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India and China’s Textile Exports will Face a Severe Competition From Bangladesh.
The global economic slowdown and unfavorable exchange rate changes, to the huge losses caused by India’s textile exports. Other major Asian textile-exporting countries is also the case, such as Sri La...
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PAKISTAN: US Should Sign Free Trade Agreement.
Islamabad: Minister for Textile Industry Rana Farooq Saeed Khan urged the United State (US) authorities to sign free trade agreement with Pakistan. He said this while talking to a delegation of indust...
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Pakistan: Ready-Made Exporters want a Ban on Cotton Exports.
Pakistan Readymade Garments Manufacturers and Exporters Association (PRGMEA) announced that, every kilogram of domestically produced cotton must be utilised in the value-added garments.
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Iran's Government To Provide Priority To The Textile Sector.
The Iranian government has reiterated its commitment to uphold the growth of the textile sector in the country, by providing necessary help to viable textile units.
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India Extends Cotton Seed’s Validity Period.
India has extended the period of validity of the continuation of Cotton Seed as an essential commodity beyond the initial period of six months for a further period of six months from June 22, said an...
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MALAYSIA: Textile and Apparel Industry Eyes Double-Digit Growth This Year
The textile and apparel industry is expected to see double-digit growth this year in line with the global economic recovery, says International Trade and Industry Minister Datuk Seri Mustapa Mohamed.
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PAKISTAN: Committee formed to Resolve Textile Industry Crisis
LAHORE: Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani has constituted a three-member committee to find a solution to the crisis in the textile industry caused by imposition of 15 per cent regulatory duty on expor...
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EU, Asia Free Trade talks threaten Africa Apparel Exports
Kenyan textile producers face stiffer competition in their search for an alternative market as the low-cost Asian producers push for free trade arrangements with the European Union.
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India issues license for Cotton Exports to Pakistan
The Indian government has now begun permitting and issuing licenses for exports of 263,000 tons of raw cotton to Pakistan after re-validation of the cotton contracts.
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PAKISTAN: Textile Minister says new cotton policy being formulated
Federal Minister for Textile Industry,Rana Muhammad Farooq Saeed Khan has disclosed that government is formulating a new comprehensive cotton policy to safeguard the interests of all the stakeholders....
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Botswana: Textile Revival Package To Boost Competitiveness.
The Government of Botswana has approved a P38 million revival package for the textile industry, out of which assistance has been provided to 12 textile companies amounting to P1.2 million, revealed an...
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US sends protest to WTO against India
The United States requested the World Trade Organisation (WTO) to examine whether India still qualifies for concession, which allows it to give export subsidies to the domestic textile and apparel sec...
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India lifts ban on cotton exports, but with rider
The Government of India which had imposed a ban on cotton exports, last month, along with levying an export duty on shipments of the same has now lifted the ban under pressure from farmer lobbyists.
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Pakistan expects to get 263,000 cotton bales from India’
Pakistan expects to receive 263,000 cotton bales from India during the next few days, a senior official said on Saturday.
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UK: Appointments at The Textile Institute
Andreas Weber has become world president of The Textile Institute at its 100th birthday annual general meeting.
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China: Release Tax Import Quotas on Cotton Enterprises
according to a report from the China Cotton Association, the government of China will release sliding tax import quotas for cotton enterprises in an effort to aid the textile industry.
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USA: Textile producers plead duty suspension on yarns
Policy makers have failed to renew the import duty that had expired last year. The National Council of Textile Organisations (NCTO) and 74 companies in their letter to the Ways and Means Committee and...
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Egypt: 45 Egyptian Textile companies in the Sudanese Textile Trade Fair
Mr. Mohamed El-Morshidy (Head of the Egyptian Textile Manufacturers Federation, ETMF) announced that the Sudanese market is considered as one of the up-coming markets for the Egyptian textile products...
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PAKISTAN: 15% duty slapped on yarn export
In order to resolve the ongoing yarn crisis, the Cabinet Committee on Textiles on Wednesday decided to slap 15 percent Regulatory Duty (R&D) on its export.
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Garment producers seek 5% duty on yarn exports
The textile industry is on the verge of collapsing as yarn dearth has pushed a number of value-added textile producers to shut their businesses. For saving the industry from extinction, the industry s...