A trade agreement between the EU on one side and the Central American nations of Honduras, Nicaragua and Panama on the other has set into motion from August 1, 2013. The trade agreement, which was part of an Association Agreement ...
Several trade incentives available to the African countries including, African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA), the Cotonou Agreement with the European Union, and the Southern African Customs Union (SACU) agreement, help in the revival of ...
Ethanol processed from corn and other plants could serve as the new sustainable raw material for a huge variety of products, including textiles, which are currently made from petrochemical products. Ethanol which is further processed ...
Tags: Ethylene, Sustainable Feedstock
Dr A Sakthivel, Chairman AEPC has written to Union Finance Minister, Shri P Chidambaram, on the demand of Garment Exports to give separate chapter for interest rates in export sector. In his letter Chairman AEPC wrote, “Reserve Bank ...
Tags: Export Sector, AEPC
The Government of India is keen on setting up an integrated textile park in the city of Nagpur, located in Maharashtra state. The Centre has asked the Nagpur district administration to speed up the process of taking over 50 acres ...
Tags: Indian Govt, Textile Park
The Peruvian cotton only meets 40 percent of the requirements of Peru’s textile and garment chain, and the rest 60 percent is met by imported cotton, mainly US cotton. Jose Ignacio Llosa, president of the Committee of ...
The global polyamide market was $22 billion in 2012 and is estimated to reach $27 billion by 2018, growing at a CAGR of 3.2% from 2013 to 2018. The high demand across the industries such as automotive industry, electrical & electronics, and ...
Tags: polyamide market, Textile
The Central Government has decided to allow export of cotton by The Cotton Corporation of India Ltd., a Public Sector Undertaking under Ministry of Textiles, during the current cotton season 2012-13 under Tariff Item HS code 5201 & 5203. ...
Tags: Raw Cotton, CCI
Simulate, Print & Cut workflow is focused on improving the European textile and garment industries with new technologies like virtual garment simulation and digital textile printing. Textile and fashion design is increasingly ...
Apparel Training & Design Centre, India's largest vocational training provider for apparel Industry, under the aegis of AEPC hosted the ATDC SKILL CONCLAVE with key panelists from Ministry of Textiles, All India Council for Technical ...
Tags: Apparel, AICTE Approved Curriculum
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 Secondary Materials and Recycled Textiles Association (SMART), as part of its continuing effort to provide leadership in the clothing and textile recycling industry, is taking several positive steps which focus on the issues surrounding ...
Tags: Clothing Collection Bins, Apparel
Indicating a year-on-year fall of 2.29 percent, textile and clothing exports from Tunisia dropped to 483 million Tunisian dinars (MTD) in June 2013, according to the June 2013 economic letter of the Technical Centre for Textiles (CETTEX). ...
Tags: Textile Exports, Clothing Exports
Mafatlal Industries Limited (MIL), the flagship company of the Arvind Mafatlal Group has shown encouraging standalone unaudited results for the quarter ended 30th June 2013. Total income has been Rs. 222.43 Crore and net profit after tax ...
Tags: Mafatlal Industries, Textile
The Municipality of Ontinyent in Valencia, Spain, recently signed a Joint Declaration between employers and unions for the revival of the textile industry in the region. The agreement was signed between the Ontinyent City Council, ...
Tags: Ontinyent City, Textile Sector