The textile value chain in Gujarat is cutting production by nearly half and facing the possibility of shutting down units as raw cotton and cotton yarn prices keep rising, despite the Centre’s step to ...

The value-added textile sector has approached the Ministry of Textile Industry for immediate ban on export of raw cotton and yarn, for minimum three months, or until the final damage to the crop is ...

Erode, Apr 6 (PTI): Three thousand-odd textile shops and yarn merchants today downed shutters here, a major textile hub, protesting the increase in yarn prices and demanding a ban on cotton exports.

ISLAMABAD: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has excluded cotton yarn, grey cloth and raw cotton from the purview of the Export Facilitation Scheme (EFS) and would now be charged at the standard rate ...

A higher wastage rate will likely encourage apparel manufacturers to import more yarn and fabric over raw cotton, the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) said in a report last week. The voluntary ...