The Lao Cai province of Vietnam is gearing up to host the 13th Vietnam—China International Trade Exhibition scheduled to be held in the province from November 13 to 18. Over 500 domestic and international firms, including textile ...
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Several Vietnamese manufacturers showing here this week are looking to capture a larger share of business in the U.S. market. Tran Anh Vu, left, Lien Thanh Furniture, and Patrick G. Harvey, Harick PTY Ltd. ?Jeff Dilley, left, Exsero ...
Tags: Furniture, Furnishing
The government of the north Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) has signed a tripartite memorandum of understanding (MoU) for implementation of ‘Revival, Reform and Reconstructing’ (RRR) scheme in the handloom sector. ...
Tags: Handloom Sector, Textile
With new orders from several boutique stores in Southern California, Near and Far is proud to announce that they have provided much needed work for 32 artisan weavers and their Fair Trade co-operative in Guatemala. The handmade scarves, ...
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Indian Textiles Minister K Sambasiva Rao has agreed to start two new textile (mainly for apparel) parks in the southern state of Karnataka—one each at Yadgir and Bellary, according to a Deccan Herald report. There is tremendous ...
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History Chinese Paper Cutting or Jianzhi is the first type of papercutting design, since paper was invented by Cai Lun in the Eastern Han Dynasty in China. It is a very distinctive visual art of Chinese handicrafts. ...
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The Ministry of Textiles, Government of India, is planning to come out with a Cotton Distribution Policy to bring stability in the prices of cotton. Under the plan, the Ministry proposes to levy a 10 percent duty on shipments of cotton ...
India’s exports of handicrafts grew by 5.3 percent year-on-year to US$ 523 million in the month of August 2013. According to the data released by Export Promotion Council for Handicrafts (EPCH), the exports of handicrafts stood ...
Tags: Handicraft, Textile
Export of Czech art glass and jewelry to support the new association "?eské umění skla" («Czech art glass"). It will include glaziers, schools, trade unions and other institutions. The new platform is made of glass ...
Tags: Glass, Construction, Decoration
A total of 1858 domestic events in the Handloom Sector and 666 handicrafts exhibitions were organised in the country including in backward areas during the last three years. During the current year (up to July, 2013), 242 domestic events ...
Tags: Handloom, Handicraft
Philippines’ Department of Science and Technology (DOST), through its Provincial Science and Technology Center (PSTC) recently conducted training on advance bleaching and dyeing of abaca fibre. Members of Tanikala ng Pagkakaisa ...
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India’s exports of handicrafts grew by 10 percent year-on-year to US$ 205 million in July 2013 due to the rising demand from markets like US, China and Latin America. According to the data provided by Export Promotion Council ...
Tags: Handicraft, Textile
The government of the southern Indian state of Kerala is planning to increase the sales of Khadi products to Rs. 1 billion in 2013. Mr. CN Balakrishnan, Minister of the Kerala Khadi and Village Industries Board, announced after ...
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The government has announced increase in the rate of interest subvention from 2% to 3% to the exporters belonging to various sectors. It has been mentioned that all pending claims would also be cleared immediately. Welcoming the decision, ...
The Union Minister of Textiles Dr. K.S. Rao met the exporters from Rajasthan in Jaipur during an interactive meet on Export Promotion of Handicrafts, Carpets, Wool, Textiles and Allied products and discussed the strategy for growth of ...