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LocalNews8.com, ID
RAWLINS, Wyo. (AP) – The Wyoming State Penitentiary has opened a new garment factory with the goal of putting inmates to work and making the state’s prison industries self-sustaining.

About 30 inmates work in the 7,800-square-foot factory that opened last month.
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Not ready for the sunset
Bangkok Post, Thailand

Thai garment exports, once dismissed as a ”sunset” industry, may rise 10% in 2014 thanks to greater demand from China, Japan and the European Union, according to Dej Pathanasethpong, the president of the Thai Garment Manufacturers Association. Chinese manufacturers were increasingly focusing on its massive domestic market, thanks to greater spending by Chinese consumers, he said. Read more about Not ready for the sunset …

China becomes Argentina’s top source of garment imports
Xinhua, China

BUENOS AIRES, Dec. 24 (Xinhua) — China has replaced Brazil as Argentina’s largest source of garment imports this year, accordingto a report issued by Argentina’s Industry Economy Institute on Monday.

Quoting figures released by Argentine Customs, the report said Chinese clothing products have captured a growing share in Argentina’s import market, rising to this year’s 34.1 percent from11.3 percent in 2005 and 17.5 percent last year. Read more about China becomes Argentina's top source of garment imports …

eTaiwan News, Taiwan
More than 10 local garment stores have suffered combined losses of NT$50 million (US$1.51 million) as a result of remittance fraud committed by a Chinese brokerage firm known to them as Guangda Co., the Criminal Investigation Bureau (CIB) said yesterday.
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China : High-end fashion to welcome original garment
December 21, 2014
Fibre2fashion.com, India

In China International Fashion Week, large number of domestic clothing designers and brands launched a series of original garment brands. In the 10th edition of the Fashion Week, original garment brands introduced were center of attraction, giving a new meaning to the phrase “Made in China”.

Experts from China Garment Association are of the opinion that by accepting this trend, industry can be directed towards new style. Chinese patterns vigorously promoted by domestic fashion designers will be the next season’s fashion trend. Read more about China : High-end fashion to welcome original garment …

Hindu, India
New Delhi (PTI): Indian textile was expected to clothe the world when export quotas were torn off three years ago, but far from giving the world its elaborate robe the industry was stripped naked in 2014 by the economic slowdown
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Business Standard, India
The National Agricultural Cooperative Marketing Federation of India (Nafed) has urged the government to release more funds for procurement of additional cotton at the minimum support price (MSP) this season.
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Namibia: Minister Denies Personal Interest in Garment Company
AllAfrica.com, Washington
Petronella Sibeene
Windhoek

The Minister of Trade and Industry, Immanuel Ngatjizeko, has refuted allegations that he has personal interest in Namibia Garments Marketing Company (NGMC).

Two months ago, the Director of the National Society for Human Rights, Phil ya Nangoloh, issued a press release questioning whether the minister had authorized the NGMC to operate from the premises of the Ministry of Trade and Industry Read more about Namibia: Minister Denies Personal Interest in Garment Company …

Garment industry to profit from Japan pact
YUTHANA PRAIWAN
Bangkok Post, Thailand

Textile and garment exports next year are projected to rise by 8%, thanks to higher demand helped by the new Thailand-Japan free trade agreement.

The Office of Industrial Economics (OIE) and the Thai Textile Institute (THTI) expect export sales next year to reach US$7.68 billion. Read more about Garment industry to profit from Japan pact …

Saipan : Another garment factory is shutting down in Tanapag
December 19, 2014
Fibre2fashion.com, India

POONG In (Saipan) Inc is closing its factory in Tanapag effective December 29, citing “global economic reasons and lack of garment production orders.” The garment factory’s closure will affect the employment of approximately 200 workers.

Poong In (Saipan) Inc is the 11th garment factory on Saipan to shut down since January 2005 when the World Trade Organization liberalized trade rules that now allow Third World countries to export more of their cheap garment products to the U.S Read more about Saipan : Another garment factory is shutting down in Tanapag …