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2 April 2003
Textile production in Italy during 2002 dropped by 2%, compared with 2001. This was the lowest performance of the last 10 years.
11 April 2003
The wool market came back this week with prices decreasing by 1.5% on average at sales in Sydney, Melbourne and Fremantle.
16 April 2003
Data for February 2003 show that Japanese purchases of raw wool and wool top declined year-on-year, making it the third straight month of declines. The generally high raw wool prices and repressed wool textile demand point to a fairly subdued wool purchase picture in Japan for the remainder of the 2002/03 season.
4 April 2003
The wool market continued its rise this week with prices increasing by 3.0% on average at sales in Sydney and Melbourne.
Official government statistics reveal that the year-on-year decline in Taiwan's wool textile exports continued in the December quarter, with a drop of almost one quarter compared with the same period a year ago.
9 April 2003
US imports of textiles and clothing appear to have shifted emphasis with the major purchasing shift being towards China as a source supplier according to full year 2002 data.
17 April 2003
Ready-made garment exports from India increased substantially in the first two months of 2003 according to provisional data from India's Apparel Export Promotion Council.