The following is a roundup of apparel and footwear news from the world’s local media. just-style has not checked these stories so cannot guarantee their accuracy.
- Shaoxing County, China’s so-called ‘textile town,’ is set to reduce its annual textile printing and dyeing capacity in a bid to save energy and cut emissions. Sources said the number of textile printing and dyeing companies will be cut from 200 to 100, and the output of printed and dyed fabrics slashed from 15.6bn to 10bn metres a year. Shaoxing accounts for one-third of China’s total annual production of these materials. XINHUA
- The Ghanaian cotton industry is to get a GHS5m (US$3.5m) revamp as part of government plans to revitalise the ailing textile industry so that it contributes to economic growth and employment. The country’s Export Development and Investment Fund is providing a GHS3m for cotton farmers and an extra GHS2m will be available as a subsidy for fertilizers and chemicals. ACCRA DAILY MAIL
- A trade deal between Taiwan and China is set to open up business for Taiwanese designers by slashing tariffs and punishing counterfeiters. The country’s Economics Minister wants to move away from mass production of textiles goods and towards higher value goods, with Chinese department stores seen as prime targets. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
- Chinese sporting goods brand Li Ning, which shot to fame during the 2008 Beijing Olympics, has announced a partnership with Australian sportswear firm Skins to launch gradient compression sportswear in the Chinese market. ASIA PULSE
- Pakistan’s cotton imports will double to 3.5m bales in 2010-11 to make up for domestic production lost in its devastating floods. However, even imports at this level will be unable to prevent a deeper than expected slide in Pakistan’s exports, to 400,000 bales. AGRIMONEY.COM
