In view of the recent incidents in Bangladesh, including last week’s fire at a readymade garment (RMG) manufacturing factory in Mirpur near Dhaka, the Savar building collapse and Tarzeen factory fire accident, which have together ...
A United Nations expert group urged global clothing brands to work with Bangladesh, international organizations and civil society to improve working conditions in the country’s garment sector, following the collapse last month of a ...
Tags: UN Exhorts, Bangla Disasters
Dr. A Sakthivel welcomed the move by RBI to lower the repo rates by 25 BSP. He said, On behalf of the entire Textiles Industry I welcome move by RBI to lower the repo cut by 25 bsp. These measures will spur the demand and boost the ...
Tags: AEPC Chairman, Repo Rate
The economic crisis years of 2008 to 2012 dealt a heavy blow on the Spanish textile and apparel sector, whose sales dipped 21 percent during the period, according to an Europa Press report. The report says that about 46,300 jobs were ...
Tags: Spanish Textile, Textile
The decision of United States Agency for International Development (USAID) to reduce its budget to Sri Lanka from 2014 could affect the garment industry in the country. “USAID has made its decision to reduce its footprints in ...
Frequent strike calls given by political parties is estimated to have caused Bangladeshi readymade garment industry to lose around US$ 3 billion worth of new business opportunities, so far this year, according to Bangladesh Garment ...
Tags: Frequent, Garment Sector, Apparel
After beginning the year on a positive note, the sales of Spanish textile industry dropped by 5.9 percent on the Turnover Index (ICN). In January 2013, the sales of Spanish textile industry had registered a 3.6 percent growth on the ...
Tags: Textile Sector, Textile
The readymade garment industry of Bangladesh is suffering from a severe image crisis in the international markets because of concerns about labor safety arising from recent fire incidents in two garment factories, which resulted in a ...
Tags: Garment Sector, Garment
Cambodian garment exports are expected to grow in 2013 with the increasing foreign investments along with focus on new market including Japan and China, according to the Garment Manufacturers Association of Cambodia (GMAC) In 2012, ...
Tags: garment exports, garment
Urgent attention must be given to fire safety in the Cambodian garment and footwear industry according to a new report released by the International Labour Organization’s Better Factories Cambodia program (BFC). BFC’s 29th ...
Tags: Garment Units, Textile
Chairman AEPC, Dr. A Sakthivel, has written to Shri Anand Sharma, the Union Minister for Commerce, Industry & Textiles, on the issue of high cotton yarn prices prevailing in domestic market for export manufacturing. Dr. Sakthivel, in his ...
Tags: Yarn Prices, Yarn, Textiles
Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association will train 34,000 workers and mid-level officials in the apparel sector on fire safety by June, said Commerce Secretary Mahbub Ahmed. Ahmed spoke at the United States Trade ...
Tags: Garment Manufacturers, Garment
The fifth Industrial Policy Action Plan (IPAP) for 2013-14, launched by the Government of South Africa, aims to support the manufacturing of textiles and clothing in the country, along with other sectors. Unveiling IPAP 2013-14, Minister ...
Brazil's garment sector production rose by 5.33 percent year-on-year, while textile sector output declined by 2.83 percent year-on-year, according to a statement released by Associação Brasileira da Indústria ...
Following recent democratic elections in Burma, which have transformed the country into a democracy from an authoritarian State, UK's Sheffield Chamber of Commerce has joined an international pact aimed at reviving the Burmese textile ...