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Related Keywords: amorphous silica fabric, Auburn Manufacturing, China, composite fabrics, countervailing duties, curtains and pads, filed petition, imposition of antidumping, Inc., industrial textile, industry leader in manufacture of high performance coated textiles, protect textile workers, unfair practices, viable supplier to Navy, welding blankets

Auburn Manufacturing, Inc. (AMI) based in South Central Maine, an industry leader in the manufacture of high performance coated textiles and composite fabrics for extreme temperature applications also manufactures end-use products including welding blankets, curtains and pads has filed a petition with the U.S. Department of Commerce and the U.S. International Trade Commission requesting imposition of antidumping and countervailing duties on certain amorphous silica fabric, an industrial textile, from the People’s Republic of China.

Related Keywords: Azo dye used for colouring fabric, China, Denmark, Director General of Foreign Trade, EU, exempted from testing Azo Dyes, help reducie transactions cost for importers, Poland, Serbia, specific countries, Textile, Textile articles, use of dye in textile

Textiles and textile articles originating from specific countries like China, EU, Serbia, Poland and Denmark are exempted from testing of samples for presence of Azo Dyes, according to notification from Director General of Foreign Trade, India. Azo Dye is mainly used for colouring fabric. Use of this dye in textiles and textile articles are banned in these countries.

Related Keywords: auction domestic cotton, China, consumer and importer of cotton, Good quality imported fiber, largest grower, little import quota available, massive state stockpiles, National Development and Reform Commission, purchase during the harvest, start selling cotton

China, the world's largest grower, consumer, and importer of cotton to start selling down cotton from its massive State stockpiles over the next two months. The aim is to release and then buy in, sell out more and buy in less, in order to use up State reserve stocks, the National development and Reform Commission said.

Related Keywords: China, China considering TPP membership, China to pay to join TPP, community of 12 member countries, import tariff, need nod of the US, TPP, Transatlantic trade and investment partnership, Vietnam

China has ‘put out feelers’ to join the Asia-Pacific trade deal, as per the US media which is a breaking news but not a surprise at all for Vietnamese experts. China will not only need the nod of the US to join TPP but the community of 12 member countries, and China will have to negotiate with each of the 12 countries to obtain TPP membership. The countries will have the right to set conditions for China, and China will have to pay to join TPP.

Related Keywords: China, China will scrap tariff, Deputy Trade Minister, fashion products, imported items from China, items imported from Korea, items made in the inter-Korean GIC, Korea, official sign FTA, SMEs making textile, Woo Tae hee

Korea has initiated a free trade agreement (FTA) with China. The two countries have agreed to work for the official signing of the pact within the first half of the year, said Deputy Trade Minister Woo Tae-hee on Wednesday.

Following the deal, Korea will eliminate tariffs on 92 percent of imported items from China within the next 20 years. China will scrap tariffs on 91 percent of items imported from Korea, within the same period.

The deal makes Korea the only major economy to sign an FTA with the world's three biggest economies ― the U.S., China and the EU.

Related Keywords: bilateral cooperation, China, Chinese company, Chinese corner, Chuntai Dangara Sin Sil Textile, cotton cultivation, cotton processing factories, infrastructure, Investments, Tajikistan

Tajikistan’s Minister of Agriculture Qosim Rahbar at the end of the last week met Mr. Chen Dao Chuan, Director of Closed Joint-Stock Company (CJSC) Chuntai Dangara Sin Sil Textile where the two discussed issues related to bilateral cooperation in the field of agriculture, including cultivation and construction of two cotton processing factories in Tajikistan.

The new factories are expected to be constructed in the Dangara and Jilikul districts of the Khatlon province. The design works for the new factories are nearing completion, the ministry said on Monday.

Related Keywords: China, demand for textile, designers, dye-sublimation, knitted and woven fabrics, launched own range of textile, printers, Soyang Europe, Soyang Technologies, UV and latex printing, wide and grant format printing

Soyang Europe as printers, designers and marketers has launched its own range of textile for wide and grand format printing responding to boom in demand for textile by adding new lines to its three core product ranges following parent company Soyang Technologies' investment in a new 66,000sqm production and storage facility in China.

The So-Tex range comprises 12 product lines, suitable for dye-sublimation, UV and latex printing, all of which are available in rolls of up to 3.2m wide.

Related Keywords: abaca with silk, China, development of fiber-craft industry, Japan, major markets for abaca, Philippine abaca exports, Philippines Abaca fiber, strongest natural fiber, textile made from natural fiber, UK

Philippines will remain as the world’s top source of abaca, the strongest-known natural fiber, according to TechSci global market research and consulting company as the global demand for Philippine abaca fiber is expected to grow 5.7 percent through 2019. The UK, Japan and China are the country’s major markets for abaca.

Increasing consumer preference for lifestyle projects will further boost demand for abaca-based products in the coming years.

Related Keywords: China, foreign textile and garment investors, national IZ development program, textile and dyeing, Vietnam ideal destination, waste water treatment

Vietnam has turn to become an ideal destination for foreign textile & garment investors, especially the Chinese. Pham Chi Lan, a renowned economist warned the local authorities that they should think of restricting the number of textile and garment projects. If there are too many projects in the field and the investors do not fulfill the commitments on environmental protection, a heavy burden will be put on local authorities’ and local residents’ shoulders.

It is very costly to deal with environmental problems, which are unbearable to the local authorities.

Related Keywords: China, cotton, cotton produce, high yielding varities, irrigation scheme, Kenya exports, Kenyan cotton production, putting in place measure, set up cottage industry, to meet local demand

Cotton production of Kenya stood at approximately 30,000 bales in 2014 an increase from 2013, when production stood at 22,000 bales due to the effects of drought, was informed Agriculture Fisheries and Food Authority (AFFA) Interim Head of Fibre Crops Directorate Anthony Muriithi in Nairobi on Wednesday.