US based electric vehicle transit technology vehicle maker Proterra has sold two 40-foot battery-electric transit vehicles, along with a fast charge system to the King County Metro in Seattle, US. King County Metro already uses ...
Tags: Proterra, Vehicles, Auto Parts
Indo-British Garments Pvt Ltd (IBG), a multinational apparel uniforms solution provider, recently celebrated completion of first year of operations at its factory in Faridabad, Near New Delhi – India. The icing on the cake was that ...
Tags: IBG, Apparel, Accessories
The Foreign Trade Association (FTA) presents the Business Environmental Performance Initiative (BEPI), its new business-driven service aimed at supporting retailers and importers to improve environmental performance of supplying factories ...
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The Phu Hung textile plant, being constructed in Phu Bai Industrial Park, in Vietnam’s central province of Thua Thien-Hue, will commence operations in August this year, reports Viet Nam News. The Vietnam National Textile and ...
The Apparel Export Promotion Council (AEPC) has sought expeditious completion of the India-European Union free trade agreement (FTA), as it would provide better market access to Indian exporters. At a ceremony to inaugurate the India ...
Tags: AEPC, Apparel, Accessories, Textile
The Apparel Export Promotion Council (AEPC) has sought expeditious completion of the India-European Union free trade agreement (FTA), as it would provide better market access to Indian exporters. At a ceremony to inaugurate the India ...
Tags: AEPC, Apparel, Accessories
In what can be termed as growing interest by Korean companies in investing in the textile and apparel sector in Vietnam, a new fibre manufacturing plant with Korean investment has been launched this month in Vietnam’s southern ...
Tags: Textile Sector, apparel sector
A proposed free trade agreement between Canada and South Korea would remove the current 3% to 8% tariff that Canadian oil and gas producers have to pay for exports into that Asian nation, a Canadian government spokeswoman said Monday. ...
Tags: LNG Exports, Oil Exports
The Dominican Association of Textile Industries (ADITEX) has asked the Directorate General of Customs to investigate the large volume of goods sold in the country with 'Made in America' labels, reports Diario Libre. ADITEX president David ...
Tags: Made in US, Apparel, Accessoriesc, Textile
The Export Finance and Insurance Commission (EFIC) has examined free trade deals clinched with Japan and Korea this month and the trade agreement currently being pursued with China. “These agreements offer unprecedented access to ...
Tags: Electrolytic Capacitors, Asian FTA
On the anniversary of the tragic collapse of Rana Plaza in Dhaka (Bangladesh), the Foreign Trade Association (FTA) highlights the efforts undertaken by European retailers and importers to contribute to the improvement of safety conditions ...
Taiwan's machinery exports up 9.1% YoY in Q1, 2014. In the first quarter of 2014, Taiwan shipped US$4.6 billion?worth of machines, up 9.1% year on year, according to the Taiwan Association of Machinery Industry (TAMI), which represents ...
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In the context of globalisation and international competition, many companies source labour-intensive goods from developing and newly industrialised countries. However, working conditions in these countries often do not comply with basic ...
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BSCI was launched in 2003 as an initiative of the Foreign Trade Association (FTA) in response to the increasing business demand for transparent and improved working conditions in the global supply chain. An overview of the background to ...
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The exports of garments from Thailand are expected to touch US$ 7.8 billion in 2014, due to signs of global economic recovery, especially in the EU countries, Mrs. Duangkamol Jiambutr, Deputy Director-General of the Department of ...
Tags: Garment Exports, apparel exports, Apparel