In 2013 shipments fell in most segments though remained on a relatively high level. In comparison to 2012 global shipments of new short-staple spindles rose by +10% while those of open-end rotors decreased slightly by -2% and those of ...
Bangladesh, the second largest readymade garment exporter, has urged Japanese entrepreneurs to increase the share of Bangladeshi garments in their total apparel import from the current 1.77 percent to at least 10 percent. Speaking at a ...
Tags: Garments, readymade garment
Although recent industrial accidents coupled with other issues have raced challenges for the Bangladesh textile industry, which is the second largest exporter of readymade garments (RMG), the Government of Bangladesh and the textile ...
Clean Clothes Campaign launches a Review of its Urgent Appeal cases of 2013 and beginning of 2014. The interactive map shows how Clean Clothes Campaign supports the survivors of the Rana Plaza and many other workers in their struggle for ...
Tags: Clean Clothes, garment industry
World cotton trade in 2014/15 is forecast to reach only 36.3 million bales, 10 percent below the previous season and the lowest since 2010/11. While imports by China have supported cotton trade over the last several seasons, expectations ...
Tags: Cotton Trade, Cotton
The planning workshop on OSH (Occupational Safety and Health Awareness) was held with representatives of employers and workers organizations and other stakeholders from the Ready-Made Garment (RMG) sector aimed at in-depth analysis of ...
Tags: RMG Sector, ILO
World 2014/15 cotton mill use is forecast at 111.8 million bales, up 2 percent from 2013/14, reflecting an expanding global economy. The two largest consuming countries are China and India, with a combined cotton mill use of over 60 million ...
Tags: Cotton Consumption, global economy
Lindex is publishing its ninth sustainability report. During the past year, Lindex has among others increased its sustainable range by 39 percent compared to the previous year, reduced the electricity consumption in stores and donated SEK ...
Tags: Sustainable Fashion
Implementation of international labour standards in Pakistan, especially in the textile industry, was discussed in detail when US Deputy Counselor for Economic Affairs Susan McFee called on Pakistan's Minister for Textile Industry Abbas ...
Tags: Textile
One year ago today, 17 ready-made garment (RMG) industry global brands and retailers and 2 global unions and their national RMG affiliates signed an unprecedented agreement to make RMG factories safe in Bangladesh. One year later, 172 ...
Tags: Apparel, Accessories
US-based Hologenix has unveiled – Celliant, a revolutionary, patented technology that, through the use of fibers, converts the body’s natural energy (heat) into infrared (IR) light and emits it into the body’s tissue and ...
Tags: Fiber Core, Responsive Textile
The exports of readymade garments from Bangladesh increased by 15.38 percent to US$ 19.97 billion during the first ten months of the ongoing fiscal year 2013-14, as against exports of $17.307 billion made during the corresponding period of ...
Reacting on the apparel exports data, for the month of April 2014-15, Mr. Virender Uppal, Chairman AEPC, remarked, “This is the first month of the 2014-15 and Apparel Exports have recorded the growth of 14.33% compared to the April ...
Tags: April Apparel, Apparel Exports
Bangladesh will ink an initial agreement in end-May with the US consortium comprising Astra Oil and Excelerate Energy for building the country's first LNG import terminal at Moheshkhali Island, a senior Petrobangla official said Friday. ...
Tags: LNG Import Terminal
Since the beginning of April when the Chinese government announced a lower starting auction price, the pace of sales from China’s reserve increased and the Type 328 China Cotton Index (a daily index of prices for domestic cotton ...
Tags: Cotton, Cotton Prices