All Pakistan Textile Mills Association (APTMA) has expressed concern over the 2 percent hike in tax introduced in the Budget for fiscal year 2013-14, which may lead to increase in the cost of production for the textile industry of the ...
Tags: APTMA, Apparel&Accessories, Textile
Turkey, situated at the crossroads of Asia and Europe, provides good opportunity for Galician companies, including textile firms. This was one of the conclusions drawn at the conference on “Turkey: A Good Opportunity for the Galician ...
Tags: Galician Textiles, Textile
Indicative of a 7 percent quarter-on-quarter hike, Pakistani textile firms booked Pk Rs. 8.9 billion in profits during January-March this year, indicating a growth of 180 percent year-on-year. According to The Nation report, the joint ...
Tags: Textile
Despite the increasing production cost and shift in orders by global apparel and textile buyers from China to other Asian countries, several global clothing and textile brands are still sourcing major portion of their clothing from China. ...
Tags: Textile, Apparel and Clothing
Several textile firms from Belgium have articulated interest in investing in Macedonia, a country located in the central Balkan peninsular region in southeastern Europe, Visar Fida, director of Agency for Foreign Investments, has said. ...
Tags: Belgian Textile, Textile Firms
The Faisalabad Chamber of Commerce and Industry (FCCI) has urged the Government to resolve the energy crisis and ensure continuous power supply to the textile industries of Faisalabad. Lack of management in the power sector has caused ...
Tags: Textile Sector, Textile
Textile employers in Kenya are unhappy over the 14 percent increment in minimum wages announced by the Government on May 1, 2013. Speaking to media, Chairman of Kenya Association of Manufacturers (KAM), Polycarp Igathe, said that any ...
Tags: Textile, Textile employers
The recent hike in minimum wages may lead to layoffs in Bolivian textile and apparel sector, El Conglomerado Textil Boliviano (COTEXBO or Bolivian Textile Conglomerate), has said. The textile sector in Bolivia, a land-locked country ...
Tags: Wage Hike, Textile Sector
The two-day international conference on low-carbon solutions for the textile industry in Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) economies held in Taipei, Taiwan, saw several consensus being reached by the APEC members for green solutions ...
Tags: Textile Sector, Textile
The number of facilities becoming certified to the Global Organic Textile Standard (GOTS) increased 11 percent to surpass the 3000 mark in 2012, growing from 2,714 facilities in 2011 to 3,016 facilities in 2012, according to new data from ...
Tags: Textile Firms, Textile
This March 2013, more than 100 Indian textile producers in DELHI and more than 200 in SURAT attended the seminars organized by the French Trade Commission-Ubifrance & UCMTF (the French Textile Machinery Manufacturers’ Association), ...
Tags: Textile Firms, Textile
The exports of garments and textiles from Vietnam have reached US$ 4.2 billion during the first quarter of the current year, registering a year-on-year rise of 16 percent, according to the Vietnam Textile and Apparel Association (VITAS). ...
Italian textile firms are rapidly making their way in the Chinese market, which can be seen from the rapid rise in the number of Italian exhibitors at the China International Apparel Fabrics and Accessories (Spring) Expo, held from March 27 ...
Tags: Textile Firms, Textile
Participation in the Intertextile Beijing Apparel Fabrics 2013, China’s annual textile trade show, has helped Taiwanese textile companies’ bag overseas spot orders worth US$ 480,000 or NT$ 14.35 million, according to the Taiwan ...
Tags: Intertextile, Apparel Fabrics, Textile Firms
More than 1000 brands from nearly 20 countries are going to participate in the 21st edition of China International Clothing & Accessories Fair (CHIC 2013), which acts as a key to enter the fast growing Chinese consumer market. The ...
Tags: Clothing, fashion apparels, apparels