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Related Keywords: bed sheets, China, Kerala, manufacturing jeans, State Industries Minister, Thailand, yarn

The State Industries Minister of Kerala AC Moideen has recently flagged the first shipment of yarn from the Thiruvananthapuram district which is being exported to China and Thailand for manufacturing jeans and bed sheets.

The batch has been created in the newly renovated Trivandrum Spinning Mills (TSM) in Balaramapuram in Thiruvananthapuram district of Kerala The mill, equipped with the latest machinery imported from Germany, China and the Czech Republic, has increased its capacity to 360 rotors.

Related Keywords: cotton and silk textiles, especially Western Ghats region, gifted with wide array of plants, identified twelve indigenous plants, KAU, Kerala, Kerala Agricultural University, manufacturing natural textile dyes, organic option, Plant dyes used for garment dyeing, till advent of synthetic dyes, wall paintings

Kerala, especially the Western Ghats region, is gifted with a wide array of plants for manufacturing natural textile dyes. Plant dyes were used for garment dyeing and wall paintings till the advent of synthetic dyes in the 16th century. Kerala Agricultural University (KAU) has identified 12 indigenous plants capable for manufacturing natural textile dyes, this will provide an organic option for dyeing cotton and silk textiles.

Related Keywords: China, coir, coir product, importer, Indian Coir Board, Kerala, Sri Lanka, USA

China is the biggest importer of coir based products from India. During 2013-14, a total of 192,110 tones of coir products, valued at Rs 360.5 crore were shipped to China, a growth of 32 percent on value terms, according to Indian Coir Board.

India exported 537,040 tones of coir and coir based products, valued at Rs 1476 crore. In the previous financial year, total export was 429,501 tones valued at Rs 1116 crore, a rise by 25 percent was recorded in the volume of coir based products.