Middle East and Africa

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 instrument of ratification with the African Union. Minister of Commerce and Industry...

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...

US Extends AGOA Through 2028, Securing African Textile and Apparel Trade

The United States has extended the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) through December 31, 2028, preserving duty-free...

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Lectra Launches ‘Fashion on Demand’ Based on Industry 4.0

Lectra has launched its ‘Fashion On Demand’ offer, empowering industry players to uncover business opportunities brought about by the strong demand for personalisation in...

How Egypt Became Hot Spot for Chinese Firms in Wake of US Trade War

By:Paul Cochrane Cheap labour, US-China tensions and controversial tax-free access to the US market increasingly draw garment manufacturers and buyers to Egypt The real winner of...

Kordsa joins EU’s Horizon 2020 R&D Project

Kordsa, global player in tire, construction reinforcement, and composite technologies headquartered in Turkey, has joined a new project under the European Union’s R&D and...

Turkish textile-garment firms to invest in Ghana

Following a series of sideline meetings of the Turkey-Africa Economic and Business Forum between a Ghanaian delegation and Turkish investors, some textile-garment manufacturing giants...

Egypt’s long-staple cotton faces threat of going unsold

There is a threat of Egyptian cotton going unsold despite 2 million metric quintals of high quality crops. Based on traders’ optimism, the country...

US sanctions on Iran Hit Major Banks, Shipping Companies

The tough US sanctions against Iran announced this month, especially targeting the oil, banking and shipping sectors, have been dubbed by analysts as the...

Record Cotton Production To Drive West Africa Exports

Cotton exports from West Africa for 2018-19 are projected to surpass last year’s record, driven by record production, according to the US department of...

Nigeria Introduces Transgenic Cotton Varieties

Nigeria recently introduced genetically-modified cotton varieties in the country to boost the textile industry. The country’s minister of science and technology Ogbonnaya Onu said...

Intertex Tunisia Exhibition To Be Held In April 2019

The Intertex Tunisia exhibition will be organised between 4-6 April 2019 in Sousse International Fairground in Tunisia. The event is an international platform where...

TUNISIA’S TEXTILE AND CLOTHING EXPORTS UP 11 PER CENT

For the first five months of 2017 Tunisia’s exports of the textile and clothing industries sector rose 11 per cent. The same applies to...
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