Smithers Apex?s long-running Smart Fabrics & Wearable Technology conference, and Wearable Technology UX event, will merge in 2016 and convene under the name WEAR Conference.

Smithers Apex?s long-running Smart Fabrics & Wearable Technology conference, and Wearable Technology UX event, will merge in 2016 and convene under the name WEAR Conference.

Total exports of textiles and garments from Vietnam to the USA gained a year-on-year increase of 11.7 per cent to US$9.88 billion from January to November 2015.

Total exports of textiles and garments from Vietnam to the USA gained a year-on-year increase of 11.7 per cent to US$9.88 billion from January to November 2015.

World cotton imports are projected to remain unchanged at 7.6 mn t in 2015-16. While China is likely to remain the world’s largest importer in 2015-16, its imports are forecast to fall by 12 per cent to 1.6 mn t.

Welspun Global Brands Ltd., India’s largest specialty company in the home furnishing segment launched their new Autumn-Winter 2015 catalogue of their domestic brand – SPACES Home & Beyond.

World cotton imports are projected to remain unchanged at 7.6 mn t in 2015-16. While China is likely to remain the world’s largest importer in 2015-16, its imports are forecast to fall by 12 per cent to 1.6 mn t. This represents 30 per cent of its peak volume of imports in 2011-12.

India’s cotton textile exports grew by 26 per cent at $6,235 million in the first six months ended September 2018 and the on-going trade war between US and China will open up new export opportunities, the Cotton Textiles Export Promotion Council (Texprocil) said.

Odisha is planning to setup three textile parks to encourage investments in the textile sector, which is one of the focus sectors for the State, Minister of Handlooms, Textiles & Handicrafts, Snehangini Chhuria said.