The US Chamber of Commerce in Hong Kong (AmCham Hong Kong) intends to invest around US$ 1 billion in Vietnam in the field of production of raw materials for garment industry, according to Mark Gillin, chairman of US Chamber of Commerce in ...
Tags: Apparel Sector, AmCham
The children’s apparel industry of Bursa city in Turkey has contributed significantly to the garment sector in the country, Governor of Bursa, Munir Karalogluna said during a meeting with Bursa Children’s Apparel Industry ...
Tags: Turkish Apparel Sector
As the depletion of Earth’s ozone layer continues, there is an increase in direct exposure to ultraviolet (UV) rays and as a result of research studies as well as skin cancer awareness organizations, the demand for sun protective ...
Tags: UV Clothing, Growing Awareness
The adoption of common safety standards in Bangladesh’s ready-made garment factories has come a step closer, following a meeting of national tripartite partners, the Alliance and Accord and other key stakeholders in the industry. ...
Tags: Bangla Garment, Safety Standards
Chairman AEPC Dr A Sakthivel, on behalf of the garment & textiles industry has expressed disappointment over the increasing the repo rate. In a statement made, Chairman Dr. Sakthivel stated that, “The availability of capital is ...
Tags: AEPC Chief, Apparel
Experts from the UK will fly to Bangladesh this weekend to help the country address the urgent need for improving safety and building standards in the country’s garment sector, UK Secretary of State for International Development ...
Tags: Avert Future, Apparel
The increase in Foreign Direct Investment (FDI), especially in the garment sector, has created around 20,000 new jobs in Myanmar (previously Burma), according to Government data. During the first five months of the fiscal year 2013-14, ...
Tags: Apparel, Accessories, Garment
Vietnam is one of the countries negotiating the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), and the agreement throws a challenge for Vietnam’s garment and textile sector which heavily depends on raw material imports for production of finished ...
Tags: Garment Sector, Apparel
The Export Price Index (IPRIX) in Spain showed a decline of 0.5 percent year-on-year in the textile sector in July 2013, according to the data released by the National Statistics Institute (INE). This is the second consecutive monthly ...
Tags: Textile Export
While Indian rupee has become all-time low against the US dollar, the textile and apparel exporters of the country are pondering on benefits of sharp fall in rupee on the industry. The Indian rupee was marked at Rs. 61.66 on August 18, 2013 ...
Tags: Textile Exporters
Bangladesh’s garment sector would not be affected by the amendments being made by the Canadian Government in its General Preferential Tariff (GPT) rules and Rules of Origin. Heather Cruden, Canadian High Commissioner in ...
Tags: RMG Sector, garment sector
Clothing is one of the basic needs of the human being all over the world and people of today are frequently in search of new and innovative garments in the market. So in order to fulfill the changing demand of the consumers as well as to ...
Tags: Clothing, Apparel Business
The Foreign Buyers Association of the Philippines (FOBAP) is seeking financial help from the Government to fund three projects aimed at revival of the domestic garment industry. According to FOBAP President Robert M. Young, through ...
Tags: Garment Sector, Apparel
The textile sector of state of Mato Grosso do Sul in Brazil is expected to attract 40 new industries as well as create 2,400 new jobs as various sectors in the state signed an agreement for the extension of tax incentives until December 31, ...
Tags: Textile Sector
Technological upgradation has become the most important factor in the textile value chain for textile and clothing producers to face the global structural changes taking place in the industry. The new and innovative technologies, especially ...