Japan is contemplating plans to cut tariff on certain amount of beef and pork imports from the US over a period of 10 years, as part of Asia-Pacific free trade deal talks with the US. The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) is a free trade ...
Tags: Beef, Pork Tariff
Red meat prices already on the rise as farmers restock and Japanese agreement comes in The Australian red meat industry has seen cattle and sheep prices soar, as it welcomes the news that the Japan-Australia Economic Partnership Agreement ...
Tags: Red meat prices, Agriculture
The Vietnam National Textile and Garment Group (Vinatex) held its first shareholders’ meeting last week in Hanoi city. This was the first meeting after the company successfully issued its initial public offering (IPO) in September ...
Tags: revenue targets, profit margins, Textile
The textile and garment sector of Vietnam is aiming at total exports of US$ 28 billion to $28.5 billion in 2015, according to Vietnam National Textile and Garment Group (Vinatex). In 2014, Vietnam’s textile and garment industry ...
Tags: garment industry, raw materials, Apparel
Exports from the Vietnamese apparel sector are expected to touch US $24.5 billion and thereby surpass the set target by nearly $1 billion. “The garment and textile sector continues to top Vietnamese exports, mainly due to right ...
The China & Asia textile forum and China Green textile summit will be held on February 2-3, 2015, at the Beijing Marriott Hotel Northeast, China. The events are co-hosted by ECV International, a leading consulting firm in China, and ...
Tags: textile, Green textile
Hanesbrands Vietnam, a subsidiary of the US-based manufacturer and marketer of everyday basic apparel Hanesbrands Inc, has opened a new garment factory in Kim Dong district of northern Vietnamese province of Hung Yen, last week. The new ...
Tags: Garment Unit, Apparel
The garment and textile sector in Vietnam has to work towards maintaining its market position, in order to prevent declination, according to Hoang Ve Dung, the deputy general director of the Vietnam National Textile and Garment Group ...
Tags: Vinatex, Market Position, Textile
Coats, one of the leading industrial thread and consumer textile crafts companies, has announced the opening of a global services business in Vietnam, on the eve of completing 25 years of operations in the country. The new dedicated ...
Tags: Coats Global Services, Textile
Singapore TAL Apparel Limited has received green signal for setting up a US$ 50 million project to manufacture textiles, fabrics and garments in Vietnam’s northern province of Vinh Phuc, according to Vietnam Investment Review. The ...
Tags: green signal, textile plant, Textile
China hopes APEC will play a coordinating role in establishing the Free Trade Area of the Asia-Pacific (FTAAP), a Chinese official said Tuesday. The country seeks implementation of an APEC information exchange for free trade areas to ...
Tags: Drafting, APEC Roadmap
More than 100 local and foreign exhibitors took part in the recently concluded international textile and garment industry expo held at the ICE International Center for Exhibition, Hanoi, Vietnam. The expo, held concurrently with the ...
Tags: expo, Exhibitors, Textile
Vietnam, the largest economy and the market in the ‘New Asean’ (comprising Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos and Myanmar), has announced that its business sector is officially ready for wider engagement with Sri Lankan businesses and ...
A recently published report titled ‘The Fiber Year 2014’, the world survey report on textiles & nonwovens, states that the fiber production volume in the world textile industry in 2013 rose by 2.8% to 92.3 million tonnes. This ...
Tags: Fiber Production, 2.8%, Textile
Ho Chi Minh City, the largest city in Vietnam, remained attractive for new investments in the garment and textile sector, and it received 70.62 percent of the total investment made in the city’s industrial zones in the first six ...
Tags: Ho Chi Minh, Investments, Textile