Hong Kong clothing re-exports in March rebounded following poor figures for February but, compared to the same month one year earlier, the growth was much lower. The monthly improvement has been attributed to active trade with China's mainland and also increased shipments to Japan. The volume of Hong Kong's clothing re-exports in March has rebounded following poor figures for February, latest data confirm. While the increase may only be 1.5 per cent higher compared with March 2005 re-exports,

The European Union is likely to initiate 'dumping' investigations against certain Chinese textile and garment products, a senior industry figure has warned. Cao Xinyu, vice-chairman of the China Chamber of Commerce for the Import and Export of Textiles, said there could be claims that Chinese exporters are selling certain goods in Europe at below the cost of producing them. "Several industrial associations from European countries, in particular South European countries, have been preparing d

NINGBO, China - Can you tell something about an economy by its clothing manufacturers? In modern-day China, maybe you can. To date, China? economic growth has been built in large measure by its incredible supply of land and people and its willingness to use them all to the max. But nothing lasts forever without figuring out what to do next, not even the Ming Dynasty. And that? what the Chinese are trying to do now. A case in point: The Youngor Group, which employs 20,000 people and is listed on

Lilin is one of the biggest brands manufacturing travel clothing, shoes and other related products. This brand plans to cooperate with football association of Chinese colleges for the next 10 years. More than 600 universities will take part in the Chinese colleges?football game, which is held once a year. Lilin will supply all the travel clothing, travel shoes, bags and so on. At the same time, in order to develop college football culture, Lilin and Chinese colleges?football associa

Thailand's textile and garment exports continued to grow in the first quarter of this year, increasing by 9 percent to 1.67 billion U.S. dollars, according to the Department of Foreign Trade. Rachane Potjanasuntorn, the department's direction-general, was quoted by the Thai News Agency as saying Monday that the country's exports of garments were worth 868.3 million U.S. dollars and that of textiles worth 803.1 million U.S. dollars during the January- March period. the United States still

General Custom? reported that during the January-April 2006 period textile and garment exports reached US $1.744 billion, representing a 38.7 percent year-on-year growth.The US continues to remain top export destination with products worth almost one billion registering a 38-40 percent rise over last year.More than 58 percent of total Vietnamese exports was consumed by the US during this period.Japan imported goods worth $250 million whereas that to the EU reached around $350 million, representi

The Confederation of Indian Textile Industry (Citi) has urged the government to speed up clearances of projects under the technology upgradation fund scheme (TUFS). In a letter to the Centre, the association, representing the entire textile value chain from yarn to garments, has said that if immediate remedial measures are not taken, the momentum achieved in modernisation and expansion of the industry would be affected. Citi has pointed out that investments in the textile and clothing industr

Shoe soles import rates hiked sharply from US $1.07 per pair in March by almost 37.18 percent in April 2006.Three major import sources of shoe soles include dealers from Hong Kong, Taiwan and China.While April prices by Hong Kong suppliers was around $1.2 per pairs, representing a rise of almost one percent from late March, that by Taiwanese suppliers was up 58.25 percent to reach $1.63.China has raised prices by about 68 percent to nearly $0.84 per pair. Source:Fibre2fashion, New

The Intertextile Pavilion organized by Messe Frankfurt, CCPIT-Tex and the Shenzhen Garment Industry Association will return to Shenzhen from 25 ?27 July 2006. The fair is recognised by overseas and domestic textiles manufacturers as an ideal marketing platform from which to tap into the South China market, one of the country's largest garment manufacturing centres. "The pavilion was created to provide a professional meeting point for suppliers and buyers in this booming textile region," said Ms

KARACHI: Textile Commissio-ner, Muhammad Idrees Ahmed has said the clothing trade is growing at a faster rate.He pointed out that Pakistan exported textiles worth dollars 6.12 billion and clothing worth dollars 3.03 billion in the year 2004. Idrees was of the view that the post quota scenario has brought both opportunities and threats for Pakistani textile producers.He pointed out that the young and educated professionals in the field of textile engineering and textile marketing, textile managem