Four years after its implementation, the Earned Import Allowance Program (EIAP) is not providing enough incentives to help boost the competitiveness of Dominican apparel exports in the U.S. market, as intended, reports the U.S. International Trade Commission (USITC) in its publication Earned Import Allowance Program: Evaluation of the Effectiveness of the Program for Certain Apparel from the Dominican Republic; Fourth Annual Review. The EIAP allows apparel manufacturers in the Dominican Repub

A worker irons clothing at a factory in Phnom Penh in June. Many garment workers have not returned to work after casting their votes during last month’s elections. PHA LINA In the wake of last month’s election, production levels at Cambodian garment factories are still below the norm as lingering fears of political unrest keep workers at home and away from the capital. Shrugged off at the outset as a natural byproduct of the election that would correct in time, the stay-away workers are

Workers at the Quang Tri-based Phong Phu Garment factory check products. The importation of raw materials for the garment industry hit $7.646 billion in the first seven months of this year, up 18.2 per cent year-on-year. — VNA/VNS Photo Ho Cau Viet Nam's garment and textile industry remains reliant on imported raw materials, concerning enterprises seeking to take advantage of zero tariffs mandated in the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), which has been under negotiation. Statistics showed t

The US Department of Agriculture on Monday lowered its forecast for US and global cotton production in the 2013/14 crop year and reduced its outlook for record global inventories. The USDA cut its projection for output in the United States, the world's top cotton exporter, on lower yields; it cut its forecast for output in China, the world's largest cotton producer, on unfavourable weather. The changes prompted the USDA to also reduce its projections for ending stocks, though world-wide invent

Cotton price ruled unchanged at the higher level with normal buying by mills and exporter. According to market sources, cotton prices may sustain at current levels as stocks are low. Gujarat Sankar-6 cotton traded at Rs 44,500-44,700 for a candy of 356 kg, while raw cotton or kapas price ruled at Rs 1,100-1,130 for a maund of 20 kg at Saurashtra and gin delivery kapas quoted at Rs 1,135-1,160. About 2,500-2,700 bales arrived in Gujarat and 5,000-5,200 bales arrived in the country. A Rajko

Samsung Total Petrochemicals Co. bought 25,000 metric tons of naphtha for delivery to South Korea in the second half of September, according to two traders who participate in the market. The company purchased open-specification grade last week at a premium of about $6 to $7 a ton to benchmark Japan prices, the traders said, asking not to be identified because the information is confidential. Source: Bloomberg .

Apparel exports from country registered a growth of 12.13 percent for June month of FY 2013-14, Chairman AEPC Dr. A Sakthive has informed in a press statement on Monday. "Apparel exports were to the tune of USD 1.24 billion in June 2013-14 with increase of 12.13 percent against the corresponding month of last financial year," said Dr. A Sakthivel while releasing the data on the apparel exports for the month of June. Export for 3 months of the FY 2013-14 has increased by 11 percent over the sa

International technology Group ANDRITZ will present complete production lines and innovative systems for nonwovens, such as needlepunch, spunlace, wetlaid, and spunlaid finishing at Techtextil India 2013. ANDRITZ Nonwoven integrates cutting-edge technologies from ANDRITZ Asselin-Thibeau, ANDRITZ Küsters, and ANDRITZ Perfojet. Turnkey spunlace lines with unequalled energy efficiency Meeting various producers’ needs, ANDRITZ offers spunlace turnkey lines with unequalled energy efficiency ratio

Automotive manufacturer Ford has attempted to push the boundary of its sustainable development even further - with the 2014 Ford F-150 model integrating recycled cotton, soybeans and post-consumer plastics. For instance, one F-150 truck uses the equivalent of about 10 pairs of jeans, 26 bath towels or 31 T-shirts as carpet insulation or sound absorbers are made through the use of post-industrial recycled cotton. Another innovation that has caught the eye, however, in this model, is that the

Australian wool exports totalled 26,655 tonnes during June, nearly 8% down on the previous month but 18% higher than the year-earlier figure. The cumulative total for the 2012/13 season rose to 331,794 tonnes, just over 4% higher than the corresponding level during 2011/12. The upturn was almost entirely attributable to an increase of 8% in exports to China, which increased in importance to Australian shippers, claiming 79% of the total, versus 76% during the previous season. Of remaining destin