Jute mills workers have postponed their 24-hour strike scheduled to be enforced in the country’s all state-run jute mills tomorrow (Wednesday). Leaders of the jute mills workers took the decision during a meeting with State Minister for Textiles and Jute Mirza Azam at the Textiles and Jute Ministry on Tuesday. Earlier, on February last, Bangladesh Jute Mills workers League, CBA of state-run jute mills and non-CBA Sangram Parishad jointly announced the 24-hour strike in the country’s all st

The Myanmar Garment Manufacturers Association (MGMA) expects the garment industry to gain US$ 1.5 billion in foreign investment by 2015 if political reforms continue. Enterprises that deal in cutting, making and packing are creating job opportunities as foreign investment grows in the garment sector. Garment exports made record earnings with US$ 1.1 billion in the period from January to December last year. “The garment enterprises are now increasing due to EU’s Generalised System of Prefe

Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has issued an order to set aside an amount of 65.569 billion dong (approx. US$ 3.08 million) for human resources training for the Vietnam National Textile and Garment Group (Vinatex) in the central budget in 2014. The Prime Minister has requested Vinatex to use the additional funds for imparting education and training to improve manpower resources, while strictly complying with the current regulations. The amount has been earmarked as part of the G

Vietnam garment and textile exports in February nearly doubled over the same period last year and tallied in at US$1.3 billion for the month. The Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) reported that Vietnam’s garment export markets show positive signs of improvement and production is picking up in pace following an unanticipated lull during the Lunar New Year (Tet) holiday. In the first two months, garment export revenue saw a rise of 30.1% from a year earlier thanks to a sharp increase of

Some 600 of the 3,600 workers of a garments factory in Bi?an, Laguna storm the main office of the Department of Labor and Employment in Intramuros to protest what they called as arbitrary closure last February of their factory by Carina Apparel Inc., manufacturer of British brands of clothes line. Photo By Rene H. Dilan AROUND 600 factory workers of the Carina Apparel Inc., a manufacturer of global garment brands based in Bi?an, Laguna stormed the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) on

The leather and footwear industry in Rwanda has got a boost with the establishment of a Leather Community Processing Centre (CPC) with technical cooperation from the Government of Italy. Last year, the Governments of Rwanda and Italy signed an agreement for technical and financial cooperation for establishment, organization and installation of a production and training laboratory for the leather and footwear goods industry in the CPC of Gatsibo district in Rwanda’s Eastern Province. Accord

The depreciation of the Chinese renminbi (RMB) in the last few days is likely to benefit the Chinese clothing sector, according to experts. In mid-February 2014, the exchange rate was US$ 1 = 6.06 yuan, which has depreciated to 6.15 yuan by first week of March 2014. According to experts, the decline in RMB value is a normal fluctuation, and hence the depreciation is likely to be of short-term nature. But, from a market perspective, this depreciation in RMB value will benefit some export se

The Pakistan Cotton Ginners Association (PCGA) fortnightly report showed that around 13,328,667 cotton bales were sourced to the country's ginners by March 1, depicting an increase of 4.43 percent against last year figure at 12,763,657 bales. PCGA Chairman Mukhtar Ahmed Khan Baloch briefed journalists on Monday about seed-cotton (phutti) arrivals, sales and unsold stock of cotton. He said that 11,966,299 cotton bales were sold to the textile units and exporters bought 363,394 bales. Thus, ov

The Global Organic Textile Standard (GOTS) International Working Group is announcing Version 4.0 of its globally-recognized standard for the processing of textiles made from certified organic natural fibers. GOTS' core provisions such as the 70 % minimum content of certified organic fibres, bans on GMO (genetically modified organism), nanotechnology and carcinogenic substances have been maintained. There are modified rules on the conventional 'additional fibre materials': These now may consis

Apparel accessory makers and packagers aim to triple sales to $12 billion in the next four years, buoyed by robust growth in garment shipments globally. The sector with 1,200 companies now meets almost the entire accessory and packaging needs of the apparel sector, said Rafez Alam Chowdhury, president of Bangladesh Garments Accessories and Packaging Manufacturers and Exporters Association. Accessories and packaging material makers earned $4.1 billion from sales to local garment exporters l