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

In spite of the resistance of some sellers, cotton values resumed decreasing in late May and early June – May was the fourth consecutive month of price decreases. Drops are attributed to the lower quality of batches, due to the nearness of the end of the 2012/13 season, the low purchase interest from the industry and the smaller export parity. In May, the CEPEA/ESALQ Index for cotton type 41-4 moved down 4.26%, closing at 1.9279 real (0.8606 dollar) per pound on May 30. It is worth noting to

Workers in the footwear industry went on a protected national strike on Monday, their trade union indicated. "The strike will affect about 164 footwear employers throughout South Africa and approximately 10,000 employees in the bargaining unit in major centres like Durban, Cape Town, Port Elizabeth, Johannesburg, Pietermaritzburg and George and Oudtshoorn," said National Union of Leather and Allied Workers (Nulaw) general secretary Ashley Benjamin. The union is seeking a minimum pay rise