At least 140 Cambodian garment workers at three factories at the Vattanac II Industrial Park in Phnom Penh got fainted on Monday due to poor health, a senior labor official said. Pok Vanthat, deputy chief of the labor ministry's labor health department and head of a committee that aims to prevent fainting in factories, said workers fainted because they got fatigue. "The factory employers had sent them to hospitals soon after the incidents and they had recovered after medical attention," he

Believe it or not? The UAE textile and garment industry is not only the second largest after oil, but is also one of the biggest employers in UAE, according to a UAE based expert. According to Midhat Ghazaleh, CEO of Abughazaleh Trading Company (ABCO), UAE exports to more than 50 countries in Africa, the Middle East, South Asia and Europe, while it imports mainly from China, India, South Korea, Japan and Indonesia, the Zawya reported.The textile industry occupies an important place in the UAE e

The number of closed factories on the Alliance list is likely to increase as the government-set review panel is going to start its review work on the eight factories from next week where the North American retailers’ group found serious structural faults and suggested for evacuation. Name of one more factory has been sent to the review panel by the European retailers’ group recommending immediate evacuation. The Alliance has already completed its safety assessment at more than 600 garment

POSCO, the South Korean steel company and Daewoo founder, is attempting to compensate for its support of the Uzbek cotton industry by sponsoring after-school programs in Uzbekistan. The POSCO group has admitted to The Wall Street Journal that it is using Uzbek cotton, which is known to be produced by forced labor. The company said that it appealed to the Uzbek government to stop forcing people to work in cotton production while admitting that it does not plan on stopping the use of Uzbek

The Punjab based textile industry circles have urged the government to focus on the revival of productivity once prevailing uncertainty comes to an end. They said the endurance of the Punjab based textile industry is under serious threat due to the prevailing political uncertainty amidst unprecedented electricity loadshedding and repeated gas supply suspensions to the mills. According to them, the industry needs immediate attention of the government, as continuity of the industry wheel can b

India has been able to achieve, in fact overshoot its targets set in the previous fiscal year 2013-14 for exports from its textile and apparel sector. Albeit, the target for 2013-14 at $34 billion was down US $4 billion from the target set in its previous fiscal year 2012-13, however exports from the sector managed to cross $39 billion in 2013-14. However, textile and apparel exports had a poor showing in 2012-13. Against a target of $38 billion, they could reach only $34.93 billion, accor

Signalling a positive shift in investor sentiment in India's textile industry, the country attracted $198.86 million foreign capital in the sector during April-March 2013-14, up 91.41 percent. The country had attracted foreign direct investment (FDI) of $103.89 million during April-March, 2012-13. According to the Textiles Ministry, the FDI inflow in the sector so far stood at $11.70 million during April-May, 2014-15. "The government is implementing various schemes to ensure the maximum

Despite some unfavourable numbers in July, Bangladesh's outlook on garment exports is bright this year too, with high demand from western customers due to competitive prices, industry insiders said. Exports of woven garment declined by 4.14 percent to $1.21 billion in July, and knitwear export grew only by 4.32 percent to $1.3 billion, according to the Export Promotion Bureau. Also, garment exports grew a tepid 0.1 percent last month from a year earlier, the smallest increase in 23 months,

The Vietnamese leather, footwear and handbag industry has more room for export development due to increased market demand and shifted production orders to Vietnam , the Vietnam Economic News reported on August 15.According to the Vietnam Leather and Footwear Association (LEFASO), the leather, footwear and handbag industry has enjoyed many development opportunities as import demand from foreign markets especially the US market is recovering and Vietnam ’s competitiveness in the EU market has impr

Textile export has ranked second and made up 15 percent of total national export turnover, however Vietnam textile and garment industry has heavily relied on importing raw materials, hindering the industry to develop in a sustainable manner, said the Vietnam Business Forum Magazine (VBF). According to the Vietnam Textile and Apparel Association (VITAS), the Vietnam textile supply chain is currently focusing heavily on exports (making up 86 percent of production capacity), and greatly dependi