After Bangladesh and Vietnam, a small Central American country – Honduras has now overtaken India in apparel exports to the US. According to a big-time Indian garment exporter, a Chinese hand is visible in Honduras creaming India. ...
Tags: apparel exports, garment exports, Chinese export fabrics
The eighth International Uzbek Cotton and Textile Fair began on October 17, 2012 at Uzexpocentre in Tashkent. Both domestic and overseas companies engaged in cotton and textile businesses are participating in the two-day fair. ...
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The Philippine Government is expected to grant duty-free access to all US-made textiles, yarn and fabrics in exchange for the duty-free access of Philippine garments to that market. This has transpired as Philippines Department of ...
Tags: duty-free access, US-made textiles, garments, DoIT
Apparel Export Promotion Council (AEPC), a leading body of Indian apparel exporters, today proposed measures to hike garment exports by 100 percent in 3 years, and 10 percent in the current fiscal year. Dr. A Sakthivel, Chairman AEPC, on ...
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The exports of readymade garments from Bangladesh rose by 8.8 percent year-on-year to US$ 1.36 billion in November 2012, according to the data released by the Export Promotion Bureau (EPB). While woven garment exports fetched ...
Tags: Export Promotion Bureau, readymade garments, garment exports
Amid the sweeping impact of fire accident at Tarzeen factory on garment sector in Bangladesh,readymade garment(RMG)manufacturers in the country are enforcing fire safety norms in factories. Mr.Mohammad Hatem,first vice-president of ...
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A high-level Indian textile delegation has arrived in Sri Lanka’s capital Colombo to strengthen bilateral textile and garment trade between the two countries. The delegation, which is on a three-day visit to the island ...
Tags: textile trade, garment trade, textile, apparel companies
A strong growth was observed in apparel exports from Bangladesh to new markets during the first three months of Bangladeshi fiscal year 2012-13 that began on July 1, 2012. From July to September 2012, Bangladesh exported US$ 4.29 ...
The exports of textiles,including apparels,from Japan dropped six percent year-on-year to US$781.49 million in September 2012,according to the statistics compiled by the Japan Textiles Exporters Association based on the data made available ...
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Releasing the export data for the month of August 2012 for the apparel exports in India, Dr. A Sakthivel, Chairman AEPC, stated that, "Apparel exports were to the tune of USD 989 million in August 2012-13 with a decline of 7.2 per cent ...
The textile and apparel sector from around 40 African countries, which make up for the African Growth Opportunities Act (AGOA), expects to attract investment from local as well as overseas entrepreneurs, but mainly from the Asian continent. ...
Tags: textile, apparel, garment exports, duty-free apparel
The Philippine Government is expected to grant duty-free access to all US-made textiles, yarn and fabrics in exchange for the duty-free access of Philippine garments to that market. This has transpired as Philippines Department of ...
Tags: duty-free access, US-made textiles, DoIT
The overall size of textile and garment industry in India would reach US$ 223 billion by 2021, compared to its size of about US$ 89 billion last year, according to a report from the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry ...
Tags: textile industry, FICCI, garment industry, textile
Tough times seem to be looming on the Sri Lankan garment sector as European Commission(EC)has forewarned of a further decline in value of Sri Lankan rupee in terms of US dollar. Additionally,the Sri Lankan garment exports have now started ...
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The slump in global markets has depressed demand for Cambodian products,leading to reduced growth forecasts by the Asian Development Bank(ADB)for 2012 and 2013. "Falling global demand,especially in Europe and the US,means that the ...
Tags: global markets, ADB, growth, garment exports