The textile and automobile sectors in Egypt will attract Chinese investment to exploit the former’s cheap labour, Egyptian minister of trade and industry Tarek Qabil has said. Qabil said this after meeting São Gishang, president of the China Chamber of Commerce for Import and Export of Textiles, during his visit to China recently to discuss cooperation. Chinese company Shandong Rui recently announced its plan to invest $800 million to construct a readymade garments factory in Egypt, an Egypt

Cotton USA to showcase cotton innovation in the global textile and apparel industry at the Premiere Vision Paris beginning from September 19, 2017. Cotton Council International (CCI), Cotton Incorporated and Supima will exhibit jointly at the three-day trade fair to showcase innovation in technologies, fabric blends, performance, design and fashion. The trade fair will be an opportunity to know about the process to obtain the Cotton USA license which is of high value to consumers and can driv

The non-profit H&M Foundation and The Hong Kong Research Institute of Textiles and Apparel (HKRITA) have developed a new technology, a hydrotherm (Chemical) process through which recycle blend textiles can to converted into new fabrics and yarns without losing its quality. Erik Bang, Innovation Lead at H&M Foundation said that they are very excited to develop this technology and scale it beyond the laboratory, which will benefit the global environment, people and communities. For t

At the Munich Apparel Source Fair, organized simultaneously with the Munich Fabric Start Fair, one of the largest fabric fairs in the world, some 14 Turkish firms, under the leadership of the Association of Aegean Exporters (EİB), attended the fair. At the Munich Apparel Source Fair, the EHKİB Promotion Committee Chair Elvan Ünlütürk made a presentation, where she explained the advantages offered by the Turkish textile sector. According to a statement of the Association of Aegean

The world’s top cotton buyers, all in Asia, are flocking to India to secure supplies after fierce storms in the United States, the biggest exporter of the fiber, affected the size and quality of the crop, dealers said. In the past week alone, India, the world’s second-biggest cotton exporter, sealed deals to sell about a million bales to China, Taiwan, Vietnam, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Indonesia - key garment suppliers to brands such as H&M, Inditex-owned Zara and Wal-Mart Stores Inc.

The world's top cotton buyers, all in Asia, are flocking to India to secure supplies after fierce storms in the United States, the biggest exporter of the fibre, affected the size and quality of the crop, dealers said. In the past week alone, India, the world's second-biggest cotton exporter, sealed deals to sell about a million bales to China, Taiwan, Vietnam, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Indonesia - key garment suppliers to brands such as H&M, Inditex-owned Zara and Wal-Mart Stores Inc. Tha

The Ministry of Textiles will receive Rs40 billion worth claims of January 16, 2017 to June 30, 2017 till April 2018 under the prime minister package. In a meeting of Senate Standing Committee on Textile and Commerce, the ministry announced that they have received claims of Rs14.5 billion so far and the government has paid Rs9 billion. The officials said that duty drawbacks on taxes are continuing, while exemption of custom duty and sales tax on import of cotton will be carried out till July

The All Pakistan Textile Mills Association (Aptma) has announced to elect its central chairman from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa this year. Two candidates, including Ahmad Kuli Khan and Shahzad Ayub, are contesting the annual elections for the office of central chairman from the province. Shahzad is the CEO of Zainab Textile Mills, which is situated at Hattar, making him eligible to contest elections for the office of central chairman from the north region. The north region of Aptma is comprised of the

Buying spree was witnessed during the first half on Monday due to fears of surge in prices. There was uncertainty that Hurricane Irma may cause severe devastation in the US state of Florida as well as the adjoining cotton growing state of Georgia. However, reports indicate the hurricane is slowing down as well as a change in its direction averted damage in Georgia, and eventually helped ease pressure on cotton market. The New York Cotton Exchange remained steady amid profit selling while

Victoria Beckham unveiled her latest fashion collection in New York on Sunday, throwing shade at her once beloved black for the colors of Play-Doh and for sparkly slippers named after her daughter. "It's Play-Doh, it's ice cream but it's not too saccharine," she said of the new colors in comments to reporters backstage at Cipriani in downtown Manhattan. "It's not too sweet at all. It's just the right amount." Guests were welcomed on the beautiful late summer morning with tall, chilled glas