Indian garment exporters may soon start shipping their products to Iran. This, after a delegation led by the Commerce Ministry and accompanied by over half a dozen industry officials recently met their Iranian counterparts in Tehran to discuss a host of issues including prevailing taxes and relaxation in policy support for hassle-free export of textiles to Iran. Following the Indian delegation's visit, tax authorities in Iran have agreed to reduce import duty on textiles and apparels to a 20-

Interfiliere Shanghai, the leading trade show for intimates, beachwear and swimwear fabrics, is bringing the spotlight on the fast growing and promising activewear market at this year's show to be held on October 12-13 in Shanghai. The 'athleisure' phenomenon is taking the fashion industry by storm blurring the boundaries between performance and elegance. In fact, activewear is lighting up consumers' wardrobes, no longer being restricted to sports activities, but also regarded as day-to-night

Chanel pulled the curtain back on its Paris haute couture show Tuesday to reveal the secret life of its studios, where a small army of tailors, embroiderers and plumers turn out some of the world's most expensive clothes. Veteran designer Karl Lagerfeld transported 80 of his so-called "petites mains" (little hands), who can spend hundreds of hours on a single dress, onto the set of his catwalk show. With American actors Jessica Chastain, Will Smith and his daughter Willow looking on, seamstr

Greenpeace has praised Inditex, Benetton and H&M for “leading the industry towards a toxic-free future” in its third Detox Catwalk campaign to eliminate hazardous chemicals by 2020. The three apparel firms topped the online ranking of 19 fashion and sportswear companies, with Greenpeace stating that they were the only “avant-garde” companies that were on track to clean up their chains as promised by 2020, due to them all having “credible timelines, concrete actions and on-the-ground imple

Textile and garment exports to Central Asia and Russia via ports in Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region have increased by more than 60 percent from the same period last year. China has exported 16.57 billion yuan ($2.5 billion) worth of textiles and garments through ports in Xinjiang, according to the latest statistics released by Urumqi Customs. The data show that 70 percent of exports went to Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan, with the former ranking first. Following the China-proposed Belt and

The Karachi Cotton Association has expressed its concern over the devastating cotton crop failure in cotton season 2015-16 and expected shortfall in cotton crop 2016-17 season. Keeping in view the situation, the local textile industry is compiled to import row cotton from abroad to meet its requirement of basic raw material and ensure its contribution towards achieving the target of export fixed through exports of value added products as well as earning much needed foreign exchange for the count

Ministry of Water and Power delaying a decision of uninterrupted power supply to the textile industry during Eid holidays, keeping the industry undecided whether to continuity mills' operations or not. Sources said the Central Power Purchasing Agency has informed the ministry that demand for power supply would be reduced by some 30 percent during the Eid holidays therefore uninterrupted power supply can be resumed to the textile industry in Punjab. But the ministry is delaying the decision witho

The textile plant belonging to Nam Dinh Textile and Garment Corporation (Natexco) will be soon relocated to Hoa Xa Industrial Park in Nghia Hung district in Nam Dinh province, Vietnamese media reported. The present site of Natexco will make way for 24.8 hectare urban area project that will include trade hubs, apartments, schools, parks, sports centres and green spaces. Natexco's textile plant was once the biggest of its kind when the country was still a French colony. Employment numbers

Friday's terror attack in Dhaka has a cast a shadow over Bangladesh's garment sector. Some leaders of Bangladesh's $26 billion garment industry expect Western fashion retailers to review their ties with the world's second-largest garment exporter after 20 people including 18 foreigners were killed in the attack on a Dhaka restaurant, Reuters has reported. The attack marks a major escalation in a campaign by militants over the past 18 months that had targeted mostly individuals advocating a se

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has requested Thua Thien-Hue province to only license textile supporting industrial infrastructure developers which are committed to establishing a standard concentrated wastewater treatment system together with a monitoring mechanism. He made the request while assigning authorities of central Thua Thien-Hue province to complete and approve a project on developing a supporting industrial cluster for the garment and textile sector at the Phong Dien industrial zo