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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Egypt’s Garment Exports Up 17% to $385 Mn In Q1 2018

Garment exports from Egypt fetched $385 million (LE 6.77 billion) in the first quarter of 2018, showing an increase of 17 per cent over...

Kenya’s AGOA Exports Decline 4.65% in 2017

Kenya’s exports of goods to the US under the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) declined by 4.65 per cent or Ksh1.6 billion ($15.9...

Uzbekistan & Turkey Plan to Launch Textile Trade Centre

Uzbekistan and Turkey are planning to create a wholesale trade centre called Textilkent for textile products and knitted garments. The centre will be inspired...

Indian companies invested $4 bn in South Africa: Report

Over 140 Indian companies which also operate in South Africa have collectively invested close to $4 billion, leading to the employment of over 18,000...

Carpet weaving for theater stage design

A special carpet for theater design in the joint project between Iran and Germany will be weaved. According to the Public Relations Department of Iran...

Iran’s Export of Carpet %23 Up: Official

Hamid Kargar told reporters that exports of handwoven carpets from Iran in the ten-month period has hit 336 million dollars, with a 23 percent...

Textile, garment exports up 15% in a year

Iran Garment export  :: The value of textile and garment exports reached $970 million in the past Iranian calendar year (ended on March 20),...

Nigeria, China opt currency swap to cut dollar use

Nigeria, Africa’s largest economy, and China have agreed to swap their currencies in order to reduce their dependency on third-country currencies and thereby, give...

US apparel brands challenged on Jordan migrant workers

US apparel A UK organisation that aims to advance human rights in business has released a report today which claims that many US apparel brands...

ICCIMA to hold Iran-Croatia business forum on May 7

ICCIMA Iran Chamber of Commerce, Industries, Mines and Agriculture will hold an Iran-Croatia business forum in Tehran on May 7, ICCIMA portal announced. A Croatian economic-trade...
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