The stakeholders of cotton supply chain have constituted a Council of Cotton Stakeholders to finalise a joint strategy on achieving cotton production targets set under the Cotton Mission 2025 by the Government of Punjab. Provision of a level playing field all across entire value chain in Punjab by bringing down cost of inputs, improvement in productivity/yields through introduction of better cottonseed technology, upgrading harvest technology, improved extension services to provide timely inf

Egypt’s Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics (CAPMAS) has announced that the country’s cotton exports declined by 36.7 per cent, falling to 128,300 kantars during the first quarter of the 2017-2018 agricultural season ending November compared to 202,500 kantars during the same period in the previous season. A kantar equals 45.02 kilograms. CAPMAS attributed the decline to decreasing area of cultivation, according to a report in an Egyptian newspaper. The quantity of cott

According to Tran Cong Khanh, Head of the Labourer Management Office of the Ho Chi Minh City Export Processing and Industrial Zone Authority (HEPZA), HEPZA now has 290,000 workers, of whom 95 percent have returned to work after the Tet holidays. The rest either took a further leave or changed their jobs. According to the Centre for Forecasting Manpower Needs and Labour Market Information (FALMI) in Ho Chi Minh City, the city saw a shortage of 30,000 workers after the Tet holidays, mostly in t

Raw cotton export form the country during first seven months of current financial year grew by 48.72 percent as compared to corresponding period of last financial year. During the period from July-January, 2017-18, about 33,306 metric tons of raw cotton worth $54.995 million was exported as compared to the exports of 21,352 metric tons valuing $36.951 million of same period last year. According to data of Pakistan Bureau of Statistics, 284,799 metric tons of cotton yarn valuing $739.267 million

Indian textiles minister Smriti Irani recently announced a proposal to jointly set up a yarn depot with the Uttar Pradesh (UP) government to give a further boost to the textile sector in the state, which garnered proposals worth Rs 7,000 crore in the run-up to the two day investors' summit that concluded in state capital Lucknow on February 22. As subsidies hardly reached weavers, they can directly purchase yarn at subsidised rates at the depot, a top Indian newspaper quoted the minister as

Organic cotton cultivated in Pakistan, primarily in Balochistan, will be certified by global agencies from next year, it was announced in a recent meeting in Karachi organised by the World Wildlife Fund-Pakistan (WWF-P) and the Karachi Cotton Association (KCA). WWF-P will supervise the procedure with a certified verifying body inspecting the crop’s quality. The meeting discussed efforts under way to produce certified organic cotton in the country, including issues related to seed, production

Assistant Director Agriculture Naveed Asmat Kohloon has said that Punjab agriculture department has imposed ban on cultivation of cotton till the first week of April. The step has been taken after thorough consultations with cotton scientists in order to control pink bollworms. According to secretary agriculture Punjab Muhammad Mehmood, the main objective behind imposing ban is to keep crop safe and secure from threat of pink bollworm. He warned that if any farmer would be found cultivating crop

'We have an ambitious target of exporting up to $60 billion annually by 2021. We are hoping that leather and leather goods sector will contribute $5 billion to this' The leather and leather goods industry in Bangladesh needs equalized, innovative and implementable long-term policy support to attain its $5 billion export target by 2021, stakeholders said at a workshop on Sunday. They also called for the government to reduce the cost of doing business by removing trade barriers and inves

Ordinary staff in Cambodian garment factories can now earn between $238 and $260 per month, including benefits, according to research by the National Trade Unions Coalition (NTUC) covering more than 30 factories. Garment and footwear sector workers received their first pay packet at the higher rate on February 10. The new minimum monthly wage is $170 now. NTUC president Far Saly said the wage hike would benefit the lives of workers and their families. The coalition found some employees, who

The Bangladesh government to bring in discipline and ensure accountability among the buying houses in the export-oriented apparel industry is set to frame a policy. Draft has already been prepared by the commerce ministry and sent to stake holders for vetting last month. According to the draft that seeks to get buying houses registered with the Export Promotion Bureau states that without registration with the EPB, no buying house will be able to hand over letters of credit on behalf of buyers to