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Today, there are 68 USTERIZED® certified spinning mills worldwide, 21 of which have held the accreditation for 10 years or more. The USTERIZED® brand creates a global circle of excellence for spinning mills, certifying the top-level standards of quality management.

Maharashtra textile industry is a blend of culture and technology and provides resources for every investment in the entire value chain of textile industry, says Avinash Mayekar. Dreams are usually seen of the milestones which are not achieved till date, however, in case of Maharashtra textile industry, the dreams can be ‘achieving the same glorious past of Maharashtra witnessed during the golden days of British era’.

There are about 160 sizing units, consisting of 250 sizing machines, which include conventional to modern machines and 1.2 lakh powerlooms in Ichalkaranji, explains Prof (Dr) PV Kadole and Prof (Dr) UJ Patil. Ichalkaranji is a city in Kolhapur district in the state of Maharashtra. This city, popularly known as ‘Manchester of Maharashtra’, is one of the prominent centres of decentralised textile sector in India.

Pakistan’s Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has exempted sales tax on the import of machinery (not manufactured locally) by textile units registered with the Ministry of Textile Industry from January 16, 2017 till June 30, 2018. In this connection, the FBR has amended SRO 1125(1)2011 through an SRO 36(1)/2017 issued recently.

The Finance Ministry in India has extended by one year the validity of anti-dumping duty on nylon filament yarn from China, Chinese Taipei, Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand and South Korea. The revenue department has also extended by one year the validity of anti dumping duty on Saccharin imports from China.