Around the World Index

(AUSTRALIA)                                              

•  Wool industry hit by another mulesing boycott

(BANGLADESH)

• Yarn sales slump on demand drop

• Bangladesh Ready-made Garment sector performs well in 2008

• Handloom sector cries out for attention

(BOLIVIA)

• Export duty-free textile to Venezuela

(CHINA)

• Textile machinery and parts import in Jiangsu port reduced

• Textile firms see first profit fall in 10 years

(GHANA)

• Cotton industry receives GH¢2.6 million support

(INDIA)

• Cotton production likely to fall short of target

• Textile ministry targets $8-billion foreign investment in five years

• Textile investment will generate 17.37 million jobs by 2012

• Cotton industry plagued by inefficient marketing

• Textile players strengthen domestic foothold

• Textile Industry wants more sops

• Textile and clothing exports targeted to $26.55 billion in 2008-09

• Ministry set to regulate `cotton-hoarding

(NIGERIA)

• Unable to compete in African textile market despite AGOA

(THAILAND)

• Textiles and garments to slowdown

(USA)

• Import limits on some Chinese textiles about to end

• USTR disputes Chinese export subsidies

• What will be the effect of more Chinese textile imports?

(VIETNAM)

• Falling demand may affect textile exports