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Export garment units in Erode district require 3,000 tailors
Hindu, India –
R. Sundaram

Bulk orders not executed for want of enough staff
ERODE: Erode Textile Readymade Garments Exporters Association will start a Common Facility Centre (CFC) in Erode to help readymade woven garment exporters.

Woven readymade garments worth Rs 250 crore are exported from Erode every year. Read more about Export garment units in Erode district require 3,000 tailors …

Textile & Garment exports mainstays of economy
Monday, March 24, 2014 (Hong Kong)
Fibre2fashion.com, India

At a meeting of the Federation of Hong Kong Garment Manufacturers Association, the director of the Hong Kong Commerce and Economic Development Bureau, Ma ShiHeng said that, the value of all textiles and apparels products exported in 2014 from Hong Kong touched nearly HK $ 33 billion.

He was all praise for the industry and also added by mentioning that textile & apparel exports had contributed nearly 39% to the basket of exports from Hong Kong and at the same time had played a big role in the economic development of Hong Kong in 2014. Read more about Textile & Garment exports mainstays of economy …

Hindu Business Line
NEW DELHI: India and Turkey will hold discussion in the first week of April on a dispute relating to a three-fold hike in import duty by the Turkish authorities on Indian cotton textile.
Read more about India, Turkey to discuss textile trade dispute …

Saudi Arabian buyers seek quality textile leather, garments and accessories at Motexha 2014.
Press Trust

Key buyers from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) have expressed their interest in Motexha 2014 as the preferred platform where they can source quality, textile, garment, leather products and accessories from the international exhibitors who are coming to the show.

Motexha 2014, the Middle East region’s largest trade show for fashion, textiles, leather and accessories, is set to take place between 3rd-6th April 2014 at the Dubai International Exhibition Centre. Featuring 250 exhibitors from 30 countries, the exhibition brings together international and local exhibitors, alongside government trade associations to do business with the region’s prominent trade buyers and retailers Read more about Saudi Arabian buyers seek quality textile leather, garments and accessories at Motexha 2014. …

CANADA: Hemptown forms subsidiaries, changes name
23 Mar 2014
Source: just-style.com

Environmentally friendly garment company Hemptown Clothing said it has formed two new subsidiaries and is changing its name to Naturally Advanced Technologies.
The two new subsidiaries are CRAILAR Fiber Technologies and Hemptown Clothing. They will both operate under parent company Naturally Advanced Technologies.

CRAILAR was formed to produce high-tech, high-strength natural fibre for the textile and composite industry. Hemptown Clothing, the company’s legacy business, makes eco-friendly fibre garments for the sportswear industry. Read more about CANADA: Hemptown forms subsidiaries, changes name …

With 15 New Cardinals, Tailors Seeing Red
ABC News

By DANIELA PETROFF AP Fashion Writer
VATICAN CITY Mar 23, 2014 (AP)— Rome’s ecclesiastical tailors are seeing red these days, but they’re not complaining. The tailors are busy putting the final touches on the crimson outfits the Roman Catholic Church’s 15 new cardinals will don at Friday’s ceremony elevating them to the top ranks of church hierarchy.

Once the almost exclusive domain of the Gammarelli family, papal tailors for the past 200 years, high-end clerical tailoring is now more spread out Read more about With 15 New Cardinals, Tailors Seeing Red …

US clothing brands join fray around Mexico governor
Reuters via Yahoo! News

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Levis, Gap and other major U.S. clothing brands urged a Mexican state governor to ensure the safety of a labor activist who says he is under threat for defending garment workers’ rights.

In a letter publicized on Thursday, the companies called on Puebla Gov. Mario Marin to protect Martin Barrios, his family and other members of a local rights commission who have brought complaints against factories that make clothes for top U.S. brands.

Local and international rights groups charge Marin with cozying up to Puebla factory owners and overlooking systematic labor abuses at their plants Read more about US clothing brands join fray around Mexico governor …

INDIA: Unauthorised trade with Nepal includes Cotton & Garment products
BharatTextile.com (subscription)

NEW DELHI: The unauthorised exports from the country to Nepal has accounted to nearly 39 per cent of the total imports of Nepal, an Anti-Corruption Project of the Federation of Nepalese Chamber of Commerce and Industries study revealed here on March 22. 

The study conducted by the Federation of Nepalese Chamber of Commerce and Industries is the largest federal business body of Nepal and further clarifies that the unauthorised exports stands at around $ 4.78 billion. Read more about INDIA: Unauthorised trade with Nepal includes Cotton & Garment products …

Construction begins on garment factory in central province Viet Nam News Agency   Quang Nam  (VNA) – The Dacotex-Hai Au Xanh Garment Group, a joint venture between England and Viet Nam, kicked off construction of a garment factory in central Quang Nam province’s Chu Lai Open Economic Zone. The 2 million USD Dacotex Quang Nam […]

Ghana : Million-dollar help for garment sector March 23, 2014/Fibre2fashion.com Garment industry has been allocated with the development fund of more than one million dollars under President’s Special Initiative (PSI) by Ghana government. Kwabena Agyepong, Press Secretary to President, informed media that this decision was taken after witnessing considerable growth achieved in garment industry since the initiative […]