Yarn export dispute drags on

摘要

The textile scene in April-May remained dominated by the turf war between spinners and the value-added downstream industries that comprise manufacturing of textiles, clothing and other made-up articles-both using all their propaganda might and lobbying machine to prove their great significance to providing large scale employment and contribution to the national economy. Late in the night of May 12-13, the cabinet committee on textiles decided to come to the rescue of the value-added sector and imposed a regulatory 15% duty on export of all kinds of cotton yarn.