Assistant Director Agriculture Naveed Asmat Kohloon has said that Punjab agriculture department has imposed ban on cultivation of cotton till the first week of April. The step has been taken after thorough consultations with cotton scientists in order to control pink bollworms. According to secretary agriculture Punjab Muhammad Mehmood, the main objective behind imposing ban is to keep crop safe and secure from threat of pink bollworm. He warned that if any farmer would be found cultivating crop

'We have an ambitious target of exporting up to $60 billion annually by 2021. We are hoping that leather and leather goods sector will contribute $5 billion to this' The leather and leather goods industry in Bangladesh needs equalized, innovative and implementable long-term policy support to attain its $5 billion export target by 2021, stakeholders said at a workshop on Sunday. They also called for the government to reduce the cost of doing business by removing trade barriers and inves

Ordinary staff in Cambodian garment factories can now earn between $238 and $260 per month, including benefits, according to research by the National Trade Unions Coalition (NTUC) covering more than 30 factories. Garment and footwear sector workers received their first pay packet at the higher rate on February 10. The new minimum monthly wage is $170 now. NTUC president Far Saly said the wage hike would benefit the lives of workers and their families. The coalition found some employees, who

The Bangladesh government to bring in discipline and ensure accountability among the buying houses in the export-oriented apparel industry is set to frame a policy. Draft has already been prepared by the commerce ministry and sent to stake holders for vetting last month. According to the draft that seeks to get buying houses registered with the Export Promotion Bureau states that without registration with the EPB, no buying house will be able to hand over letters of credit on behalf of buyers to

Pakistan has managed to produce in total 11.485 million bales up to Feb 15, as against 10.685m bales in last season and 7.49 percent more cotton this season (2017-18) over the corresponding period last year. The nominal increase in cotton production is a strong indication that the crop continues to face multiple issues —including less cultivation area and lack of research and development — for the last three consecutive seasons. For three consecutive seasons, the country has been witnessin

Turkish company Cotam Enterprises Ltd. inked an agreement with the Ministry of Textile Industry of Turkmenistan to set up of a new textile complex in the country. Construction work of the complex will kick off from the next month. The upcoming textile complex is expected to be operational by March 2021. It will be set up in Turkmenistan’s Akhal Velayat (region) and will be equipped with modern textile manufacturing technologies. The annual production capacity of the enterprise will be 3,65

Intertextile Shanghai will feature a specialised Beyond Denim zone with over 110 exhibitors from countries like China, Japan, Pakistan and Turkey. They provide sourcing options for the industry, from fabrics for ladieswear and menswear, to high-end wool fabrics, original pattern designs, functional and performance fabrics, and sustainability products. These exhibitors are in addition to some 3,300 exhibitors from around 22 countries and regions at the fair. As the global textile industry’s m

Barbour, a premium outdoor and lifestyle brand headquartered in the UK, has selected Centric Software to provide their Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) solution. Centric Software provides innovative enterprise solutions to fashion, retail, footwear, outdoor, luxury, and consumer goods companies to achieve strategic and operational transformation goals. Neil Thursby, head of technology at Barbour said, “We first started looking into a PLM solution because we were working with an older PDM s

A textile plant belonging to the Viet Tien General Garment Joint Stock Company in HCM City. — Photo cafef.vn Customs data shows imports from China in 2017 were high at US$9 billion, or 42.7 per cent of all textile-related imports, and 12 per cent higher than in 2016. Viet Nam often imports raw materials also from South Korea and Taiwan. South Korean products cost a fourth of Chinese products while Taiwanese products cost a fifth. Last year, Viet Nam’s imports from China included over $6

AVA CAD/CAM’s commercial director, Duncan Ross, reveals how one of the company’s British-based customers is experiencing growth in the country’s digital textile printing industry. The growing popularity of digital printing is well documented, and you don’t have to look far to see proud textile manufacturers from digital textile printing hot spots around the world showcasing their latest investments in the disruptive technology. A Digital Print Produced By Midlands -based I -Sub Simila