The government will extend an assistance programme to help ease the impact of the higher daily minimum wage on SMEs, says Kittiratt Na-Ranong, the finance minister and deputy prime minister. He said 11 measures previously approved for businesses in seven provinces that hiked wages this past April will be extended for another year. A similar package will be offered to businesses operating in the 70 other provinces starting Jan 1. The measures include a reduction in contribution rates to

Labour demonstration (FOTO dokumentasi ANTARA/Dhoni Setiawan) Indonesia is expecting economic growth of 6.8 percent next year, but it will be difficult to reach the target because labour issues have not been resolved by the government, said an economist. "Labour issues will hinder the government`s efforts to reach the target of 6.8 percent. That is why the government should handle the labour problems immediately," said Latif Adam, an economist from the Indonesian Institute of Science (LIPI)

While local governments are contemplating plans to double residential disposable income per capita, experts expressed their concerns Sunday over how to make those scenarios come true. "The governments of Beijing, Helongjiang Province and other regions and municipalities are working on plans to double the per capita incomes of residents," Yang Yiyong, director of the Institute for Social Development under the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC), was quoted as saying by East China'

Indian cotton export policy might negatively impact cotton prices in Pakistan as Delhi did not place any ceiling on exports. DESIGN: CREATIVE COMMONS In a statement issued on Saturday, Pakistan Cotton Ginners Association (PCGA) ex-executive member Ihsanul Haq said the Indian cotton export policy might negatively impact cotton prices in Pakistan as Delhi did not place any ceiling on exports. According to the policy, any person or firm may export unlimited quantity of cotton using various name

Karachi Chamber of Commerce and Industry and India Synthetic and Rayon Textiles Export Promotion Council’s (SRTEPC) two-day Intexpo Pakistan exhibition 2012 successfully concluded. Intexpo was organised by SRTEPC India with collaboration of KCCI in Karachi. Karachi Chamber of Commerce and Industry’s President Muhammad Haroon Agar termed the Intexpo India single country exhibition a meaningful and productive development to bring closer Indo-Pak business communities for further strengthen busine

Bangladesh is poised to start negotiations with Turkey to sign a bilateral Free Trade Area (FTA) accord aiming to keep intact apparel shipment as its export is hit hard following imposition of safeguard duty on garment import by Ankara. "We will soon send a template to Turkey to start negotiations for signing an FTA as our apparel export was adversely affected due to the safeguard duty," a senior commerce ministry official told the FE Sunday. He said: "We had been waiting for a study report

Releasing the export data for the month of October 2012 for the apparel exports in India, Dr. A Sakthivel, Chairman AEPC, stated that, “Apparel exports for the month of October 2012 were to the tune of USD 907 million, with decline of 0.75 percent against the corresponding month of last financial year. In rupee terms, the exports have increased by 6.83 percent in October 2012-13 over the same month of previous FY.” Export in dollar terms for first seven months of the FY 2012-13 has decli

Width CM Width CM Specification/Weight（meter） Wholesale Price：yuan/meter Wool/Polyester Korean Wale Cloth 150 580 25．00 T/C80/20 Thickened Dacron Drill 148 20S×16S 128×60 10．80 Cotton Pad-dyed Drill 150 16S×12S 108×56 14．80 Multi-chemical fiber woolen cloth 150 600 15．00 Multi-chemical fiber Hopsack 154 480 12．80 8-wale Cotton Corduroy 145 16S×

Top 10 Categories in Rising Top 10 Categories in Falling 1 Polyester Fabric 1.39% 1 Nylon Fabric -1.67% 2 Cotton Fabrics 0.96% 2 Fashion Fabric -1.47% 3 Blended Fiber Grey Cloth 0.83% 3 Household Textile -0.92% 4 T/C Fabric 0.63% 4 Thread/Rope -0.69% 5 Chemical Fiber Grey Cloth 0.33% 5 Viscose/ Wool Fabric -0.55% 6 Viscose Fabric 0.25% 6 Nylon/Cotton Fabric -0.51% 7 Polyester

A. The summary on the recent fabrics market Recently, the marketing in China textile city market developed partially. Some cloths companies with a shop in front and a factory behind and large business households have good business in spot transaction and large orders for marketable winter fabrics due to the transformation and upgrade of products, as well as the creative fabric. B. The analysis on the main price index of textile products: The price index of issue 20121203 of “China ? Keqi