The Gorakhpur Chamber of Industries recently demanded setting up a garment park in the district as readymade garments have been included as the second alternative for the state’s One District One Product (ODOP) scheme. The chamber suggested Gorakhpur Industrial Development Authority (GIDA) to allocate 50 acres in Bheeti Rawat area to build a garment park.Pic: ShutterstockChamber chairman Vishnu Ajit Saria and its former chairman SK Agarwal met GIDA chief executive officer Sanjeev Rajan in this r

The COVID-19 pandemic has affected garment workers in countries like Kenya and Ethiopia, which are turning into garment manufacturing hubs in the African continent. The year that was also saw the number of nations growing genetically-modified (GM) cotton in Africa doubling since 2018, while some countries like South Africa took steps to boost domestic production.Pic: ShutterstockInKenya, more than 100 apparel manufacturers temporarily closed due to the pandemic, sending hundreds of workers home

The global export of knitted ensembles has dropped 12.65 per cent to $1,425.51 million in the year 2019 from $1,631.91 million in 2017. Total exports declined 21.16 per cent in 2019 over the previous year, according to data from TexPro. Further, the export is expected to move down to $1,320.16 million in 2022 with a rate of 7.39 per cent from 2019.The global import value of knitted ensembles was $490.95 million in 2017, which improved 4.91 per cent to $515.07 million in 2019, according toFibre2F

Despite a trade conflict with China, there is massive increase in USA’s textile product import from the Asian country, especially in 2020 when PPE has become a dire need for the industries.USA imported face masks worth US $ 7.41 billion during January-October ’20, which is 44.70 per cent of the country’s total value of PPE product import in the period.Markedly, China contributed US $ 6.27 billion in the face mask import value of the USA, which accounts for a staggering84.60 per cent share.In ter

The latest episode of "Preferred Fabric from Textile City -- Live Stream Series of Suppliers"is going to be carried out from 10:00-11:00a.m. on December 31st, 2020.At that time,Xinliang Textile will show you knitted roma fabric and woven fabric. BiaochiTradewill show youlurex fabric and knitted jacquard fabric.

Pakistan’s Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) recently withdrew 5 per cent regulatory duty on the import of cotton yarn. It amended the earlier notification dated June 28, 2019, to withdraw the regulatory duty till June 30 next year. The Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) of the cabinet in a meeting held on December 2 had approved the decision.Pic: ShutterstockThe ministry of commerce had presented a proposal before the ECC in this regard, according to Pakistani media reports.Source:Fibre2Fashion

Online to offline and offline to online to omnichannel, retail was always set to diversify and alter as per rising customer demands. However, the trend was developing at a certain pace and COVID accelerated the growth undoubtedly, opening up newer forms and ways of selling to the customer. Looking into some disruptions more closely!Shopping of clothes and accessories during the lockdown was a cumbersome task, as most retail outlets and nearby stores were closed owing to Government regulations.Ba

Pakistan has decided to reduce the duty on import of raw material by 6 per cent from January 1, adviser to prime minister on trade and investment Abdul Razak Dawood informed Punjab province’s minister for industries and trade Mian Aslam Iqbal recently. Dawood sought suggestions from industry representatives on long-term planning of industrialisation.Pic: ShutterstockDawood was meeting industrialists and businessmen of Punjab on their problems.He urged the business community to take benefit from

The Telangana government recently sought allocation of funds in the 2021-22 union budget for development of the Kakatiya Mega Textile Park (KMTP) and sanction of a mega power loom cluster at Sircilla. In a letter to textiles minister Smriti Irani, state minister KT Rama Rao said KMTP is being developed at an estimated cost of ₹1,552 crore of which the core infrastructure works would cost ₹1,094 crore.Pic: Shutterstock“Under the proposed scheme, we understand that a total of ₹500 crore capital su

An E-commerce training course will be held in East Market on December 29th, 2020. It is sponsored by Zhejiang China Light Textile Industry City Group Co., Ltd. and undertaken by Globaltextiles and QFC.The course will mainly introduce theskill of fabric photography and teach how to take photos by mobile phone or SLR. If you want to attend the course, please call us at4001190123 or 057581161669