Author: Indonesia Grament

Belgium : Forced labour & trafficked on rise in garment industry
February 19, 2014
Fibre2fashion.com, India

Traffic slave labour popularly perceived to be confined to the informal economy and especially to the sex trade is now a growing problem in the global garment industry, the United Nations Forum to Fight Human Trafficking was told in Vienna.

Citing examples from Mauritius, Jordan, Taiwan, India, Argentina, Romania, the United States and China Neil Kearney, General Secretary of the Brussels-based International Textile, Garment and Leather Workers’ Federation (ITGLWF) said workers were been trafficked to industrialised and developed countries alike and their production was on sale in every high street in Europe and shopping mall in the United States. Read more about Belgium : Forced labour & trafficked on rise in garment industry …

India : Arvind Mills focuses on potential garment segment
February 19, 2014
Fibre2fashion.com, India

As domestic denim prices are declining, Arvind Mills is going to concentrate on garment segment to increase its profit margin.

Company would try to capture the market of premium fabrics clients that can help in expansion of the volume.

It anticipates to extent its contribution to the segment by 30 percent of total revenue by end of 2014 fiscal. Read more about India : Arvind Mills focuses on potential garment segment …

Economic Times, India
MUMBAI: Garment exports from India show little signs of picking up this winter-autumn season, following a gradual shift of international buyers
towards low-cost neighbouring countries. International bookings of garments have dropped sharply, although exporters slashed prices by 11-12%.
Read more about Indian garment exporters may lose out to low-cost competitors …

Richmond County Daily Journal, NC
by Philip D. Brown
Textile industry leaders praised the efforts of U.S. Rep. Larry Kissell in advocating the Kissell Amendment of the economic stimulus package signed by President Barack Obama Tuesday during a conference call the same afternoon.
Read more about Effort mounted to revive textiles …

Times of India, India
SURAT: Undetected leakages in sub-sea pipelines from Panna-Mukta-Tapi (PMT) basin have partially hit the supply of natural gas for the last two
days. Close to 300 textile processing houses depending on this gas have been forced to shut their operations due to this, sources said.
Read more about Pipeline leakages hit textile units …

Japan : ‘Print on Demand’ garment printer at Sign & Graphic Imaging
February 19, 2014
Fibre2fashion.com, India

Brother Gulf, a global leader in printing, communication and digital imaging products and a subsidiary of Brother Group, Japan, has announced that it will unveil its new GT-541 ‘Print on Demand’ garment printer during the Sign and Graphic Imaging Middle East 2014 trade show, which will be held from February 17-19, 2014, at the Dubai World Trade Centre. The unique printer is faster and more efficient compared with traditional screen-printing methods.
Read more about Japan : ‘Print on Demand’ garment printer at Sign & Graphic Imaging …

Dhaka’s garment factories to be moved
Reuters
Gulf News, United Arab Emirates

Dhaka: Bangladesh’s army-backed interim government agreed yesterday with textile industry leaders to relocate garment factories away from the capital Dhaka, under a plan partly funded by the World Bank, officials said.

An agreement to this effect was signed between Bangladesh Small and Cottage Industries Corporation, a body of the industries ministry, and the Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA). Read more about Dhaka's garment factories to be moved …

Economic Times, India –
NEW DELHI: The Centre on Tuesday announced a 5% duty incentive on export of raw cotton by including the fiber commodity in the Vishesh Krishi and
Gram Udyog Yojana.
Read more about Trade irked by cotton export sop …

Major relief for garment, footwear industries
Hindu, India

Special Correspondent
CHANDIGARH: In a major relief to the garment and footwear industry in Haryana, Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda on Saturday announced an increase in the limit for Floor Area Ratio (FAR) of their industrial units located in old industrial townships from 125 to 200.

The Chief Minister made the announcement at a meeting held with representatives of the industry at Haryana Bhavan in New Delhi, an official note issued here said. Read more about Major relief for garment, footwear industries …

CNMI woes due to problems in garment industry
Radio New Zealand International, New Zealand

Posted at 02:04 on 18 February, 2014 UTC
The governor’s office in the Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas says a garment industry in its death throes is the main reason economic indicators in 2014 were down across the board.
The garment industry was the CNMI’s second major industry, which at one point even surpassed the tourism industry in revenues.
The Governor’s press secretary, Charles Reyes, has told the Saipan Tribune that previously, the CNMI had two economic legs to stand on – garments and tourism – but now it essentially only has one. Read more about CNMI woes due to problems in garment industry …