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SRI LANKA: Garment exporters to face increase in export cost
BharatTextile.com (subscription), India

COLOMBO: As the shipping charges to Europe have increased the cost of exporting to Europe will go up over the next one year period.

The Sri Lanka Freight Forwarders Association (SLFFA) has warned exporters that the Prices on the European trade line, including the Mediterranean, have increased by around US$ 800 for a 40 foot container within this year so far and we are expecting another price increase in September. Read more about SRI LANKA: Garment exporters to face increase in export cost …

AFP
DHAKA (AFP) — Bangladesh has exported garments to India for the first time under a duty-free access deal seen as a breakthrough for the country’s fast-growing textile industry, an official said on Monday.
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India : FECS bags Madura Garment’s Planet Fashion & Trouser Town ad account
June 29, 2014/Fibre2fashion.com, India

The Bangalore-based agency Fish Eye Creative Solutions clinched the creative duties for Madura Garment’s Planet Fashion and Trouser Town.
Madura Garments Planet Fashion has more than 42 retails spread across the country.

Trouser Town is a bi-sexual leg wear store with eight stores in Southern India and in the coming years, plans to increase number of its stores to 50 across the country. Read more about India : FECS bags Madura Garment’s Planet Fashion & Trouser Town ad account …

Fresh agitation: 20 garment workers hurt in Savar
By BDNEWS, Savar
The New Nation, Bangladesh

At least 20 garment workers of Harvard sweater factory were injured as fresh agitation broke out at Jamgora area of Savar Thursday.

Police and witnesses said, workers attacked the factory at about 9 am to press home their demands. Later, they tried to incite the co-workers of nearby Hewn Apparel.

Police charged batons to disperse the agitated workers and brought the situation under control. Read more about Fresh agitation: 20 garment workers hurt in Savar …

Malaysian garment firms looking forward to FTA with US
Business Times – Malaysia, Malaysia
June 30 2014

MALAYSIA’S textile and garment industry is looking forward to a US-Malaysia Free Trade Agreement (FTA) to help boost exports.

Federation of Malaysian Manufacturers (northern region) chairman, Datuk O.K. Lee, said the import duty for textile and garment items to the US currently is between 17 per cent and 31 per cent. Read more about Malaysian garment firms looking forward to FTA with US …

Ada ‘Kesebelasan Dunia’ dalam Batik Yogya
Kedaulatan rakyat online/29 Juni 2014

DUNIA batik, adalah dunia dinamis kehidupan manusia. Motif-motif batik yang selalu mengandung simbol dan makna, ternyata tidak mandeg. Pesona batik tidak akan hilang dan tetap disuka orang-orang muda, selama motifnya mengikuti selera konsumen.

Sekalipun kadang menimbulkan pro-kontra, toh batik dengan motif ‘kontemporer’ pun tetap bermunculan. Jika di Pekalongan muncul batik sutra motif Piala Dunia, di Yogya pun muncul juga. Read more about Ada ‘Kesebelasan Dunia’ dalam Batik Yogya …

BATIK PULIHKAN KORBAN GEMPA; Omzet Mencapai Rp 10 Juta
28 June 2014/kedaulatan rakyat online

Jemari itu dengan gemulai menorehkan canting ke kain putih yang terhampar di kayu penyangga. Canting kembali dicelupkan ke dalam cairan malam yang terus mengepul dalam wajan di atas kompor kecil. Dengan tiupan ringan, jemari kembali memainkan alat membatik itu dan mengisi pola yang terpampang dalam kain dengan cairan malam kental. Beberapa saat kemudian, mulai nampak pola batik yang indah. Disela-sela kegiatan, terdengar cengkrama akrab antarpembatik yang makin menghangat. Read more about BATIK PULIHKAN KORBAN GEMPA; Omzet Mencapai Rp 10 Juta …

MI6, UK
Japanese firm Heave-ho Inc have inked a deal with EON Productions to licence exclusive James Bond themed apparel in the county. The agreement covers all 22 of 007’s adventures to date, including the upcoming “Quantum of Solace”, to be released in Japan in early 2014. Heave-ho will exclusively produce clothing based on the series for Japan.
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Daily Times, Pakistan
* Govt mimicking approach of previous regime
* Move described as ‘political rather than economic’

By Sajid Chaudhry

ISLAMABAD: Despite dismal exports performance in the outgoing Fiscal Year 2014-08, the textile sector is likely to grab a Rs 30 billion Research and Development (R&D) support for the next Fiscal Year 2014-09, a high placed government official informed Daily Times Saturday.
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Independent-Bangladesh, Bangladesh
The garment exporters have asked international buyers to hike prices of readymade garments, BKMEA president Fazlul Hoque said Saturday, reports bdnews24.com
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