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Bangladesh ends FY2025–26 with US$48 billion in exports despite a late garment rebound

Trade
June’s recovery offers a stronger starting point for the new fiscal year, but Bangladesh still needs better competitiveness and...

EU ends low-value parcel duty exemption, raising the cost of ultra-fast fashion

Trade
The new €3 charge is small in absolute terms, but it weakens a business model built on millions of...

India’s cotton duty waiver gives spinners access, but not a broad cost advantage

Cotton
The 11% duty suspension removes a tariff barrier, but currency, freight and low domestic cotton prices make imports a...

Italian textile machinery excellence makes a double stop in Bangladesh

BUSINESS / TRADE
Technological upgrading and the transition toward higher value-added production are driving the new Italian industrial mission to Bangladesh. This...

Yarn Expo Shenzhen 2026 Highlights South China’s Shift Towards Functional and Sustainable Yarn Sourcing

Fibres
The fair’s commercial signal is clear: yarn suppliers are being assessed increasingly on functional performance, verified sustainability credentials and...

Pakistani textile delegation concludes successful mission to Italy

Technology
A high-level delegation of 24 professionals from Pakistan’s textile industry recently completed a productive incoming mission to Italy, organized...

Circular knitting machines market seen reaching US$6 billion by 2033

Knitting
The next machinery cycle will be driven less by capacity additions than by automation, energy efficiency and the ability...

Bangladesh’s synthetic fibre duty hike risks slowing its MMF apparel shift

Fibres
The proposed FY27 tariff changes may protect upstream producers, but they could raise input costs just as Bangladesh needs...

Nigeria’s proposed textile import ban risks harming its larger fashion economy

Trade
The Senate’s five-year import-ban proposal may raise costs and disrupt businesses that depend on fabrics local producers cannot supply. Nigeria’s...

Dress shirts market outlook signals a more technical, digital and sustainable category

Apparel
Verified Market Reports’ latest dress-shirt forecast points to steady growth, but the stronger message is product reinvention rather than...

India–UK FTA gives Indian textile exporters a July tariff break

Trade
The agreement’s July 15 start date turns a long-running trade negotiation into an immediate sourcing variable for UK buyers...

Zhejiang Hongda adds $20 million to Egypt’s Qantara West textile pipeline

Business
The Chinese project reinforces Egypt’s push to turn Qantara West into a concentrated export-oriented textile and garment manufacturing base. Egypt’s...

Morocco’s textile recycling opportunity could unlock $1.9 billion in investment

Recycling
IFC-backed pilot trials show that textile circularity can become a competitiveness strategy for Morocco, not only a waste-management response. Morocco’s...

Intex Bangladesh 2026 to put MMF, traceability and sourcing on buyers’ agenda

Trade
The Dhaka sourcing fair comes as Bangladesh’s apparel sector looks beyond volume growth toward materials innovation, compliance and supply-chain...

India rejects U.S. overcapacity charge as textile trade talks enter tariff-sensitive phase

Trade
New Delhi’s defence is that textile and steel output should be judged against India’s population, low per-capita consumption and...

The future of the textile industry is unfolding at ITM 2026, where innovation meets sustainability

Machinery
The Future of Textiles, the Power of Trade, and the Summit of Technology Come Together at ITM 2026 ITM 2026...

Global cotton area and production are projected to decline in the 2026/27 season

Cotton
The June 2026 issue of Cotton This Month projects a modest contraction in global cotton area, production, and trade...

Textile ETP Sets 2035 Roadmap for Europe’s Digitally Integrated Textile Industry

Business
The new DigitX roadmap frames digitalisation as a licence-to-operate issue, not a technology upgrade, for Europe’s textile and apparel...

Textile chemicals market seen reaching $40.4 billion by 2033 as performance and sustainability demands rise

Chemicals
The market is moving beyond commodity processing aids toward higher-value chemistry for functional, technical and lower-impact textiles. The global textile...

EU ties Pakistan’s GSP+ future to measurable rights, labour and governance progress

Trade
Pakistan’s textile and apparel exporters remain heavily exposed to EU trade preferences, but the next GSP+ cycle will bring...
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