The textile industry has laid off over 10,000 workers and units were forced to stay shut for up to four days in a week due to the liquidity crunch following the demonetisation of Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 currency notes, according to the Amritsar Textile Processor Association (ATPA). The production at processing units in Amritsar reduced to 25 per cent. The textile sector was labour intensive, and close to 40 processing units in Amritsar help sustain over 700 warp knitting and textile weaving unit

Cotton output in Pakistan during 2016-17 season has already surpassed the total amount produced in the previous season. Ginneries in Pakistan have received 9.778 million bales of cotton by December 1, 2016, compared to the total arrival of 9.768 million bales in the previous season, according to the Pakistan Cotton Ginners' Association (PCGA). By December 1, 2016, cotton received at ginneries in Pakistan show an 13.28 per cent year-on-year increase over arrival of 8.631 million bales during

Brazilian printmaking studio Elaia, which designs prints for both fabric and clothing manufacturers, has been distributing prints to textile mills that produce traditional Arab outfits in Sudan and Morocco since last six months. Prints are created by transferring ink from metal plates to engrave or etch on a sheet of paper or other material. The studio that has began getting several orders from Sudan and Morocco also creates signature collection, artistic and photograph based prints. Nearly 6

The government has not imposed any restriction on import of Indian cotton via Karachi port, Pakistan's commerce minister Khurram Dastgir has said. However, the government has put a restriction of importing 500,000 cotton bales in a year through the Wagah border. Despite tensions, Pakistan's trade regime with India remains unchanged, the minister said. The clarification was made by Dastgir in response to a point raised by the Senate Standing Committee on Textile Industry chairman Mohsin Aziz,

The Indonesian textile industry urged its government to regulate imports of cheap textile products into the country, which are flooding the market and in the process, disrupting the domestic industry. The industry particularly pointed fingers towards China for the flood of textile imports, and requested the government to set an import reference price. Speaking to a leading Indonesian daily, Indonesian Textile Association (API) chairman Ade Sudrajat added that along with imports of cheap texti

Pakistan Cotton Ginners Association (PCGA) has urged upon the government to grant a bailout package to cotton growers and convince them to bring maximum area under cotton crop to make Pakistan self-sufficient in cotton and save over Rs30 to 40 billion being spent on the import of three million cotton bales. While addressing a press conference, PCGA Chairman Dr Jeso Mal, former chairman Shehzad Ali Khan and Group Chairman Haji Muhammad Akram said that it was a very alarming situation that cott

Bangladesh’ s jute spinning industry due to rising global demand for yarn despite having a sluggish business trend in other jute goods has witnessed a phenomenal growth over the last one decade. At least 20 countries have been added in the list of export destinations of Bangladeshi jute yarn in the last one decade. With the new ones, the product is currently exported to 89 countries. Of the total, 12 countries import a maximum volume of jute yarn, according to Bangladesh Jute Spinners Associ

Bata Shoe Company, Zimbabwe’s largest shoe manufacturer in light of the shortage of textile has been forced to import textile from Kenya. Bata managing director, Mr Ehsan Zaman said that they are not getting consistent supplies of textiles for their factory. The Bata Shoe Company employ around 250 workers at their canvass factory. As the situation is very sensitive for them, the company have applied to Government for permission to import specific quantity and have received positive response.

Textile exporters from Sindh and Punjab are divided over the gas tariff differential for industry in the two provinces, with Punjab exporters demanding uniform price for the entire industry. Currently, the rate of Regasified Liquefied Natural Gas (RLNG) to Punjab industry is around Rs932 per million British thermal unit (mmBtu) compared to the system gas which is being provided to Sindh industry at Rs600 per mmBtu. The finance minister recently announced a cut of Rs200 per mmBtu for syste

Bangladesh's garment shipments to Italy and Japan, the nationals of which were killed in a terrorist attack in Dhaka in July, remained unscathed in July-October -- a development that will bring a heavy sigh of relief among exporters. In fact, apparel exports to the two nations increased during the period, according to data from the Export Promotion Bureau. In a brazen attack in the heart of Dhaka's diplomatic zone on July 1, nine Italians, seven Japanese, three Bangladeshis and an Indian w