The SAARC Secretariat has offered to help the design development centre, handicraft laboratory and handicraft emporium at Tripureshwor, Himalayan Times quoted Federation of Handicraft Associations of Nepal (FHAN) President Hem Ratna Shakya ...
Tags: SAARC, Nepal Handicrafts, Textile
Indonesia is betting on its textile industry for withstanding competition in the Asean Economic Community (AEC), to be formed in 2015, Industry Ministry MS Hidayat said. Speaking on the sidelines of a national meeting of the Indonesian ...
Tags: Textile
Asia’s biggest confluence of home and lifestyle items - Home Expo India 2013 (HEI-2013) has begun at Expo Mart in Greater Noida, near the capital New Delhi. The second edition of the four-day expo, which was inaugurated by Union ...
The UK economy is set to avoid a triple dip recession as business confidence grows, according to the latest Quarterly Economic Survey from the British Chambers of Commerce (BCC). The weakness of the pound helped to boost exports in the ...
Tags: Agriculture, economy
The annual supplement to India’s foreign trade policy (FTP), likely to be announced in the coming months, will have steps to boost exports, the Ministry of Commerce, has said. Currently, the Ministry is holding consultations ...
Tags: India, Apparel, FTP Annual Supplement
Mr. Osman Omer Alshareef, Sudanese Minister of Commerce has suggested harmonization of production and marketing polices to boost exports of cotton from the country. During his meeting with the general manager of the Sudanese Cotton ...
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The ambitious textile and apparel export target of US$ 95 billion set by the Government under the recently announced Strategic Trade Policy Framework (SPTF) 2012-15 is unachievable, Pakistan Readymade Garments Manufacturers & Exporters ...
Tags: PRGMEA, Apparel, Export Target
The Financial Express reported that amid continuous downtrend of the export volume Bangladesh has moved forward to increase shipment to Iran. Officials said that Bangladesh mainly exports raw jute and jute goods to the Muslim nation and ...
Tags: Bangladesh, shipment, Iran, raw jute, jute goods
Indian automobile manufacturer Maruti Suzuki is considering building its first vehicle assembly plant in Africa to boost exports. Maruti Suzuki India chairman R.C. Bhargava told Bloomberg that firm is in search of new markets and Africa ...
Tags: Maruti Suzuki, vehicle assembly plant, Africa, boost exports
South Korea's oil refiners are likely to face tougher challenges in coming years as President-elect Park Geun-Hye vows consumer-focused policies and tighter business regulations under her economic democratization platform. Park, from ...
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Iran’s Ambassador to Iraq, Hassan Danaeifar, says Tehran plans to export $12 billion worth of goods to Iraq by the end the current Persian calendar year (ending March 20, 2013), up from around $11 billion last year. ...
Tags: products, services, Exports, trade volume
AFP reported that Sudan and Saudi Arabia are targeting 2014 start for deep water mining of a Red Sea basin believed rich in gold and copper. Mr Ali al Naimi Saudi Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources said that Manafa ...
Tags: deep water mining, gold exploration, copper exploration
The Taiwan government's National Development Fund (NDF) has approved the establishment of a NT$10 billion (US$345.7 million) lending program to offer loans for exports of green energy products. To encourage local banks to participate in the ...
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Banking on the stimulus measures introduced by the world’s leading economies, which are expected to enhance demand, Taiwan foresees its petrochemical output value for the fourth quarter (Q4) of current year to be 7.6 percent higher ...
Tags: Taiwan, Petrochemical Output
The American Institute of Architects (AIA) today announced that it had accepted an award from the U.S. Commerce Department's International Trade Administration's Market Development Cooperator Program (MDCP) to promote the export of American ...