Indian Commerce Minister sees South Asia as an unexplored market for exports
In a meeting held to strategise and promote India’s exports, Commerce and Industry Minister Suresh Prabhu asked various ministries such as Textiles and MSME to...
Category : Global
Germany’s Hohenstein Institute opens textile testing laboratory in Bangladesh
Hohenstein Institute, an accredited test laboratory and research institute based in Boennigheim, Germany, has extended its global testing services with a new laboratory in the...
Furniture retailer IKEA accused of workers’ rights violation: Reports
The UNI Global Union, a global union federation for skills and services, congregation national and regional trade unions and other workers’ groups, question IKEA over...
Indian Government extends IGST, cess relief to exporters till March 2019
The Indian Government has extended the exception offered to export-oriented units from the expense of Integrated Goods and Services Tax (IGST) and Compensation Cess on...
Nigerian textile sector to get US $ 2 Bn investment from Shandong Ruyi
Nigerian textile manufacturing industry has been struggling in the recent past. As per the statistics available, between 1980 and 2016, around 145 textile companies had...
Sri Lanka cuts down VAT on imported fabric to 5%
The Sri Lankan Government has altered the Value Added Tax (VAT) on imported fabric to 5 percent, to support the small-scale textile companies under the...
Source India 2018 Ruckus: Powerloom weavers handcuffed over voicing their demands
Surat, the major textile manufacturing cluster in India, is currently hosting Source India 2018, a textile sourcing exhibition being held at Surat International Exhibition and...
H&M’s Fair Living Wage Strategy benefits 1 Mn workers
1 million garment workers are now benefiting from the ‘Fair Living Wage strategy’ of Swedish fashion retailer H&M (Hennes & Mauritz AB). The programme was...
Women garment workers rebuff ‘piece work’, hit streets in Bengaluru (India)
Peenya industrial area in the Indian hub of apparel manufacturing, Bengaluru is once again feeling the heat of workers’ protest. This time, over 300 women...
Cambodia aids 42K expectant garment workers with US $ 4.15 Mn
Cambodian garment manufacturing industry has been in news of late, be it due to accidental cases of workers or protests over wages. However, the latest...