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The weakness in trade in China, the world’s second-largest economy, continued in July 2016. China’s exports fell again in July by an unexpectedly wide margin. Exports fell by 4.4 per cent to $184.7 billion, of course, a slight improvement over June’s 4.8 per cent contraction, the country’s customs data showed. On the other hand, imports fell 12.5 per cent to $132.4 billion rising from a decline of 8.4 per cent.

According to a NASDAQ Report, cotton for December delivery rose 2.1 per cent to end at 75.83 cents a pound on the ICE Futures U.S. exchange, the highest since June 24, 2014. Cotton has been a star performer this year among commodities.

Export of man-made fibre (MMF) yarns from India shot up by 35.9 per cent year-on-year basis by scaling a new peak at $20.76 million in June this year.

Bangladesh’s total readymade garment (RMG) shipment touched $28.09 billion in the last fiscal, of which trousers topped the list of apparel exports item accounting for more than 22 per cent.

Textile Effects Division of Huntsman Corporation has bagged the 2016 Dyestuff Manufacturers’ Association of India (DMAI) Awards 2016, in recognition of its “Excellent Performance in Exports of Dyestuffs by Large Scale unit”. Huntsman Textile Effects also won the award in the category for “Excellent Performance in Safety & Hazards Control by a Large Scale unit”.

The Textile Effects division of Huntsman Corporation has been selected as the overall winner in the 2016 Dyestuff Manufacturers’ Association of India Awards (DMAI) 2016 for recognition of “Excellent Performance in Exports of Dyestuffs by Large Scale unit”. Huntsman Textile Effects also won the category for “Excellent Performance in Safety & Hazards Control by a Large Scale unit”. The awards recognize the outstanding contribution of Huntsman Textile Effects in supporting environment, health and safety and sustainability for the textile industry.

There is a huge untapped potential in nonwovens for the Indian industry. High cost, lack of entrepreurship and dearth of research are proving to be major hurdles on the path of growth for this emerging segment in technical textiles. Karthik Muthuveeran analyses and bares some details. China is the leader today and will remain as top producing country in Asia, taking the lion?s share. India?s nonwoven production is growing at 13 per cent CAGR on volume basis as compared with China?s 12 per cent CAGR.