Cotton

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 begins far before the spinning mill...

Benin Plans to Triple Local Cotton Processing as Textile Industry Expands

Benin is moving to increase its domestic cotton-processing capacity from 40,000 tonnes to 140,000 tonnes as part of...

Africa’s Cotton Industry Holds Key to Millions of Textile Jobs, Experts Say

Africa's cotton industry could become one of the continent's strongest drivers of industrial growth, employment, and economic transformation...

Cameroon Partners with Tunisia to Strengthen Cotton and Textile Value Chain

Cameroon is seeking to strengthen its textile and apparel industry by drawing on Tunisia's industrial expertise, as the...

Cotton made in Africa Receives Top “Excellent” Rating from Germany’s Siegelklarheit Platform

Cotton made in Africa has received the highest possible rating of “Excellent” from Siegelklarheit, Germany’s sustainability label assessment...

US Ban On Xinjiang Cotton Can Benefit India

The US Customs and Borders Protection agency has banned cotton and cotton products from Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps (XPCC) as they have forced...

Year End Update on Cotton

By Seshadri Ramkumar, Professor, Texas Tech University COVID-19 has impacted the normal life and economy. How have the cotton and textile sectors fared? The year was...

What is the reason for declination of Iranian’s Cotton Market?

Written By: Mahlagha Sadoughi - Kohan Textile Journal - info@kohantextilejournal.com Cotton is a crop and an industrial plant that is used in a wide range...

Ocean Lanka partners with Cotton made in Africa

Sri Lanka’s weft knitted fabric manufacturer Ocean Lanka Pvt Ltd recently entered into a partnership with Cotton made in Africa (CmiA), one of the...

Brazilian textile industry is one of the biggest yarn importers in the world

Interview with Mara Quintal - AGETEX Textile By: Kohan Textile Journal Agetex import and export company, history and success story... Agetex has been started in 1993 by...

US bans cotton imports from Chinese producer XPCC

The US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agency recently banned cotton and cotton product imports from the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps (XPCC), one...

U.S. Cotton Trust Protocol to join the Cotton 2040’s platform and sustainability guide

Convened by sustainability non-profit Forum for the Future, the Cotton 2040 coalition is a unique partnership that brings together representatives from standards, producers, brands...

Uzbek firm to supply cotton fabrics to Ukraine

Uzbekistan’s Textile-Contact Company recently signed a $12-million contract to supply textile products of high-quality cotton to Ukraine. It was signed during talks at the XII...

Kenya’s Kirinyaga county to revive Mwea Cotton Ginnery

The government of Kenya’s Kirinyaga county is planning to revive the Mwea Cotton Ginnery to support cotton farmers whose number has risen after the...

Kenya launches commercial growing of transgenic cotton

The Kenyan government has given 16.3 metric tonnes of genetically modified cotton seeds to farmers in the eastern region. The seeds will be distributed to...
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