An estimated 34.1 million hectares of cotton are being harvested in 2012/13, 5% below the previous season; another 5% drop to 32.2 million hectares is forecast in 2013/14. Accordingly, global cotton production is estimated down 5% from 27.8 ...
Dr. A Sakthivel, Chairman AEPC, while releasing the apparel export data for the month of March 2012-13 stated that, “Export in dollar terms for 12 months of the Financial Year (FY) 2012-13 has declined by 6 per cent over the same ...
Tags: Apparel Exports, Textile
Indonesia is proving to be a Country with solid economic growth. Its local textile industry is a dominant force in a broad competitive recovery, and Italian machinery manufacturers are looking to consolidate their presence by participating ...
China-based Texhong Textile Group Limited will set up a viscose yarn manufacturing plant in San José Department in southern Uruguay. Mr. Hong Tianzhu, who founded the Texhong Group in 1997, met Mayor José Luis Falero and ...
Tags: Texhong Group, Textile
With the increasing awareness on the importance of sustainability, several global garment brands, including Hennes & Mauritz (H&M), Walmart and luxury brand Stella McCartney, have started promoting sustainable fashion for reducing the ...
Tags: Recycling Apparels, Apparel
Through a joint initiative, Tradegood, Intertek and Sourcing at Magic organized a seminar on ‘Promotion and Strengthening of Export Prospects for Bangladesh Made Products in US and EU markets’, which was held on 22nd April, ...
Tags: Apparel Exports, Textile
Frequent strike calls given by political parties is estimated to have caused Bangladeshi readymade garment industry to lose around US$ 3 billion worth of new business opportunities, so far this year, according to Bangladesh Garment ...
Tags: Frequent, Garment Sector, Apparel
The readymade garment industry of Bangladesh is suffering from a severe image crisis in the international markets because of concerns about labor safety arising from recent fire incidents in two garment factories, which resulted in a ...
Tags: Garment Sector, Garment
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
The Swedish multinational apparel-retailer Hennes & Mauritz (H&M) has submitted its application to Foreign Investment Promotion Board (FIPB) for opening 50 wholly-owned-single-brand-retail stores across India. H&M is planning to make an ...
Tags: Apparel Retailer, H&M, Apparel
MANGO has selected Centric Software, Inc. as its strategic partner for its product lifecycle management (PLM) solutions. “MANGO already is a knowledgeable user of PLM solutions and has a strong understanding of the productivity ...
Tags: MANGO, Centric Software, Textile
As part of its pre-Budget proposals submitted by the Bangladesh Textile Mills Association (BTMA) to the National Board of Revenue (NBR), the BTMA has requested the Government to continue tax holiday for new textile and apparel industries ...
Nicaragua ranked among the 11th largest apparel supplying countries to the United States in terms of volume and the 12th largest in value in 2012, thus becoming an important player in the global textile and apparel industry, according to ...
Geared up to set up a garment industry in Adamjee Export Processing Zone (EPZ) in Bangladesh, Indo-Bangladeshi joint venture firm Remi Holdings Ltd. has entered into a deal with Bangladesh Export Processing Zones Authority (BEPZA). ...
The International Trade Centre (ITC), a subsidiary of the World Trade Organization and the United Nations, is planning to develop and strengthen direct links between buyers in India and cotton growers and ginners in Africa. It is ...