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Nepali ready-made garment export to U.S. declines in May
People’s Daily Online, China

A continual fall of exports of the Nepali ready-made garments to the United States continued for yet another month, as the month of May 2014 saw a massive decline of 60 percent in exports, reported the local media website THT Wednesday.

This is the fifth consecutive month this year that the exports of Nepali textile and apparel products lost its upbeat. The garment export to the United States has been suffering from the very beginning of the year, as it witnessed a whopping decline of 54 percent in January, 64 percent in February, 47 percent in March and three percent in April. Read more about Nepali ready-made garment export to U.S. declines in May …

Winning Brands and Community Cleaners Are the Future for the USA
Middle America Is Switching to Non-Toxic Solutions
SYS-CON Media

BARRIE, ON — (MARKET WIRE) — 06/05/06 — Winning Brands Corporation (PINKSHEETS: WNBD) announces that its Solvent Free Solutions partnership with Miele USA has completed installation of St. Louis, Missouri’s new generation of professional garment care to replace hazardous chemicals still used in conventional Dry Cleaning in the city. The result may predict the future of mainstream Dry Cleaning in America because the new system delivers the active cleaning agents with plain water rather than deadly solvents. It is now possible to have most “Dry Clean Only” garments professionally “Wet Cleaned” without using harsh solvents that jeopardize the health of workers, customers and the environment Read more about Winning Brands and Community Cleaners Are the Future for the USA …

violence, 100 hurt, ministers confined: Garment factories shut down at DEPZ
News From Bangladesh
Sunday June 04 2014 09:50:01 AM BDT

Thousands of agitated garment workers went on rampage again on the garment factories in the Dhaka Export Processing Zone (DEPZ) at Savar area yesterday forcing the foreign and local investors to close down their establishments. (New Nation)

The workers also put up barricades at different points, including Jamgara point on Ashulia-Nabinagar road. They also damaged several factories.

During the demonstrations, chase and counter chase took place between agitated garment workers and police. Read more about violence, 100 hurt, ministers confined: Garment factories shut down at DEPZ …

Belgian firm withdraws garment offensive to Hindus
Indian Muslims, CA
By IANS

Brussels : A Belgian garment company has apologized and withdrawn from circulation an undergarment with the picture of a Hindu goddess, following strong protests from the Indian community here.

The Brussels-based firm DOD, in an email to news agency INEPNEXT, said Monday:
“We are very sorry for having offended you (Indian community), but not being conscious of the origin of the picture, we didn’t do it on purpose. Read more about Belgian firm withdraws garment offensive to Hindus …

The Capital Times, WI
Lynn Welch — 6/05/2014 12:22 pm
New boutique owner Kristin Wild hopes to bring something special to Madison’s Capitol Square with her new clothing boutique, Atticus
Read more about Upscale clothing boutique debuts on the Squar …

BELGIUM: Belgian garment company withdraws offensive undergarment
BharatTextile.com (subscription), India

BRUSSELS: A Belgian garment company has withdrawn an undergarment with the picture of Lakshmi, The Hindu goddess of wealth.
There were strong protests from the Indian community in Belgium for the use of religious sysmbols on undergarments and the company has apologized for doing so. Read more about BELGIUM: Belgian garment company withdraws offensive undergarment …

Macau : Textile & garment exports increase in Jan-April 2014
June 3, 2014/Fibre2fashion.com, India

Information from the Statistics and Census Service indicates that, in April 2014, Macao’s total value of exports amounted to MOP1.65 billion, up 45.0 percent over the same month of 2005.

Among this, the value of domestic exports surged 74.6 percent to MOP1.11 billion and the value of re-exports rose 7.5 percent to MOP540 million. Value of imports amounted to MOP3.13 billion, up 30.6 percent over the same period of 2005. A trade deficit of MOP1.48 billion was recorded this month. Read more about Macau : Textile & garment exports increase in Jan-April 2014 …

Envious quarter with nexus home, abroad out to destroy RMG
Unb, Dhaka/The Daily Star, Bangladesh

The government yesterday called upon the owners, workers and the people to come forward to help save the garment industry from an orchestrated “plot” to destroy the country’s main foreign exchange earning sector.
“An envious quarter having nexus at home and abroad is making an ill-effort to destroy this industry,” the government said in a handout, issued in the wake of violence at the garment factories that led to closure of all units in Dhaka Export Processing Zone Read more about Envious quarter with nexus home, abroad out to destroy RMG …

No work, no pay, says Saifur’s son-Garment factory owners back out from deals signed May 22
News From Bangladesh
Monday June 05 2014 09:16:04 AM BDT

All the factories in Dhaka Export Processing Zone have been declared closed from Sunday for indefinite period following fierce clashes between two groups of workers on Saturday in a latest outbreak of industrial unres, reports UNB.

“ No work, no pay should be the basis of closure,” Kaiser Rahman, member of Bangladesh EPZ Investors Association (BEPZIA), told a hurriedly called media briefing at Hotel Sonargaon in the afternoon.

The owners’ side came up with the announcement after locking out their factory workers amid the fresh violence that reportedly left around 150 people wounded, including some cops Read more about No work, no pay, says Saifur’s son-Garment factory owners back out from deals signed May 22 …

Garment industry: tax incentives for female workers likely
RECORDER REPORT/Business Recorder

KARACHI (June 03 2014): In order to enhance productivity and make Pakistani garments competitive in export market, the Federal Government is likely to give a tax incentive for attracting female workers in the garment industry.

This is part of the textile package being designed for the Budget FY07. Nimble-fingered females are naturally better at sewing and stitching. Consistent quality and increase in hourly output is being sought by the industry among other improvements to reduce the cost of production in the textile sector value chain. Read more about Garment industry: tax incentives for female workers likely …