The country's leather and tannery sector is bearing the brunt of the ongoing political turmoil as frequent blockades and strikes have badly affected their overseas business. Expressing their worries over the prevailing situation, the sector insiders said that the future of the industry would be at stake if the violent political programmes continued for long. The impact of political turmoil on the export of leather and leather goods, which have been among the top three products of Banglades

The apparel buyers have already cut about 30 per cent of their total annual orders citing security concerns in Bangladesh. Their decision followed incessant violent programmes such as, hartals and blockade that disrupted production a d shipment seriously, according to Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association. BGMEA president Atiqul Islam on Thursday said the apparel buyers expressed deep concerns and conveyed their message to labour, employment and expatriates welfare min

Indonesia Trade Ministry encourages small and medium enterprises (UKM) to enter new market in Myanmar in view of the country’s potential which has been widely opened to other countries’ products. Trade Ministry Director for ASEAN Cooperation Djatmiko Bris Witjaksono said several UKM products with the potential to be sold in Myanmar are fashion and garment products. “Myanmar becomes a new market with makes all sectors from private companies and state-owned enterprises, including banking, en

Fashion chain Topshop has been named the best site for the increasing trend of consumers using a tablet to do their shopping in a fashion retail study conducted by Quisma. The research focused on the customer experience on tablet devices, looking at the overall performance as well as four key areas – the homepage, product detail page, shopping basket and checkout and was rated on structure, display, usability and specific content. Each brand was awarded a score out of 100 percent. Topshop cam

With the rise in demand for sustainable and organic products, several textile and apparel firms are focusing on ethical production process which covers a range of issues such as working conditions, child labor, fair trade and ethical production. Mr. Siegfried Winkelbeiner, chief operating officer of Schoeller Textil, says, “The issue of ecological compatibility is an integral element in each development of the textile value chain. Innovation in product design and innovation in sustainability

Pakistan is a big cotton producing country, but it lags far behind in the textile sector, and it is necessary to promote the textile industry in order to increase exports and strengthen the national economy, said Punjab state Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif at the recently held International Textile and Clothing Conference (ITC 2013) in Lahore. While addressing the concluding session of the ITC conference, the Punjab CM said the textile industry needs to be strengthened in order to increase exp

All Pakistan Textile Mills Association (APTMA) Punjab Chairman S M Tanveer has said the industry has rationalised its demand for gas during winter to 100 million cubic feet per day (MMCFD) against actual demand of 450 MMCFD while understanding the compulsion of the government on gas supply. However, still, he said, the Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Ltd (SNGPL) has suspended gas supply to the textile industry in Punjab, likely to cause $1.3 billion per month export loss, retrenchment of 3.0 milli

Dr. A Sakthivel, Chairman AEPC, has expressed satisfaction over the exports growth for the month of November 2013. In reaction to the trade data released Chairman AEPC said, “The garment exports have been registering a positive growth since last 8 months. "The growth of RMG for the month of November 2013 is 21.29% registering to the tune of 1051 million US $; the cumulative growth of 16.15% for April- November 2013.” Our constant endeavor to work on the technology up gradation, skilling,

The hosiery manufacturers here have appealed to the Centre to restrict the cotton exports to a maximum of 5 lakh bales a month during the current cotton year, which began this October and scheduled to end in September 2014. “This type of control is imperative to ensure that adequate quantity of cotton becomes available for the domestic consumption. The projections state that around 360 lakh bales of cotton is set to be produced during the current cotton year,” South India Hosiery Manufacturer

Apparel exports have grown 15.5 per cent the first seven months of the fiscal to $8.2 billion due to revival of demand in the US and the EU. The Government is now all set to increase the export target for next year from the current $17 billion. “I am confident that we are on the road to recovery. Signs of its revival are visible in the US and EU, which guided my instinct to revise the apparel export target to $17 billion this year. Let’s keep a high target next year,” Commerce Secretary S