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Related Keywords: aiming to create new textile jobs, Garment Manufacturing, intensive processing projects, major cotton production base, Northwest China, produces about sixty percent, raw cotton, Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region

Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, a major cotton production base in Northwest China that produces about 60 percent of China's raw cotton through its intensive processing projects such as garment manufacturing is aiming to create more than 100,000 new textile jobs in 2017.

Yin Xiaodong, an official in the region's textile industry estimated investment in the industry in the past three years exceeded 90 billion yuan, equivalent to the total from 1978 to 2013.

Related Keywords: APTMA, bridge the gap between production and consumption, cotton production is expected to be insufficient, import of cotton bales, largest raw cotton exporter, meet local demand, Pakistan, raw cotton, to foot a bill of around billion

Pakistan, one of the largest raw cotton exporter to bridge the gap between the production and consumption of raw cotton will have to foot a bill of around $1.58 billion for the import of 4.5 million bales (170kg each) as cotton production is expected to be around 10.54m bales in 2016-17.

Pakistan has been an importer for the last two years. Last year, Pakistan imported around 2.7m bales from India at a cost of $800m. With cotton production clocking up at 15m bales in 2014-15 and 9.5m bales in 2015-16.

Related Keywords: against requirement, All Pakistan Textile Mills Association, APTMA, bear the additional burden, compete in export market, countries with lower cost of raw cotton, likely to remain low this year, Local crop of Sindh-Balochistan zone, raw cotton, seeks immediate withdrawal four percent import duty, Textile Industry, without import incidential

As the local crop of Sindh-Balochistan zone is likely to remain low this year to 11.25 million bales against the requirement of 14.5 million bales. The All Pakistan Textile Mills Association (APTMA) seeks immediate withdrawal of four percent import duty on raw cotton by the government.

Related Keywords: cotton yarn, delay in disbursement, downward trend, European Union, export of knitwear, export refund claims, exports declined, GSP, ICST, international market, Islamabad Chamber of Small Traders, largest foreign exchange earning sector, Pakistan textile exports, Preferential market access, raw cotton, shortage of electricity, textile owners

Pakistan’s textile exports, the largest foreign exchange earning sector is facing a downward trend by 12.11 percent in the current year. Exports have declined to $8363 billion this year. Although the country is reaping the benefits of GSP, it has shown bleak performance in the export sector over which the Islamabad Chamber of Small Traders (ICST) on Sunday expressed deep concern and terming it unacceptable.

Related Keywords: Cotton manufacturers, raw cotton

Cotton producers in Azerbaijan will get subsidy in the amount of AZN0.1 per kg or raw cotton sold to processing enterprises.

The subsidy concerns raw cotton produced in 2016 and sold to the processing enterprises.

The Cabinet of Ministers is to set the rules on giving of subsidies agreeing with the Azerbaijani president within fifteen days and solve other issues arisen from the order.

Related Keywords: cotton production last season declined sharply, cotton yarn export decreased, cotton yarn remained major contributor for decline, during fiscal year, Pakistan Bureau of Statistics data, Pakistan textile sector exports registered decline, raw cotton, readymade garments exports, showed positive sign, Towels exports witnessed nominal decline, yarn

Pakistan textile sector exports registered 7.42 percent decline during the Fiscal Year 2015 16 in which raw cotton and cotton yarn remained the major contributor of decline in the textile exports as their exports witnessed decrease of 47.89 percent and 31.77 percent respectively, revealed Pakistan Bureau of Statistics data on Friday.

It may be recalled that cotton production in the country during last season declined sharply in Punjab due to unprecedented weather conditions.

Related Keywords: considerable drop in area under cotton crop in Punjab this season, demanded scrapping of minimum monthly electricity charges, ginners and exporters, ICAL, impacted traders, Indian Cotton Association Limited, rationalization of tax structure, raw cotton, stressed need for certain sops, sustain cotton industry

Indian Cotton Association Limited (ICAL) an apex trade body has stressed on the need for certain sops to sustain the cotton industry as there is considerable drop in the area under cotton crop in Punjab this season which has impacted the traders, ginners and exporters.

The cotton traders calling the policies of the state government unsupportive have demanded scrapping of the minimum monthly electricity charges for ginning industry, rationalization of tax structure with the neighbouring states and supply of power to spinning industry at lower rates.

Related Keywords: cotton cloth, cotton yarn, during july to December, exports declined, Knitwear garments, minor improvement, nine percent decline, Pakistan textile exports, raw cotton, Ready-made garments and towels, slightly increased, small segments

The Pakistani textile exports showed around 9 percent decline during July-December 2015 as compared to same period of previous year. Textile exports continue to decline except a minor improvement in some of the small segments, sources revealed.

Raw cotton exports were 72 million during July December 2015, as compared to 114 million in previous year, a decline of 37 percent and cotton yarn declined 30 percent as its exports in second half of 2015 dropped to 698 million from 992 million in 2014.

Related Keywords: Cotton Association of India, Cotton Ginners, Cotton ginning industry, cotton seed, face tough time, falling cotton prices, low export demand, major buyers like China, raw cotton, realization from processed cotton, Saurashtra Ginners Association, shrinking profit margin

Cotton ginners are in a fix as export demand is less as major buyers like China have not turned up this time. This is hurting realization from processed cotton, thereby reducing profit margins for ginners, said Arvind Patel, Vice-President of Saurashtra Ginners’ Association (SGA), one of the largest clusters of the cotton ginning industry in the country.

Related Keywords: almost half of ginning units not operational, Cotton ginning industry, cotton lint, cotton prices fallen, cotton seed, due to weak prices, facing loss on trading, Gujarat top cotton growing state, Punjab cotton ginners association, raw cotton, SGA

The cotton ginning industry facing loss of about Rs 8 crore a day on trading roughly around 80,000 bales every day due to weak prices. There are around 4,500 ginning units in the country, almost half of which are not operational at the moment