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Related Keywords: EU, explore business, foreign consultant, foreigPakistan textile firms, GSP Plus status, innovations, invest in product development, n consultant, Pakistan textile firms, shortlisted seventeen textile firms, TDAP, training in exporting skills, training programme

Pakistan is facing a challenge to turn the GSP Plus conditions into an opportunity as textile companies although best but unaware of how to avail the duties and tax concession under GSP Plus given by the European Union to Pakistan.

To put this is place Trade Development Authority of Pakistan (TDAP), along with a foreign consultant, has shortlisted seventeen textile companies to guide them about availing the maximum benefits from the generalised scheme of preferences (GSP) plus status.

Related Keywords: China Yiwu International Manufacturing Equipment Expo, dyeing finishing, Finishing n Digital Printing, garment, Italian exhibitors, Knitting n Hosiery, machinery trading platform, maket oriented knitting, Sewing n Garment, Yiwu, ZhejianTex exhibition

ZhejiangTex exhibition also known as Yiwu coming up soon which will provide professional, market-oriented knitting, garment, dyeing and finishing machinery trading platform for the industry.

The show will continuously join force with the China Yiwu International Manufacturing Equipment Expo, organized by Zhejiang Provincial Government.

ZhejiangTex features 15,000 square metres in exhibition area and accommodates three zones – Knitting & Hosiery, Sewing & Garment and Finishing & Digital Printing.

Related Keywords: design and future-oriented themes, fabric collections, Heimtextil, home and contract textiles, latest developments, leading trade fair, new Theme Park, textile designs, Textiles and Textile Technologies, Trend Show

Heimtextil, the leading trade fair for home and contract textiles, is branching out in new directions. The aim is to show everything that reflects the zeitgeist and is important for success in the future, said Olaf Schmidt, Vice President Textiles & Textile Technologies, Messe Frankfurt.

The next Heimtextil exhibition for home and contract textiles that is due to be held from 14-17 January 2015 in Frankfurt expands its new Theme Park exhibiting a variety of design and future-oriented themes.

The Trend Show will also move to the middle of Frankfurt Fair and Exhibition Centre.

Related Keywords: construct cotton gining factory, cotton area, cotton bales, cotton marketing, crop season 2014-15, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan Cotton Crop Assessment Committee, reduce cost of production, seed cotton prices

The Cotton Crop Assessment Committee of Pakistan at its first meeting which was held with Secretary Textile Industry Ms Rukhsana Shah in the chair on Thursday has set a target of 13.5395 million cotton bales for the crop season 2014-15.

Related Keywords: absence of infrastructure, Centre’s Integrated Handloom Cluster Development Scheme, Cluster Development Programme, design development, designer, handloom cluster, Odisha textile sector, SADHAC, training for weavers

Every handloom cluster must have at least one designer to look into design development and offer training to weavers on choosing the right design and colours, keeping in mind the target market. Currently, most of the handloom clusters in Odisha are functioning without designers.

Odisha’s textile sector facing trouble finding qualified designers as the sector has remained a problem in the absence of infrastructure for weavers and textile designers for design development.

Related Keywords: Bangladeshi workers, fostering textile sector, Istanbul Textile and Apparel Exporter Association, Syrian workers, Turkish blue collar workers, Turkish textile industry

Turkish textile industry players not finding enough Turks to work for them are now focusing to bring over Bangladeshi workers to Turkey, said Istanbul Textile and Apparel Exporter Associations (IHKIB) head Hikmet Tanrıverdi.

According to Tanrıverdi, they cannot find Turkish blue-collar workers to hire in their factories at the minimum wage, as a majority of them prefer to work in the services sector for the same amount of money in a cleaner working environment.

Related Keywords: energy for the textile sector, establishment of garment-weaving cities, Federal Minister for Textile Industry, ginning institute, infrastructure projects, Pakistan new textile policy, textile exports

The new textile policy of Pakistan which carries measures to increase country’s textile exports to $26 billion by the year 2019 is yet to get approval. It’s being delayed despite the fact that textile exports showed negative growth during the first quarter of the current year.

A well-placed source in the ministry of textile industry said that the five-year textile policy will carry support schemes worth Rs85bn in a period of five years. The new policy will be effective from July 1 focusing on value-addition.

Related Keywords: Ahir, ajrak, Batik and Block printed textiles, CCIC, hand woven embroidered shawls, handicraft, handicraft mega cluster, handloom, Kuttch Mahotsav, Mirror Work, Patchwork and other Embroidered products, Rabari, Santosh Gangwar, Soof, textile mega-clusters, Textile Minister, Tie & Dye

The Kuttch Mahotsav, organised by the Central Cottage Industries Corporation of India Ltd (CCIC), is the first step towards promoting crafts from the region. Textiles Minister Santosh Gangwar today inaugurated "Kuttch Mahotsav", a theme-based festival entailing exhibition-cum-sale of handicrafts from the region.

In an endeavor to promote handicrafts and handlooms, the government had announced setting up of a handicraft mega cluster in Kuttch, which will focus on hand-crafted items and craft-based textiles.

Related Keywords: development minister, fashion, Gerd Müller, German market, Germany, new textile alliance, textiles association, textiles supply chain

Gerd Müller, Germany's Minister for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), launched a new Textiles Alliance in Berlin on Thursday. Its goal is to help move the international textile supply chain toward better labor and environmental practices. But many key players are refusing to join.

Müller's ministry wants to see improvements at every link in the supply chain - from the cotton fields through the textile dyeing and clothing production process to distribution and retail.

Related Keywords: First Jiangsu textile product expo, integrate with Suzhour, local textile companies, operative projects, Shanghai, Shengze Town fabrics, silk, Suzhou textile fair, trading partners

Suzhou, the ninth most populous city in mainland China well-known for its silk in Jiangsu Province, yesterday launched the 1st Jiangsu Textile Product Expo, a three day expo held in the city’s Wujiang District where most local textile companies are located, seeks to integrate with Suzhour, Shanghai and other surrounding areas by attracting investments and operative projects.

The Jiangsu Textile Product Expo aimed to showcase the competence of local companies and seek trading partners.