Browsing: Uzbekistan

Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan plan to create a joint cluster for the processing of cotton. Work on the project has already begun. Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan will take control of the whole process, from processing of “white gold” to receiving finished products.

Rieter’s growth in order intake in the Asian countries (excluding China, India and Turkey) was pleasing.

The Rieter Group achieved an order intake of CHF 1 051.5 million in the 2017 financial year. This represents an increase of 16 per cent compared to the previous year (+ CHF 146.3 million). Thus, the upturn seen in the first half of 2017 continued. Sales totaled CHF 965.6 million, up 2 per cent on the previous year (2016: CHF 945.0 million). The full annual financial statements and the 2017 Annual Report will be published by Rieter on March 13, 2018.

Uzbekistan, the world’s sixth-largest cotton producer, aims to further increase incomes to the national economy by exporting this strategic crop. Uzbekistan has signed contracts for the export of finished textile products and semi-finished products for more than $1 billion following the 13th International Uzbek Cotton and Textile Fair.

At the upcoming edition of CAITME, to be held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan from September 13 to September 15, 2017, 16 Italian textile machinery manufacturers will exhibit in the common area set up by the Italian Trade Agency and ACIMIT.

The European Union is likely to clinch a textile protocol with Uzbekistan only if it is satisfied Uzbekistan has made progress in scaling back the use of child labour. The EU wants the practice of forced labour and child labour to be eradicated from the national to the local levels.

The European Union is likely to clinch a textile protocol with Uzbekistan only if it is satisfied Uzbekistan has made progress in scaling back the use of child labour. The EU wants the practice of forced labour and child labour to be eradicated from the national to the local levels.

The USDA’s latest report featured an increase to global figures for 2014/15 beginning stocks (?,000 bales, to 100.3 million) and production (?,000 bales, to 118.0 million) as well as a decrease to the estimate for world consumption (-479,000 bales, to 112.1 million).