The 43rd edition of Russia’s International Exhibition of Textile, Garments and Light Industry, the ‘Fashion Industry’ Fair Spring 2014, is all set to begin from March 13, at the St. Petersburg Sports and Concert Complex, ...
The federal government yesterday announced that the nation s cement industry had attracted an additional investment worth$8 billion,based on the successful implementation of the Backward Integration Policy. The Minister of Industry,Trade ...
Tags: Cement, Cement Industry, Construction
India and Nigeria need to have closer ties in the textiles sector, Nigeria’s Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment Olusegun Aganga said during a meeting with business delegates from India in Lagos recently. Mr. Aganga said ...
Tags: cooperat, import tariff structure
The textile and clothing sector in Tunisia has recorded a slight improvement in October 2013, according to the latest data released by the Centre Technique du Textile (CETTEX). The data showed that Tunisia’s balance of trade in ...
Tags: Apparel Sector, Textile
The Uludag Textile Exporters Association of Turkey (UTIB) recently held its 6th edition of the textile and garment sector research and development (R&D) conference in the city of Bursa, with a view to promote training and research in the ...
The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreement, likely to be signed later this year, can strongly boost the Vietnamese garment sector, Le Tien Truong, vice chairman of the Vietnam Textile and Apparel Association (VITAS), said while ...
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Technological upgradation has become the most important factor in the textile value chain for textile and clothing producers to face the global structural changes taking place in the industry. The new and innovative technologies, especially ...
Several trade incentives available to the African countries including, African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA), the Cotonou Agreement with the European Union, and the Southern African Customs Union (SACU) agreement, help in the revival of ...
Sistema Moda Italia (SMI or Italian Fashion System) has released the 2012 figures related to the Italian textile and apparel sector. According to the data, the turnover of Italian textile and clothing sector registered €51.09 ...
Tags: Textile, Apparel Data
In recent years there has been a sharp drop in the number of people employed in Zimbabwe’s textile and clothing sector, and the Government is now introducing a cluster based concept to put the industry back on track. Around ...
Tags: Cluster-Based Concept, Textile, Zimbabwe
The Government of Mexico and representatives of Mexican textile and apparel associations have expressed confidence that they would be able to resolve the ongoing trade dispute with China in three months time, in view of the agreements ...
Tags: Textile
China, the global leader in textile and apparel manufacturing, is suffering from high labor cost and in order to reduce the impact of increasing production cost, the country’s textile and garment manufacturers should focus on quality ...
Tags: textile, apparel manufacturing
The garments factories located in Western and Eastern Java of Indonesia have opted for relocation to central Java because of its cheaper labour costs. Major reason cited for the relocation of garment factories to central Java is that the ...
Tags: Garment Units, Lower Labour Costs
The textile and apparel exports of Botswana, a landlocked country located in Southern Africa, may continue to decline due to the withdrawal of tax incentives by the US and the EU under the Financial Assistance Policy (FAP) as the country is ...
Tags: Botswana, Textile, Tax Incentives
Laurent Lamothe, the Prime Minister of Haiti, has urged Brazilian companies operating in the textile and garment sector to invest in Haiti. Paying an official visit to Brazil, Prime Minister Lamothe met Mr. Paulo Skaf, president ...
Tags: Haitian PM, Apparel, Brazilian