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<title>Bangladesh textiles unravelled by price war, protests</title>
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<category>General</category>
<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 00:06:00 -0600</pubDate>
<description>Two years ago, Mohammad Kamaluddin packed his meagre belongings and left behind a paltry farmhand's salary in search of a better wage in the booming textile factories of the Bangladeshi capital, Dhaka...</description>
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<title>Pakistan - NWFP carpet industry produces $150 million worth annually</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 00:06:00 -0600</pubDate>
<description>The Carpet industry business, worth US $150 million, takes place annually in the NWFP, in which 70 percent products are produced locally and the rest come from neighbouring Afghanistan. This was state...</description>
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<title>China`s MMF industry posts 35% fall in profits</title>
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<category>General</category>
<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 00:06:00 -0600</pubDate>
<description>According to the China National Bureau of Statistics, the profits of industrial enterprises (with an annual turnover of over 5 million yuan) decreased by 22.9% during January-May 2009 year-on-year to ...</description>
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<title>China`s vigorous demand pushes up caprolactam prices</title>
<link>http://www.yarnsandfibers.com/news/index_fullstory.php3?id=19211</link>
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<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 00:06:00 -0600</pubDate>
<description>According to Ube Industries, Ltd., the market for caprolactam is heading upward. This is the result of vigorous demand in China, and the June contract prices for Korea and Taiwan were as high as US$1,...</description>
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<title>India Haldia Petchem shuts naphtha cracker after fire</title>
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<category>Naphtha</category>
<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 00:06:00 -0600</pubDate>
<description>India's Haldia Petrochemicals had shut its 520,000 tonnes per year (tpy) naphtha cracker, following a small fire just after midnight, industry sources said on Friday.
 

The company is stil...</description>
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<title>Cotton output may increase in Pak, US, India</title>
<link>http://www.yarnsandfibers.com/news/index_fullstory.php3?id=19209</link>
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<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 00:06:00 -0600</pubDate>
<description>Cotton production is expected to increase in the three largest producing countries after China that is India, United States and Pakistan.
 

However, significant production declines are exp...</description>
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<title>India - Century Textiles to spend Rs 625 cr to develop mill land at Worli</title>
<link>http://www.yarnsandfibers.com/news/index_fullstory.php3?id=19208</link>
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<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 00:06:00 -0600</pubDate>
<description>Century Textiles and Industries, a part of the BK Birla group of companies, will spend nearly Rs 625 crore in the first phase of Century Mill's land development in Mumbai, according to information put...</description>
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<title>Pakistan - APTMA says govt broke promises made before budget</title>
<link>http://www.yarnsandfibers.com/news/index_fullstory.php3?id=19207</link>
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<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 00:06:00 -0600</pubDate>
<description>All Pakistan Textile Mills Association that generally avoids confronting the government threw caution to the wind and lashed out against the economic managers of the country accusing them of failing t...</description>
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<title>Pakistan - APTMA against restricting import of polyester</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 00:06:00 -0600</pubDate>
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All Pakistan Textile Mills Association (APTMA) has reacted strongly to the Polyester Staple Fibre (PSF) manufacturers application to the National Tariff Commission (NTC) for doubling the protection...</description>
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<title>ADNOC awards $1bn contract for Ruwais plant</title>
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<category>General</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 00:06:00 -0600</pubDate>
<description>Abu Dhabis plastics manufacturer will more than double its output after sealing a US$1 billion (Dh3.67bn) deal for an ethane cracker at its new plant in Ruwais.  


Abu Dhabi National Oil ...</description>
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<title>US June ethylene contracts settle up 3 cents/lb</title>
<link>http://www.yarnsandfibers.com/news/index_fullstory.php3?id=19204</link>
<category>General</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 00:06:00 -0600</pubDate>
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June US ethylene contracts were settled up by 3 cents/lb ($66/tonne, €47/tonne) at a net price of 33.5 cents/lb, a market participant said on Thursday.
 

Other participants were not imme...</description>
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<title>Linde gets US$1.075 bln contract from Borouge to build ethane cracker in Abu Dhabi</title>
<link>http://www.yarnsandfibers.com/news/index_fullstory.php3?id=19203</link>
<category>General</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 00:06:00 -0600</pubDate>
<description>Borouge, a joint venture of Abu Dhabi National Oil Co, or ADNOC, and chemical and plastics solutions provider Borealis, Thursday said that it has awarded a contract worth US$1.075 billion to German ga...</description>
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<title>India - Sumeet Industries commissions CP plant</title>
<link>http://www.yarnsandfibers.com/news/index_fullstory.php3?id=19202</link>
<category>General</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 00:06:00 -0600</pubDate>
<description>Sumeet Industries announced that the continuous poly condensation (CP) plant of 1,00,000 TPA have been commissioned successfully and production of pet chips has been started from July 01, 2009.  ...</description>
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<title>India - Govt formulates Rs 3k cr debt waiver package for handloom</title>
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<category>General</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 00:06:00 -0600</pubDate>
<description>The government has formulated a Rs 3,000 crore package for debt waiver of handloom cooperatives and for providing loans at concessional rates, Minister of State for Textiles Panabaaka Lakshmi said in ...</description>
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<title>India - Promotion to Textile Industry</title>
<link>http://www.yarnsandfibers.com/news/index_fullstory.php3?id=19200</link>
<category>General</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 00:06:00 -0600</pubDate>
<description>As per the latest available provisional data of Directorate General of Commercial Intelligence and Statistics, Kolkata, Indias textiles and clothing export has indicated a growth of over 7% in Indian...</description>
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<title>India - High interest, raw material cost hit textile industry</title>
<link>http://www.yarnsandfibers.com/news/index_fullstory.php3?id=19199</link>
<category>General</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 00:06:00 -0600</pubDate>
<description>High interest rates, lack of credit, high raw material prices and recession in the US and Europe have hurt the country's cotton textile industry, the Economic Survey said on Thursday.  


A...</description>
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<title>India - Cotton exports dip in June 2009</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 00:06:00 -0600</pubDate>
<description>Cotton exports plunged 64 per cent in June to 92,071 bales (of 170 kg) against 2.56 lakh bales exported in May, according to data released by the Textile Commissioners Office in Mumbai.  

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<title>India - S Kumars to raise Rs1000 cr to fund expansion plans</title>
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<category>General</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 00:06:00 -0600</pubDate>
<description>Textile major S Kumars Nationwide plans to raise Rs1,000 crore through issue of shares on qualified institutional placement (QIP) basis to fund its expansion plans.  


The board of directo...</description>
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<title>IOC sells July naphtha lots to Cargill, Itochu</title>
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<category>Naphtha</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 00:06:00 -0600</pubDate>
<description>Indian Oil Corp (IOC) sold up to 61,500 tonnes of naphtha for July lifting, bringing the country's total exports for next month to more than 620,000 tonnes, which traders said are inadequate to plug t...</description>
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<title>Indonesia loses GSP status on PET exports to the US</title>
<link>http://www.yarnsandfibers.com/news/index_fullstory.php3?id=19195</link>
<category>General</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 00:06:00 -0600</pubDate>
<description>Indonesia has lost its duty free status for PET bottle resin imports to the US, according to a ruling from US Trade Representative Office. 
 
Under the US' Generalized System of Preferences,...</description>
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