Of the overall exports from Nepal, around 46 percent goods exported are handicrafts items, according to the Trade and Export Promotion Center of the country (TEPC). According to TEPC statistics which were shared during the ...
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India’s exports of handicrafts grew by 5.3 percent year-on-year to US$ 523 million in the month of August 2013. According to the data released by Export Promotion Council for Handicrafts (EPCH), the exports of handicrafts stood ...
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India’s exports of handicrafts grew by 10 percent year-on-year to US$ 205 million in July 2013 due to the rising demand from markets like US, China and Latin America. According to the data provided by Export Promotion Council ...
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Villages of Kyrgyzstan will receive monetary aid of US$ 1.5 million from the Asian Development Bank (ADB) to boost the handicraft industry of Kyrgyzstan, a landlocked country in Central Asia. At a meeting of the Committee for Budget and ...
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The newly appointed Secretary, Ministry of Textiles, Ms. Zohra Chatterji has urged the Indian handicraft industry to make efforts to sustain the healthy export growth rate. Indian handicraft exports tapped a 39.3 percent growth in ...
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Nepal’s Ministry of Industry will set up a handicraft village in each of the five development regions of the country, in association with the Federation of Nepalese Chamber of Commerce and Industry (FNCCI), Nepal Handicraft Federation ...
Underscoring the importance of'Handloom Mark'label,a government official said the label is a mark of guarantee offered by the Government of India,which helps people distinguish original handicraft items from the fake ones. Speaking during ...
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A group of 35 weavers from various handloom clusters of the north Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir are visiting Jharkhand, a state in eastern India which has made remarkable progress in handloom sector during the past few years. Flagging ...
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The Export Promotion Council for Handicraft (EPCH), the nodal body for handicraft in India, eyes to be a beneficiary of a chunk of the Rs. 106 billion investment from Swedish furniture retailer IKEA. EPCH said it was discussing with ...
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Iran's handicraft exports to other nations is likely to post a robust year-on-year rise this year to reach US$ 1.5 billion by close of the current Iranian calendar year, Director-General of the Cultural Heritage, Tourism and Handicrafts ...
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The Nepal Government has decided to set up a handicraft village in Kharipati, a town in Kathmandu Valley, and would shortly constitute a committee to decide on how to best manage the village. The committee would also help in choosing ...
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Federation of Handicraft Associations of Nepal(FHAN)and Export Promotion Council for Handicrafts(EPCH),India should necessarily join forces to promote handicraft items of both countries internationally,former Commerce Secretary Purushottam ...
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Forming a part of Indian Ministry of commerce and Industry's Focus ASEAN scheme, Australia has been recognized as an emerging market for Indian handicrafts in recent times. To tap the unexploited handicraft market of Australia, ...
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Handicraft items of the Central Indian state of Chhattisgarh have left a profound impression on people of Tajikistan, prompting the Tajikistan Government to decide on investing Rs. 400 million in the state's handicraft sector. ...
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Handicraft exports from India surged to US$ 130 million during September this year, posting a rise of 48 percent over exports worth US$ 87 million made during September last year, Rakesh Kumar, Executive Director of Export Promotion Council ...
Tags: Indian Handicraft, Exports Surge, Rakesh Kumar, EPCH