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NEPAL: Nepal's Readymade Garments Export to US Plummets
Nepali readymade garment (RMG) exporters continued to suffer yet another month as exports to the United States, the single largest market of Nepali readymade garment exports, plummeted by 51 per cent...
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SRI LANKA: Sri-Lankan Workers in Egypt Risk Deportation
At least 142 Sri Lankans employed at Vilocity Textile Industry in Egypt will be deported to Sri Lanka within the next few days unless they give up their week-long strike against the management, the Sr...
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INDIA: Need to Improve Cotton Production TN.
With the textile mills in Tamil Nadu consuming nearly 80 lakh bales of cotton annually, the State needs to increase its cotton production from the current five lakh bales a year, according to P.D. Pat...
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PAKISTAN: Thirty Textile Mills Shut Down in Karachi
As many as 30 textile mills in the different industrial areas of Karachi have shut down completely. Twenty mills wound up in site area while 10 in North Karachi industrial area because of rise in cost...
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INDIA: Garment Sector May Face the Burn of Fuel Price Rise
The Central Government has increased the Petrol and Diesel prices by Rs. 5/- per litre and Rs. 3/- per litre respectively (4.6.2008) The Central Government has hiked the fuel prices due to increase in...
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BANGLADESH: Inflation in Apparel Producing Countries
Inflation continues rising in apparel producing countries with prospects of higher labor costs ahead. New demonstrations of garment workers were reported in Bangladesh while similar protests may happe...
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PERU: Low Cost of Textile Production Pulls in Huge Investments
Textile industry of Peru has gradually come to a stage where it is receiving special preference of client countries backed by its low cost of labor, thereby displaying an edge over sectors in other co...
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BANGLADESH: Bangladesh Textile Workers go on Rampage Clash with Police
Police clashed with thousands of garment workers in southwest Bangladesh yesterday during fresh protests over low wages and soaring food prices, police said. The clashes occurred after workers at Kalu...
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EGYPT: Allocation of 12.5 million m2 for New Textile Investments in Egypt
The most recent report by the Egyptian Industrial Development Authority (IDA) of the Ministry of Trade and Industry, asserted that the areas of land allocated to new textile projects have reached 12.5...
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INDIA: High Cotton Prices Hit Textile Mills
With an estimated 315 lakh bales of cotton production in 2007-08 (October-September), India will be the second largest cotton producer in the world this year too. Yet, the domestic textile sector is h...
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PAKISTAN: Pakistan’s Cotton Output Seen at 9.375m bales
Cotton output in Pakistan during 2008/09 is forecasted to rise to 9.375 million (480 lb) bales from 8.750 million bales in the prior crop year, a US Agriculture Department attaché in Islamabad said. T...
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EGYPT: The Governmental Textile Spinning and Weaving Companies Cease Operation
The governmental textile spinning and weaving companies ceased operation since a large number of factories had to cease operations due to the absence of cotton quantities required for operation. Eng....
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INDIA: Textile Industry to Achieve $55 bn of Investments by 2010
Domestic textile industry, which currently is braving various odds, could achieve US$ 55 billion of investments, create job opportunities for 65.4 million workforce and its CAGR could go up at 22% by...
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PAKISTAN: Readymade Garments Sector Show Positive Results
It is known fact that out of total exports from Pakistan the leading sector is always textile industry and textile products of different categories and within textile sector Readymade Garments sector...
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PAKISTAN: Yarn Manufacturers Face Challenging Times
Textile industry of Pakistan is in a dilemma whether to focus on domestic market whose yarn and fabric consumption is stagnant, or to give attention to the international market which is undoubtedly a...
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Port Said Ready-made Clothes Conquer the World
The Egyptian ready-made clothes made in Port Said became an international trademark in the world markets. Since the beginning of this year, 88 factories of ready-made clothes have exported clothes of...
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INDIA: Textile Industry to Attract Rs1,50,000 Crore Investment, Create Over 12 Million Jobs by 2010
Total investments in the textile sector in the country are expected to touch Rs150,600 crore by 2012, with overall employment generation of 17.37 million (comprising 12.02 million direct and 5.35 mill...
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EGYPT: 5% Increase in the Local Yarn Mills Consumption - $278 Millions from Cotton Exportation Transactions in 13 Weeks
The consumption of local yarn mills increased during last March, with a 5.3% compared to February, rendering the total consumption of local yarn mills during this season, until the end of March; 88,10...
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INDIA: Decline in Manufacturing of Cotton Textiles
Concerns were raised by CII Manufacturing Council with respect to the growth rates of manufacturing. According to IIP figures released, the growth for the manufacturing has declined to 8.3% from 12.5%...
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EGYPT: With the cost of 80 Million Egyptian Pounds, A Factory for Home Furnishing
Currently preparations are underway to establish a factory for dying, setting up, and printing home furnishing with an estimated investment cost of about LE 80 Million. Mr. Hamada El-Kalyobi, Presiden...