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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Taiwan’s Quang Viet Expands Textile Base in Vietnam and Middle East

A Taiwan-based garment manufacturer Quang Viet Enterprise Co Ltd has evinced keen interest in Vietnam’s swimwear makers King Hamm Industrial Co Ltd for purchasing...

Indonesia eyeing Middle East for textile export

Indonesia eyeing Middle East :: Textile manufacturers in Indonesia, especially those from Central Java, are now looking at expanding their market in Middle East, according...

Fashion brands plan direct dealings with UAE’s outlet stores

UAE’s outlet stores :: Fashion brands do not want to get stuck with piles of unsold stock, especially if they are a season or...

Egypt net foreign reserves rise to $42.524b after Eurobond sale

Egypt net foreign reserves :: Egypt’s foreign reserves rose to $42.524 billion (Dh156 billion) at the end of February from $38.209 billion at the...

The UAE’s non-oil private sector growth eases in February

The UAE’s non-oil private sector growth slowed in February as indicated by the Emirates NBD Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) which declined to 55.1 in...

Inflation rises to 4.7% following VAT roll-out

Inflation in Abu Dhabi rose to 4.7 per cent in January 2018, the highest rate in years, following the implementation of Value-Added Tax (VAT)...

SABIC head re-elected as GPCA Chairman

SABIC head re-elected :: The Gulf Petrochemicals and Chemicals Association (GPCA) announced on Tuesday the re-election of Yousuf Al Benyan as its chairman for...

ADNOC and OCP Group Sign Long-Term Sulphur Supply Agreement

Strengthening Strategic Ties Between the UAE and Morocco The Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) and Morocco’s OCP Group have signed a long-term agreement under...

Saudi Aramco company shipyard venture appoints CEO

Saudi Aramco and a number of partners have appointed Fathi K. Al Saleem as CEO of a joint venture to build a shipyard on...

New $1bn Abu Dhabi chemicals facility to boost manufacturing

The new facility will supply raw material for some of the UAE's largest industrial firms Shaheen Chem Investment, owned by investors from the United Arab...
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