India has overtaken Germany and Italy to emerge as the world's second largest textile exporter. But it lags China, whose exports are nearly seven times higher. Data released by the Apparel Export Promotion Council, the industry body for garment exporters, showed that India's textiles exports were estimated at $40 billion in 2013, compared with China's $274 billion. Textiles includes everything from fibre and yarn to fabric, made-ups and readymade garments made of cotton, silk, wool and syntheti

Garment and textile exports increased 17% to US$7.44 billion in the first five months of this year, according to the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT). MoIT Deputy Minister Do Thang Hai reported that from January to May 2014, domestic garment production experienced a decline due to disturbances in industrial zones in a number of provinces and cities. He suggested local firms seize opportunities offered by the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreement to take a proactive role in ensurin

The textile and apparel industry in Indonesia should improve its competitiveness in face of increasing trade cooperation agreements between nations and globalization of the world trade, Director General of Industrial Manufacturing (BIM) Harjanto said while inaugurating the Uniform and Workwear Fair 2014, organized by the Ministry of Industry in Jakarta. The textile and clothing industry is one of the strategic sectors that continue to make a significant contribution to Indonesia’s economy, in

The addition of a pavilion from Taiwan at this year’s Intertextile Pavilion at the Shenzhen International Trade Fair for Apparel Fabrics and Accessories confirms the growing interest in the potential of the Southern China market. It will feature alongside the India and Korea Pavilions which return after the success these exhibitors had at last year’s fair. The 2014 edition will take place from 10 to 12 July 2014 at the Shenzhen Convention & Exhibition Center, and cover 30,000 sqm of exhibiti

Denim suppliers, brands and retailers can breathe a sigh of relief, at least in Europe. Between 2007 and 2013, jeans imports experienced an “exceptional rate of growth” of 5.3 percent. This is what the recent study “European imports of denim in 2013” conducted by Jean-Fran?ois Limantour and published by Texworld found out. In 2013, the EU (27 member states) imported 494 million pairs of denim jeans worth 3.69 billion euros. The only exception to the solid growth rate of jeans imports was the

Turkey’s carpet exports totaled US$ 194,959 during the month of May 2014, recording a rise of 1.1 percent, compared to the same month last year, as per the data released by the Turkish Exporters Assembly (TIM). According to the May 2014 Export Data of TIM, the country exported carpets worth $194,959 during the month of May, whereas during the same month last year, carpet exports amounted to $192,845. Carpet exports from the country accounted for 1.5 percent of the overall exports made by

The regional government of Bashkortostan in the Russian Federation has given green signal to three projects, including purified terephthalic acid (PTA) and textile projects. The Ministry of Economic Development of Bashkortostan has approved the expansion and modernization of production capacities of Bashkir Textile Mill LLC, which products technical textiles for industrial enterprises. The project is estimated to cost 350 million rubles and is expected to be completed next year. According

June 3 marked the start of construction by the Republic of Korea’s (RoK) Dong-IL group on its first textile factory in Vietnam at Loc An-Binh Son Industrial Zone in Long Thanh district, Dong Nai province. The facility, to be built on 12ha at a cost of nearly US$52 million, will have an annual capacity of 9,000 tonnes of products. Dong –IL leaders said when the Posco E & C Vietnam factory is put into operation in 2015 as scheduled, it will generate hundreds of jobs for local

Mr. Le Huu Uyen, from the Health Department of Thanh Hoa Province, said that the workers of the Hongfu Shoe Company and Hong My Company (subsidiaries of the Taiwan-owned Hongfu Vietnam Group) were sent to hospitals in May with neurotoxic syndrome. Uyen said that symptoms had occurred because of the high amount of organic solvents present at the factories. Specialists inspected the working environment at the two factories and found that the air circulation systems in these factories were not g

The new textile policy 2014-19 currently being prepared by the Ministry of Textile Industry, Government of Pakistan, would address major problems faced by the carpet industry, Secretary of the Ministry, Rukhsana Shah, has said, reports The Nation. Ms. Shah said this when she visited the office of Pakistan Carpet Manufacturers & Exporters Association (PCMEA) in Lahore, along with the delegation of the US Agency for International Development (USAID) and the Food and Agriculture Organisation