Demand for fast fashion is showing no signs of a slowdown and economies like India have been steadily growing its textile industry. India is hoping to take 20 percent of the world textile market, valued at 300 billion dollars over the next 10 years. In order to facilitate its growth India could also see changes to labour laws, with textiles minister Santosh Gangwar telling the Hindu Business Line that “labour law flexibility” is currently being discussed with the Labour Ministry. India to div

Bangladesh’s apparel export to the US fell by 1.39 per cent to $2.45 billion in the first six months of 2014 compared with that of the same period in last year as Vietnam, the main competitor of Bangladesh, is gaining more ground in the market while India is emerging. Experts and exporters said that the tragic industrial incidents of Rana Plaza building collapse and Tazreen Fashions fire were behind the negative growth in the export to the US market. Apparel export earnings of Bangladesh

A daylong strike in garment factories called by Sramik Sangram Parishad in protest of Thursday’s police action in a factory received lukewarm responses as most of the workers joined their works on Saturday, factory owners and labour leaders said. ‘I am not notified about any problems in my factories till this afternoon,’ said Abdus Salam Murshedy, a former president of the Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association. Kazi Ruhul Amin, general secretary of Garment Sramik Trade Un

Garments are made for export at a factory in the northern province of Thai Nguyen. Viet Nam was the fifth largest garment and textile exporter in the world and had achieved an impressive growth rate.— VNA/VNS Photo Trong Dat India, which supplies 2 per cent of the inputs used by the Vietnamese textile and garment industry, wants to increase it to 25 per cent in the next five years, according to the Cotton Textiles Export Promotion Council of India (TEXPROCIL). Speaking at a Viet Nam – Ind

Returning from 20 – 22 October this year, Yarn Expo Autumn 2014 will be held in hall N4 at the Shanghai New International Expo Centre once again. With an exhibition area standing at 5,000 sqm, nearly 150 overseas and domestic yarn suppliers will participate in this edition, while many of them say they will showcase their latest eco products. Samil Spinning Co Ltd from Korea is one such company. “Textile consumption, especially that of eco textiles, will continue to increase in the promising C

Three workers at Phong Phu Corporation in District 9 on Monday were treated at Cho Ray Hospital in HCM City for severe chemical burns after an accident at the company's factory.— Photo tienphong Three workers at Phong Phu Corporation in District 9 on Monday were treated at Cho Ray Hospital in HCM City for severe chemical burns after an accident at the company's factory. According to the workers, a container in which they were pouring chemicals exploded. The workers in the factory, whi

For week from 14th to 18th July, China cotton plants nationwide were in flowering period. The abundant sunlight in Northwest, Huabei and Huanghuai regions was good for cotton growth. The high temperature and drought in parts of Henan and Hebei provinces impeded cotton flowering and boll bearing. In middle and downstream of Yangtze region and in some cotton fields the rainstorm caused waterlogs. The domestic lint price continued to decline and reserve transaction also reduced during the we

Shri Santosh Kumar Gangwar, Minister of State for Textiles (I/C) received the draft Vision, Strategy & Action Plan for Indian Textiles & Apparels presented by Shri Ajay Shankar, Chairman, Expert Committee & Member Secretary, National Manufacturing Competitiveness Council (NMCC). Keeping in view the various changes in the textile industry on the domestic and international fronts and the need for a road map for the textile & apparel industry, Ministry of Textiles had initiated

The U.S. cotton crop forecast for 2014 was raised sharply in July to 16.5 million bales and is projected nearly 3.6 million bales above 2013. Along with an increase in planted area reported in the June Acreage report, the cotton crop forecast was also supported by improved crop conditions. Favorable precipitation, particularly in the Southwest, reduced abandonment expectations. U.S. July abandonment and yield projections are based on 2012-13 averages, weighted by region. Projected abandonment in

The Government of South Africa will continue to support investments in the textile and clothing sector over the next year, Trade and Industry Minister Rob Davies said during his Budget Vote Address. Mr. Davies said by end of the five-year Industrial Policy Action Plan in 2014, it could become the centerpiece of the Department of Trade and Industry’s (DTI’s) work with all the actions being coordinated or aligned to it. Through DTI’s direct efforts, South Africa had stemmed the inexorable de