Ethiopia based Awassa Textile will undertake an expansion project under which it will double its production through an investment of Birr 168 million. According to a leading Ethiopian daily, to undertake the expansion, Awassa Textile ...
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The Indian and Vietnamese textile and apparel industries are more complementary than competing in nature, and so cooperation would benefit both countries, the Synthetic and Rayon Textiles Export Promotion Council of India (SRTEPC) has said. ...
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Considering that the Thailand textile sector begins from petrochemicals and extends to fashion and the Vietnam garment industry has to import 85 per cent of its raw material requirements, cooperation between the two countries could help ...
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The Telangana government will not impose value added tax (VAT) on textile traders, commercial taxes minister Talasani Srinivas Yadav has said. Yadav was speaking on the occasion of Secunderabad Cloth Merchants’ Association ...
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DWI Holdings Inc., a subsidiary of Himatsingka Seide Ltd, has inked global licensing deal for the design, development and distribution of kate spade new york bedding and bath collections through 2020. According to a DWI press release, ...
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Tamil Nadu-based Akshaya Textile, one of the leading home furnishing textiles exports house from the textile city of Karur, is going to showcase its products at the 5th edition of the India International Handwoven Fair (IIHF), scheduled for ...
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Globe Textiles (India) Pvt. Ltd. (GTIPL), an Ahmedabad-based leading manufacturer and exporter of fabrics and garments, will debut its famed denim collection at the Asia Apparel Expo 2015, to be held at Messe Berlin, Berlin, Germany from ...
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The Karachi Cotton Association (KCA) has warned all Pakistani textile exporters to comply with European Union measures regarding exporting goods in wooden pallets, lest it impose a ban on exports. “In a statement, KCA urged all ...
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The Nigerian government has approved a policy which aims to revive the country’s ailing textile and garment industry. The policy is a part of the National Industry Revolution Plan (NIRP) which covers the whole textile value chain, ...
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With demand for premium European textile products growing, Intertextile Shanghai Apparel Fabrics – Spring Edition 2015 will once again feature SalonEurope and the Milano Unica pavilions. Leading European apparel fabrics and ...
The Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT) in a statement said it has deferred till further orders the procedure it had mandated earlier, to export organic cotton made textiles. Earlier, the DGFT had mandated a December 18, 2014 ...
The Secretary, Ministry of Textiles, Government of India, SK Panda recently visited Gurgaon’s leading fashion institute, the Institute of Apparel Management (IAM). During his visit, Panda actively interacted with the faculty and ...
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Welspun India Limited (WIL), part of the US$ 3 billion Welspun Group, has unveiled its new spinning facility at Anjar in Gujarat, which is India’s largest spinning facility under one roof. The new, world-class facility was ...
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The Confederation of Indian Textile Industry (CITI) has requested the Government to reduce the excise duty on all man-made fibres and filaments, as also their raw materials from the current 12 per cent to 6 per cent. In a pre-Budget ...
Tags: man-made fibres, Apparel, Textile
Better Cotton Initiative (BCI) and The All Pakistan Textile Mills Association (APTMA) signed an agreement to implement sustainable processes in cotton production in Pakistan. APTMA will be the implementing agency within Pakistan to ...