The US state of New York is considering new legislation that would hold big fashion firms responsible for human rights and sustainability issues in their global supply chains. Footwear and … More New York weighs strong sustainability regulations for the fashion industry

Editorial: Will higher cotton prices hit the apparel market in 2022? World textile and apparel trade and production trends: Egypt, Morocco, Tunisia and Turkey, December 2021 Survey of the European … More Worth Reading – Issue 211 of Textile Outlook International has now been published and contains the following reports

BASF to develop and supply innovative catalyst solutions that enable CO2 direct utilization via reforming and synthesis gas to chemicals Reduction of carbon footprint via improved process efficiency and carbon … More BASF partners with China BlueChemical and Wuhuan Engineering to develop new technology for use of CO2 rich marine gas

This Inventory contains information on export regulations in the raw materials sector, namely minerals, metals and wood. It records measures known to restrain export activity from 2009-2020 at the 6-digit … More About the Inventory on export restrictions on Industrial Raw Materials

In December 2021, the number of commercial flights in the EU increased by 130 % compared with December 2020. However this is still below the pre-pandemic levels (-24   % compared … More Commercial flights in December 2021: closest yet to 2019 figures