News Tags

Related Keywords: chosen to rely on U.S. cotton, despite global popularity of Egyptian cotton, deteriorating quality of Egyptian cotton, Egyptian extra-long staple cotton, Foreign Agricultural Service, local textile manufacturers, Pima cotton, short and medium staple varieties, U.S. Department of Agriculture, U.S. exports of lint cotton to Egypt has increased

The U.S. exports of lint cotton to Egypt has increased by 30 percent or USD 12.282 million to reach USD 40 million in the past year compared to USD 27,733 million in 2014 as local textile manufacturers have chosen to rely on U.S. cotton, according to a report published by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) despite global popularity of Egyptian cotton by virtue of the country’s long history in growing the cotton crop.

Related Keywords: Ade Sudrajat, demand of textile products, economy of Indonesia, Indonesia textile association, Indonesian textile industry, local textile manufacturers, small-scale textile companies, textile exports of Indonesia

The textile industry in Indonesia is currently facing pressure from both inside and outside the country. The slowing economic growth of the country led to a decline in the people’s purchasing power causing lower demand for textile products in domestic market.

Ade Sudrajat, chairman of Indonesia Textile Association (API), said that due to lack of demand, the factories cannot produce as the goods produced 2-3 months back are still in their warehouses. Most of these companies are small-scale with 360 employees on average, he added.