On the anniversary of the tragic collapse of Rana Plaza in Dhaka (Bangladesh), the Foreign Trade Association (FTA) highlights the efforts undertaken by European retailers and importers to contribute to the improvement of safety conditions ...
The garment and textile industry of Vietnam is aiming to reach a localization rate of 60 percent by 2015, and thereby reduce dependence on imported inputs, Le Trung Hai, vice president of the Vietnam National Textile and Garment Group ...
Tags: Garment Sector, textile industry
The exports of garments from Thailand are expected to touch US$ 7.8 billion in 2014, due to signs of global economic recovery, especially in the EU countries, Mrs. Duangkamol Jiambutr, Deputy Director-General of the Department of ...
Tags: Garment Exports, apparel exports, Apparel
A total of 10 micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) operating in the Peruvian apparel sector would be showcasing their latest products at the 18th edition of the Peruvian international fair for the garment industry 'Peru Moda 2014', ...
Tags: Apparel, Accessories
Collaboration between retailers, brands, their manufacturing partners and suppliers is starting to drive a recovery in the UK’s garment making sector. This was the optimistic and overwhelming conclusion of speakers at the recent ASBCI ...
Tags: Garment Sector, Textile
The 43rd edition of Russia’s International Exhibition of Textile, Garments and Light Industry, the ‘Fashion Industry’ Fair Spring 2014, is all set to begin from March 13, at the St. Petersburg Sports and Concert Complex, ...
The garment manufacturing industries in Bangladesh have not yet reached the peak level where they would need to shift to another level of industrialization to avoid decline, Dr. Ludovico Alcorta, Director, Development Policy, Statistics and ...
The federal government yesterday announced that the nation s cement industry had attracted an additional investment worth$8 billion,based on the successful implementation of the Backward Integration Policy. The Minister of Industry,Trade ...
Tags: Cement, Cement Industry, Construction
The Spanish textiles Export Price Index (IPRIX), for the month of December 2013, shows a decline of 0.6 percent, compared to the same month in 2012, as per the data released by National Institute of Statistics in Spain. According to ...
Tags: Textile Export, Textile
The exports of apparel earned US$ 5.52 billion for the Southeast Asian nation of Cambodia in 2013, registering a rise of sharp 20 percent over $4.61 billion exports made in 2012, reports xinhuanet.com, citing data from the Ministry of ...
Tags: Garment Exports, Apparel
India and Nigeria need to have closer ties in the textiles sector, Nigeria’s Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment Olusegun Aganga said during a meeting with business delegates from India in Lagos recently. Mr. Aganga said ...
Tags: cooperat, import tariff structure
The production by light industry, which includes textiles and garments and footwear sectors, in Uzbekistan increased by 13.2 percent in 2013 compared to the previous year, as per the data from the information service of the State Committee ...
Tags: Textile Production, footwear
The increase in electricity tariff will push the prices of Indonesian garments by up to 50 percent, making the industry less competitive in both domestic and export markets, Indonesian Synthetic Fiber Producers Association (Asosiasi ...
Tags: Power Tariff, Garment Prices
With the intention of meeting the growing demand of skilled workers for clothing industry of Paraguay, the Tailoring Industry Association of Paraguay (AICP) and the National Vocation Service of the Ministry of Justice and Labor of Paraguay ...
Tags: Apparel, clothing industry
The readymade garment (RMG) sector in Bangladesh has suffered a loss of US$ 20 million in the month of December 2013, due to shipment delay, cancellation of orders, extra-burden of air freight, price discounts, and losses due to vandalism, ...
Tags: RMG Sector, Apparel