The ambitious textile and apparel export target of US$ 95 billion set by the Government under the recently announced Strategic Trade Policy Framework (SPTF) 2012-15 is unachievable, Pakistan Readymade Garments Manufacturers & Exporters ...
Tags: PRGMEA, Apparel, Export Target
Indian apparel industry is hoping for the withdrawal of excise duty on clothing and elimination of distinction between branded and unbranded products in the Union Budget 2013-14, to be presented by the Finance Minister later this month. ...
Tags: apparel industry, excise duty, clothing and elimination
The expected decision by the Indian Government to grant concession on import duty of man-made fabrics (MMF) in order to improve the garment exports would pose a threat to the powerloom weaving and textile processing sector in the country. ...
Tags: Indian Government, import duty, MMF
Pakistan textile sector has lost around US$ 1billion worth of export orders during the last few months due to the shortage in supply of power and energy to the textile industries in Pakistan’s Punjab region. Mr. Ahsan Bashir, ...
There has been a record rise in Bangladesh’s apparel exports to new emerging markets during the first six months of the current fiscal year that started on July 1, 2012. Indicative of a year-on-year rise of 24.11 percent, new ...
Tags: Bangladesh, Garment Exports, Markets Soar
Garments Exporters Association (GEA) has requested the Government to provide adequate fiscal relief for the garment sector of the textile industry to enable it to face increasing international competition. GEA has pointed out that garment ...
There will be a very healthy competition for attracting investment in the textile sector between the western Indian state of Gujarat and the central state of Madhya Pradesh (MP), according to an expert. “The Government of Gujarat ...
Tags: Gujarat, MP, investment, textile sector
Dr. A Sakthivel Chairman, Apparel Exports Promotion Council submitted the pre-budget proposal for the garments and apparel industry. Commenting on the proposal Dr. Sakthivel said, “Our thrust of the pre- budget proposal underlines: ...
The New Year has evoked mixed outlook for the garment industries in the Asian region.A few of the industry representatives in the region feel that the industry will prosper,while others maintain that not much has changed at the ground-level ...
Stirred by a likely boost in demand from countries like the US and Japan, Indonesian textile manufacturers see their exports rising by six percent to US$ 13.4 billion during the current year, Indonesian Textile Association (API) has said. ...
Tags: API, textile exports, textile, textile manufacturers
India’s apparel sector can post a three-fold export growth over the next three years if the Central Government permits it to use 15 percent of the export proceeds to import raw inputs like synthetic and polyester fabrics, which they ...
Tags: apparel, raw inputs, polyester fabrics, synthetic
Readymade garment exports from Bangladesh have risen while apparel exports from India continue to show downward trend. The exports of garments from Bangladesh rose by 8.8 percent year-on-year to US$ 1.36 billion in November 2012, ...
Tags: Garment exports, Garment, apparel exports, apparel
Colombian textile sector is expected to get a boost once the EU-Colombia free trade agreement (FTA) comes into force. Earlier this month, the European Parliament gave green signal for FTAs with Colombia, Peru and six Central American ...
Tags: textile sector, textile, apparel sector, apparel
Indian textile exporters are concerned about the decline in demand for Indian clothing in international market and they demand incentives from both the Central and state governments to overcome the existing problems faced by the textile ...
Tags: Indian Textile, Indian, Incentives, Govt
Apparel makers in China are shifting their focus on domestic market owing to sluggish overseas demand, according to statistics released by China National Textile & Apparel Council (CNTAC). According to the data, sales of Chinese apparel ...
Tags: domestic market, sluggish overseas demand, apparel manufacturing firms