Indian minister of textiles Smriti Irani recently asked businessmen and the Southern Gujarat Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SGCCI) to work out a plan to make Surat a textile machinery manufacturing hub. She met SGCCI office bearers in Surat recently and urged them to participate in a textile machinery expo that the government plans to organise in August.Pic: ShutterstockSGCCI president Ketan Desai told a top Indian English-language daily that SGCCI could host this expo.Textile Machinery Manuf

New investment focus on compliance and value-added productsIn the just-concluded year, export-oriented apparel entrepreneurs made an investment in setting up 123 garment units paving ways to generate employment for over 67,500 people mostly for women workers.Figure:123 newly setup garment units paving ways to generate employment for over 67,500 people mostly for women workers.According to Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA), a total of 78 new factories registered w

Free trade agreements (FTAs) with Australia, Canada, the United Kingdom and the European Union (EU) will help boost India’s textile exports, according to the Apparel Export Promotion Council (AEPC), whose chairman A Sakthivel recently said the government should pursue FTAs with these countries as they hold tremendous potential for India's exports.ShutterstockIndian textile exporters have to pay about 10 per cent customs duty in these countries now, he said.FTAs will help in significantly red

A team of researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology Delhi ((IIT-D) has developed a ‘fabric feel tester’ at a cost nearly 100 times cheaper than the ones commercially available. The instrument measures the subjective fabric feel perception and expresses it by an objective numerical value. A patent has also been filed for the instrument.Pic: ShutterstockApurba Das’ team has developed the instrument with support from the department of science and technology.The existing Kawabata Evaluation

The textile and garment factories must comply with ‘Rules of Origin’ if it has to benefit from the recently signed free trade agreements (FTAs) said Vietnam National Textile and Garment Group, or VINATEX.Figure: Vietnam needs to invest in fabric production to meet origin requirements while exporting to CPTPP and EVFTA countries. Courtesy: bdg-asia.comLe Tien Truong, General Director, VINATEX said, “Vietnam needs to invest in fabric production to meet origin requirements while exporting to CPTPP

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina recently urged entrepreneurs to produce diversified textile products to keep pace with competition in global markets. Inaugurating the National Textile Day 2019 and Multipurpose Textile Fair in Dhaka yesterday, she called on the public and private sectors to work together to increase the demand of Bangladeshi products overseas.Pic: ShutterstockThough Bangladesh holds the second position in the world in textile exports, it has only 6.4 per cent share in the world mark

Beginning this month, standard hangtags will be included in the price for any HeiQ product. The applicant (brand, mill or garment maker) will only need to pay for shipping with their courier number. HeiQ’s hangtag warehouse moved to China to reduce shipping fees and so it is going to charge for printing custom hangtags. Heiq is a leader in textile innovation.Pic: HeiQ“We have updated the copy for all hangtags to be multi-lingual and they include now English, French, German, Italian and Spanish.

Messe Frankfurt has licensed its Heimtextil brand to Inexmoda, a private non-profit institute based in Colombia and owner of the most important textile and fashion trade shows in Latin America:and Colombiamoda, Colombia´s Fashion Week. The first edition of Heimtextil Colombia in Medellin will open its doors in April 2021.Pic: Messe FrankfurtWith Heimtextil Colombia Messe Frankfurt strengthens its position as world leader of trade fairs for the textile business.Messe Frankfurt and Inexmoda are ta

The global trade value of yarn of jute and other bast fibres has shown a sharp decline in the recent years. The total trade slashed by 6.07 per cent in 2019 over the previous year, according to data from TexPro. The global trade of yarn of jute and other bast fibres was $509.00 million in 2017, which came down to $479.88 million in 2019.Pic: ShutterstockThe total trade of yarn of jute and other bast fibres is anticipated to move down to $441.11 million in 2022 with a drop of 8.08 per cent from 2

The Pakistan Readymade Garments Manufacturers and Exporters Association (PRGMEA) recently expressed his disappointment over the performance of the Federal Board of Revenue's newly-launched Fully Automated Sales Tax e-Refund (FASTER) system as the commitment of the government to release exporters' refunds within 72 hours is yet to be fulfilled.Pic: ShutterstockPRGMEA chairman Chairman Sohail Sheikh urged Prime Minister Imran Khan to immediately implement his directives as exporters are fa