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<title>Pakistan - Textile sector problems to be solved on priority basis</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2010 00:06:00 -0600</pubDate>
<description>Federal Minister for Textile Industry Rana Muhammad Farooq Saeed Khan has expressed the resolve that all genuine problems of the textile sector would be solved on priority basis as government is serio...</description>
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<title>India - Textile cos step up hiring as business picks up</title>
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<category>General</category>
<pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2010 00:06:00 -0600</pubDate>
<description>Indian textile companies one of the worst hit by the global economic slowdown two years ago as export demand shrunk, leading to major job losses  have started hiring again after orders picked up from...</description>
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<title>Pakistan - Textile Industry performs responsibilities under rules of business with sincerity</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2010 00:06:00 -0600</pubDate>
<description>Ministry of Textile Industry has clarified that it is performing its responsibilities under the rules of business with full objectivity and sincerity for the promotion and development of the textiles ...</description>
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<title>Spain - Repsol shuts output at three petrochemical units</title>
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<category>General</category>
<pubDate>Fri, 12 Mar 2010 00:06:00 -0700</pubDate>
<description>Spanish oil firm Repsol YPF SA (REP) has decided to end production at three petrochemical units at its Puertellano industrial complex in central Spain, due to continued low demand during the economic ...</description>
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<title>India - OPAL invites plastic converters to set up units at Dahej SEZ</title>
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<category>General</category>
<pubDate>Sun, 14 Mar 2010 00:06:00 -0700</pubDate>
<description>ONGC Petro-additions (OPAL), a joint venture promoted by Gujarat State Petro Corporation, GAIL and ONGC at Dahej SEZ, has invited plastic converters from India and abroad to set up manufacturing units...</description>
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<title>Pakistan - APTMA to observe strike on 18th</title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 14 Mar 2010 00:06:00 -0700</pubDate>
<description>As the domestic yarn crisis deepens, the All Pakistan Textile Mills Association (APTMA) announced on Saturday that it would go on strike on March 18, due to the anti-spinners policies adopted by the f...</description>
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<title>Pakistan - Exports of textiles have declined</title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 14 Mar 2010 00:06:00 -0700</pubDate>
<description>Exports of value-added textiles including cotton cloth, knitwear and readymade garments have recorded a decline of 18 per cent, 12 per cent, and 8 per cent respectively since the start of the current ...</description>
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<title>Pakistan - Government to resolve textile industry`s problems</title>
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<category>General</category>
<pubDate>Sun, 14 Mar 2010 00:06:00 -0700</pubDate>
<description>Federal Commerce Minister Makhdoom Amin Fahim, on Saturday, said that the government is committed to resolve all problems being faced by the textile industry. Talking to media at the Lahore Expo Centr...</description>
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<title>Pakistan - Towel-makers seek exemption from VAT</title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 14 Mar 2010 00:06:00 -0700</pubDate>
<description>Towel Manufacturers Association of Pakistan (TMA) has urged the government to incorporate the spirit of SRO 509(1)/2007 in VAT Law and exempt goods supplied to textile and textile made ups from the d...</description>
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<title>African textile exports to US drop on uncertainty</title>
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<category>General</category>
<pubDate>Fri, 12 Mar 2010 00:06:00 -0700</pubDate>
<description>African apparel exports to the United States under a preferential trade arrangement have fallen in the last few years as the expiry date for the deal draws closer, a regional industry body said on Fri...</description>
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<title>Spain - La Seda Refinancing scheme close to completion</title>
<link>http://www.yarnsandfibers.com/news/index_fullstory.php3?id=21460</link>
<category>General</category>
<pubDate>Fri, 12 Mar 2010 00:06:00 -0700</pubDate>
<description>La Seda de Barcelona has reached agreement with over 75% of its creditors to back the Lock-up Agreement needed for compliance with the UK Scheme of Arrangement. This allows renegotiation of debt with ...</description>
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<title>New Zealand - Stronger dollar erodes wool prices</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 12 Mar 2010 00:06:00 -0700</pubDate>
<description>A stronger dollar helped to pull down prices at this week's North and South Island wool sales.   


The New Zealand dollar rose by more than 1% against the main wool trading currencies. ...</description>
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<title>India - SEL group plans Rs 800-cr textile factory in MP</title>
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<category>General</category>
<pubDate>Fri, 12 Mar 2010 00:06:00 -0700</pubDate>
<description>Ludhiana-based SEL Manufacturing Company Ltd plans to set up Rs 800-crore textile plant near Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh. chairman and managing director, SEL Neeraj Saluja said the spinning plant in MP wou...</description>
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<title>Exports of Tunisian textile on the increase</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 12 Mar 2010 00:06:00 -0700</pubDate>
<description>Textile is the first manufacturing sector in Tunisia, representing 36% of manufacturing exports, generating 3 billion Euros. Tunisia is also the first exporter to Europe on the southern Mediterranean ...</description>
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<title>Indian Oil starts naphtha cracker in north India</title>
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<category>General</category>
<pubDate>Fri, 12 Mar 2010 00:06:00 -0700</pubDate>
<description>Indian Oil Corp on Thursday started a naphtha cracker, its first such plant at Panipat refinery, its director for refineries said, a move which will help IOC make value-added products from surplus nap...</description>
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<title>Asian capro prices hit 18-month high; may extend gains</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 12 Mar 2010 00:06:00 -0700</pubDate>
<description>Caprolactam prices in Asia are likely to continue rising in the near-term after crossing $2,400/tonne last week, supported by tight regional supply and strong demand coming from China, market players ...</description>
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<title>India - Govt gets Rs 555 cr TUFS claims</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:06:00 -0700</pubDate>
<description>The government today said it received subsidy claims amounting to Rs 554.62 crore under a scheme for technology upgrade of the textiles industry.
  



As on date, claims amounting to Rs ...</description>
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<title>Turkish textiles should grow with fashion designs</title>
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<category>General</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:06:00 -0700</pubDate>
<description>Turkeys textile industry needs a new strategy in order to compete globally, according to Murat Yalçıntaş, chairman of the Istanbul Chamber of Commerce, or İTO.   


“It is time for Turkey ...</description>
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<title>Jordan - Upturn in local garment industry hinges on sufficient government support</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:06:00 -0700</pubDate>
<description>Jordan's garment industry can pick up this year if it receives sufficient support from the government, investors said Wednesday.
  

Sanal Kumar, owner and director of Classic Fashion Appar...</description>
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<title>India - SEL to set up New Textile facility in MP</title>
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<category>General</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:06:00 -0700</pubDate>
<description>Textile company SEL Manufacturing announced on Wednesday in Chandigarh that it would set up a new facility near Bhopal, capital of Madhya Pradesh, investing Rs.800 crore, reports say. 
  

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