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Insight10 Sept 2013Wool auction prices in Australia, as measured by the Australian Wool Exchange’s (AWEX) Eastern Market Indicator (EMI), have risen by close to 10% since the start of the 2013/14 season. The main price indicator in New Zealand rose by 8% during the same timeframe, while a 4% increase has been noted in the United Kingdom. At the second sale of the season in South Africa on September 3, prices rebounded strongly from a weak opening, with the Cape Wools Merino Indicator advancing by no less than 14%.
News10 Sept 2013Data published by local government indicate that fabric sales in China’s Keqiao textile city, a major textile production and trade hub in Zheijang province, declined by 33.74% during August compared with the previous month, to 182 million metres (though this figure was 5.58% higher than a year earlier).
News10 Sept 2013A strong upturn in US imports of textiles and apparel was recorded in July, according to data published by the US Department of Commerce. A total of 5.29 billion square metre equivalents (SME) were imported during the month under review, representing a rise of 12% from the previous month, of nearly 5% from a year earlier and the highest monthly total since August 2010.
Insight10 Sept 2013Each quarter, WTiN attempts to compare industrial electricity rates across a range of Asian textile producing nations, the results of which are displayed in the accompanying table. Where multiple tariffs apply within an individual country, we have selected rates from a key textile producing region. Where necessary, we have converted the rates into US dollar terms for sake of comparison.
News9 Sept 2013Fisipe, the Portuguese acrylic fibre company, which was acquired by SGL Group, a global producer of carbon-based products and materials, last year, is to become the Group’s European production base for precursor, the raw material used in carbon fibre manufacturing.
News9 Sept 2013Reports from Pakistan indicate that weather conditions in Punjab province this season have not been conducive to cotton planting and the subsequent development of the crop. Sowing to the early crop in central parts of the province was delayed, owing to water shortages. In the province as a whole, growers diverted land into food crops, which currently offer better returns, influencing a downturn in cotton acreage, a trend that may continue next season.
Technical9 Sept 2013Nowadays, as everyone is concerned about environmental safety and also aware of the carcinogenicity of some synthetic dyes, the use of natural dyes has emerged as an eco alternative. Hence, the present research has been made to assess the compatibility of natural dye obtained from Himalayan rhubarb (Rheum emodi) root with polyester/viscose blend using a high temperature high pressure (HTHP) dyeing technique.
