The United States and Japan continued to be the main destinations for Chinese textile and apparel exports in January-September 2013 period, data released by the China Chamber of Commerce for Import and Export of Textile and Apparel (CCCT) showed. According to the data, China’s textile and clothing exports grew by 12 percent year-on-year to US$ 209.529 billion during the nine-month period. Of this, the US imported goods worth $31.261 billion, accounting for 14.9 percent share in China’s overal

Southeastern Chinese manufacuring hub of Shenzhen is to raise its minimum pay by 13 percent next month in a bid to attract workers and help them offset the rises in living costs. As of Feb. 1, the minimum monthly wage for full-time workers in Shenzhen, which borders Hong Kong, will be raised to 1,808 yuan (299 U.S. dollars) from current level of 1,600 yuan, according to a statement from the city's government. The new level is the highest nationwide. Meanwhile, the minimum hourly pay for

The exports of textiles and apparel from Portugal increased by 3.5 percent year-on-year to ?3.935 billion during the first eleven months of 2013, the Textile and Clothing Association of Portugal (ATP) said citing the international trade data released by the National Statistics Institute (INE). Portuguese textile and clothing industry’s sales outside Europe increased by 10 percent year-on-year, especially to Tunisia (36 percent), the United States (16 percent), Angola (12 percent) China (11 pe

Nearly 1,350 firms participated at the leading international fair for carpets and floor coverings ‘Domotex 2014’, which concluded recently at the Hannover Exhibition Center, in the German state of Lower Saxony. According to the Domotex website, over 1,350 carpet and floor covering firms from 57 different nations exhibited their new and innovative products at the four-day trade show, organized by Deutsche Messe. Jochen Kockler, member of the Deutsche Messe managing board, said Domotex 2014

A file photo shows employees making denim trousers in a factory in Dhaka. Political tension in Bangladesh has affected exports of denim fabric to Bangladesh. — New Age photo It’s a double whammy for denim fabric manufacturers in India. At home, they have landed in a payment crisis whereas political tension in Bangladesh has affected exports of denim fabric to the nation. India has a capacity to produce 1 billion metres of denim fabric per annum, The Economic Times reports from Kolkata. Talk

A European Commission decision that Bangladesh was in ‘serious and systematic violation’ of human rights principles would be the trigger for a procedure that could result in the withdrawal of tax-free export privileges from the country’s apparel sector. The European Union’s trade spokesperson, however, told New Age that even if the procedure was initiated, it would take at least a year before any suspension would come into effect. Amongst the principles that the EU would consider in making

A cotton factory, 25 shops and control room of a telephone tower have been damaged in separate incidents of fire in Patuakhali, Feni, Rangpur and Chandpur districts. A cotton factory near the boundary wall of Patuakhali police station was gutted in a fire on Tuesday. Fire service sources said, the fire originated from an electrical short circuit and easy bike garage and also destroyed an easy bike garage and a computer shop. The fire damaged property worth Tk 10 lakh, claimed the affect

Exports of leather, footwear and handbags hit US$10.32 billion in 2013, according to the Vietnam Leather, Footwear, and Handbag Association. This is an increase of 18 percent since 2012, exceeding the total target by 3 percent. Footwear exports hit $8.4 billion in 2013. (Photo: SGGP) Suitcase and handbag exports reached $1.92 billion, an increase of 26 percent. Footwear exports hit $8.4 billion, an increase of 15 percent. These products account for 11 percent of industrial-pr

In 2014, cotton will be sown on 545,000 hectares of land in Turkmenistan to achieve the planned production of 1.05 million tons of cotton, according to a plan approved by the Ministry of Agriculture. The plan has been framed in view of the ‘President of Turkmenistan’s program of socio-economic development of the country in 2012-2016’, which advises rational use of land, water, agricultural machinery and mineral fertilizers as well as further increase of the cotton production volumes on the ba

Turkey is gaining more and more awareness regarding organic cotton production, and would soon become a global brand in the production of organic cotton, said the Turkish Nazilli Cotton Research Station’s manager Sadettin Ozturk. According to Mr. Ozturk, Turkey possesses favorable conditions for organic cotton farming and currently, the country is the largest producer of organic cotton in the world, reports haberler.com. Organic cotton farming is conducted without the use of chemical inputs