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COTTON IMPORTS FROM UZBEKISTAN BRIGHTENING UP
Bangladesh’s chances of resuming cotton purchases from Uzbekistan have risen after the United States dropped a restriction on obtaining the crucial textile raw material from the country following considerable progress in abolishing forced labour. Until 2007, when a boycott movement against Uzbe...Read more -
CHINA PLUS ONE ANTICIPATES INDIA’S TEXTILE SECTOR REVIVING
Despite a container shortage and a shipping crisis, India’s textile industry has managed to weave a comeback tale. It is in a favourable position, owing largely to the China Plus One strategy of European and US fashion brands, as well as the US ban on Chinese cotton. According to the latest ava...Read more -
MANDATORY SEATING FACILITIES FOR TN’S TEXTILE WORKERS
Taking a leaf out of neighbouring Kerala’s footsteps, Tamil Nadu introduced a Bill to provide mandatory seating facilities for the staff working in shops in the state. The Bill introduced by Labour Welfare Minister and Skill Development C.V. Ganesan sought to amend the Tamil Nadu Shops and Estab...Read more -
EGYPT’S GARMENT SECTOR GENERATES LE 300 BILLION EACH YEAR
According to Mohamed Abdel Salam, director of the Federation of Industries’ Chamber of Readymade Garments Industry, Egypt’s garment industry generates roughly LE 300 billion every year. On the sidelines of the signing of a cooperation protocol between the Chamber of Garment Industry and the read...Read more -
THE GARMENT INDUSTRY IN THE UNITED STATES HAS RECOVERED IN 2021
Following a catastrophic 2020 in terms of both values and volumes, the US apparel business has revived in 2021. According to one research, US clothing imports increased by 26.92 percent to $35.38 billion in the first half of this year, compared to the same period in the previous year. Imports gr...Read more -
VERTICAL INTEGRATION IS EMPHASISED BY THE CHAMBER OF GARMENT EXPORTERS
To reap the full benefits of the Generalised Scheme of Preferences Plus (GSP+), Sri Lanka’s clothing sector must swiftly enhance the value addition to its exports to the European Union (EU) from 52 percent to 65 percent. Vertical integration in Sri Lanka’s garment sector is one of the quickest m...Read more -
VIRUDHUNAGAR WILL RECEIVE A RS 400 CRORE INTEGRATED CLOTHING PARK
In response to a debate in the Assembly on the demand for grants for the Industries Department, state Industries Minister Thangam Thennarasu stated that an integrated apparel park would be developed at Kumaralingapuram SIPCOT in Virudhunagar at a cost of Rs 400 crore to promote industrial growth...Read more -
PAKISTAN’S TEXTILE INDUSTRY EXPORTED $1.49 BILLION IN JULY
According to a government official, the textile sector reached a peak in July, recording $1.49 billion during the first month of the current fiscal year 2021/22. Farrukh Habib, Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting, stated that when the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf government took powe...Read more -
PIONEER EMBROIDERIES’ BOD APPROVES EXPANSION; STOCK TRADES FLAT
Pioneer Embroideries Limited’s Board of Directors approved a circular resolution on Saturday to expand into POY (Partially Oriented Yarns) and DTY (Draw Textured Yarns). Pioneer Embroideries Ltd was trading at Rs67.40 per piece at around 11.19 a.m., down Rs0.4 or 0.59 percent from its previous ...Read more -
NEXCOM ATTENDS A WORKSHOP ON VIRTUAL TEXTILE AND CLOTHING TECHNOLOGY
From August 25-26, the Navy Exchange Service Command (NEXCOM), its business line Navy Clothing and Textile Research Facility (NCTRF), and its parent command, Naval Supply Systems Command (NAVSUP), held their first virtual webinar, emphasising textile and uniform technologies. Over 100 people fro...Read more -
CONTAINER SHORTAGE, LOCKDOWNS SPOOK TIRUPUR GARMENT INDUSTRY
Rising air freight, shortage of containers for sea freight and lockdown for six weeks due to Covid second wave has meant nearly Rs 2,500 crore worth garments stuck in Tirupur. Worse, these may never make it to the overseas markets, instead could end up at fourth the the price for Diwali in India...Read more -
THE TEXTILES SECTOR IN INDIA IS ATTRACTING INVESTMENTS FROM THE UAE
According to a Wam report, the UAE is emerging as a significant investor in India’s textile business, even as India ramps up its attempts to double handloom textile exports in the next three years. The Ministry of Textiles established a high-level, eight-member expert group today to increase ha...Read more