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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Iran Textile exports up 28 percent

IRNA -Textile industry exports have grown 28 percent since the beginning of current Iranian year (started March 21, 2018), director-general of the Iranian Ministry...

Cairo Inter Leather 2019

Cairo Inter leather is the only Leather exhibition in Egypt that is specialized in all Leather industries and technologies. Egyptian Chamber of leather has...

New steering committee to protect Egyptian cotton brand

The Egyptian government has appointed an official steering committee to safeguard the future of the Egyptian cotton brand. Egyptian cotton fibres are considered by many to...

PROMOTING LOCAL TEXTILE INDUSTRIES IN AFRICA

TEXTILE INDUSTRIES IN AFRICA:::: It is commonplace in most African countries to see the circulation of what known as ‘'second-hand'' clothing. Many Africans especially...

Nigeria Losing Revenue Due to Influx of Cheap Textiles

Nigeria’s cumulative value of textiles and garments imported or smuggled into the country is worth $4.2 billion, according to minister of state for industry,...

Saudi Arabia Updates Textile Technical Regulations

Saudi Arabia has updated technical regulations for textile products which will be implemented on February 23, 2019. Issued by the Saudi Standards, Metrology and...

Continental Free Trade Area to Boost e-com in Africa

Opportunities abound for Africa to engage in and benefit from e-commerce and the digital economy as the African Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA) comes...

Ethiopia’s Textile-Garment park inaugurated in Jimma

Ethiopia's Textile park :: President Omar al-Bashir of Sudan, President Ismail Omar of Djibouti and Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed recently inaugurated an Ethiopia's Textile-Garment...

Armenian Apparel , Leather Products Exported to EU around 40%

The annual exports of Armenian textile, apparel, leather products and shoes grew by 35-43 per cent over the past two years, with more than...

EVTEKS is hosting 150.000 visitors from five continents

Istanbul International Home Textile Exhibition (EVTEKS), one of the world's two largest home textile exhibitions, opened its doors for the 24th time. 150.000 national...
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