Cotton demand sprints 20% on local buying.
Byline: Abhishek Shanker AHMEDABAD: The overall cotton consumption by the domestic textile players is set to touch 218-220 lakh bales or about 20% higher than last year's consumption. This is much higher than the target of 202 lakh bales, set by the Cotton Advisory Board. ...

A tale of Mumbai's busiest market.
Byline: Gayatri Nayak MUMBAI: Mumbai's Cotton Exchange is said to be one the world's oldest cotton exchanges. It was founded in the mid-1850s - even before the country's stock exchange came into existence in 1875. It's been decades since business has stopped in the trading...

Cotton prices surge on fall in global production.
Byline: Papiya Pattanayak RAJKOT: Raw cotton prices are witnessing a surge owing to a fall in global production by up to 5-7% this year and greater demand. According to experts, the main reason for the fall in production is a shift by major cotton producers...

Blast from past: Commodity futures make a comeback.
Byline: Arindam Saha MUMBAI: Old timers in Mumbai's cotton and bullion markets who saw the heydays of commodities futures before Independence, have a glimmer in their eyes. For decades it was a forbidden world, where far from the glare of the media and authorities traders...

Cotton ginners, weaving mills want govt to step in as prices soar.
Byline: Nidhi Nath Srinivas & Amiti Sen NEW DELHI: After food, fibre crops may be next on the government's price scanner. There are moves afoot to clamp down on large traders after Indian mills complained of a sharp spike in cotton prices due to speculative hoarding and...

Re wrought percolates down textile sector.
Byline: K G Narendranath MUMBAI: Last week, ET reported that the rise of rupee against the US dollar is forcing textile companies to cut jobs. In fact, the fear of likely large-scale loss of jobs comes on the heels of a recent industry estimate which saw a...

Mercantile magnificence: this account of Regency houses is not only beautiful: it is an outstanding historical analysis.
The Regency Country House from the Archives of Country Life JOHN MARTIN ROBINSON Aurum Press, 40 [pounds sterling] ISBN 1 84513 0537 The introduction to this dazzlingly beautiful book, which has new facts and apercus on every page, is a brilliant...

Cotton mills seek removal of import duty.
COIMBATORE: The Southern India Mills' Association (Sima) has said that the import duty on extra long staple cotton should be removed. "In order to sustain in global competition, it is essential to make cotton available to mills on par with our competitors," association secretary K Selvaraju said. ...

Abundant supply in the synthetic fiber market. (Market Report).
In the first half of 2002 the overall market of synthetic fibers and raw materials in China was soft at first, made a remarkable improvement later and then became stable. Factors for the price ups and downs of synthetic fibers and raw materials are mainly as follows: ...

Cotton exporter's guide.
9291373524 Cotton exporter's guide. International Trade Centre. UNCTAD/WTO. International Trade Centre 2007 334 pages $90.00 Paperback HF1416 This guide examines all aspects of the cotton value chain from a market perspective,...