A comprehensive strategy aimed at the textile and clothing industry, allowing secure employment for more than 450,000 families belonging to the sector, and to promote competitiveness of enterprises, as well as to create legal and equitable ...
Juanita Duggan, CEO at the American Apparel & Footwear Association (AAFA) has welcomed appointment of a federal mediator to the contentious contract negotiations between West Coast union dockworkers and their employers. “The labour ...
Affected by the factors such as the slowdown in macro-economic growth, the decelerated growth of fixed-assets investment, and rapid capacity expansion of downstream sectors in the early stage, China’s machine tool industry has showed ...
Tags: Machine Tool, Manufacturing
Spot import premiums for London Metal Exchange-registered brands of copper cathode on a CIF China basis inched up as the import-related loss has turned into a profit, while the import interest has generally stayed thin after the New Year ...
Tags: Copper Import, Copper
In the last five months of 2014, Ethiopia imported more than 3,000 tons of cotton to meet the demand of domestic textile industry, according to the Textiles Industry Development Institute (TIDI). Ethiopian Government resorted to ...
Tags: Textile Industry, raw material, Textile
The U.S. trade deficit fell to an 11-month low in November as declining crude oil prices curbed the import bill, prompting economists to sharply raise their growth estimates for fourth-quarter growth. Yet big moves also create the ...
Tags: Trade Deficit, America economy
China is not only more capable of withstanding the impact of Hollywood, but is expanding its influence overseas, said a report on Tuesday. The report, by China's domestic film industry research firm Entgroup, said that some 29.6 billion ...
Tags: Film Market, China's Influence
Molson Coors Brewing Company and Compaía Cervecerías Unidas (CCU) have formed a new partnership to launch two iconic American beers in Chile. Both internationally recognized Coors Light and the brewer’s newest offering, ...
Tags: beverage distributors, Agriculture
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
Old Bridge Cellars (OBC) has expanded its Oregon portfolio with Chapter 24 Vineyards, a joint venture between Evening Land founder, Mark Tarlov, and Burgundian winemaker, Louis-Michel Liger-Belair of Vosne-Romanee. Chapter 24 refers to ...
The Central Board of Excise and Customs (CBEC), under Department of Revenue, India’s Ministry of Finance, has issued a circular announcing extension of 24x7 Customs clearance facility at 13 more airports in respect of all export goods ...
Tags: specified import, export goods, Textile
A joint memorandum has been submitted to the Union Commerce Minister, Nirmala Sitharaman by various Indian textile associations, seeking additional two years time to fulfill export obligation under the export promotion capital goods (EPCG) ...
Tags: textile associations, Textile
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 ...
Russian GDP contracted by 0.5% in November and it is the first economy contract since 2009. According the data from Russian Economic Development Ministry, Russian GDP falls 0.5% in November and increases by 0.6% in the past 11 months. ...
Tags: Russian GDP, energy exports
Sri Lankan apparel sector trade body, Joint Apparel Association Forum (JAAF) has shortlisted key logistics service providers who have played a major role in import and export areas of the apparel sector. JAAF has recognized them as ...
Tags: apparel sector, apparel import