Local garment makers are gearing up with fresh investment to enter the global sportswear markets, as demand for the items is on the rise with changes in taste and fashion. Although Bangladesh is the second largest garment exporter worldwide after China, it has little presence in the global sportswear market worth $270 billion. China and Vietnam are currently dominating the market. Bangladesh exports a few million jerseys during different occasions, although the country has greater potentia

The biggest ever edition of Techtextil, the leading international trade fair for technical textiles and nonwovens, concluded in Frankfurt this month, hosting 1,477 exhibitors from 55 countries under the main theme Living in Space. More than 47,500 visitors from 114 countries, an increase of around 14% compared to 2015, made their way to Frankfurt this year. This year, the leading exhibition demonstrated the wide range of applications for high-tech textiles and textile-processing technology fr

Twenty-eight trainees from fashion houses, training institutions and home décor companies from East Africa learnt how to use the Shibori tie and dye technique on cotton, rayon, viscose, silk and canvas fabrics at a Hub sponsored training programme. The event, organised during April 24-May 12, 2017, covered the use of both chemical and vegetable dyes. The programme also covered tie-dye pattern techniques, development of products from the fabric, product marketing and pricing. The Shibori

The US must remain a participant in a vibrant North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) because it has been and can continue to be a very positive trading platform for US agriculture, including cotton and textiles, the National Cotton Council (NCC) of America has said. NAFTA trading partners—Canada and Mexico—are significant markets for US fibre exports. With purchases exceeding 1 million bales, Mexico has emerged as one of US raw cotton’s top five export destinations, and NAFTA plays a cri

Vietnamese brand names and clothing shops in HCM City are offering new collections for the style-conscious young consumer this summer. Designers for Kim, a brand name owned by designer Phúc Trần, combine simplicity and practicality at their shops in District 3. They offer a new collection titled My Summer for boys and girls aged 10 to 14, using pastel, neon, black and white on cotton, linen and denim. With more than 40 designs this season, Kim’s items sell from VNĐ200,000 (US

Country’s export oriented RMG factory owners are likely to get exemption from paying premium for group insurance for workers as the labour ministry and sector leaders have agreed in principle to realise the insurance claim from the RMG central fund. According to members of the executive board of the central fund for the RMG sector, the garment factory owners would have no need to introduce group insurance in their establishments rather if any worker dies in any establishment the company would

Cotton sowing has been completed on an area of 4.4 million acre in Multan, DG Khan and Bahawalpur divisions and remaining target will be achieved by May 31. This was stated by Director General agriculture (Extension and Adaptive Research) Syed Zafaryab Haidar Naqvi while addressing a seminar organized by agriculture department in cooperation with ICI in Rajanpur on Monday, says in a press release. Zafaryab said that sowing target for Punjab was fixed at six million acres including 4.9 mi

Businessmen in the export-oriented garment accessories sector are fearing a rise in production costs due to implementation of the proposed VAT law from July despite assurances to the contrary from the revenue authority. At present, all export-oriented sectors are out of the purview of value-added tax. The new law prescribes a uniform 15 percent VAT for most goods and services. The VAT officials at the field levels -- knowingly or unknowingly -- have said that if any trader buys garment acc

Australian wool prices have doubled in Japan over the past year but it has not deterred the Japanese market from buying. As the quality they require is always of the highest standard, a Japanese wool broker said. Mike Kuritani from Itochu, one of Japan's largest trading companies, said that demand will remain due to an appetite for high quality fine micron wool from Australia despite the high prices. He said that in fact a new market is coming up from sports apparel, for socks and innerwea

A delegation from Tiruppur Exporters Association (TEA) visited Odisha to explore investment opportunities to set up garment manufacturing units. During the visit to Ramdaspur in Odisha where a new textile park is being set up, the delegation also discussed with the government officials opportunities to make investment in the textile park. Further, the delegation headed by the TEA general secretary TR Vijayakumar also discussed about the Odisha apparel policy with the government officials. As