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Related Keywords: Bangladesh government, diversification of jute products, flourish local products, maiden National Jute Day celebrations, making constant efforts, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, reclaiming its repute of being golden fibre of the country, restore the lost glory of jute, signed agreement with India, works underway for modernisation

Bangladesh government is making constant efforts to restore the lost glory of jute, reclaiming its repute of being the country's "golden fibre" as they want to flourish their local products, said Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at the opening of the country's maiden National Jute Day celebrations.

She added that works were underway for modernisation and diversification of jute products to reclaim the lost glory of the fibre which was the only foreign exchange earning sector of Bangladesh.

Related Keywords: Colombo International Yarn and Fabric Show, DyeplusChem Sri Lanka, Eighth Textech Sri Lanka, fair currently underway along with two concurrent fairs, focus on entire textile and garment sector of the country, International branded exhibition, International Expo opened, on textile garment technology and machinery, textile and apparel industry

The 8th Textech Sri Lanka 2017 International Expo an exhibition on textile garment technology and machinery opened yesterday with focus on the entire textile and garment sector of the country.

The fair is currently underway in Colombo along with two concurrent fairs, – 26th Dye+Chem Sri Lanka 2017 International Expo, an international exhibition on dyes and fine & specialty chemicals and 8th Colombo International Yarn & Fabric Show 2017 will be held until 11th March at SLECC.

Related Keywords: All Pakistan Powerlooms Association, announce a bailout package for powerloom industry, APPLA, expensive electricity, forced to shut down business, one announced for textile industry, Pakistan powerlooms, sell out machinery in scrap, seventy percent shut down, unaffordable prices of yarn

Pakistan’s seventy percent powerlooms have so far been shut down due to expensive electricity and unaffordable prices of yarn, according to All Pakistan Powerlooms Association (APPLA) and threatened that if the government does not announce a bailout package for powerloom industry, as one announced for textile industry they will be forced to shut down their business and sell out machinery in scrap.

Related Keywords: benzene, consists of dual feed cracker unit, ethylene, inaugurated the thirty thousand crore, largest petrochemical plant in India, located at Dahej Special Economic Zone, ONGC Petro additions Limited, OPaL, polymers, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, robust growth, single largest petrochemical complex, spread over five hundred and eight hectares

Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the Rs30,000 crore ONGC Petro additions Limited (OPaL)'s largest petrochemical plant in India located at Dahej Special Economic Zone (SEZ), Gujarat. Spread over 508 hectares OPAL is the single-largest petrochemical complex in India.

Related Keywords: availability of little stocks, cotton bales, cotton market on Thursday, Ginners, ginners willing to offload lint, increased fifty per maund, Karachi cotton exchange, Normal trading witnessed, not ready to sell at lower rates, spot rates

Normal trading was witnessed at cotton market on Thursday despite availability of little stocks with the ginners. While, the spot rates at the Karachi Cotton Exchange increased Rs50/maund.

The spot rates increased to Rs6,800/maund (37.324kg) and Rs7,288/40kg. Ex-Karachi rates also rose to Rs6,935/maund and Rs7,433/40kg after an addition of Rs135 and Rs145 as upcountry expenses, respectively.

According to an analyst, normal trading was recorded despite as there are talks of new crop, ginners are willing to offload their lint, but they are not ready to sell at lower rates.

Related Keywords: create magic with thread, Fashion Design Council of India, FDCI, featuring insightful ensembles, in association with Maybelline New York, indigenous handlooms, opening show of the upcoming Amazon India Fashion Week AW, supported by Good Earth, Textile, The Handloom School, thirteen illustrated designers, will acknowledge the anonymous makers

In the opening show of the upcoming Amazon India Fashion Week AW'17 in association with Maybelline New York, the Fashion Design Council of India (FDCI) and The Handloom School - supported by Good Earth, will acknowledge the anonymous makers who create magic with thread, featuring insightful ensembles from 13 illustrated designers.

FDCI in keeping with its commitment of staying true to the Indian ethos, the first day of the AWFW will be dedicated to the celebrations of indigenous handlooms and textiles,

In Shengze, offers for 32s polyester yarn moved down US cents 2 a kg in the last week of February. In Qiangqing, 32s weaving yarn was down US cents 3 a kg on the week.

Polyester spun yarn offers moved down in China on back of poor sales and weakening in line with the fall in PSF prices that week. Offers for spun polyester yarns of some specs weakened somewhat in Shengze market on the back of moderate enquiring and trading sentiment.

Related Keywords: Polyester prices, polyester yarn prices, psf prices, spun yarn prices, yarn prices in china, yarn prices in India, yarn prices in Pakistan

Asian PTA prices fell US$11 a ton CFR China and CFR Southeast Asia in the last week of February. Purified terephthalic acid markets in Asia were under fluctuation that week, prices down amid falling raw material paraxylene cost.

In China, offers were raised beginning of that week only to slightly weaken basically corrected midweek. On Thursday, discussions for PTA edged down as paraxylene market turned weak. Thus, in the first half of that week, PTA markets fluctuated in a narrow range.

Related Keywords: Polyester prices, pta price in China, pta price in US, PTA prices, purified terephthalic acid prices

Related Keywords: also in talks with Department of Agriculture Western Australia, Kununurra Research Station, mirids and caterpillars, Monsanto a biotechnology giant, Ord Irrigation Scheme this year, present a business opportunity, prove more resistant to thrips, secure a tiny trial plot, trial GM cotton, using new technology

Monsanto a biotechnology giant will trial GM cotton using new technology in the Ord Irrigation Scheme this year, which could prove more resistant to thrips, mirids and caterpillars. They are also in talks with Department of Agriculture Western Australia to secure a “tiny” trial plot at Kununurra Research Station.

It plans to grow GM cotton using its pipeline biotechnology Bollgard III, approved for Australian use last year. The new technology is a step up from Bollgard II and includes a new gene, Vip3A, which works with Cry1A and Cry2Ab to produce proteins which kill insects.

Related Keywords: employing and implementing solutions, give farmers subsidized seeds, Kenyan Ministry of Agriculture, mainly practiced by small holder farmer, revive cotton farming, revive the cotton sector, to lobby for better business environment, training and partnering with local and international players

The Kenyan Ministry of Agriculture to revive cotton farming which is mainly practiced by small holder farmer to give farmers subsidized seeds, training and partnering with local and international players to lobby for better business environment. They are employing and implementing solutions that will allow to revive the sector.

The ministry will introduce new irrigation methods to enable it cultivate 100,000 hectares by 2021. Kenya's average cotton production per hectare is lower than the world's average due to higher cost of input and little mechanization.