Despite a 45 percent increase in apparel exports since the 2010 earthquake in Haiti, the women and men who sew T-shirts and jeans primarily destined for the U.S. market barely earn enough to pay for their lunch and transportation to work, a new Solidarity Center survey finds. Despite rising exports, Haitian garment workers are paid so little they can barely afford food. Photo: Lauren Stewart The average cost of living for an export apparel worker in Port-au-Prince is 26,150 Haitia

The chairman of the All Pakistan Textile Mills Association (Aptma) said on Thursday that slowdown in the Chinese uptake of basic textile first put pressure on Pakistani industry while the rupee’s appreciation further eroded the industry’s margins. Meanwhile, S M Tanveer told a press conference, with normal gas supplies in summer still not restoration, industry has is on the verge of collapse. Tanveer said that the Indians, facing the same inability to export their basic textiles to China,

The country's raw cotton exports are expected to plummet around 20 per cent in the next crop year, with demand from China fading as Beijing unwinds a controversial stockpiling scheme. That would be greater than the nearly 6 per cent drop touted for this year, with the change in Chinese policy coming on top of rising cotton consumption in India and a spurt in exports of finished yarn, industry officials said. Cotton markets around the world have been watching closely as China abandons a sto

It's a double whammy for the weaving sector in the country's biggest man-made fabric (MMF) industry. At the time when the weaving units have been facing a severe shortage of workers, the yarn manufacturers have increased the prices of polyester filament yarn and other yarn qualities by almost Rs 6 per kg in the last fortnight. Industry sources said that several weaving units, mostly smaller ones, are finding operations difficult. Around 70 per cent of the total 6,000 units have stopped operat

Garment makers yesterday sought policy support to immediately relocate their factories to purpose-made buildings to ensure workers' safety.“We are under pressure to relocate hazardous factories to safer places in bids to continue exports globally,” said Atiqul Islam, president of Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Expor-ters Association. In the last six months, global retailers cancelled orders worth around $110 million from 57 factories housed in shared buildings, he said at a pre-budget d

The Government of Swaziland, through the Cotton Board, has raised the price of cotton to be paid to the farmers by seven percent for 2013-14 season. The increase in cotton price, which will benefit about 3,000 farmers, was announced by Minister of Agriculture Moses Vilakati at a press conference in Mbabane, reports Times of Swaziland. Despite the current trading difficulties, the Government has decided to increase the cotton price for this season by over seven percent from the current E5.4

Textile and clothing exports from Spain amounted to ?1.07 billion in February 2014, registering a rise of 10.4 percent, compared to the same month last year, as per the data released by the Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness. According to the Ministry’s monthly data on February 2014, the exports from the garment sub-sector totaled ?782.8 million, indicating an increase of 11.5 percent, compared to the same month in 2013. The textile and clothing exports from Spain accounted f

The latest U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) cotton projections for 2013/14 indicate that global 2013/14 cotton consumption is estimated at 109.5 million bales, 3 percent (3 million bales) above the preceding year. Although rising for a second consecutive season, world consumption remains below production. China continues as the leading cotton spinner, but mill use there is expected to decrease for the fourth consecutive season as policies have forced textile mills to import more cotton

ITMA ASIA+CITME 2014 will take place in Shanghai next June 16-20. It will be another opportunity to connect with the French Textile Machinery manufacturers. The French offer is very large as France is the 6th textile machinery exporter worldwide with an annual turnover of more than 1 billion Euros (USD 1.3 billion). For the long fibre spinning industry: new techniques to improve dramatically the quality standards, the operating and maintenance costs and on line quality controls. The innovati

Chinese tourists spend more in Manchester’s stores than any other nationality, accounting for 50 percent of international spend in the city, according to the Heart of Manchester Business Improvement District, which represents over 380 city centre retailers. The figures compiled by tax-free shopping company Global Blue show that visitors from China spent 29 percent more on tax-free shopping in Manchester stores during 2013 compared to the previous year, with an average transaction spend of 677