The competitiveness of the Chinese clothing industry is set to weaken over the next few years as costs rise. As a result, export growth could falter. Rising costs in China are already forcing an increasing number of Western apparel brands and retailers to cut back on their sourcing from China and have their apparel manufactured elsewhere. In response, the Chinese government is pursuing a policy of encouraging growth in the domestic clothing market in order to take up slack in its manufacturin

Garments accounted for more than half of all textile exports from Indonesia last year, according to the figures from the Ministry of Industry. In 2013, Indonesia’s total textile and apparel exports stood at US$ 12.68 billion. Of this, garment exports fetched $7.38 billion or 58.2 percent, while yarn exports earned $2.42 billion or 19.1 percent, followed by fabrics with $1.8 billion (14.2 percent), fibre with $560 million (4.4 percent) and other textiles with $510 million (4.1 percent). For

"The 15th China Yiwu International Exhibition on Knitting & Hosiery Machinery", "The 4th China Yiwu International Exhibition on Sewing & Automatic Garment Machinery" & "2014 China Yiwu International Exhibition on Dyeing, Finishing & Digital Printing Machinery" has recognized as the best congregation place of industry professionals. With the aim of specialization, marketization and brand building, the exhibition strives to provide the strongest trading platform for knitting and au

The International Cotton Advisory Committee says India’s cotton exports could come down by up to 20 per cent in 2014-15, due to less global trade and more local consumption. It said the volume of cotton traded internationally was expected to decline by eight per cent to 8.1 million tonnes in 2014-15, driven by reduced shipments to China from a record of 5.3 mt in 2011-12 to an anticipated 2.1 mt in this year.The Chinese government has a huge stock of cotton and wants local users to use more of

India has overtaken Germany and Italy to emerge as the world's second largest textile exporter. But it lags China, whose exports are nearly seven times higher. Data released by the Apparel Export Promotion Council, the industry body for garment exporters, showed that India's textiles exports were estimated at $40 billion in 2013, compared with China's $274 billion. Textiles includes everything from fibre and yarn to fabric, made-ups and readymade garments made of cotton, silk, wool and syntheti

Garment and textile exports increased 17% to US$7.44 billion in the first five months of this year, according to the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT). MoIT Deputy Minister Do Thang Hai reported that from January to May 2014, domestic garment production experienced a decline due to disturbances in industrial zones in a number of provinces and cities. He suggested local firms seize opportunities offered by the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreement to take a proactive role in ensurin

The textile and apparel industry in Indonesia should improve its competitiveness in face of increasing trade cooperation agreements between nations and globalization of the world trade, Director General of Industrial Manufacturing (BIM) Harjanto said while inaugurating the Uniform and Workwear Fair 2014, organized by the Ministry of Industry in Jakarta. The textile and clothing industry is one of the strategic sectors that continue to make a significant contribution to Indonesia’s economy, in

The addition of a pavilion from Taiwan at this year’s Intertextile Pavilion at the Shenzhen International Trade Fair for Apparel Fabrics and Accessories confirms the growing interest in the potential of the Southern China market. It will feature alongside the India and Korea Pavilions which return after the success these exhibitors had at last year’s fair. The 2014 edition will take place from 10 to 12 July 2014 at the Shenzhen Convention & Exhibition Center, and cover 30,000 sqm of exhibiti

Denim suppliers, brands and retailers can breathe a sigh of relief, at least in Europe. Between 2007 and 2013, jeans imports experienced an “exceptional rate of growth” of 5.3 percent. This is what the recent study “European imports of denim in 2013” conducted by Jean-Fran?ois Limantour and published by Texworld found out. In 2013, the EU (27 member states) imported 494 million pairs of denim jeans worth 3.69 billion euros. The only exception to the solid growth rate of jeans imports was the

Turkey’s carpet exports totaled US$ 194,959 during the month of May 2014, recording a rise of 1.1 percent, compared to the same month last year, as per the data released by the Turkish Exporters Assembly (TIM). According to the May 2014 Export Data of TIM, the country exported carpets worth $194,959 during the month of May, whereas during the same month last year, carpet exports amounted to $192,845. Carpet exports from the country accounted for 1.5 percent of the overall exports made by