In the wake of the hepatitis A outbreak in Australia, the government has supported plans for the introduction of country-of-origin labeling. Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott had asked his cabinet members to draft a legislation ...
The yet to be finalised free trade agreement (FTA) with Turkey will increase textile exports from Pakistan, commerce minister Khurram Dastgir Khan has said. In a statement, the minister said the government would hold extensive ...
Tags: Textile Exports, Textile
Favourable government policies, low wages, shorter sea route and growing garment exports make Myanmar an attractive option for Indian textile entrepreneurs, says Rajesh Kumar Shah The garment sector in Myanmar has grown enormously since ...
Tags: garment exports, Textile
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) would like to serve as the gateway to better ties between China and the countries in the Gulf region and the Arab world, a senior UAE official said on Saturday. UAE Vice President Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid ...
Tags: Belt and Road initiatives, economy
Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott began waging a war against red tape, even launching a website dedicated to the notion. The deregulation of the country’s medical device and pharmaceutical industries has been included in that ...
Tags: Medical Device, Medicine
Vegemite is overwhelming more popular among Australian consumers born in Australia than overseas-born Australians, although New Zealanders are partial to it too, according to findings about Australia’s favourite spreads from market ...
Tags: Vegemite, Australian consumers
Japan has agreed in principle to further relax rules of origin norms for importing knitwear from Bangladesh, and modalities for the same are being worked out, foreign secretary M Shahidul Haque told reporters after his meeting with the ...
Tags: Knitwear, knitwear products
Two Thai brewers are contemplating purchase of a stake in Saigon Beer Alcohol Beverage, which is 89% owned by the Government of Vietnam. Chang beer maker Thai Beverage is planning to buy 40% of Saigon Beer for around $1bn. Singha, which ...
Tags: beer market, Alcohol Beverage
Japan is contemplating plans to cut tariff on certain amount of beef and pork imports from the US over a period of 10 years, as part of Asia-Pacific free trade deal talks with the US. The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) is a free trade ...
Tags: Beef, Pork Tariff
The Japanese economy appears to have expanded during the October-December period, marking the first growth in three quarters thanks to a long-awaited recovery in consumer spending. Real gross domestic product grew an annualized 4% last ...
Tags: consumer spending, Electrical
Speaking at the inauguration of Tex-Trends India 2015, Indian union textiles minister, Santosh Kumar Gangwar said the new National Textiles Policy will be unveiled after the Union Budget is presented. The new Textiles Policy aims to ...
Tags: home furnishings, yarns, fabrics, silk, Apparel
The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA), chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, has approved continuation of mandatory packaging of foodgrains and sugar in jute material to the minimum extent of 90 percent and 20 percent ...
Tags: foodgrains, sugar, Textile
Japanese auto maker Suzuki Motor laid foundation stone at its JPY60bn ($509m) vehicle manufacturing facility in Gujarat, India. The company is planning to set up three plants in the Indian state at an investment of Rs 80bn ($1.3bn). ...
Washington and New Delhi are expanding their defense technology cooperation. On his visit to India, President Obama and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi discussed the extension and expansion of the bilateral Defense Technology and Trade ...
Telecom Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad urged U.S. technology companies to invest in India to boost the local electronics manufacturing industry, The Hindu Business Line reported. U.S. President Barack Obama arrived here for the second time. ...