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Related Keywords: acreage, cotton, cotton industry, Florida cotton

Shaw and Shaw Farms of Alachua usually grow corn, peanuts and soybeans; have planted about 1,500 acres of cotton in 2013, accounting for the majority of the 2,529 acres in Alachua County. That is up from 69 acres countywide in 2011 and 608 acres in 2012, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

Co-owner Buckley Shaw said that the higher cotton prices, compared with a drop in peanut prices, made cotton more attractive in 2013 as they cut way down on peanut acreage to grow cotton for the first time in 10 years.

Related Keywords: Tamil Nadu textile, textile units

Tamil Nadu, one of the country’s thriving textiles and garmenting hubs are looking at Maharashtra and Gujarat as an emerging alternatives for their capacity expansion plan, due to the continuing power crisis across the state and effluent discharge issues at the key Tirupur hosiery hub. Karnataka too is rolling out sops to draw in investments from the neighbouring state.

Related Keywords: leather, Pakistan leather industry, Pakistan textile industry, Sales tax, textile made-ups

The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) of Pakistan has send out a clarification on Saturday to the Large Taxpayer Units (LTUs) and Regional Tax Offices (RTOs) and the Chief Commissioners of the LTUs and RTOs on the rate of sales tax on textile and leather finished products. FBR has put across to follow the new FBR clarification on sales tax in the field formations.

Related Keywords: DNA technology, textile and apparel industry, textile material

Applied DNA Science has announced the roll out of a new technology for textile and apparel industry. A new DNA based technology which can help company to identify textile raw material as well as finished products. SigNature T is the new DNA-based security platform made by a proprietary (patent pending) technology.

Fibres, yarn, fabric, garments and labels can be marked with unique, secure and enduring SigNature DNA that can be definitively authenticated at any point in the supply chain.

Related Keywords: Ethiopia textile industry, MNC Turkish Textile, textile factory

MNS Manufacturing PLC, one of the Turkish textile factories operating in Ethiopia has a textile factory in Legetafo, northeast of Addis. The company launched the first phase with an investment of over 1.2 billion birr and started production of carpet, towel, polyester and fiber-line home furniture (spring mattress and sofa). The company has undertaken expansion work in three phases and it is expecting to finalize second and third phases soon.

Related Keywords: Chinese firms, investment, Pakistan textile industry, Textile

Chinese companies are studying the trading cost in order to fetch as well as relocate their units to Pakistan in order to grab the opportunity oozing out of GSP plus status. Chinese delegation has recently visited Pakistan to assess the investment potential in Pakistan as many Chinese companies are all set to invest in Pakistan's textile industry

Related Keywords: fine fiber cotton, Tajikistan, Tajikistan cotton industry

Tajik Minister of Agriculture Qosim Qosimov at the news conference in Dushanbe on January 24 said that for Tajikistan, cotton is not a strategic crop anymore. But they are ready to grow fine-fiber cotton for the global defense industry, for production of parachutes, if they receive orders for this type of cotton.

In Tajikistan, cotton has not encouraged development of the cotton subsector and separate farming unit though it is profitable crop for the country, due to lack of demand, the fall in international cotton prices as well as lack of seasonal preferential loans.

Related Keywords: Alternative, clothing, fair trade, Peru, Peruvian organic cotton, spring collection

Peruvian textile makers and Alternative has entered into partnership to create fair-trade clothing. The "Made in Peru" project is the result of this partnership. Alternative, taps into Peru’s ancient textile tradition for its 2014 spring collection. The eco-fashion brand has created six new sustainable fabrics derived from a single type of organic cotton. Cotton originated from Peru 2500 BC and in Pre-Incan times, said Erik Joule, President and Chief Merchandising Officer of Alternative.

Related Keywords: cotton procurement, farmers grievance meeting, mobile procurement centres

Tiruchirapalli farmers concerned over the price being offered by traders which is lower than the expenses incurred by farmers have urged the district administration to introduce mobile procurement centres for the procurement of cotton, to enable farmers to get reasonable price for their produce.

Chelladurai, district secretary of the Tamil Nadu Vivasayigal Sangam, said that at the farmers’ grievances day meeting here that besides the poor yield of the rain-fed crops because of monsoon failure, farmers were worried at the poor price being offered by traders for their produce.

Related Keywords: CITI, export incentives, FMS benefits

Confederation of Indian Textile Industry (CITI) has welcomed and thanked Minister of Textile and Minister of Commerce for considering the presentation made by them for restoration of export benefits under Incremental Export Incentivisation Scheme on cotton yarn.
Prem Malik, Chairman, CITI stated that withdrawal of the benefits of IEIS had dampened the enthusiasm of cotton yarn exporters and the restoration of these benefits will reflect in the export performance during the remaining part of the year.