The textile industry has urged the government to ensure uninterrupted energy supply to the mills throughout Punjab. Acting Chairman APTMA Punjab Syed Ali Ahsan said that out of the total 235 member mills in Punjab, 58 member mills having no alternative source of energy are prime electricity users with 138 MW of load. Out of these, 25 mills with 55 MW load are located in LESCO jurisdiction. Five mills out of these are completely shut down, while others operate partially due to non-availabil

Textiles and apparel exports to the US fell 0.56 percent to $1.77 billion in the first four months of 2014 from the same period last year, according to data from the US Department of Commerce. Declining exports to Bangladesh's single largest export destination indicates that a downtrend started in garment exports, said Reaz-Bin-Mahmood, vice-president of Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association, the garment makers' platform. After the Rana Plaza collapse, 175 export-orien

A shoe factory owner and its three employees have sustained severe burn injuries in a capital’s Mukimbazar fire on Sunday night. The injured persons have been identified as Md Rumon, 28, the owner of the shoe factory and his employees--Kebru Miah, 34, Md Hossain, 30, and Sumon, 30. They have been rushed to the Dhaka Medical College and Hospital (DMCH). Kausar Hossain, a maternal uncle of the factory owner, said the fire originated at around 8:30pm soon after the switch of a fan was o

Shoes are produced at Thuong Dinh Footwear Company in Ha Noi. Footwear export turnover reached US$3.76 billion in the first five months of this year, rising 17.8 per cent year-on-year. — VNA/VNS Photo Ngoc Ha Footwear exports fetched US$3.76 billion in the first five months of this year, up 17.8 per cent year-on-year, according to the Ministry of Industry and Trade. The period's encouraging growth rate signalled that the footwear industry was well on track to reach $12 billion export targ

The competitiveness of the Chinese clothing industry is set to weaken over the next few years as costs rise. As a result, export growth could falter. Rising costs in China are already forcing an increasing number of Western apparel brands and retailers to cut back on their sourcing from China and have their apparel manufactured elsewhere. In response, the Chinese government is pursuing a policy of encouraging growth in the domestic clothing market in order to take up slack in its manufacturin

Garments accounted for more than half of all textile exports from Indonesia last year, according to the figures from the Ministry of Industry. In 2013, Indonesia’s total textile and apparel exports stood at US$ 12.68 billion. Of this, garment exports fetched $7.38 billion or 58.2 percent, while yarn exports earned $2.42 billion or 19.1 percent, followed by fabrics with $1.8 billion (14.2 percent), fibre with $560 million (4.4 percent) and other textiles with $510 million (4.1 percent). For

"The 15th China Yiwu International Exhibition on Knitting & Hosiery Machinery", "The 4th China Yiwu International Exhibition on Sewing & Automatic Garment Machinery" & "2014 China Yiwu International Exhibition on Dyeing, Finishing & Digital Printing Machinery" has recognized as the best congregation place of industry professionals. With the aim of specialization, marketization and brand building, the exhibition strives to provide the strongest trading platform for knitting and au

The International Cotton Advisory Committee says India’s cotton exports could come down by up to 20 per cent in 2014-15, due to less global trade and more local consumption. It said the volume of cotton traded internationally was expected to decline by eight per cent to 8.1 million tonnes in 2014-15, driven by reduced shipments to China from a record of 5.3 mt in 2011-12 to an anticipated 2.1 mt in this year.The Chinese government has a huge stock of cotton and wants local users to use more of

India has overtaken Germany and Italy to emerge as the world's second largest textile exporter. But it lags China, whose exports are nearly seven times higher. Data released by the Apparel Export Promotion Council, the industry body for garment exporters, showed that India's textiles exports were estimated at $40 billion in 2013, compared with China's $274 billion. Textiles includes everything from fibre and yarn to fabric, made-ups and readymade garments made of cotton, silk, wool and syntheti

Garment and textile exports increased 17% to US$7.44 billion in the first five months of this year, according to the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT). MoIT Deputy Minister Do Thang Hai reported that from January to May 2014, domestic garment production experienced a decline due to disturbances in industrial zones in a number of provinces and cities. He suggested local firms seize opportunities offered by the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreement to take a proactive role in ensurin