition on 10 textile categories from

The U.S. textile industry asked the Bush administration on Thursday to extend emergency import curbs on billions of dollars of clothing from China beyond 2005, U.S. industry officials said. "The reason we need to do this is because China is refusing to negotiate seriously on a comprehensive bilateral" textile agreement, said Cass Johnson, president of the National Council of Textile Organizations. "We will continue to file and refile safeguard petitions until China is willing to come to the ta

With China taking a larger slice of Brazil's market for imported apparel and textiles, the Government has announced the possibility of imposing safeguard measures. The debate has been raging for some time now with industry associations calling for tougher measures. The national currency, the Real is growing stronger against the dollar making imports more attractive. China's growing popularity amongst national retailers has for some time worried both the Brazilian government and national textil

The China International Silk Fair 2005 will be held from October 20-23 in Hangzhou, capital of east China's Zhejiang Province, announced the Ministry of Commerce and Hangzhou municipal government here on Wednesday. The fair, sponsored by Chinese Ministry of Commerce and Hangzhou municipal government, will be attended by delegates from a number of foreign countries, according to the organization committee. It will be an important place for show and trade negotiation of silk products, and near

Home Source International has expanded its Solutions sheet program with two new blended cotton products as part of its introductions for the upcoming New York Home Textiles Market. The blended Solutions items are a cotton/soybean sheet that is 60 percent cotton, 40 percent soybean protein fiber; and a cotton/silk sheet that is 75 percent cotton, 25 percent filament silk. Both sheets are sold as sets in a 300-count construction. The cotton/soybean sheet is designed to be cool in summer and warm