11/2/2014 10:16:36 AM
China will impose an anti-dumping tax on imports of caprolactam, a synthetic polymer widely used in textiles, from the EU and the U.S. for five years beginning on Oct. 22, 2011, the Ministry of Commerce (MOC) said on Tuesday.The MOC"s announcement came after the ministry concluded a six-month in…
11/2/2014 10:06:15 AM
Orders for textile machinery for 2014 third quarter show growth, thanks to demand from foreign markets. Raffaella Carabelli, president of ACIMIT: “Italian manufacturers are concerned about the situation in domestic market.”For the third quarter of 2014, orders for Italian textile machinery manufact…
10/17/2014 3:33:46 PM
On October 20, Intertextile Shanghai Apparel Fabrics – Autumn Edition 2014 will be once again held in Shanghai New International Exposition Center.The exhibition will cover 15 exhibition halls of Shanghai New International Exposition Center with a total exhibition space of 175,020 square meters. Mor…
10/17/2014 2:54:04 PM
The growing area of cotton in China this year is expected to decline 8.7% compared with 2013, and the cotton yield is also forecast to fall, according to the latest data from the Ministry of Agriculture (MOA).The cotton growing area in the Yangtze River Basin and the Yellow River Basin went down by a…
10/16/2014 4:01:11 PM
The Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region"s government launched a pilot program on September 17 to allow local cotton growers to sell their produce at market price, ending the nationwide cotton purchase and storage policy that has been in place since 2011.In 2011, the central government introduced a …
10/15/2014 3:59:21 PM
In the first half of this year, due to economic slowdown of emerging countries and regions, China"s exports of textiles and garment grew only by 4.1%, decelerated by 11.8 percentage points compared to same period of last year. In July, the growth in export picked up by 9.7%. The export to Afric…
10/14/2014 11:15:21 AM
In the first seven months of this year, due to big cotton price gap between at home and abroad, the textile industry in Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region grew slowly and most textile enterprises operated in deficit. But under the guidance of government policy, many provinces and cities outside Xinjian…
9/29/2014 10:26:42 AM
On Sept. 2, the chemical fiber industry held a conference on initiating corporate social responsibility (CSR) program, indicating the industry has put CSR on top of its task list.Under the background that it is necessary for enterprises to improve their capability in social responsibility management …
9/26/2014 5:19:20 PM
With its cellulose fiber TENCEL? Lenzing has responded to the modern-day trend towards high quality wipes and care wipes. TENCEL? is offered as a “short-cut fiber” for the special “flushable” application, and features a length of only a few millimeters. The biodegradable fiber boasts outstandin…
9/23/2014 5:06:16 PM
China"s export of textile yarn, fabric and made-up goods grew 4.7% year-on-year in the first eight months of this year to US$ 73.36 billion and the export of garment and accessories rose 6.4% to near US$ 120 billion, according to the latest data of the General Administration of the Customs.In Ja…