Middle East and Africa

VDMA Sees Significant Growth Potential for Africa’s Textile Industry

Africa’s textile and apparel industry has significant long-term growth potential, but converting that potential into internationally competitive production will require more than access to cotton, labour and growing consumer...

Somalia Becomes 50th Country to Ratify AfCFTA Agreement

Somalia has formally ratified the African Continental Free Trade Area agreement, becoming the 50th country to deposit its...

Nigeria Urged to Act as 180 Textile Factories Shut Down

Nigeria’s Federal Government has been urged to take immediate action to protect the country’s remaining cotton, textile and...

Can Africa Turn Its Cotton Strength Into a Global Textile Industry?

Africa is an important supplier of raw cotton to the global economy, yet it captures only a limited...

Türkiye Takes Major Step Towards Better Cotton Equivalency

Türkiye has taken an important step towards strengthening the international recognition of its cotton with the signing of...

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SECOND-HAND CLOTHES, A THREAT TO AFRICAN TEXTILE

SECOND-HAND CLOTHES :: Several African countries such as Mali, Burkina Faso and Nigeria are major cotton producers. In spite of the honorary rank that this...

Tunisian textiles pursuing innovation to compete

As a labour-intensive and export-oriented industry, textiles was the first manufacturing segment to benefit from the creation of an offshore regime in 1972. For...

SGS Expands Textile Testing Service in Tunisia

SGS, world’s leading inspection, verification, testing and certification company, has expanded its textile testing service in Tunisia. Its facilities in Tunisia not only ensure that...

S African Govt-funded programme revives cotton industry

A R200-million programme by South Africa has successfully revived the country’s cotton industry by unlocking private sector investments and buying power worth hundreds of millions. The programme,...

Ghana textile industry to grow with 3 years VAT exemption

The Ghana government's decision to zero-rate Value-Added Tax (VAT) on the supply of locally manufactured textiles for three years is a boost to the...

Turkey records apparel export of US $ 18 billion in 2018

Turkey’s apparel exports reached US $ 18 billion in 2018. This was announced by Hadi Karasu, President, Turkish Clothing Manufacturers Association (TGSD) on 26...

Kohan Textile Journal to Attend HEIMTEXTIL & DOMOTEX

Kohan Textile Journal, the leading textile media platform in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, is pleased to announce its participation at...

Nepal’s jute exports to India Rs 1.66 bn in Jul-Nov

Nepal exported jute and jute-made products worth more than Rs 1.66 billion to India in the first four months of this fiscal, despite anti-dumping...

China, first country that banned textile raw materials export to Iran

The official import of clothes into Iran last year amounted to $59 million, which is a small part of foreign clothes in the local...

Iran’s Textile Exports Witness a Growth of 40 Per cent

Iran’s textile exports have seen an impressive growth of 40 per cent since the start of the current year, while its textile production has...
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