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India has launched a safeguard investigation on bare elastomeric filament yarn (spandex), according to the World Trade Organization (WTO).
News6 Mar 2014While the volume offered at auction continued to shrink last week, the slow pace of export demand and associated covering by the trade was only barely sufficient to support the market at its current levels.
This week’s auction was the largest of the season to date, totalling 20,007 bales from both the North and South Island. However, despite the greater availability of wool and a strengthening in the local currency, demand was sufficient to support the market at steady to slightly firmer levels. Wool Services International’s Coarse Crossbred Indicator rose by 1% to 496 NZ cents per kilo, clean. Buying interest was forthcoming primarily from Australasia, Western Europe and India.
Wool prices just about held firm at this week's sale, despite a large offering coming to market. The Cape Wools Merino Indicator was down 0.3% at R114.84 per kilo, clean. This is 12.6% higher than the opening sale and 2.4% above the corresponding sale last season.
News6 Mar 2014The Federation of Australian Wool Organisations (FAWO) has won a biosecurity award. The Hon Barnaby Joyce MP, Minister for Agriculture, made the presentation to FAWO chairman, Robert Ryan at the Australian Biosecurity Awards Ceremony on Tuesday 4 March 2014, held as part of ABARES Outlook 2014 in Canberra.
Australian researchers have reported that a preservative that is commonly used in baby wet wipes can lead to contact dermatitis. A team of three dermatologists from Skin & Cancer Foundation, Inc. from Melbourne, Australia reported that methylisothiazolinone, a preservative used in moist wipes, could lead to hand dermatitis.
News5 Mar 2014The current depressed nature of man-made fibre business is highlighted by reports emanating from Turkey. Import quotations from the major suppliers of polyester and viscose into that market have undergone further downward adjustments this week, as sellers sought to stimulate orders in a very slow trading environment. Chinese suppliers apparently sold viscose for spinning at around US$1.73 per kilo, CIF, for April shipment. This compares with offers from Taiwan at around US$1.77 per kilo and from India at closer to US$1.80 per kilo.
News5 Mar 2014Some reports indicate that the emergence of easier cotton yarn prices in India last week has helped stimulate demand from domestic buyers, leading to a steadier market this week. Local prices have been about maintained with many spinners now thought to have committed the bulk of their output for March.
The Turkish subsidiary of Deutsche Messe based in Hannover, Germany is launching a new trade fair in Turkey dedicated to machine-made carpets. The new show will be held in Gaziantep from 26 to 29 May 2014 as the DOMOTEX Gaziantep Machine-Made Carpet Fair, in affiliation with the DOMOTEX parent event held annually in Hannover.
News5 Mar 2014A leading manufacturer of the heat-transfer rollers used in textile transfer calenders has inked a deal that will allow it greater control of its equipment’s reliability. US-based Menges Roller Company is to be the sole representative of both Delta T Systems, a manufacturer of temperature-control systems, and Paratherm, which supplies heat-transfer fluids. As a result, Menges will for the first time be positioned to offer turnkey heat-transfer solutions.
News5 Mar 2014According to Beef & Lamb New Zealand’s Economic Service, wool exports in January totalled 6,678 tonnes, which while being 12% higher than the very low level witnessed in December, was still over 30% below the year-earlier statistic. Shipments to China during December and January, at 4,580 tonnes, were a little more than half those recorded during the same two months a year earlier.
Insight5 Mar 2014The US (the largest cotton exporter in 2012/13) and China (the largest cotton producer and consumer in 2012/13) have recently announced changes to their agricultural policies, including cotton, according to the International Cotton Advisory Committee (ICAC).
News5 Mar 2014Itema Weaving Pvt Ltd has appointed Mr Updeep Singh as its new managing director succeeding Mr Tapas Nandi. India is one of the top three most important markets for itema globally in terms of revenue from weaving machines and a country with significant prospects for continued growth, said the weaving technology manufacturer.
News5 Mar 2014According to China Customs, textile and clothing exports to the ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations) during 2013 amounted US$ 37.5 billion, soaring 40.66% compared with the previous year. And the shipments to ASEAN have surged by 153.4% since 2010, from US$ 14.8 billion to the current level.
Reifenhäuser Reicofil has revealed it will launch a novel combination product made of nonwoven and film at the INDEX 14 show in Geneva in April. The extrusion machinery giant is not giving much away in advance of the launch but says it will be present together with sister company Reifenhäuser Cast Sheet Coating, which specialises in cast film lines, sheet lines and coating lines.
