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Related Keywords: Africa, Asia, Asian textile industry, collapsing factories, Ethiopia, global textile, global textile brands, Inditex, Kenyan textile industry, production hub, soaring labour wages, Swedish chain H&M, US-based WalMart, value adding industry, violent workers protest

Global textile retailers have found alternatives to Asia as a production hub as they saw some bad event happening in Asia’s textile industry in the year 2014 like the soaring labour wages in China, violent workers’ protests in Cambodia and collapsing factories in Bangladesh. These events points at the fact that the entire Asia textile industry seems to be in transition and the transition lies in a shift to a more value-adding industry.

Related Keywords: bottlenecks, cotton, differential taxation, duty free import, European Union, fibre policy, Garments, India-Mercosr preferential trade agreement, Indian textile industry, man made fibre, Russia, trade agrement

The Indian textile industry representative in their presentation to the Union Government have urged to move forward with the trade agreements proposed with Russia and European Union and also address some of the bottlenecks that the textile and clothing industry is presently facing.

Related Keywords: Karachi Cotton Association, lint trading, Pakistan cotton market, range bound

Pakistan cotton market saw higher demand for better grades while lint trading remained range bound. Buyers made cautious deals for all grades during trading session in all stations of Sindh and Punjab. But the majority of leading buyers and sellers remained on sidelines.

According to fibre analyst Shakeel Ahmad, leading buyers were still eyeing on fine grades, while mills made deals for fine grades on competitive price.

Related Keywords: asian market, brand Creora, China facility, demand for spandex, elastic synthetic fiber, Hyosung Corp, spandex maker

Hyosung Corp.,South Korean textile and industrial materials maker plans to expand production of spandex yarns at its China facility in Guangdong Province by 14.3 percent to 80,000 tons per year, according to company officials.

With the expansion, the firm's total production of the elastic synthetic fiber will reach 190,000 tons and will help Hyosung and its spandex brand Creora snap up more than 30 percent of the global market share.

Spandex is a highly elastic textile used in various types of garments such as leggings, sports apparels and belts.

Related Keywords: ethylene production, Geismar plant, propylene, supplier of Olefins, Willams Partners L.P

Williams Partners L.P. has announced commissioning efforts at Geismar plant is near completion and now expects ethylene production for sale to begin in January.

The commissioning effort has been especially challenging after the uncharacteristically hard shutdown at the time of the incident and as a result of being out of commission for more than a year, said John Dearborn, Senior Vice President of NGL & Petchem Services.

Related Keywords: absence of clear policy, cultivate cotton, custom smuggling, Ibrahim Mehleb, national project, revive textile industry, road map for textile, textile workers, Turkish Prime Minister, Turkish textile industry

The Turkish textile industry is facing several issue, including the absence of a clear policy to cultivate cotton and the low liquidity in factories. There are also issues faced from customs smuggling, which is a threat to the local industry. The government is exerting efforts to improve the industry and lower the rate of losses in its treasury. The Turkish government has decided to give complete support to its textile workers to revive the textile industry.

Related Keywords: annual export revenue, EU countries, Iraq second largest export destination, textile sector exports, Turkey export, Turkish exporters assembly

Turkey’s exports increased from $36.1 billion in 2002 to nearly $158 billion in 2014 and a record high in annual exports revenue after "political and financial stability” was achieved in the country, according the Turkish Exporters’ Assembly.

The textile sector's annual exports were up 8 percent, accounting for $18.7 billion. The chemicals sector came in third after its exports grew by only 2.3 percent to $17.8 billion. However, the driving force of exports was the automotive sector, jewelry sector and the Turkish defense and aviation sectors.

Related Keywords: high price, huge stock, Indian Jute mill association, jute bags, jute bags from West Bengal mills, Jute Packaging Materials Act, packaging of foodgrain, West Bengal jute mills

West Bengal jute mills are sitting on huge stocks, even after operating as only a third of capacity. According to rules, it is compulsory that 90 per cent of packaging of foodgrain be done in jute bags but the Punjab government is refraining from purchasing jute bags used for foodgrain packing. Punjab which is the largest buyer of jute bags from West Bengal mills. In addition, orders from the sugar sector have dried up due to which the jute sector in West Bengal is faced with crisis.

Related Keywords: biggest international trade fair, Heimtextil, home and contract textiles, major trends, quality design textiles

Heimtextil is the biggest international trade fair for home and contract textiles and the global benchmark for quality design textiles of innovative functionality.

As the first trade fair of the year, Heimtextil, which is held on four fair days in January, is a platform for manufacturers, retailers and designers. International exhibitors will be showing off their product to trade visitors will be from 14 to 17 January 2015.

Related Keywords: global expansion initiative, Khaddar and linen, LALA, Magnifique Vol 2 Kurti, Pakistan Fashion Week Dubai

Pakistan’s leading textile brand LALA has familiarized the textile world to its special year end winter collection Magnifique Vol 2 Kurti, consisting of 10 intricate designs. Through this, it continues its legacy of global expansion initiative setup in 2014.

On LALA’s introduction of Magnifique Vol 2 Kurti collection, the CEO Pervez Lala said that 2014 had been a busy year for Lala Textile, in which they expanded their local and international outreach through many targeted initiatives.