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Related Keywords: cotton industry, expand textile plant, facilitate manufacturing operations, invest Ksh six hundred million, Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta, launched Uasin Gishu county infrastructure machines in Eldoret, leading textile mill in East Africa, purchase equipment, reputation of producing the best quality fabrics, revive Rift Valley Textile factory

Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta speaking at the launch of Uasin Gishu county infrastructure machines in Eldoret, said that the government is set to invest Ksh600m to revive the Rift Valley Textile factory in Eldoret which would help create job opportunities for the youth.

Kenyatta further said that developing the country without discrimination was his main priority, despite the latest opinion poll outcome indicating that a majority of Kenyans were dissatisfied with his administration.

Related Keywords: cotton industry, expand and purchase equipments, faclitate operations, investors to take advantage of emerging business opportunities encourage cotton farming, Kenyan government, Rift Valley textile mills, Rivatex, spend millions to revive

The Kenyan government will be spending 680 million Shilling ($6.8 million) to revive, expand and purchase equipment to facilitate operations at the Rift Valley Textile Mills (Rivatex) in Eldoret town, Uasin-Gishu County, Deputy President William Ruto said.

The deputy president urged investors to take advantage of emerging business opportunities in the country to initiate development projects. The project is being spearheaded by Moi University.

Related Keywords: cotton garments, cotton industry, high cotton price, manmade fiber, switch spindles to polyester, synthetic, synthetic technology, US apparel import, US government data, yarn mills

U.S. imports of synthetic apparel surpasses over cotton garments, as of total 19.43 billion square-meter equivalents of apparel shipped to the United States through September this year, 9.87 billion clothing are made of man made fibers like polyester and viscose, according to the latest U.S. government data.

The cotton industry's fears that cotton is losing the battle to man made fibers as yarn mills have switched spindles to polyester and its cohorts due to years of high cotton prices and improving synthetic technology.

Related Keywords: contract farming, cotton industry, high quality yarn, milling and spinning plant, new spring reels, Sino Zimbabwe cotton, venture into cotton farming, weaving plant

Sino Zimbabwe Cotton are currently in negotiations with a local company with an intention to purchase of at least 35 000 hectares of land because they are intending to venture into cotton farming. But Sino Zim is going to continue funding contract farming.

The company plans to increase cotton seed and lint output to 35 000 metric tonnes at its $17 million plant commissioned by President Robert Mugabe in December last year hence its decision to venture into cotton farming.

Related Keywords: Boost, cotton industry, deal signed, denim plant, investment, job creation, joint venture, MeTL, Mulungush textile, reopening, working capital

The re-opening of the moribund Zambia-China Mulungushi Textile Joint Venture seven years after it was shut has come as a special gift to the people of Kabwe in this Jubilee year.
 
The factory has been leased to Mohammed Enterprises Tanzania Limited Group (MeTL) for a period of 12 years. The new investor will in the next three months assess the condition of the machinery at the plant, before resuming operations at the textile plant.
 

Related Keywords: cotton industry, cotton trading, Pakistan cotton market, seed cotton arrival, spot rate

Some trading activity was seen on the cotton market with price dropping unassumingly on Monday in the process of improved activity; Mills showed some interest in new purchasing with supply position eased.
 
Most of the buyers were not in a hurry to make fresh deal in anticipation of fall in prices.
 

Related Keywords: cotton consumption, cotton industry, cotton production, cotton yarn, domestic market, Indian textile industry, SIMA

The textile industry is on growth track, as the year 2013-14 as turned up to be encouraging with no shortage of cotton yarn at any point of time during 2013-14 was seen in the domestic market, according to T Rajkumar, Chairman, Southern India Mills Association (SIMA).
 

Related Keywords: BCI banner., BCI program, Cotton Australia, cotton industry, global market, myBMP certification

Cotton Australia, already a member of the BCI program has entered into an agreement with the Better Cotton Initiative (BCI). With the signing of new agreement Australian cotton produced under its myBMP certification, which is Australia’s best management practice certification system for the cotton industry can now be sold into the global market as BCI cotton. This agreement will recognize Australia’s leading role in the production and promotion of responsibly grown cotton.

Related Keywords: cotton cellulose, cotton industry, Global Komsco Daewoo, manufacturing reforms, Uzbek cotton, Uzbek President Islam Karimov

A favorable investment climate and other necessary condition for energetic and successful business of foreign entrepreneurs are created in Uzbekistan. Global Komsco Daewoo (GKD), a South Korean company established entirely with South Korean capital in Uzbekistan which is producing cotton cellulose in Tashkent region, has been thriving under reforms instituted by Uzbek President Islam Karimov to bolster the manufacturing industry and modernize enterprises.

Related Keywords: cotton industry, cotton production, harvesting, Pakistan cotton sowing

Delay in the cotton sowing will result in the late harvesting. The sowing process, which was to be completed by end of May, will finish now by the end of June. The target set for cotton sowing is eight million acres, while the farmer till to date have sown cotton-seeds at about 60 to 65 percent land only.

Farmers might not be able sow the seed on the rest of 35 to 40 percent land by the end of June and are expected to sow cotton at 7.2 acre to 7.4 acre of land in the new season.