The Cotton + Corn programme in the US aims to produce footwear with “things that grow†in order to create sustainable products.
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Functional cotton that have comfort and properties of synthetic fibres are being developed. Cotton shirts that may need no iron, protection characteristics and enhanced comfort are some of the functional properties that are being engineered to make cotton a high-performance fibre.
India’s apparel exports downturn may continue and is expected to decline by overall 10 per cent in FY19, a senior industry official said. In 2017-18 exports declined by 4 per cent to $16.7 billion.
Turkish Exporters Assembly TIM as the roof organisation of the exporting firms around 71,000 was established in 1993. TIM determines the issues related to the export, conduct improvement studies, and to insure the transfer of the problems of the exporters to the highest competent authorities
The Cotton Advisory Board (CAB) has revised its cotton output estimate to 370 lakh bales (1bale= 170 kg) from the previous estimate of 377 lakh bales for cotton season 2018 beginning October 1, 2017.
Stickiness in cotton is one of the major trouble shooting problems in the mills and ginning units. Stickiness leads to choke ups in ginning and loss in production is up to 10-15 per cent.
P Nataraj, Chairman, The Southern India Mills’ Association (SIMA) has thanked the Ministry of Shipping and Ministry of Textiles for considering the long pending demand and relaxing the cabotage rule for cotton transport.