BARRIERS TO TRADE: Brazil increases import duty on viscose staple yarns
1 October 2012
Brazil notified its intention to increase its import duty “erga omnes” on viscose staple yarns (CN code 5510 11) from the applied 18% to...
Initiative simplifies textile certification
29 August 2012
Apparel brands and retailers will welcome a move by the International Working Group on the Global Organic Textile Standard (IWG) and the Textile Exchange...
Weak US, EU Economies to Hinder Clothing and Textile Sales
29 August 2012
Textile and clothing markets are likely to remain subdued in 2012, given the considerable uncertainty in the global economy. The well-documented struggles in the...
Greenpeace: Zero discharge progress criticised
8 August 2012
Greenpeace has given a luke-warm reception to the latest update on the plans by leading apparel brands for zero discharge of harmful chemicals from...
A second plaintiff has filed suit against Louis Dreyfus
18 July 2012
A second plaintiff has filed suit against Louis Dreyfus in a federal court in New York, alleging – as did the one filed last...
Louis Dreyfus accused of artificially inflating prices
16 July 2012
Within last few years, a lot of small and medium-sized trading and manufacturing companies of the world cotton sector went bankrupt due to great...