Middle East and Africa

Egypt Advances Textile Sector Modernisation With Greater Private Sector Role

Egypt is moving forward with plans to modernise its state-owned cotton, spinning, weaving and garment industry, with the government seeking greater private sector participation in the management and operation...

Egypt’s Home Textile Industry Gains Momentum: Interview with Towelie

By: Behnam Ghasemi | Editor-in-Chief, Kohan Textile Journal On-location coverage at Intertextile Shanghai Apparel Fabrics Executive Summary At Intertextile Shanghai, the...

Kenya’s Apparel Industry Gains Trade Certainty as US Senate Backs AGOA Extension to 2028

Kenya’s textile and apparel industry is set to gain greater trade certainty following the US Senate’s approval of...

Climate Change Puts Africa’s Cotton and Textile Ambitions Under Pressure

Africa’s ambitions to expand its textile and apparel manufacturing industry are becoming increasingly linked to a challenge that...

Nigeria’s Textile Imports Surge as Northern Cotton Industry Struggles to Recover

Nigeria’s textile industry is facing mounting pressure as imported fabrics from China, India and Pakistan continue to strengthen...

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Iran Exporting Nano-Socks, Textiles to Iraq, Turkey

An Iranian company has managed to export more than $1.5 million worth of nano-made textiles including Nano-socks. Iraq, Afghanistan and Turkey have been among the...

Iran Exporting Nano Towels to Iraq, Azerbaijan, Georgia

An Iranian knowledge-based company has managed to export over 70 tonnes of anti-bacterial nano-towels, worth $600,000, to Georgia, Iraq, and Azerbaijan. In 2018, the anti-bacterial...

Iran Textile Industry Closer To Regional Economic Giants

An unemployment rate of over 12%, inflation at 36.9%, government debt of almost 40% of GDP, a GDP that could fall by 3% in...

Pak-Turkey FTA to be signed by mid June

A free trade agreement (FTA) between Islamabad and Ankara is reportedly expected to be signed by mid-June. The decision followed the conclusion of the...

INTERTEX Tunisia in Sousse International Fairground

Intertex Tunisia - International Exhibition of Textile Industry, the most promising textile exhibition of Tunisia was held between 04-06 April 2019 in Sousse International...

Textile firm in Azerbaijan to export to Russia and UAE

Baku Textile Factory, one of the renowned textile firms in Azerbaijan, will be exporting finished textile products to international markets under the trademark ‘Alpar’...

Egypt denies sale of local spinning and weaving factories

Egypt denies-The Government of Egypt has denied all the reports of selling local spinning and weaving factories to international investors. The denial was made in...

Iran Textile Exports Up 6% in Value in 2018: Official

Iranian textile exports rose over six percent in value and 26 percent in weight during last Iranian (ended March 20, 2019), an official said 'Last year, 312,000...

Kenya approves setting up of textile factory in EPZ

The Kenyan Government recently approved setting up of a big textile factory by Mas Holdings Singapore, a Sri Lankan apparel and textile manufacturer, in...

Applied DNA brings its innovative traceability system to Egypt cotton supply chain

Egypt has employed Applied DNA’s molecular tagging technology in its two varieties of cotton which help them to ensure product authenticity and provenance. Applied DNA...
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