At North Carolina State University, nuclear and textile engineers have joined forces with textile scientists from Egypt to create textiles that have permanent antimicrobial properties. Dr. Mohamed A. Bourham, professor of nuclear engineering, and Dr. Marian G. McCord, associate professor of textile engineering, chemistry and science and biomedical engineering, are working with Professor Samiha Gawish and Ameera Ramadan from the National Research Center in Cairo, Egypt, to produce this new genera

The Ministry of Commerce issued provisional rules on an export quota allocation system late Sunday that determines how much individual Chinese textile manufacturers are allowed to sell to foreign markets. Domestic textile firms exporting to ?ountries or regions that impose limitations on Chinese textile exports, or to those that have temporary quantity limitations on Chinese textiles according to bilateral agreements?are required to apply to regulators for temporary export approval permits begin

Mr.Xu Kunyuan, vice president of the China National Textile & Apparel Council, told the journalists that China's tex-tile industry had entered a crucial phase of upgrading instead of simple expansion in quantity. Xu pointed out that in recent years, especially after the abolishment of textile quotas this year, the rapid growth of China's textile exports in the international market had stimulated hostile responses of some concerned organizations in Europe and the US. Some countries, one after

Myanmar has found new export markets in Latin American countries for its garment products with 25 percent of them being exported to such nations as Mexico, Argentina and Brazil in the continent, a local press reported Monday.The value of orders going to Latin America is not as high as that going to the Europe, the Myanmar Times quoted a local businessman as saying.Garment exports from Myanmar dropped by 60 percent from 327 million US dollars in the fiscal year 2003-04 to 216 million US dollars i

The textile industry of Bangladesh, at present in dilemma due to a significant gap takes place in demand and supply for yarn and fabric. The problem is likely to grow bigger, if the appropriate actions to stop this widening gap are not taken soon. The demand is increased dramatically, as the population and the standard of living is increasing in the country. Thus, it shows an insistent need to raise the production capacities of spinning, weaving, knitting, and dyeing, printing, and finishing sub

The confederation of Malaysian Textile, General Goods and Garment Merchants Association urged the government to remove import duties on textile and apparel to enhance the industry's production capacity to organize for the global competition.Deputy Information Minister Datuk Donald Lim Siang Chai informed that the petition was submitted previous month to the Economic Planning Unit of the Prime Minister's Department.He stated that the association was directed to submit the petition again to the Fi

Commerce Ministry of China informed that it would implement a temporary textile licensing system to restrain export growth.As per a statement of the Ministry, Chinese textile producers have to apply for a license that will show their exports limits based on their exports for the last year. The new regulation will be effective from July 20, 2005. The EU and The US has imposed quotas on the textile import from China, as they had claimed that the cheap textile products of China has surge their dome

Following Europe and the US's imposition of quotas on the Mainland's textile exports in May, the quantity of illegal textile transshipments to Hong Kong is expected to rise and Customs will closely monitor the situation, Commissioner of Customs & Excise Timothy Tong says.Mr Tong said in the first five months of this year, local garment exports have dropped about one third over the same period last year, reflecting the effect of abolition of the quota system.But he forecast the trend will rev

Memorial Day weekend marked the unofficial launch of all things summer, from lounging at the pool to picnicking in the park. And while there's a lot to like about these activities, there's a lot to be loathed, too, like the hot summer sun that inevitably turns cotton shirts into sponges and seemingly airy shorts into steam-generators.Thankfully, time and fabrics are changing. Now, you can pick up engineered tops and bottoms with built-in technology that makes spending a day

The release of the news China and EU reached an agreement on textile trade received warm response in the textile section. For days, people of China Chamber of Commerce of Import and Export of Textiles, China National Textile Industry Council and China Association of Enterprises with Foreign Investment express their welcome and support for the active and constructive negotiation result. The Commerce of Import and Export of Textiles said that the agreement embodied that Chinese Government's determ