The Ethiopian government is keen to boost its apparel manufacturing industry for which a target of US$1bn is set in textile exports by 2016. The country's efforts to build its textile and garment industry and offer competitive prices have attracted a growing number of new buyers in recent years. Its clothing and textile sector is currently going through major expansion programme fuelled by foreign investment as companies seek to reduce their reliance on countries like China and Bangladesh.

A 16-member six country African delegation is in India to explore ways and means to increase exports of African cotton to India. The delegation is also visiting various Indian textile clusters in order to check and imbibe the best practices practiced in these clusters. The delegation visited Coimbatore cluster and had a close look at the spinning mills; knitting and ready-made garment units in Tirupur, handloom clusters near Hyderabad and also visited an IL&FS sponsored apparel stitching

Agricultural Consular of US Embassy Clay Hamilton assured that America would cooperate with Pakistan in up-gradation of ginning machinery, modernisation and cotton standardisation besides supply of certified well germinated cotton-seed to growers to achieve the target of 15 million bales. He was exchanging views with the Vice Chairman of Pakistan Cotton Ginners Association (PCGA) Aasim Saeed Sheikh. He said the United States wanted to see Pakistan strong and prosperous in all sectors so that

The shortage of labour in Laos is still a major issue for foreign investors, which means industry development is struggling but some companies have taken the decision to expand their business here. The Vientiane Industry and Trade Area (VITA) in Xaythany district is one of the major industrial parks in Vientiane requiring more workers for the factories in the area. There are currently 11 foreign companies who have invested in the park, of which two factories are processing products for e

Vietnam's garment export revenue rose 44.9% in February from the same month last year to US$1.3 billion, according to the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT). For the first two months of this year, the export revenue was up 30.1% against the same period in 2013, the Ministry says. The Ministry has announced that with the recovery of export markets, the garment industry seems stable. Many garment companies have orders up to the end of the second and third quarters of this year. Exports

Employees at Thai Ha Garment and Textile Company in Thai Binh Province work on a production line. Many businesses in the garment and textile industry have signed export contracts for the third quarter of this year. — VNA/VNS Photo Tran Viet The garment and textile industry in the first two months of this year gained a year-on-year increase of 30.1 per cent in export value to reach US$3.2 billion. According to the Ministry of Industry and Trade, the industry had a surge of 44.9 per cent in

Poor water management, pest attacks, rainfall and weather conditions played their due parts in lower production of cotton as farmers preferred to grow other cash crops after they failed to get good price for cotton last year. As the result cotton production remained 13 percent below the set target for the fiscal 2013-14. According to the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP), it was projected to produce 12.3 million bales of cotton (of 170 kilogram each) in FY14, the production is approximately 13 per

The Directorate General of Safeguards, Customs and Central Excise, Government of India, has initiated safeguard investigation concerning imports of bare elastomeric filament yarn, commonly known as spandex, into India. In its notice, the Directorate said that an application has been filed under Rule 5 of the Customs Tariff (Identification and Assessment of Safeguard Duty) Rules, 1997 by Indorama Industries Ltd. for imposition of safeguard duty on imports of bare elastomeric filament yarn into

There is a potential for future growth of organic cotton in the United States, according to a recent report prepared by the Organic Trade Association (OTA), the leading voice for organic trade in the US, representing over 6,500 organic businesses across 49 states. The ‘2012 and Preliminary 2013 U.S. Organic Cotton Production & Marketing Trends’ report says organic cotton was planted on 14,787 acres in 2012, which increased to 15,685 acres in 2013, and expects the area to go up to 18,614 a

At a time when government is boasting that bonded labourer system has been eliminated from the state, there are more than 2.5 lakh bonded labourers in the textile industry alone, P M Kumar, general secretary of Textile Workers Federation has claimed. He was participating in the one-day training programme for vigilance committee members on 'elimination of bonded labour system' organised by the Society for Community Organisation (SOCO) in the city on Monday. Activists working on the abolishment