Improving working conditions in Bangladesh’s ready-made garment (RMG) industry is crucial for achieving sustainable growth in the country, says a new report Bangladesh: Seeking better employment conditions for better socioeconomic ...
Tags: ILO Report, Apparel
Vietnamese Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade Le Duong Quang and Burkina Faso’s Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade and Grand Duke, Bernard Gnessa Zougouri, have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on cooperation in trade ...
Tags: Burkina Faso, Textile
Under the leadership of Dr. A Sakthivel, Chairman AEPC, a delegation of 30 garment exporters participated in the three day Australia International Sourcing Fair (AISF) at Melbourne. The Indian pavilion was inaugurated by the Counsel ...
Tags: Garment Exporters
The November edition of India Market Days was inaugurated, at Apparel House, Gurgaon in presence of EC members of AEPC, international buyers and participants. This is the November edition of the India Market days which will be a two day ...
Tags: India Market, Apparel
The Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) and the Bangladesh Knitwear Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BKMEA) have demanded a review of the Tk 5,300 minimum wage for garment workers recommended by the ...
Reacting to the Second Quarter Review of Monetary Policy Statement 2013-14, Dr A Sakthivel, Chairman AEPC, stated that, “The synergistic efforts of all the stakeholders including Govt. has resulted in the average export growth of ...
Tags: Repo Rate, Chairman AEPC
The sunny picture of the Bangladesh readymade garments sector has changed and the industry is now at crossroads—the time to act is now and cost of inaction could be high, the World Bank has said in its ‘Bangladesh Development ...
Tags: Garment Industry, World Bank
The International Labour Organization (ILO) and the Government of Bangladesh will launch a new programme to improve working conditions in the ready-made garment (RMG) sector in Bangladesh, on Tuesday 22 October in Dhaka. The ...
Tags: garment sector, ILO
Brazil has imported more than US$ 5 billion worth of textiles between the period of January and September, 2013, as per the estimates of Brazilian Association of Textile and Apparel (ABIT). According to a statement issued by ABIT, the ...
Tags: Textiles, garment sector
The exports of garments and textiles from Vietnam increased by 18 percent year-on-year in the first nine months of the current year to US$ 13.154 billion, according to data from the Ministry of Industry and Trade. Of this, the ...
Tags: Garment Exports, fabric exports
BATEXPO 2013, the country's largest garments export fair, kicked off on Thursday. Prime minister Sheikh Hasina inaugurated the annual three-day expo, hosted by Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association, at Sonargaon ...
Tags: Garments Export
BKMEA organized a view exchanging meeting with its esteemed members on some current burning issues of RMG sector at Hotel Purbani on 28 September, 2013. The agenda of the meeting were discussion on minimum wage, ensuring fire safety in ...
Tags: Garment Sector, Textile
The shifting of orders for apparel from Bangladesh to other countries is a challenge for the country’s garment sector, Atiqul Islam, president of Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA), said at a press ...
The Bangladesh Garment and Manufacturers Association (BGMEA) has agreed to accept the decision of the Wage Board with regards to the salary structure of those working in readymade garment factories. Talking to reporters after a meeting ...
The Institute for Export and Fashion of Colombia (INEXMODA) would be hosting the next edition of the World Fashion Convention in 2014, which is organized by the International Apparel Federation (IAF), announced president of INEXMODA, Carlos ...
Tags: World Fashion Convention, Apparel