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Mar 01, 2002; ... The reorganization of the man-made fiber (MMF) industry is progressing rapidly under structural changes in the global textile industries. The Japan Chemical Fibers Association (CFA) set the theme, "Structural Changes in the World's MMF Industry and Industrial Reorganization," for its activities ...
Changes in MMF industry
Mar 01, 2002; ... Structural Changes in World's Man-Made Fiber Industry and Industrial Reorganization Interim Report by Research Committee of JCFA On January 23, 2002, the Research Committee of the Japan Chemical Fibers Association (JCFA) announced its interim report on "Structural Changes in World's ...
Thai textile & apparel industry
Mar 01, 2002; ... Striving for Development in New Competitive Environment Thailand has been forced to bear with low growth because of poor exports, which acted as the engine in economic development. Textile product exports also showed a turnaround and decreased. In this difficult environment, Thai ...
BIFF 2002: "New age of ethnic fabric & design"
Mar 01, 2002; ... THAILAND The Bangkok International Fashion Fair 2002 (BIFF 2002), organized by the Department of Export Promotion (DEP) under the Thai Ministry of Commerce, was held on five days from January 21 to 25, 2002. This was the 17th fair of BIFF at the Bangkok International Trade & ...
Favorable exports to the Middle East
Mar 01, 2002; ... Special Feature Woven fabric exports from Japan to the Middle East are relatively favorable. Despite major adverse factors arising from the September 11 terrorist attacks in the U.S. and the ensuing war in Afghanistan, the outcome was the achievement of better results than last year by ...
Spring/Summer 2003 textiles
Mar 01, 2002; ... Hopeful Return to Feminine Trend The flow of return from casual trends, which continued for a long time, to feminine and elegant trends has begun to be visible in spring/summer 2003 items for fashion apparel. Under the poor market conditions of the U.S. and Europe, textile suppliers are ...
China: Jan.-Nov. 2001 textile exports up 4.82%
Mar 01, 2002; ... According to statistics released by the China Textile Information Centre, China's general trade exports of textiles and apparel during the first eleven months of 2001 increased by 4.82% from the corresponding period of 2000 to US$27,785 million. Meanwhile, exports involving the ...
China: More PFY producers suffer losses
Mar 01, 2002; ... Suffering a continuous price-fall last year, polyester chip prices have recently become stable at about 5,550 yuan/ton (US$666). However, there is a 700-yuan (US$84) difference between its raw material costs and selling prices, based on the PTA and EG prices of 4,150 yuan/ton (US$498) and 3,650 ...
China: Transitionally protective measures for textiles & apparel
Mar 01, 2002; ... INSIDE ASIA The China WTO Advisory Bureau under the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Co-operation recently issued a circular to the WTO Textiles Supervisory Organ, stating that the Chinese government will reserve and make use of the right of transitionally protective measures for ...
China: Ningbo apparel exports top US$1 billion
Mar 01, 2002; ... Customs statistics indicate that exports of apparel and accessories from Ningbo in Zhejiang Province, east China, reached a record-breaking level of US$1,083 million during January-November ...
China: Business of major SOTEs worsen in Jan.-Nov. 2001
Mar 01, 2002; ... The gross production value of the Chinese textile industry grew by 8.1% during January-November 2001 to 53.95 billion yuan (US$6,474 million), but the growth of sales income totaling 58.5 billion yuan (US$7,020 million) declined by 1.7% compared to the year's first ten months. The ratio of ...
China: 2001 cotton production reaches 5 million tons
Mar 01, 2002; ... According to the latest figures released by the State Statistics Bureau, China's cotton-growing areas in 2001 increased by 18.8% or 759,713 hectares from the preceding year to 4,802,400 hectares. Cotton production is expected to exceed 5 million tons. Although the cotton fields in the ...
China: Changzhou strives to become biggest textile & apparel maker
Mar 01, 2002; ... Possessing the largest number of rapier looms in the country, Changzhou City in east China will bring its technological superiority into full play as one of the most important textile and apparel production bases in Jiangsu Province, with the aim of becoming China's largest textile and apparel ...
China: Apparel prices rise 0.5% in November 2001
Mar 01, 2002; ... According to the State Statistics Bureau, the general price level of domestic consumer goods declined by 0.3% in November 2001 from the previous month. Of this, the price level of urban areas decreased by 0.6%, while that of rural areas rose by 0.2%. Since winter ...
India: Surging imports
Mar 01, 2002; ... Imports of textile products are growing furiously, though the overall figure is unlikely to cross the US billion-dollar mark in fiscal 2001-02. Preliminary figures available show that in the first half of the fiscal year, April-September 2001, imports of cotton yarn and fabrics have grown 52% ...
India: Levi's launches mobile khakis
Mar 01, 2002; ... Trousers designed for carrying the latest (and the not-so-latest) gizmos are reportedly gaining popularity all over the world. In India, Levi's is the first one to launch it's "Dockers Mobile Khaki Pants," which have as many as nine pockets for carrying gadgets like mobile phones, palmtop ...
India: Textile and clothing brands gunning for non-resident Indians
Mar 01, 2002; ... Partly because of sluggish growth at home and partly because of growing ambitions, leading Indian brands of clothing and textiles have started moving aggressively to tap the demand from non-resident Indians in other parts of the world. For the time being, everybody seems to be focussed on the ...
India: Co-operation with China in silk
Mar 01, 2002; ... Though no big step has apparently been taken, the Indian silk industry is increasingly veering round to the view that it should work closely with China for developing global markets. India's exports of silk and silk products dipped sharply from US$251 million to US$193 million in AprilSeptember ...
India: Pushing hand-spun products
Mar 01, 2002; ... Though India had accepted way back in the 1950s that yarn spinning is best done by machines while weaving on handlooms is feasible, another effort is being mounted now to popularize khadi, handwoven cloth made with hand-spun yarn. India has had a governmentsponsored body, Khadi & ...
India: Apparel exports down
Mar 01, 2002; ... The slide in apparel exports continued throughout 2001. In 2001, exports of apparel to quota countries declined by 1.25% in quantity term to 1,075.1 million pieces while the figure declined by 7.77% to US$3,902.6 million in value term. Figures for non-quota exports aren't available as yet but ...