India's annual rate of inflation, based on monthly wholesale price index (WPI), stood at minus 4.05 per cent for July 2015 (over July 2014), according to the provisional data released by the Office of the Economic Adviser, Ministry of ...
Tags: WPI-Based Inflation, Inflation
Vietnam’s textile and garment industry attracted a majority of the biggest foreign direct investment (FDI) projects approved in the first six months of this year though many provinces had earlier announced they would keep away from ...
Tags: textile fashion, FDY project, garment
The exports of textiles and garments from Pakistan earned US$ 10.207 billion in the first nine months of fiscal year 2014-15 that began on July 1, 2014, according to the data released by the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics. However, ...
Tags: Textile Exports, garments
The annual rate of inflation, based on monthly wholesale price index (WPI), stood at minus 2.33 per cent for March 2015 (over March 2014), according to the provisional data released by the Office of the Economic Adviser, Ministry of ...
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
The annual rate of inflation, based on monthly wholesale price index (WPI), declined to 0.0 per cent for November 2014 (over November 2013), according to the provisional data released by the Office of the Economic Adviser, Ministry of ...
Tags: cord fabric, manmade fibre, Textile
Chairman of The Southern India Mills’ Association (SIMA), T Rajkumar welcomed the decision of the Duty Drawback Committee and the Government for announcing enhanced rates and value caps for textiles and clothing products. The Duty ...
Tags: textile export, promotion councils, Apparel
Diverse natural conditions on the vast Tibetan Plateau have produced a clothing culture that goes back over millennia. There are three main types of garment – that worn by herdsmen, farmers and aristocrats -- which define occupation ...
The international clothing brand Esprit has unveiled its first-ever recycled Autumn/Winter apparel collection with the R Cert verification tag from the Hong Kong based environmental sustainability promoting NGO Redress’. Designed by ...
Tags: Esprit, Autumn/Winter14 Line, Accessories
Cotton imports in Thailand are expected to increase to 1.6-1.7 million bales, during the marketing year (MY) of 2014/15 (August 2014 to July 2015), as spinners will likely recover from the domestic economic downturn, states a report by the ...
Tags: Cotton Imports, fiber
As an article of clothing, the shirt is traditionally made of natural materials since it is worn directly next to the skin. Cotton is particularly popular with consumers as a material for shirts. Adding TENCEL to traditional shirt fabrics ...
Tags: Tencel, Cotton, cotton fabric
When the ambitious Dhirubhai Ambani started Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) many decades back, one of the first segments targeted at the mainstream audience was textiles. With the launch of 'Vimal,' RIL competed with industry giants in ...
Tags: Unformals Clothing Range, Apparel
With the advent of New Year, the Makati City’s Yuchengco Museum is gearing up to host a special marketplace, featuring an array of Filipino fabrics, fashion and home décor accessories. Dubbed as Habiness!, the textile ...
Tags: Binakul Exhibit, Textile
The year 2013-14 was difficult for fabric manufacturing industry as it faced problems on several fronts such as continued inflationary pressures, firming of yarn prices and persistent slowdown in global textile industry. The current ...
Tags: fabric industry, Textile
Iranian researchers created superhydrophobic and antibacterial properties in cotton fabrics by using silica nanoparticles and copper metallic compounds. The product has applications in various fields, including clothes, external coatings ...
Tags: Cotton Waterproof, Silica