India : Textile sector expansion thru Garment parks

India : Textile sector expansion thru Garment parks Fibre2fashion.com February 23, 2014   West Bengal Small Industries Development Corporation (WBSIDC) has plans to set up garment parks in the city to make use of opportunities and expand in clothing sector after cancellation of quota system. A joint venture garment park is planned at Howrah in association with […]

India : Nepal garment imports reach Rs 29.13 cr

India : Nepal garment imports reach Rs 29.13 cr Fibre2fashion.com February 23, 2014 Nepal’s import of readymade garments to India were worth Rs 29.13 crore during 2004-05. Minister of state for Commerce Jairam Ramesh informed that chinese originated garments were not being smuggled through Nepal taking advantage of duty free access under Indo-Nepal trade treaty. The Minister […]

Vietnam : Textile & garment export to US make early mark this year

Vietnam : Textile & garment export to US make early mark this year Fibre2fashion.com February 22, 2014 Textile and apparel exports to the US have picked up good momentum early this year, returning impressive figures according to preliminary reports. In February 2014, Vietnamese textiles exports will cross US $ 430 million mark and is expected to grow […]

Target your next employer like a tailor-made garment

Target your next employer like a tailor-made garment By MARVIN WALBERG Scripps Howard News Service 23-FEB-06 If you like clothes and have ever had the opportunity to wear something custom-made, you felt pretty good every time you wore it. You chose the fabric and style and it was measured just for you. It was targeted […]

Vietnam's Apparel Exports Show Robust Growth in January

Vietnam’s Apparel Exports Show Robust Growth in January Asia Pulse via Yahoo! Asia News HANOI, Feb 23 Asia Pulse – Vietnam’s textile exports to the US posted vigorous growth of 82 per cent last month over the same period last year, with revenues reaching US$167 million, Nguyen Duc Thanh, a senior Ministry of Trade official, […]

7 Top Aides Are Appointed to City Council by Speaker

7 Top Aides Are Appointed to City Council by Speaker New York Times By SEWELL CHAN Published: February 23, 2014 The City Council speaker, Christine C. Quinn, appointed seven top aides yesterday, moving quickly to fill some of the vacancies created when she suddenly dismissed 61 employees, nearly one-fifth of the Council’s staff, on Friday. […]

Commerce says garment sale decline is 21 percent

Commerce says garment sale decline is 21 percent By Liberty Dones Reporter Saipan Tribune Thursday, February 23, 2014 The Department of Commerce corrected on Wednesday its computation of garment sales in 2005, saying that its decline was only 21 percent, not 39.4 percent as it had earlier reported. Commerce Secretary James Santos admitted that the […]

Indonesian Textile Industries Call for MacHinery Upgrading

Indonesian Textile Industries Call for MacHinery Upgrading Asia Pulse via Yahoo! Asia News JAKARTA, Feb 23 Asia Pulse – As many as 300 textile and garment industries have urged the relevant authorities to have the machinery of their factories restructured to boost their productivity and their competitiveness on the domestic and export market. “Sucofindo has […]