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News31 Oct 2013India’s Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) has approved the launch of a new Integrated Processing Development Scheme (IPDS).
News31 Oct 2013Pakistan’s anticipated membership of a revised European Union (EU) Generalised Scheme of Preferences Plus (GSP+) from January has sparked a debate over whether the country’s industry is ready to benefit from the duty-free access the system provides.
News30 Oct 2013A softer price tone characterised this week’s sale, as continued resistance to prevailing export offering rates from Chinese buyers affected market sentiment. The Cape Wools Merino Indicator declined by 2.4%, to R110,51 per kilo, clean. Out of the 9,548 bales on offer, a total of 99% moved off.
News30 Oct 2013Textile materials are growing in the automotive sector and will be deployed even further in future applications. Currently, most cars contain more than 20 kilograms of man-made and natural fibres: in seat upholstery and belts, airbags and cladding, filter and insulating materials and in numerous other applications.
News30 Oct 2013Further to our report earlier today, regarding the depressed business climate prevailing through much of the cotton supply chain in Pakistan, WTiN sources have confirmed a further weakening in cotton yarn prices this week. FOB quotations have dipped to their lowest level since August last year.
News30 Oct 2013Sellers of man-made fibre into Turkey have reported this week a slight firming in import offering rates for many types of polyester staple fibre and filament yarn from the major suppliers, despite an underlying weakness in the market.
News30 Oct 2013Reports from Pakistan’s domestic cotton markets this week refer to very dull trading conditions. A downturn in New York cotton futures last week appears to have influenced business sentiment, with spinning mills tending to delay their raw material purchases. The Karachi Cotton Association’s (KCA) official spot rate fell today to Rs. 6,650 per maund (about 75.00 US cents per lb), ex-gin.
News30 Oct 2013Corbion Purac, a leading company in biobased chemicals and biobased monomers for Poly Lactic Acid (PLA), has entered a number of partnerships with esteemed companies in a number of industries, including nonwovens, automotive, home interiors and carpets, to develop innovative applications.
Insight30 Oct 2013News that cotton is losing market share to synthetic fibres will not come as a revelation, given that the trend has been in place since the Second World War. Nonetheless, even as recently as 1975 cotton comprised well over 50% of all fibres used in the manufacture of garments, according to estimates published by the International Cotton Advisory Committee (ICAC).
