Textile Market Feature

India’s push to transform its textile sector and achieve an ambitious $100 billion export target by 2030 is being framed by industry leaders as a high-stakes bet on administrative reforms.

When US President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping struck a fragile understanding in Busan recently, it sent tremors across the $70 billion global cotton trade.

In a policy reversal that has sent ripples across India’s synthetic fibre ecosystem, the Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers has rescinded several Quality Control Orders (QCOs)

The global natural fiber sector is currently facing significant challenges and opportunities, with new research and technological advancements reshaping the industry.

A quiet trade rift is unravelling across the textile corridors of South Asia.

In a landmark move for sustainable fashion, H&M Group Ventures has announced its first textile investment in India, backing AltMat, a company that transforms agricultural residues into a natural cellulose fiber.

The recent layoffs at Lenzing, a European leader in sustainable fibers, are a stark reflection of a global textile paradox.

In an era where sustainability and performance are becoming decisive factors in consumer choice, viscose filament yarn (VFY) has moved from the periphery of the textile value chain to a position of prominence.

A groundbreaking new report by Accelerating Circularity and Accenture, titled ‘Rags to Revenue:

India’s clothing fiber sector is entering a decisive growth phase.

In a world drowning in textile waste, recycled polyester has emerged as a beacon of hope for a circular economy in the fashion industry.

The just-concluded Global Fibre Conference (GFC) in Dornbirn offered a stark reminder of the challenges facing the synthetic fibre industry, but it also put the spotlight on the yarn sector, which sits at the heart of textile value chains.

In a recent online meeting organized by the Southern Gujarat Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SGCCI), leading textile associations from across the country united around a pressing concern: the GST rate on yarns.

India’s textile and apparel sector is booming. It is one of the fastest-growing contributors to the country’s economy, employing over 45 million people directly and nearly 100 million indirectly.

India’s textile mills are bracing for a wave of cheaper cotton imports that could redefine sourcing strategies and competitiveness in the global textile trade.

In the quiet hum of textile mills, where knitting machines once focused only of yarn count and GSM, a new thread has entered and changed the scenario, one that bends, rebounds, and reshapes fabric economics.