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Related Keywords: after twelve economies signed TPP deal, alternative trade bloc, backed on export focus, China, improve access to Asian markets, India stepping efforts, Make in India, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, RCEP agreement, reach deal centered on China, World Trade Organization

Now, after 12 advanced economies accounting for 40 percent of the global economy signed a TPP deal, India's trade negotiators feel they need to get a move on. India is stepping up efforts to reach agreement with an alternative trade bloc centered on China and hopes to reach a deal this year.

New Delhi has long been seen by many countries as an intransigent player at the World Trade Organization (WTO), a multilateral forum that has struggled to find the consensus it needs to move forward.

Related Keywords: all stage of manufacturing process, API, before joining TPP, boost industry readiness, downstream, Indonesian Textile Assoication, local textile industry, made using materials, more benefits than harm, sourced from member countries, structure upstream, TPP cut tariffs only for garment products, US led TPP, watch out yarn forward clause

The Indonesian Textile Association’s (API) advisory board chairman, Benny Soetrisno while speaking at the recent press conference said that the US-led TPP is likely bring more benefits than harm to the local textile industry, but there’s one thing that need to watch out when joining the Trans-Pacific Partnership [TPP], that’s the yarn-forward clause. Hence, the country has to boost the industry’s readiness at all stages of the manufacturing process.

In India, 30s (65/35) PV warp yarn prices inched up further INR1 a kg (up US cent 1) in Indore market in the second week of February. In Ludhiana, PC 30s (52/48) prices gained INR2 a kg (up US cents 3).

Blended yarn prices have further risen in India during the week, although fibre price rolled over while cotton was still cheaper. The price rise was in line with a reduction in operating rates since the beginning of the year.

Meanwhile export prices were sliding due to the absence of buyers from China, while export to Pakistan is likely to fall.

Related Keywords: pc yarn prices, Polyester prices, prices, psf prices, pv yarn prices, rayon prices, yarn prices

In China, mainstream prices of 40s compact siro-spun yarn in Jiangsu remained unchanged while 30s spun viscose in Xiaoshan were up US cents 3 a kg in the second week of February.

Viscose spun yarn prices were slightly rising in China however, in line with a recent rebound in VSF market. Demand for imported yarns fell post holidays, following a new decline of yarn prices on the domestic market.

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Related Keywords: and many other product, exchanging views with business community, find good market in Russia, ICCI, leather goods, Pakistan Ambassador-designate to Russian Federation, Pakistani textiles, promote trade and exports, Qazi Khalilullah, Russia huge market for Pakistani products, step up efforts to explore Russian market, urged Pakistani businessmen

Pakistan's Ambassador-designate to Russian Federation (RF) Qazi M Khalilulllah while exchanging views with the business community at Islamabad Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ICCI), said that Russia was a huge market for Pakistani products and urged the Pakistani businessmen to step up efforts to explore the Russian market for promoting trade and exports.

Russia is among top 10 economies of the world with annual imports of over $175 billion, but Pakistan's share of trade with Russia was 0.06 percent of its total trade, which was quite negligible.

Related Keywords: asked to return, cancelled orders, FOSTTA, hard hit Surat polyester fabric trade, including saris and dress material, Jat agitation in Haryana, MMF hub, northern India buyers, ongoing quota reservation, SGCCI, STGTA, stopped accepting supply orders, Surat City-based transporters, textile traders, trucks loaded with textile fabrics

Jat agitation in Haryana for ongoing quota reservation has hard hit Surat’s polyester fabric trade, the country's largest man-made fabric (MMF) hub as over 300 trucks, loaded with textile fabrics including saris and dress materials that had set journey towards Delhi, Haryana and Punjab on Friday, have been asked to return following widespread incidents of violence and arson on the Haryana-Delhi and Haryana-Amritsar highway.

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The 41st edition of India Handicrafts and Gifts Fair, renamed as IHGF - Delhi Fair Spring 2016, organized by the Export Promotion Council for Handicrafts (EPCH) was declared open by Ms. Rashmi Verma, Secretary, Textiles at the India Expo Centre and Mart, Greater Noida at a colourful ceremony here on 20 Feburuary. .

Related Keywords: Al Karam Textiles, biggest players in the market, fashion, fashion deigners. lawn season, international recognition for lawn fabrics., Lawn export, lawn fabrics, Pakistan, Pakistan textile exports, preferred outfit for women, Sapphire fashion, shalwar suit

The “lawn season” is about to begin. Lawn is the name Pakistanis use to refer to the brightly coloured cotton fabric sold in stitched and unstitched form in a myriad of hues to an eager set of buyers who will sometimes go to great lengths to get their favourite suit pieces. More than a hundred fashion houses, big and small are getting ready to unveil their summer collections of “lawn” to an eager clientele ranging from housewives and working women, to teenagers and schoolgirls. Every year the competition gets more intense and the demand for the product rises correspondingly.

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The Government of Japan provides additional assistance to budding Sea Island Cotton industry, Belize. Cotton crop yields are much higher than any other agricultural product in Belize, including sugar cane, but cotton farming requires different kinds of equipment. The Japanese, who are knowledgeable in the harvesting and processing of cotton, has offered this kind of support, as well as the equipment to produce cotton.

Related Keywords: China to reduce cotton cultivation, cotton market turned easy, cut in spot rates, depressing cotton trade, effect entire textile chain, fabric markets, Fall in cotton yarn, floor broker, go idle in coming days, imported substantial quanity of cotton, KCA, leading spiiners, million of spindles, seed cotton, stayed away from proceedings

Fall in cotton yarn and fabric markets is depressing cotton trade, as leading spinners stayed away from the proceedings having already imported a substantial quantity of cotton due to which the cotton market turned easy on Friday, said floor brokers.

Despite the fact that stocks are low and there is little hope of any substantial arrival of phutti (seed cotton) during the current season, there are hardly any signs of panic buying.

Brokers said that millions of spindles would go idle in the coming days which would have a snowball effect on the entire textile chain.