When Radoslaw Wisniewski was thinking about starting a clothing company in 1995, Poland's low labour costs made local seamstresses the obvious choice.The economic rationale behind that decision is not so obvious now. Redan, the company founded by Mr Wisniewski, has moved almost all of its sewing abroad, mostly to China."At the beginning we tried to produce in Poland. But then we saw a crisis in Polish production because of the cost of labour. The cost of labour was steeply rising and it stopped

The Synthetic & Rayon Textiles Export Promotion Council (SRTEPC) released the review of exports of synthetic and rayon textiles during August 2005.I. Export PerformanceExports of Synthetic & Rayon textiles were valued Rs.685.88 crores during August 2005, showing a decline of 17.90 percent as compared to the performance in the same month of the previous year. Exports of mostly all the products are showing downfall except for fibres which shows a growth of 60.23 percent. Fabrics constitute

Statistics of Canada released the Consumer Price Index for September.The 12-month change in the All-items index excluding energy remained stable at 1.6 percent, while the 12-month change in the All-items index (CPI) jumped to 3.4 percent. This 12-month change represents a significant increase compared to the 2.6 percent advance recorded in August 2005. For the past year, the 12-month change in the All-items index excluding energy has been between 1.4 percent and 1.7 percent.The strong increase i

The Prime Minister has directed the Ministry of Textiles to prepare a separate policy for the handloom weavers to be finalised within the next sixty days. The new policy will be aimed at improving the work and life situation of weavers in the country. It may be recalled that the President of India, in his address to Parliament, had called for a programme of ?wo years for the Weavers?to respond to the challenges faced by the weaving community through an appropriate policy response. The Planning C

ACCORDING to the Geneva-based International Labour Organisation (ILO), China and India are the main beneficiaries of the end of global trade quota system for textile and clothing. India has increased its share of textile and garment deliveries to the US and European Union by a quarter in the first half of 2005. But China's share of the US market has increased by two-thirds, giving it a market share of 28 per cent in the US. The EU negotiated a "special" quota deal with China in June to stem

Warnings from industry and labor groups last year that cheap Chinese clothing and textile would crush producers in other countries have so far proven unfounded, according to a United Nations report issued at a conference which ended on Wednesday. In the report, the International Labor Organization (ILO) said that job losses from the lifting of global trade quotas in the textile industry on Jan. 1 this year had been lower than forecast. "The dire consequences that were predicted, at least up

National Statistics Office of Philippines released the monthly integrated survey of selected industries August 2005.Value of Production Index sustains double-digit growth in August 2005. Value of Production Index (VaPI) for the manufacturing industry grew by 20.4 percent in August 2005 compared with a year-ago figure, according to the preliminary results of the Monthly Integrated Survey of Selected Industries (MISSI). Sectors observed to have boosted production were the following: petroleum prod

To prevent the duplication of fake goods in local market, the Union Textiles Ministry has decided to brand handlooms and is thinking of giving the industry a heritage label. To promote textiles, a council had been assigned with the task of creating a handloom brand for hand-woven commodities in order that they were not duplicated, said Chairman of Tamil Nadu Handloom Export Promotion Council M Sivakkanan.The council is already in full swing to create a brand and the ministry also financed design

The Iranian hand-woven carpets worth $197 million have been exported in the first six months, this year. Germany and United States topped as buyers sharing 63 percent of the total exports. However, carpet exports have seen a 5.6 percent drop against previous year.Notably, the handicraft export crossed $262,000,000 mark at 14 percent, this year, which include hand-woven carpets also.After hand-woven carpets, turquoise and precious stones were the second largest exported products for this year. S

Recycling industry information provider Recycling International announced that the growing demand for high-quality sorted clothing.In Europe, premium and No 1 qualities are proving saleable to Eastern Europe and Africa in particular, with the result that many sorting companies have increased their capacities.In North America, material generation has been affected by hurricanes Katrina and Rita; there is currently a slight shortage of wiping cloth material and demand is quite firm.EuropeExperts i