The All Pakistan Textile Mills Association (APTMA) has said that the abrupt rise in power tariffs, pursuant to the new energy policy, will hurt the country’s textile industry. Under the new National Energy Policy 2013-18, the ...
Tags: Power Tariff, Textile Industry
The Pakistan Textile Exporters Association (PTEA) has appreciated the Pakistan Government’s campaign to arrest gas and power theft aimed at checking large-scale pilferage of natural resources and assuring adequate energy supply to the ...
Tags: Textile Exporters, Energy Theft
Looking forward to address the unrelenting issue of gas and energy crisis hampering the textile industry, the All Pakistan Textile Mills Association (APTMA) has come out with short, medium and long-term solutions for addressing the issue. ...
Tags: Gas Crisis, Energy Crisis
Among several types of industries, textile industry in India is developing at a fast pace. This industry has contributed significantly towards Indian economy's growth & development. The variety of fabrics offered by textile companies is ...
Tags: Apparel, Textile, Processing Machinery
The Federal Government of Nigeria has been requested to restore the non-operational textile industries of the country, in order to promote the indigenous fabrics of the West African country. The ongoing decline in the number of ...
Tags: Textile Units, Fabrics
Turkmenistan’s textile sector has recorded a growth rate of 105.4 percent in the first four months of 2013, Trend.az reported quoting Turkmen Government data. From January to April, Turkmenistan textile industry registered sales ...
Tags: Turkmenistan, Textile Output
Textile workers of Nigeria want the Federal Government to inject more money for revival of the ailing textile units across the nation. Seeking higher funds, the National Union of Textile Garment and Tailoring Workers of Nigeria ...
Tags: Textile, Garment, textile industry
The Pakistan Hosiery Manufacturers and Exporters Association (PHMA) has urged the Government to rollback the two percent sales tax imposed on the domestic textile sector, which till recently enjoyed zero-tax status, as the measure would not ...
Tags: Textile
In its effort to boost development of the handloom and sericulture industry, the government of north-east Indian state of Assam has assigned Rs. 2.32 billion under the state plan and a sum of Rs. 1.38 billion under non-plan for the upcoming ...
Pakistan’s Ministry of Textile Industry has increased the cotton production target for the forthcoming season to 14.1 million bales, up from the ongoing season’s target of 13.3 million bales, the Ministry informed the Senate ...
Tags: Textile Industry, Textile, cotton production
The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) has advised all banks/DFIs to forward the claims of textile exporters to the concerned offices of SBP-Banking Services Corporation (BSC) for the release of 22% Export Finance Mark up Rate Facility of second ...
Tags: SBP, Textile Exporters'Claims, Textile
Following receipt of complaints regarding emission of effluents in water bodies, 300 textile dyeing units operational in Erode, a district in the South Indian state of Tamil Nadu, have been served with closure notices by the district ...
Tags: textile dyeing units, Erode, PTI
In a bid to boost investment and creation of more employment opportunities in the textile sector of the state, the government of Western Indian state of Maharashtra is considering delinking of the state’s textile policy from the ...
Tags: textile sector, Textile Policy, Textile
Textile weavers in Madhya Pradesh have pinned hope on state Budget 2013-14, which would be presented by the Finance Minister this week. Speaking to fibre2fashion, secretary of Madhya Pradesh Textile Mills Association (MPTMA), Mr. MC Rawat ...
The fortnightly report on cotton arrival released by Pakistan Cotton Ginners Association (PCGA) shows that about 12.633 million bales of cotton had reached ginners in the country by February 15, 2013. The figure is indicative of a 10.37 ...
Tags: Cotton, Pakistan Ginners, PCGA