The Quaid-e-Azam Apparel Park, the most modern project in South Asia, proposed to come up on 1,500 acres near Motorway-2 that connects Lahore with Islamabad, has been handed over for its management and development work to the Punjab ...
Tags: job opportunities, exports, Apparel
Union minister of state for Skill Development and Entrepreneurship, Rajiv Pratap Rudy said in Thiruvananthapuram that the national skill development policy which aims to address issues of skill development will be put in place by ...
Red meat prices already on the rise as farmers restock and Japanese agreement comes in The Australian red meat industry has seen cattle and sheep prices soar, as it welcomes the news that the Japan-Australia Economic Partnership Agreement ...
Tags: Red meat prices, Agriculture
The Vietnam National Textile and Garment Group (Vinatex) held its first shareholders’ meeting last week in Hanoi city. This was the first meeting after the company successfully issued its initial public offering (IPO) in September ...
Tags: revenue targets, profit margins, Textile
The United States is set to become an even more dominant market for the diamond industry in 2015. In a reversal of trends that have characterized the industry in the past few years, there has been a shift back from east to west as industry ...
Tags: Diamond Market, diamond industry
The Government of India has agreed to provide all necessary assistance for developing the textile industry in Afghanistan, as per a memorandum of understanding (MoU) signed between the two nations. The MoU was signed by Mazamil ...
Tags: clothing, cotton, man-made fibre, Textile
In what may mark an end of high-quality extra long staple cotton, the Egyptian Government has decided to stop paying subsidy of 350 Egyptian pounds per qintar (160 kg) of cotton to producers, from the next agricultural season. Last ...
Tags: Cotton Production, raw materials, Textile
The US has approved the sale of beef from Ireland for the first time in almost 16 years, a move that comes after easing a ban on European beef imports which have been in place since the BSE crisis in the late 1990s. Ireland is said to ...
With the implementation of the Developing Country (DC) Preferences by the Australian Government from 1 January 2015, garments made in Fiji now have improved access to the Australian market. The DC Preferences replaces the earlier South ...
Tags: raw materials, textile, clothing, footwear industry, Apparel
A Batik Fun Walk was organised in Kuala Lumpur last month, in which 2,700 people of all ages took part in the walk. The yearly event, organised by Yayasan Budi Penyayang Malaysia (Penyayang) is to create more interest in batik and take ...
Tags: bags, shoes, gift wrappers, Textile
Coca-Cola Amatil (CCA) has confirmed the acceptance of a letter addressed to the National Packaging Covenant Industry Authority (NPCIA) from the New South Wales (NSW) government related to a container deposit scheme and is examining ...
Tags: packaging waste litter, packaging recycling, Agriculture
Just before Christmas, NSW Premier, Mike Baird, and the Environment Minister, Rob Stokes, wrote to the National Packaging Covenant Industry Association (NPCIA)’s chairman, Grant Musgrove, and Coca-Cola Amatil managing director, Barry ...
Tags: packaging waste litter, recycling, Packaging
Abdu Bulama, minister of science and technology in the Nigerian government spoke about creating a strong partnership between his ministry and Mosanto, a producer of Bt cotton seeds. This will help in reviving the declining cotton industry ...
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, ...
Tags: funding and energy, smuggling, Textile
Government is adding a new paradigm to the Public Private Partnership (PPP) model, by involving all stakeholders in key decision-making processes, the Indian Prime Minster, Narendra Modi said at a workshop on the Make-in-India program. ...