International buyers from countries having a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with Colombia, accounted for business expectations worth US$ 73.9 million at Colombiamoda 2013. The amount corresponds to 76 percent of the total US$ 97 million ...
The countries that have signed CAFTA-DR free trade agreement may lose about 100,000 jobs in the textile industry if the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreement is signed in its current form, which allows Vietnam to import raw materials ...
Tags: CAFTA-DR Textile Sector, Textile
Colombia-based Nutresa has agreed to acquire Chile-based food and beverage producer Tresmontes Lucchetti for $758m, as part of its efforts to expand its international footprint. Tresmontes Lucchetti is involved in the manufacture of ...
In most of the leading apparel-exporting countries, the wages for garment workers have stagnated or declined over the past decade, says a latest report. Among the top four apparel exporters to the United States, prevailing wages in ...
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The newest kid on the New York City trade show block, DG Expo, is growing rapidly. Indigo and Printsource recently showed print ideas for Spring/Summer 2014. Celebrating its second year, DG Expo now has about 80 exhibitors showing fabrics ...
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Major textile associations of El Salvador have shown support for the hike in minimum wages in the country, as suggested in a proposal by the National Association of Private Enterprise (ANEP). In view of the economic situation of the El ...
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HanesBrands, a leading marketer of everyday basic apparel, today announced that it has expanded to Honduras its successful Central American school renovation and afterschool youth club programs in partnership with Glasswing International. ...
Members of the Salvadoran synthetic textile and apparel cluster are preparing to participate in the annual American Apparel Producers' Network (AAPN) forum in which the theme will be "Apparel Made in the Americas". This forum seeks to ...
Cotton Council International (CCI), through its COTTON USA Sourcing Program, will host a pavilion at the Apparel Sourcing Show trade fair from May 21-23 to promote U.S. cotton textiles. The Sourcing Program will coordinate with U.S. mills ...
Cotton Council International (CCI), through its COTTON USA Sourcing Program, will host the COTTON USA Western Hemisphere Sourcing Fair 2013 in Panama City, Panama, April 29 – May 1. The COTTON USA Western Hemisphere Sourcing Fair ...
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Cotton Council International (CCI) — the Washington-based export promotion arm of The National Cotton Council, Memphis, Tenn. — has announced it will promote U.S. cotton and cotton textiles through its Cotton USA Sourcing ...
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The inaugural ExpoProducción — an annual trade show focused on serving the complete apparel, home textiles and technical textiles production supply chain in Mexico and Central America — was held Feb. 6-8, 2013, at the ...
According to statistics released by El Salvador’s Central Bank, the country’s imports of hot rolled coils (HRC) totaled 108,552 tons in 2012, falling by 15% from a year ago. In 2012, the country’s imports of wire rods ...
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Once again Intradeco Apparel has raised the bar on social compliance, and become the first Walmart supplier in Latin America to complete all three phases of the Responsible Sourcing Supplier Development Program. The steps taken to improve ...
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Did you know that hammocks began almost 1000 years ago? Hammocks have a rich and interesting ancient heritage. We here at Hammocks.com are proud to offer you a product with such rich history. In this article you will learn the interesting ...
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