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Related Keywords: fabrics, fashion, garment, India, sustainability, Textile

Ever wondered who cut, dyed or stitched your designer dress? Now, a few ethical brands are giving those nameless ‘karigar credit, and a share of the social media spotlight.

Laxmiben Karamta, a pattern cutter who hails from the Rabari tribe, is not your usual fashion model. But just check out Gujarati handcrafted label Okhai’s Instagram page, and you can see a cheerful Laxmiben clad in a red lehenga and black blouse posing in front of a mirror work mud wall, cutting fabric patterns or posing in a pair of sunglasses.

Related Keywords: Beyond Inc, cotton, Egypt, Egyptian cotton, India, Target Corp and Bed Bath, Textile, Walmart

A federal judge said Walmart Inc, Target Corp and Bed Bath & Beyond Inc must face a lawsuit claiming they sold linens that were falsely labelled “100% Egyptian Cotton” or “100% Long-Staple Egyptian cotton” despite being suspicious of their origin.

Monday’s decision by U.S. District Judge Vincent Briccetti in White Plains, New York, addressed claims that consumers nationwide overpaid for mislabelled cotton produced by an Indian textile company, Welspun India Ltd.

Related Keywords: BOPET, chemicals, China, forcast, India, PET, photovoltaic, polyester, polyethylene terephthalate

Global demand for polyester film, known as BOPET film, would grow at 5.6 percent in the next five years driven by electrical and electronics sector, high-end display screens (OLED) and photovoltic cells.

The demand for polyester film, used in packaging, electronics and other industries, is expected to grow by 10 percent in India in the next five years, according to a report.

Related Keywords: bales, China, cotton, export, import, India, trade, United States, USDA

Having inked contracts at much higher rates earlier, importers here are staring at a loss.

The continued stand-off between the US and China over trade tariffs has created uncertainty in the Indian cotton market. After international cotton prices slipped by over 16 per cent over the past month, Indian cotton importers are staring at a loss and are looking to rework import contracts.

Related Keywords: apperals, Chaina, event, export, fabrics, Garments, import, India, Italy, Japan, texitle, trade

Nearly 5,000 exhibitors from the areas of textiles and garments, shoes, cases and bags, recreational products, medicine and healthcare products and food recently offered a detailed overview of their evolving global trade as part of Phase 3 of the 125th China Import and Export Fair (Canton Fair).

The fair which opened on April 15 concluded on May 5, and was held in Guangzhou, China.

Related Keywords: apparels, bees, clothes, cotton, Ethopia, fabrics, farming, Garments, India, sustainability, Textile, TRAID

Leigh McAlea, Head of Communications, from the UK charity, TRAID talks about growing cotton without pesticides in Ethiopia, which has also revived the local bee population and had a positive knock-on-effect for the farmers.

Related Keywords: apparels, China, clothes, customs, exports, fabrics, fiber, government, Imports, India, polyester, polymerization, United States, yarns

WASHINGTON, April 29, 2019: On April 29, 2019, the U.S. Department of Commerce ("Commerce Department") announced affirmative preliminary determinations that producers and exporters of imports of polyester textured yarn from China and India are being unfairly subsidized by their respective governments at double- and triple-digit margins, as follows.

Polyester Textured Yarn Imports from China

Producer/Exporter

Preliminary
Subsidy Rate (%)

Fujian Billion Polymerization Fiber Industrial Co Ltd.

32.04

Jiangsu Shenghong Textile Imp & Exp Co.

459.98

Related Keywords: apparels, China, cotton, Cotton Association of India, export, Imports, India, Textile, Textile production

Export of cotton textiles from the country to China rose over 68 per cent to hit $1.55 billion between April and February during the 2018-19 financial year, according to data available with the Cotton Textile Export Promotion Council.

India’s cotton textile exports to major consuming countries got a boost with the recent government move to reimburse all state and central levies on such shipments.

Related Keywords: apparels, cotton, cotton yarn, exports, fabrics, Imports, India, Industrial Production, man-made fabrics, textile exports, Textiles

India’s textiles and apparels exports for the fiscal 2019 just grew 1.66% to $35.969 billion as compared to $35.381 billion in the previous fiscal, mainly due to a sharp drop in the shipment of apparels.

India’s textiles and apparels exports for the fiscal 2019 just grew 1.66% to $35.969 billion as compared to $35.381 billion in the previous fiscal, mainly due to a sharp drop in the shipment of apparels.

Related Keywords: cotton, Cotton Association of India, cotton crop, cotton season, cotton supply, export, farmers, India, production, Slow growth in domestic consumption

Cotton Association of India (CAI) has released its March estimate of the cotton crop for the season 2018-9 beginning from 1st October 2018. The CAI has estimated cotton crop for 2018-19 at 321 lakh bales of 170 kgs each which is lower by 7 lakh bales than its previous estimate of 328 lakh bales made during last month.