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<title>Pakistan - Transport problem slows down activity on cotton market</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 04 Dec 2008 00:06:00 -0700</pubDate>
<description>Business activity slowed down on the cotton market amid arrival report of Pakistan Cotton Ginners Association (PCGA), dealers said. The official spot rate was at its last level at Rs 3000, they said. ...</description>
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<title>Pakistan - 30 percent basic textile industry closed due to gas disconnection</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 04 Dec 2008 00:06:00 -0700</pubDate>
<description>An immediate closure of 30 percent of the basic textile industry in the country is a sudden outcome of the government's pick of the compressed natural gas (CNG) stations against the basic textile indu...</description>
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<title>Australia - WOOL prices rose last week, but only in US dollars.</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 04 Dec 2008 00:06:00 -0700</pubDate>
<description>After two weeks of rising prices, the Eastern Market Indicator fell 9 cents, to 779c/kg clean.   

But in US dollars the EMI rose 5 cents, to US506c/kg clean.   

Prices fell on th...</description>
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<title>Pakistan - TCP denies cotton procurement suspension</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 04 Dec 2008 00:06:00 -0700</pubDate>
<description>Trading Corporation of Pakistan (TCP) has so far contracted for the purchase of 73,000 bales of lint cotton at its procurement centre across Pakistan.   


A TCP official said here Wednesda...</description>
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<title>Pakistan - 8.33m cotton bales reach ginneries</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 04 Dec 2008 00:06:00 -0700</pubDate>
<description>Some 8.33 million (8,336,235) bales of cotton have reached ginneries across Pakistan, showing a 14.57 percent increase than the corresponding period of the previous year.   

A fortnightly r...</description>
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<title>Global mill use of cotton set to slide</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 04 Dec 2008 00:06:00 -0700</pubDate>
<description>For the first time in recent years, global mill use of cotton is set to show a sharp decline in 2008-09. This is the result of a combination of factors including slowing global economic growth, financ...</description>
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<title>India - Long term future of textile and apparels industry is bright</title>
<link>http://www.yarnsandfibers.com/news/index_fullstory.php3?id=17116</link>
<category>General</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 04 Dec 2008 00:06:00 -0700</pubDate>
<description>Impact of recession is quite visible on all the economies of the world. Countries, those were booming in the past few years are now badly disrupted because of global financial downturn.   

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<title>Indian textile sector dons green colour</title>
<link>http://www.yarnsandfibers.com/news/index_fullstory.php3?id=17115</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 04 Dec 2008 00:06:00 -0700</pubDate>
<description>Indian textile industry now donning a green colour, join hands with a global industry group, led by retail major Marks and Spencer and the University of Leeds called Reducing the Impact of Textiles on...</description>
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<title>UAE - Petrochemical production to rise</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 03 Dec 2008 00:06:00 -0700</pubDate>
<description>The Middle East region will increase its share of global petrochemical products to 15 per cent by 2015 from the current nine per cent.   

The size of the regional industry is approximately ...</description>
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<title>Malaysia - Petronas shuts petrochemical plants</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 03 Dec 2008 00:06:00 -0700</pubDate>
<description>Petroliam Nasional Bhd (Petronas) has shut down indefinitely several petrochemical plants in Kertih, Terengganu and Gebeng, Pahang as demand for polymers fell sharply due to a slump in overseas factor...</description>
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<title>Japan - Nippon Oil, Nippon Mining mulling merger</title>
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<category>General</category>
<pubDate>Wed, 03 Dec 2008 00:06:00 -0700</pubDate>
<description>Japan's top refiner Nippon Oil Corp and sixth-ranked Nippon Mining Holdings Inc are considering merging as crude oil prices and demand tumble, a Nippon Mining spokesman said on Thursday.   
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<title>USA - Huntsman cutting 470 jobs in textile dye unit</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 03 Dec 2008 00:06:00 -0700</pubDate>
<description>Huntsman Corp., the chemical maker fighting to complete its buyout by a unit of Apollo Management LP, will cut 470 jobs in a new effort to trim costs in the unit that makes textile dyes and chemicals....</description>
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<title>India - Textile stocks hit new lows</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 03 Dec 2008 00:06:00 -0700</pubDate>
<description>Textile stocks have been reeling under the pressure of recession in the US and also in the domestic market due to general economic slowdown and festive season getting over. Profitability is also under...</description>
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<title>Philippines - Tax breaks for foreign textile firms</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 03 Dec 2008 00:06:00 -0700</pubDate>
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The Philippines aims to lure foreign textile firms with tax breaks and other incentives to counter a decline in foreign investment caused by the global financial crisis, a government official said. ...</description>
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<title>South Africa - No new quotas to protect textile industry</title>
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<category>General</category>
<pubDate>Wed, 03 Dec 2008 00:06:00 -0700</pubDate>
<description>Textile import quotas have successfully shielded the South African industry from competition from China, but will not be renewed at the end of December, Trade and Industry director general Tshediso Ma...</description>
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<title>Bulgaria`s Textile Industry expects severe blow by Global Financial Crisis</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 03 Dec 2008 00:06:00 -0700</pubDate>
<description>Bulgaria's textile industry expects a 30-35% decrease of export orders from Europe in the first half of 2009 because of the effects of the global financial crisis.   

The news was announced...</description>
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<title>Uzbekistan cotton output forecast lowered</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 03 Dec 2008 00:06:00 -0700</pubDate>
<description>A hot dry spring and shortages of irrigation water reduced yields and Uzbekistan's MY2008/09 cotton production forecast is lowered to 5.04 million bales. The export forecast has been lowered to 3.8 mi...</description>
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<title>International Shanghai Home Textiles 2009 fair</title>
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<category>General</category>
<pubDate>Wed, 03 Dec 2008 00:06:00 -0700</pubDate>
<description>Intertextile Shanghai Home Textiles 2009 will return from 25 - 27 August 2009 at the Shanghai New International Expo Centre, Shanghai, China. The show is one of the most important annual home textile ...</description>
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<title>Unifi`s 100% Recycled REPREVE™ Nylon 6, 6</title>
<link>http://www.yarnsandfibers.com/news/index_fullstory.php3?id=17104</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 03 Dec 2008 00:06:00 -0700</pubDate>
<description>Unifi, Inc. continues to evolve and expand its REPREVE offering in China and will introduce REPREVE nylon 6,6 to the Chinese market at the 2008 Intertextile Shanghai Apparel Fabrics Show.  REPREVE nyl...</description>
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<title>Pakistan - Delay in issuing RandD fund to apparel sector lingers on</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 03 Dec 2008 00:06:00 -0700</pubDate>
<description>Delay in implementation of issuing six per cent Research and Development (RandD) fund to apparel sector has entered into the third quarter of the current fiscal year and now the exporters have pinned ...</description>
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