Around the World Index                                                                                                            

(AUSTRALIA)

• Wool prices rising in US$ and Euro terms

(BANGLADESH)

• Exports of jute bag rise due eco-friendly shopping

(CHINA)

• Over 7.5 million textile workers stand to lose their jobs due to financial crisis

(ETHIOPIA)

• Textile exports to USA have grown under AGOA

(INDIA)

• Budget 2009 expected to meet the demands of textile industry
• Package worth $627 million for textiles industry
• Textile exports to United States decline by 14%
• Lectra offers IT route to garment industry
• Economic Survey of India
• Declining raw cotton exports from India
• Specific duties on textile be revised to match ad-valorem rate
• Industry seeks incentives and export package

(INDONESIA)

• Free trade with China

(KENYA)

• Thousands of textile jobs at stake

(MALAWI)

• Malawi Cotton Company to generate employment opportunities

(PORTUGAL)

• European Commission offers €832,800 for textile workers

(SOUTH AFRICA)

• Second hand textile equipment sold to Asian Countries as factories close down

(TURKEY)

• Turkish collaboration for medical and hygiene products plant

(USA)

• Textile and apparel trade with Philippines
• ICAC report: Cotton production expected to increase
• Decline in demand for acrylic staple fibre

(VIETNAM)

• Cotton production to decline due to Crop substitution