Pakistan has lost its textile export share in global market by 23 per cent from 2.2 per cent to 1.7 per cent raising questions on economic and trade policies of government functionaries, unfolds the latest presentation on restoration of viability and growth of textile industry prepared by the All Pakistan Textile Mills Association (APTMA).

Pakistan has lost its textile export share in global market by 23 per cent from 2.2 per cent to 1.7 per cent raising questions on economic and trade policies of government functionaries, unfolds the latest presentation on restoration of viability and growth of textile industry prepared by the All Pakistan Textile Mills Association (APTMA).

In order to ensure availability of cotton for domestic mills, the Indian Government had directed Cotton Corporation of India Ltd to sell its stock of cotton (cotton season 2015-16), purchased under MSP, to spinning mills in the micro small medium enterprise (MSME) category to contain fluctuation in cotton prices.

Egypt has signed a $1.74 million cooperation agreement with the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) and the Italian Agency for Development Cooperation to develop Egyptian cotton production.

Arvind Ltd plans to buy around one million metres of khadi denim every year from the Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC).

Despite a recent move by the European Union to restore Sri Lanka to its highly favorable Generalised System of Preferences Plus programme, the country will find it hard to catch up with Bangladesh.

Practical experience and lessons learned from twenty-five years of experience in speciality textile chemicals industry has helped Ganesh Srinivasan, Director of Innovation at Bengaluru, India-based Resil Chemicals to develop high-tech products involving a myriad of collaborations from around the world.