News Tags

Related Keywords: 90 percent of all cotton grown in the country through the Presidential Inputs Support Scheme, Cotton Company of Zimbabwe, Cotton Producers and Marketers Association, of foreign currency by companies that are not supporting cotton farming but are licensed as cotton buyers, The Agricultural Marketing Authority

Government currently supports about 90 percent of all cotton grown in the country through the Presidential Inputs Support Scheme. The incentive is on foreign currency generated after trade and is paid in bond notes. Cotton output is expected to increase significantly this season after the number of registered farmers increased to around 400 000 from 155 000 farmers in the 2016-17 summer season.

Related Keywords: 11 lakh bales of cotton, cotton corporation of India, cotton season, e-auction system of the CCI for sale of cotton, present cotton scenario and cotton sales by the CCI, quality of cotton sold by the CCI, Textile mills, top five customer mills of the CCI

The mills learnt more about the e-auction system of the CCI for sale of cotton that it obtains.Around 200 mills in the State are registered with the CCI and 30 to 35 buy cotton regularly through e-auction.

The present cotton scenario and cotton sales by the CCI this season was discussed by the CCI officials and textile mills. Cotton Corporation of India (CCI) has purchased 11 lakh bales of cotton so far this cotton season (October to September) and sold four lakh bales.

Related Keywords: Bhadrak textile park, investment proposal, Materials Chemicals Performance Intermediaries, polyester, polymerization, Textile Park, transforming the region into a textile hub, yarn project

The Materials Chemicals Performance Intermediaries (MCPI) Private Limited has evinced interest in setting up a polyester continuous polymerisation and allied yarn project at the textile park in Bhadrak district. The company has submitted an investment proposal of `1,000 crore to the State Government through the online portal Government of Odisha Single Window for Investor Facilitation and Tracking (GO-SWIFT) seeking an early approval of the project.

Related Keywords: global textile markets both in basic and value-added textiles, law allows import of blended yarn or fabric to be used for exports at zero duty, Pakistan Bureau of Statistics data, Pakistan’s basic textile, ratio of each input used in garments and knitwear, textile exports declining by 10 percent between 2011 and 2018, textile exports ticked up 7.14 percent year-on-year

Pakistan’s textile exports have been tapering off for the last four years, but an incentive package valuing Rs 180 billion, comprising rebates and tax concessions announced in January last year, bucked up exporters to contend for increase their share in the markets around the world.The exports should be regularly subjected to audit from third party to ascertain the use of imported inputs after one year. The bureaucracy should remain out of this process. All documented imported inputs used by this sector should be allowed at zero duty and consumption verified through exports.

Related Keywords: Apparel Export Promotion Council, Apparel exports, Confederation of Indian Textile Industry, exports of cotton yarn, fabric should be from India or Bangladesh, fabrics, garment production, South Asia Free Trade Agreement with rules of origin clear for garment imports from Bangladesh, textile and clothing exports

There is positive feedback from the government on increasing the drawback rates. But this is yet to happen.A garment exporter who used to get ₹7 or ₹8 a piece from drawback is getting just ₹2 or ₹3 a piece now. Apparel exports decline 4% to $16.7 bn; yarn shipments rise. We could not bag the orders as our pricing was not competitive,” the spokesperson of the Apparel Export Promotion Council said.He also added that the garment production had declined in the last 10 months

Related Keywords: METALBOTTONI innovation is driving the world of denim-related accessories, METALBOTTONI is approaching the Kingpins Show in Amsterdam on 18-19 April 2018, NO IMPACT finishing, the manufacturing and process protocol which METALBOTTONI

An increasingly comprehensive and responsible offer is taking shape to be an excellent branding solution partner.Constant product research, many new collections and increasingly sustainable processes: METALBOTTONI is approaching the Kingpins Show in Amsterdam (18-19 April 2018) with very clear ideas about the near future for the accessory world, most notably for denim.

Related Keywords: plastics recycling, Scientists have successfully modified a bacterial enzyme to break down polyester, textile industries, the US Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory, tonnes of plastic bottles made of PET, University of Portsmouth, waste

The discovery could result in a more effective recycling solution for millions of tonnes of plastic bottles, made of PET, which currently have to undergo a complex chemical process to break them down into their respective monomers for reforming into virgin grade polyester fibres and other materials

Back in 2016, how an enzyme produced by bacteria living at a plastic bottle recycling site in Japan could digest polyethylene terephthalate (PET)

Related Keywords: Centenary Year celebrations of Gandhiji’s Swadeshi Movement, event aims to showcase New India in South Africa, in both embroidered and printed forms reflected by Gavin Rajah, including silk and muslin, Khadi fabrics, The Tribute to the Mahatma and Madiba (Nelson Mandela)

As part of the Centenary Year celebrations of Gandhiji’s Swadeshi Movement, the High Commission of India in Uganda, in association with Uganda, unveiled the Gandhi Charkha gifted by KVIC at the Gandhi Heritage Site at Jinja in Uganda on October 2, 2017, which is also the International Day of Non-Violence. The 25-kg Charkha was made of high-quality teak wood and is 3.6 feet long, 1 foot 11 inch tall and 1.5 feet wide, made in Ahmedabad by a Khadi institution. It was the first testimony that a Charkha had gone to the foreign soil

Related Keywords: an organization that works with cotton farmers, Guess focussed on the company’s first-ever sustainability plan and ‘Denim Water Lifecycle Assessment, Guess has joined The Better Cotton Initiative, Sustainability Report, The Better Cotton Initiative (BCI)

In its FY16-17 Sustainability Report, Guess focussed on the company’s first-ever sustainability plan and ‘Denim Water Lifecycle Assessment’ of its denim category.The company added that it will make public its official goals for sustainable cotton sourcing later this year.By becoming a BCI retailer and brand member, Guess believes that it can commit to a more sustainable future for cotton production by investing in the Initiative which, last year, reached and trained 1.6 million cotton farmers on more sustainable agricultural practices, such as efficient use of inputs like water, pesticides, i

Related Keywords: Nanollose’s focus is to develop sustainable alternatives to plant-based cellulose, provide sustainable and greener textile fibre samples, PT Supra Natami Utama, supply chain solution for cellulose production

Nanollose has developed innovative proprietary technologies relating to the production, processing and applications of microbial nano cellulose, which have the potential to effect change in the global cellulose industry and to offer an environmentally sustainable alternative to plant-based cellulose materials.The company today announced signing a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Indonesian food producer, PT Supra Natami Utama, a subsidiary of PT Niramas Utama, to develop a commercial scale factory and supply chain solution for cellulose production