The export of textiles and garments from Sri Lanka increased by 9.4 per cent to US$ 4.929 billion in 2014, compared to exports of $4.508 billion made in 2013, according to the data from the Economics Research Department of the Central Bank ...
Tags: Textiles Exports, Garment Exports
Continuing its slow and steady trend, readymade garment exports from Bangladesh grew 2.55 per cent year-on-year in the first eight months of the ongoing fiscal that commenced on 1 July, 2014, data from the Export Promotion Bureau showed. ...
Tags: Garment Exports, knitwear exports
The Ghana Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI) has signed a Letter of Collaboration with the United States Agency for International Development’s (USAID) West African Trade Hub and African Partners Network, to establish a framework ...
The two-day Global Cotton Summit Bangladesh-2015, being jointly organised by the Bangladesh Cotton Association (BCA) and Bangladesh Textile Mills Association (BTMA), will take place on 20-21 March, 2015, in Dhaka. The summit will be ...
Tags: Global Cotton Summit, Textile Mills, Cotton
UK Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne has cut duty on spirits and cider by 2% and froze duty on wine and slashed the price of beer by a penny a pint for the third year now. In the budget speech presented in the House of ...
Scania is one of the world’s leading manufacturers of trucks and cfor heavy transport applications, and of industrial and marine engines. Core to Scania’s operations is to provide solid parts and service support as well as ...
Tags: Scania, trucks, heavy transport applications, buses
Tirupur Exporters’ Association (TEA) has requested Prime Minister Narendra Modi to expedite the process for finalising a free trade agreement (FTA) with the European Union. A requisition letter has been sent to the Prime ...
Tags: Tirupur Exporters, FTA with EU, garment
World cotton production this season is forecast at 119.2 million bales, virtually unchanged from last month’s projection and slightly below 2013/14 as higher area this season is offset by a lower yield. “Global harvested area ...
Tags: Cotton Output, global yield, cotton trade
The government of India and the Central Asian Republic of Kyrgyzstan have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on cooperation in the textiles sector. The MoU seeks to strengthen bilateral cooperation in three fields: textiles and ...
Tags: Textile Sector, bilateral cooperation, textiles, clothing
China's declining use of coal may be felt from Australia to the United States, especially the US state of Wyoming where coal is major part of the economy. Last week Premier Li Keqiang said China wanted to reduce its energy intensity ...
Tags: Metallurgy, coal, Coal Consumption
Investment flows from China to South Korea surged 374 percent last year to $631 million as Chinese companies moved to expand their presence and options in the global market. The figure was announced on Monday by the Mergermarket Group, a ...
China is toughening its examination of milk powder imported from New Zealand, according to the quality control watchdog, after revelations emerged on Tuesday of a criminal threat to contaminate some products with an agricultural poison. ...
Tags: Milk Powder, Raw Milk
China's State Council has given approval for Hangzhou, an e-commerce hub, to set up the country's first cross-border e-commerce pilot zone, according to a statement released on Thursday. Hangzhou, capital city of East China's ...
Turkey has imposed an additional 50 per cent customs duty on Pakistani handmade carpets, which can have tumultuous impact, since Turkey is the second biggest importer of Pakistani handmade carpets. The imposition of the duty comes ...
Tags: Handmade Carpets, Carpets
Dutch brewing company Heineken is planning to build a new brewery in northern Mexico, which will see an investment of around $470m. The proposed plant will be capable of producing nearly 5 million hectoliters of beer annually. The ...