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Vietnam cotton yarn output triples in four years
2016-01-25 17:36:00| Daily apparel & textile news and comment - from just-style.com
Cotton spinning in Vietnam has tripled over the last four years thanks to rising yarn exports to China, with the country's total mill use expected to reach 5.1m bales in 2015/16.
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Forced labour blights Turkmenistan cotton harvest
2016-01-25 13:21:00| Daily apparel & textile news and comment - from just-style.com
A final report on the 2015 cotton harvest in Turkmenistan says the government this year forced more people to pick cotton and ramped up the pressure to deliver harvest quotas in response to a late and low-yield harvest.
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Eco-friendly cotton yarn made from recycled offcuts
2016-01-25 12:28:00| Daily apparel & textile news and comment - from just-style.com
Italian yarn company Marchi & Fildi has developed what it describes as a "new generation" of eco-friendly cotton yarns made from 100% pre-dyed cotton textile clippings in a manufacturing process that slashes water, greenhouse gas and energy consumption.
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Cotton Prices on International and Domestic Markets (Weekly Report)
2016-01-18 15:07:00| EmergingTextiles.com
Cotton prices have stayed very firm in the last week, whatever the sharp decline of commodity and stock markets. The fall of global production is currently supporting the New York cotton market whereas demand is increasing from a series of textile countries. Our weekly cotton report covers the international futures market in New York and the physical indicator "A Index". Domestic cotton prices in China, India and Pakistan are also reviewed through a large number of tables and charts. All data are available for download.
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Cotton genome library will help boost traceability
2016-01-18 13:14:00| Daily apparel & textile news and comment - from just-style.com
A new research agreement for enhanced cotton genotyping will enable cotton to be differentiated based on country of origin - and help brands, retailers and manufacturers avoid fibres from regions using forced labour.
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