Apparel export earnings showed 2.56% growth in the first eight months of the current fiscal year, EPB provisional data shows, despite supply chain disruptions in the last two months in the wake of the countrywide political violence. Police escort has helped the RMG exporters to a large extent to ship their products on time. The RMG manufacturers however claimed they had to face setbacks in sending products to Chittagong for shipment due to security problems. The figures, however, showed po

Prices were steady on the cotton market on Wednesday as spinners and some exporters remained in the forefront to replenish their stocks with quality lint. Though ginners’ body report on cotton production has been encouraging, higher consumption of cotton by the textile industry is resulting in shortage of quality lint which is causing frustration among spinners, brokers said. Consequently, even falling prices in the world market including New York cotton and Chinese markets could not impac

German sportswear company Adidas expects robust sales growth in 2015 as its golf business improves and consumer confidence recovers, while net profit should rise faster still despite exchange rate hits and higher marketing spending. The world's second-biggest sportswear group after Nike hopes to more than compensate for the non-recurrence of sales from last year's soccer World Cup thanks to strong momentum at its main Adidas and Reebok brands, a recovery at its revamped golf unit and an expan

The mPedigree network, a global leader makes use of mobile and web technologies in securing products against faking, counterfeiting and diversion has introduced a new technology, the Goldkeys Technology to fight against piracy in Ghana’s textile industry. The Goldkeys technology, is part of a new campaign to end the age-long canker in the local textile industry of Ghana. The new technology will help textile dealers to authenticate original textile products by attaching scratch-labels with co

Several global apparel retailers have recently canceled trips to Bangladesh as political standoff continues, which analysts say could result in shift of orders to other competitors. Over the last two months, representatives from retailers such as GAP, American Eagle, Pinkie, Okidi and Promote suspended scheduled visits, industry insiders said. The visit suspension has created fear among local manufacturers of taking away orders from Bangladesh and shifting to competitors like Vietnam, acco

An increase in service tax will increase overall manufacturing cost of garments, said R K Dalmia, Chairman, The Cotton Textiles Export PromotionCouncil (TEXPROCIL). Expressing displeasure over the Finance Minister Arun Jaitley's proposal to increase service tax to 14% from existing12.36%, the apex textilebody says despite textile being the highest employment generator, the government neglected the sector in the Union Budget. Source: Business Standard.

Persistent demand for quality lint boosted the rates on the cotton market on Wednesday in the process of trading, dealers said. The official spot rate maintained overnight level at Rs 5000, dealers said. In the ready session, nearly 10,000 bales of cotton changed hands between Rs 4200 and Rs 5250, they said. The prices of seed cotton in Sindh were at Rs 1800 and Rs 2350 and in Punjab the rates of phutti were at Rs 2000 and Rs 2600, they said. Commenting on the gradual rise in rates, cotton a

Exports rose 5.46 percent year-on-year to $2.51 billion in February, buoyed by increased shipment of garments, according to central bank data. Earnings in the first eight months (July-February) of the fiscal year were $20.31 billion, which were $17.80 billion till January. The figures show a positive trend as the country is receiving payments for goods that were shipped earlier. “We are now facing difficulties exporting goods for political unrest,” said Atiqul Islam, president of Bangla

The 25th East China Fair 2015, a prestigious and preferred exhibition that attracts hundred and thousands of exhibitors and visitors of national and international fashion, gifting, and home furnishing business community opened on 1st March at the Shanghai New International Expo Center in the Pudong New Area. The fair will go on till Thursday, 5th March. Companies taking part in the East China Fair are targeting the higher-end market to be more competitive but the still-weak global economy and

The imports of textiles and clothing by South Korea crossed the US$ 14 billion mark last year, narrowing the industry’s surplus further. In 2014, South Korea’s textile and clothing exports grew by 8.4 per cent year-on-year to $14.66 billion, which is an all-time high, yonhap news agency said citing data from the Korea International Trade Association. On the other hand, South Korea’s textile and garment exports decreased 0.1 per cent year-on-year to $15.94 billion during the year. Thus, the