(BANGLADESH)

• Textile exports to cross $15 billion
• Korean RMG plant in Dhaka EPZ
• $10 billion textile export by 2010
• Garment makers urge for price raise

(CHINA)

• Wuxi to be world’s largest textile center
• Silk export to India decreased
• Guangxi Five-Year Plan aims to promote silk industry

(EGYPT)

• Textile sector in crisis

(INDIA)

• Textile exports gain in quota-less world
• Hosiery trade exceeds Rs 300 crores in Ludhiana
• Cotton output shows 6% increase
• Bright days ahead of handloom industry

(INDONESIA)

• Textile trade devastated by illegal imports from China

(ISRAEL)

• Textile exports to Arab countries reach $206 million

(ITALY)

• Spinning machinery
• Slight rise in cotton consumption

(KOREA)

• Free Trade talks with US supported by textile sector

(NIGERIA)

• N50 billion grant for textile industry

(SERBIA)

• Textile firms to be privatized soon

(SRI LANKA)

• Initiatives to integrate garment industry

(SOUTH AFRICA)

• Quotas on Chinese textile & clothing

(TANZANIA)

• Draught affects cotton production

(USA)

• Organic cotton fiber report for spring 2006
• Textile visa and export license requirements
• Cotton production rises due to good yields

(VIETNAM)

• Textile & garment exports to EU
• Hike in tax on PET & fiber
• Fiber imports surge 53.7%
• US emerges as top buyer of apparel