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India plans to extend Duty-Free cotton imports until December as production shortfall threatens textile mills

Trade
India is considering a two-month extension of its 11% cotton import duty exemption to ease raw material shortages, stabilise...

Pakistan cotton spot rate falls to Rs. 18,000 per maund as the market remains subdued

Fibres
Cotton prices softened despite satisfactory trading activity, while higher seasonal arrivals and weak domestic textile demand continue to shape...

AI could transform knitted fabric design by linking creativity with industrial manufacturing

Technology
German researchers are developing an AI-assisted design approach that could help textile designers create innovative knitted structures while ensuring...

Bangladesh’s fabric and yarn imports surge, putting domestic textile mills under pressure

Trade
Bangladesh’s apparel exporters are increasingly sourcing fabrics and yarn from overseas, raising concerns over domestic textile production, local value...

Bangladesh textile mills push for tighter yarn imports as $32 billion industry faces pressure

FIBRES / YARNS / FABRICS
BTMA wants Bangladesh to protect domestic spinning without closing access to imported yarn, highlighting a growing policy tension between...

Light-activated cotton cuts hospital microbial load 75% in real-room trial

Fabrics
Spanish researchers have turned ordinary cotton into a visible-light-activated self-disinfecting textile, opening a potential new route to antimicrobial hospital...

Italy links automated sorting with mechanical recycling to produce spinning-grade fibre

Environment
IGERS’ €8 million plant shows that the bottleneck in textile-to-textile recycling is increasingly the quality and consistency of feedstock...

U.S. regen cotton reports 20% lower emissions and 75% less soil loss

Cotton
First field-level results from the U.S. Cotton Trust Protocol’s regenerative programme link verified farming practices with carbon, soil and...

Lenzing and Kaihara push Lyocell deeper into premium denim as mill network nearly triples

Fibres
The REMOD collection demonstrates how different lyocell grades can reproduce cotton- and linen-like denim textures while giving brands access...

LYCRA moves corn-based spandex to commercial scale as textile recycling advances

Fibres
The stretch-fibre producer is pursuing two routes to lower-impact elastane: replacing fossil feedstock with renewable chemistry today and developing...

Better Cotton data shows lower inputs, carbon and water across majority of participating farms

Cotton
Nine years of field data indicate measurable environmental and livelihood improvements, strengthening the business case for farm-level data as...

Syria targets cotton revival as output rises 14% and ginneries reopen

Fibres
Syria is rebuilding its cotton-to-textile chain, but high cultivation costs, water scarcity and uncertain farmer returns threaten the recovery...

UNIFI launches Cofira Yarn and Resist2O Pro water-resistance technology

Yarns
The additions combine spun-like aesthetics with filament functionality and extend yarn-level water resistance across more fabric constructions. UNIFI, the manufacturer...

Global fibre production hits 139 million tonnes as virgin synthetics drive growth

Fibres
Textile Exchange’s 2026 data show rising recycled output, but virgin fossil-based fibres still account for most additional production. Global fibre...

Textile exchange projects 3–5 million tonnes of textile-recycled fibre by 2030

Environment
New modelling highlights the gap between recyclable textile feedstocks and usable fibre, with collection, sorting and processing limiting supply. Textile...

Pakistan’s cotton arrival growth slows to 5.39%, raising supply concerns for mills

Cotton
Late-September inflows fell below last year’s pace, weakening expectations of a stronger domestic crop. Pakistan’s cotton arrivals reached 3.208 million...

Lenzing launches €300 million rights issue as fibre strategy shifts toward nonwovens

Fibres
The heavily discounted equity raise will strengthen Lenzing’s balance sheet as the Austrian fibre producer closes capacity, reduces commodity...

New cotton review examines competitiveness, market risk, and opportunities

Cotton
From moving record volumes of Brazilian cotton to market, to managing price volatility, unlocking Ethiopia’s production potential, and strengthening...

Kraig Labs ships first commercial spider-silk yarn to global sportswear brand

Fibres
The confidential pilot moves recombinant spider silk from scaled cocoon production into customer product development, but commercial viability will...

3-D knitted ‘Plant Armor’ boosts strawberry yield 3.56× in NC state trials

Technical Textiles
An insect-blocking spacer fabric developed from military-textile research could open a new high-value market for knitted technical textiles in...
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