The narrow trading range in New York futures, which has been in effect since the beginning of the season, was finally violated last week. However, contrary to the long-standing consensus view of the price outlook, based on expected impact of record world stocks, the break was to the upside. The spot month rose above 80.00 US cents per lb for the first time since a brief period in June 2012, as the July 2012 contract moved towards maturation. The move upward appears to have been stimulated ma

A look from Minju Kim’s winning collection Photo By Courtesy Hennes & Mauritz AB has named South Korean designer Minju Kim the winner of its international H&M Design Award. The 26-year-old, who is in her final master’s year of fashion studies at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Antwerp, Belgium, unveiled her collection Tuesday at Stockholm’s Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week. She is to receive a cash prize of 50,000 euros, or $67,250 at current exchange, and H&M will develop pieces

A Myanmar Garment Human Resource Development Centre trainee practices her sowing at a factory in Insein township last week.( Ko Taik/ The Myanmar Times) The garment industry has been growing rapidly in the past two years on increased orders from Japan and South Korea, a spokesperson for the key industry body said last week. U Aung Win, vice president of the Myanmar Garment Manufacturers Association, said the value of orders from Japan more than doubled between 2010 and 2011, to US$350 mill

Item WidthCM Specification/Weight（meter） Wholesale Price: yuan/meter Kirin cashmere 150 580 27．00 T/C80/20 machine Dyed Plain fabric 150 45S×45S 110×76 6．40 Polyester golden-thread slubbed window screen 280 300 11．30 Nylon/polyester double wale dyed window screen 280 nylonpolyester30D×20D/35梭 4．00 Full-size polyester clipping printed curtain fabric 280 600 18ᦁ

The United States will continue to be the top importer of Vietnamese garments and textiles in 2013, according to the Vietnam Textile and Apparel Association (Vitas). In 2012, Vietnam’s apparel and textile exports to the US grew by 8 percent year-on-year to US$ 7.8 billion, according to official figures. While the Vitas has forecasted a three percent year-on-year growth in Vietnamese textile and clothing exports to the US in 2013, the American Chamber of Commerce in Vietnam (AmCham) expects

A. The summary on the recent fabrics market As the Chinese New Year coming, the turnover of thickened winter fabric in the traditional market of China Textile City kept dropping, but orders of Spring and Summer fabric increased partially. Some marketable creative fabric from fabric company with shop in front and factory behind kept selling good and domestic and foreign demand of qualified creative fabric increased partially. Spot transaction of fabric is still low because of the decreasing cr

Top 10 Categories in Rising Top 10 Categories in Falling 1. natural fiber grey cloth 2.96% 1. fashion fabric -2.07% 2. cotton fabric 2.79% 2. polyester/spandex -0.79% 3. nylon/cotton fabric 2.51% 3. polyester fabric -0.76% 4. thread 1.99% 4. cotton/ramie -0.69% 5. household textiles 1.26% 5. lace -0.63% 6. lining 1.25% 6. blended fiber grey cloth -0.35% 7. apparel lining 0.92% 7. viscose/woo

Width CM Width CM Specification/Weight（meter） Wholesale Price：yuan/meter Napping Mercerized Velvet 150 370 11．20 Wool/Polyester cloth 150 520 27．50 Cotton Pad-dyed Drill 150 16S×12S 108×56 15．40 T/R single-thread yarn dyed seven-color checked woolen cloth 150 500 16．00 Wool/Viscose mix-colored swallow gird cloth 150 450 27．00 Cotton 11-wale Corduroy