Owners of readymade garments' shops at shopping centers, malls and Lunda bazaars are anxiously waiting for the cold wave of winter to hit the port city so that sale of winter garments can register increase. Winter garments are already in the shops, but warm weather is preventing many citizens from shopping for their winter wardrobes. Shopkeepers complain of persisting warm weather, which they say has a major impact on sale of winter garments. Other factors attributed by them for low sale is

The cotton market was easy on Monday as market remained devoid of much activity except short covering from some needy millers and exporters. Though phutti (seed cotton) arrivals are slowing down, lint prices continue to stay under pressure influenced by global factors and falling petroleum prices. The larger than expected official estimates of cotton production at 15 million bales are also having their impact on the market as already there as strong indications that by end of this month ar

The price index of issue 20141208 of “China • Keqiao Textile Index” closed at 104.07 points, 0.02% higher than that of last period, 1.47% down from the beginning of this year, and decreased by 1.86% YOY. According to statistics, the total turnover of textile in China Textile City in November is 706.26 million meters, increased by 18.47% MOM and 26.39% YOY; the total turnover from January to November is 4678.63 million meters, increased by 16.27% YOY. The textile transaction in China Textile C

The government has decided to open six more commercial counsellor offices abroad as part of efforts to earn $50bn from garment exports by 2021. The offices will be in Seoul, Geneva, Kunming, Istanbul, Singapore City and Pretoria to give advice on achieving export targets. “Of them, the government has already finalised the decisions to set up commercial counsellor offices in Seoul and Geneva,” Additional commerce secretary Shawkat Ali Waresi told Dhaka Tribune yesterday. He added four ot

Pakistan's textile export to European Union (EU) increased by around 21.4 % during January-August 2014 as compared to January-August 2013, after getting Generalised Scheme of Preferences (GSP) Plus Status. In written reply to a question of the National Assembly, Minister for Textile Industry Abbas Khan Afridi said that after getting the GSP plus status, the government is taking steps to increase textile export to the EU. He said that the Indian textile exports to EU increased by around 9.3%

The monthly report of the International Cotton Advisory Committee has pointed out a 6pc loss in cotton consumption because of persistent energy crisis in Pakistan, while persistent low cotton prices are forcing farmers to shift to other competing crops with better returns. Coupled with this cotton crisis is the problematic rice surplus, particularly of basmati, and the agri business picture worsens for everyone — from farmers to traders to industry. What makes the situation even more frus

US-based VF Corporation and IFC have provided loans worth $1.3 million to three Bangladeshi garment factories under a new programme for funding fire and building safety improvements. Through the financing arrangement, VF Corporation, a global leader for branded apparel, footwear and accessories, provides a full corporate guarantee for up to $10 million that the IFC and its partner Brac Bank lend to VF's contract suppliers. VF's guarantee to back the loans makes it possible for IFC, a membe

Seizing new chance on the world market, China's export of sewing machinery hit new record. Figures of the General Administration of the Customs show that the export in the first eight months of this year topped more than US$ 1.56 billion, up 9.26% year-on-year, maintained a steady year-on-year growing trend. In the first quarter of this year, China's export of sewing machinery fluctuated due to the holidays of Spring Festival. Since March, the increasing demand on the world market had been d

Infrastructure development is the main challenge for the country’s readymade garment exporters for reaching $50 billion export on the 50th anniversary of Bangladesh in 2021, experts said at a seminar on Sunday. In the first session of the three-day Dhaka Apparel Summit which began on Sunday in Dhaka with the slogan ‘Bangladesh RMG 2021- reaching $50 billion on the 50th anniversary of Bangladesh – a collaborative and coordinated approach’, they focused on developing a strategic action plan to

Home textiles major Welspun India Limited (WIL), part of the Welspun Group has unveiled its new spinning facility of 170,000 spindles at Anjar, Gujarat - the largest under one roof in India. The new facility at Welspun City, a 2,500 acre township in Anjar was inaugurated by Gujarat chief minister Anandiben Patel on Saturday, along with Santosh Kumar Gangwar, minister of state for textiles (independent charge), Government of India, and Saurabh Patel, minister of finance, Government of Gujarat.Th