Author: Indonesia Grament

Labour Ministry helps find jobs for laid-off garment workers
Thai News Agency MCOT, Thailand

BANGKOK, Aug 4 (TNA) — The Labour Ministry has set up a mobile unit at the Thai Silp South East Import Export Co. garment factory in Samut Prakan province to help find jobs to laid-off workers and seek severance pay for employees of the company which will shut down Tuesday due to heavy losses, a senior ministry official said Saturday. Read more about Labour Ministry helps find jobs for laid-off garment workers …

Economic Times, India
AHMEDABAD: After spelling trouble for the domestic textile industry in the first half of 2014, burgeoning cotton prices have now begun to hurt garment exporters. Even as the exporters recuperate from dollar depreciation, high cost of raw material in the sub-continent has pushed back exports by 20% already. With prices unrelenting, exporters see volumes slipping further.
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www.thejakartapost.com
In a small room made of wood, dozens of children sat on low stools, absorbed in drawing on pieces of cloth. Once in a while, a child would blow on his or her canting, a writing instrument in the shape of a bowl with a pointy spout, or dip the canting into a vessel like a small frying pan, which contained the brownish malam (wax for batik-making).
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Vietnam : Textile, garment and footwear exports soar
August 3, 2014/Fibre2fashion.com, India

Customs department in HCM City revealed that in the first seven months of 2014, total exports turnover of the city reached US $1.194 billion, of which textile and garment are leading.

During the period, textile and garment goods earned $519.3 million, a year–on–year rise of 12.9 percent, whereas the figures of footwear sector were $140.9 million, rose 6.4 percent from the same period 2005. Read more about Vietnam : Textile, garment and footwear exports soar …

Panthic Weekly, CA
The SIkh Encyclopedia
Siropa, a term adopted from Persian sar-o-pao (head and foot) or sarapa (head to foot) meaning an honorary dress, is used in Sikh vocabulary for a garment, scarf or a length of cloth bestowed on someone as a mark of honour.
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Fibre2fashion.com, India

Information from the Statistics and Census Service indicated that the value of total exports of goods amounted to MOP1.51 billion in June 2014, down by 19.2% year-on-year; the value of domestic exports decreased by 23.2% to MOP977 million, and that of re-exports dropped by 10.4% to MOP535 million.
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The Post, Pakistan
Commerce Reporter
KARACHI: Trading improved at the Cotton Market with the arrival of fresh phutti but at a slower pace. The KCA sources said here Sunday that the trading had been dull. However, with the arrival of fresh phutti it has improved to some extent.
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Fire hits portion of MGM Garment
Saipan Tribune, Micronesia
By Ferdie de la Torre
Reporter
Thursday, August 03, 2014

A fire burned a portion of the MGM Garment Factory in Chalan Piao on Sunday night, the Department of Public Safety said yesterday.

No one was injured in the blaze.

A police officer stated in her report that when she arrived at the scene at 9:50pm after receiving a call about the fire, she noticed six men trying to put out a burned portion of the MGM building. Read more about Fire hits portion of MGM Garment …

KPR Mill to expand garment facility at Arasur Business
Chennai Online, India

KPR Mill Ltd proposes to utilise the net proceeds of its IPO to fund plans for expansion of the existing garment facility at Arasur, near Coimbatore; setting up a design studio at Arasur; construction of an additional hostel facility at Arasur; expansion of the processing facility at State Industries Promotion Corporation of Tamil Nadu Ltd (SIPCOT), Perundurai;
investment in a new knitting facility at Arasur; addition of balancing equipment for existing spinning facility at Sathyamangalam and general corporate purposes. Read more about Mill to expand garment facility at Arasur Business …

China : Shenzen city boosts garment sector thru IT
August 1, 2014/Fibre2fashion.com, Indi

Currently, Shenzhen city boasts over 3600 clothing enterprises and more than 600 renowned brands.

The clothing trade’s production value is over RMB60 billion.
In big cities of China, the women’s clothing sale of Shenzhen city occupies about 70 percent.

Although these products are more expensive than those from other regions, brands also famous in China. Read more about China : Shenzen city boosts garment sector thru IT …