External trade statistics are of central importance to economic policy. Among other things, its foreign trade contribution shows how a country is positioned compared to its trade partners. But how much do official statistics really tell us ...
The Union Minister for Commerce, Industry & Textiles Shri Anand Sharma, in a bilateral meeting with Ms. Sheikha Lubna Bint Khalid Al Qasimi, Minister of Foreign Trade, UAE, in Dubai, said that despite of the fact that UAE is India’s ...
Tags: textile imports, Textiles, Textiles Industry
Setting up a base in Malaysia could help Pakistani textile entrepreneurs gain utmost benefit in Asean countries, Malaysian High Commissioner to Pakistan Hasrul Sani Bin Mujtabar has said. Setting up a joint venture textile unit in ...
Tags: Pakistan, Textile Units, Malaysia
Iran and Iraq have agreed to invest in several industries, including the petrochemical sector, Mr. Mohebat Raeesi, managing director of Iran’s Arvand Free Trade Zone (FTZ) has announced. After a meeting with director general of ...
Tags: Iran, Iraq, petrochemical sector
Indian and Pakistani textile and garment industries have their own unique strengths and they are not competitors, says Mr. Ibrahim Mahmood, Research Officer of Pakistan Readymade Garments Manufacturers and Exporters Association (PRGMEA). ...
CEO of Zenitex Pvt. Ltd. Viral Sudhirbhai Desai has been awarded first prize for ‘Quality & Environmental Protection’ by Gujarat Government for the third consecutive time in a row. This is a unique hat-trick so far for any ...
Tags: trade, Textile Industry, Textile
The value of trade between Iran and Turkey surpassed USD 20.8 billion in the first 11 months of 2012, which was a rise of 40% compared to the same period in 2011. The Turkish Statistical Institute said that Turkey’s exports to Iran ...
Tags: value of trade, Iran, Turkey
Tehran Times cited Mr Ahmad Alirezabeigi Iran's East Azarbaijan Province's governor general as saying that Iran and Armenia have set the target of USD 3 billion in their annual bilateral trade. The report said that on December ...
Tags: Iran, Armenia, Annual Trade Target
The construction sector is once again providing work for the regional metal working and steel fabrication industry, thanks to mega projects worth billions of dollars that were announced recently in the UAE. And, an upcoming trade show, ...
Tags: Sharjah Steel Fabrication, construction sector, metal working
The Government of India has announced extension of two percent interest subsidy on some labour-intensive industries, including textiles, garments and handicrafts, for one more year till March 2014. Addressing a press conference, ...
Tags: Indian govt, interest subsidy, textile, exports, garments, handicrafts
Tehran Times reported that Iranian private sector company SANIR will implement a project worth USD 108 million in Sri Lanka aimed to provide electricity to around one thousand villages in the country. According to Sri Lanka’s Power ...
Tags: power supply project, power supply, electricity, crude oil, refined oil
Myanmar and Japan have inked a memorandum of understanding (MoU) for significant cooperation for developing Yangon's Thilawa Port-based special economic zone (SEZ), which would have labour-intensive industries like textiles, along with ...
Tags: labour intensive industries, textiles, manufacturing industries, SEZ
Karachi Chamber of Commerce & Industry’s President Muhammad Haroon Agar urged Ambassador of Romania to invite Romanian investors to invest in Pakistan. Exchanging views with the Romanian Ambassador to Pakistan H.E. Emilian Ion he ...
BS reported that Aditya Birla Group Company Hindalco will receive USD 100 million in financing from Export Development Canada or EDC, the country's export credit agency for its Mahan Aluminium Project in Madhya Pradesh. The agreement, ...
Tags: Aditya Birla Group Company Hindalco, export credit agency
MNA reported that the value of trade exchanges between Iran and Turkey has reached to USD 20 billion in the past ten months of 2012. As per report, the value of bilateral trade between the two neighbors has increased more than 45% ...
Tags: Iran, Turkey, trade exchange, trade