Following are selected highlights from a report issued by a U.S. Department of Agriculture attache in Pretoria: "Seed cotton production in Zimbabwe decreased by 6.25 percent from 224,000MT in 2008 to an estimated 210,000MT in 2009. Lint production in MY 2009/10 is expected to reach 98,400MT of which lint exports are ...

Indonesian garment exports have dropped around 0.8 percent due to the impact of the financial crisis in the US, the executive director of Textile Indonesia, Retmo, said here on Saturday. "Our textile production is down around five percent as a result of a drop in exports," Retmo said. She said however that ...

According to Japanese Ministry of Finance trade statistics, April exports of shuttleless looms fell by 87% or 1,403 looms from the same month of the previous year to 209. In value, exports dropped 91% to 563 million yen. Exports to China were maintained at the 150-loom level in February and March, ...

anet Davis Cleaners hosted industry expert Jane Zellers who taught several dry cleaners from all over Michigan how to properly clean specialty garments such as wedding gowns, both new and vintage. Berkley, MI (PRWEB) May 29, 2009 -- Janet Davis Cleaners hosted industry expert Jane Zellers who taught several dry cleaners ...

Federated Farmers is embracing the $323 million home insulation package announced in Budget 2009. It is not only good for New Zealanders but by using poorer quality coarse wools, could also be good for the ailing wool industry. “I’m walking the talk having installed wool insulation in my house last ...

For six decades BRÜCKNER is worldwide well-known as supplier of modular well-tuned lines for the finishing of woven and knitted fabric. The family-run company with domicile and production site in Germany invested in the last years specifically in the strongly growing market of Technical Textiles. Stork Prints is one of ...

Domestic sales of textiles and textile products made in Indonesia in the last three months increased by about 15 to 20 per cent as a result of the government's policy to tighten import of five manufactured commodities, including textile products, an industry official said. "The trade ministry's efforts to regulate the ...

Thai garment exporters are looking to Japan as a "survival market" as shipments to other key markets decline in the wake of the global economic crisis. The Thai Garment Manufacturers Association (TGMA) is targeting a 5-per-cent share of Japan's garment import market next year -- a sharp rise from ...

Japan is considered a forerunner in the Asian textile and apparel industry and a pioneer in areas such as fabrics innovation, dyeing and finishing technique, fashion design, textile machinery development and more. Its technological advancement had been spurred since the late 1980s when the country started repositioning itself in the ...

Cambodia's garment exports have dropped by half amid the global economic downturn, the commerce minister said Thursday, as a union leader announced tens of thousands of job losses. Cambodia's garment industry is the impoverished country's largest source of income, providing 80 percent of its foreign exchange earnings and employing an estimated ...