The All Pakistan Textile Mills Association (APTMA) has unveiled a four-year plan for Pakistan textile industry, and has set the target to double the export figure and reach US$ 26 billion from the current US$ 13 billion, by utilizing the ...
Tags: Textile Exports, APTMA
The expenditure on apparel by Spanish citizens will increase by about 24 percent from the current spending, says a latest report released by the Strategic Research Centre of the EAE Business School. The report titled “The ...
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
In its endeavour to become a consolidator to the textile sector and to uplift the conditions of the handloom weavers and ensure that they get continuous employment, two Memorandum of Understanding were signed in the presence of the Union ...
Tags: textile sector
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
Gas tariff hike of up to Pk Rs. 85 per mmbtu (million metric British thermal units) for Captive Power Plants (CPPs) would render the most efficient and highest foreign-exchange generating textile industry ineffective, All Pakistan Textile ...
Tags: Textile Sector, Gas tariff
The procedure of Duty Tax Remission for Exports (DTRE) in Pakistan is complicated to the extent that only few of the value-added textile sector companies benefit from the scheme to increase the country’s export volumes. The ...
Tags: Apparel Exports, Textile Exports
The sales of Estonian textile industry rose only marginally in 2012, but the volume of production at constant prices remained almost unchanged compared with the previous year. During the year, the number of employees in the Estonian ...
Tags: Textile Industry, blankets
Confederation of Indian Textile Industry (CITI) has welcomed the announcement of Technology Upgradation Fund Scheme (TUFS) for implementation during the 12th Plan Period. In a statement here Mr. S.V. Arumugam, Chairman stated that the ...
Tags: Indian Textile Industry, Apparel
The textile and clothing sector in Spain has lost 1,052 companies in 2012, according to the data from the National Statistics Institute (INE). Of this, the textile sector lost 294 companies in 2012, which is 4.6 percent of the total, ...
With the increasing awareness about the importance of environmental protection, several global textile makers are focusing on sustainability in textile supply chain. In an interview with fibre2fashion, Ms. Sharon Rowe, CEO and founder ...
Tags: Supply Chain, Textile Sector
The South African Revenue Service (SARS) recognises the significant role the clothing, textile, leather and footwear sectors play in the South African economy. SARS considers these as strategic economic sectors that require significant ...
Tags: Textile Sector, Textile
The European Commission, which is in the final stages of a review of the current European Union (EU) organic legislation, has decided that the legal basis of its organic regulation would not be extended to cover the textiles sector. ...
Tags: Textile Sector, Organic Regulation
The All Pakistan Textile Mills Association (APTMA) has taken up a new initiative to improve the condition of Pakistani textiles in the global market and double the exports of the textile industry in the country. The initiative Triple ...
Tags: Textile Sector, global market
Every company in the textile and apparel industry aims to stand out in the competitive world but only the companies with right strategy in their approach achieve success. Some of the industry representatives here talk about the most ...
Tags: Textile Sector, Right Strategy