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Related Keywords: Disney Corporation, Pakistan textile sector, textile product, TIFA talk

Pakistan to hold TIFA talks with United States from May 11 to May 15 in Washington to outline a joint five-year plan. Under the plan, Pakistan’s potential sectors will get linkages with the US markets. Pakistan is also looking forward to take US authorities’ help to restore back Disney Corporations order to discontinue imports of $150 million of textile products from 16 Pakistani companies because of non-compliance of the labour laws.

Related Keywords: Cooptex, Tamil Nadu traditional saree, weaver

The Tamil Nadu government has sanction Rs 14 lakh to state-run Cooptex, a Tamil Nadu Handloom Weavers’ Co-operative Society to help them move ahead with the plan to revive primal traditional saree varieties of Tamil Nadu.

There are very few weavers skilled in making traditional sarees of Tamil Nadu like Kandangi, Sungudi, Chinnalampatti and Koorai Nadu that were popular decades ago. Efforts are on to identify such craftsmen and convince them to start weaving back these traditional sarees for Cooptex.

Related Keywords: Africa design, designer, fashion industry

African fashion has taken a dramatically change in the past few years. Wearing African-designed clothes is now seen as a sign of the times. It’s fashionable and brings to light a high social status which was earlier linked to rural living or with poverty.

Africans are now becoming more and more identified with their local brands. Celebrities and government figures are seen wearing local brands, according to Lilly Alfonso, a leading fashion designer from Malawi.

Related Keywords: Indati, Indian textile industry, Indian textile manufacturer, Intertek, lab on wheel, textile testing

Intertek is a global market leader in testing and inspection services for textiles, to abet the Indian textile manufacturers meet their customers textile testing demand has introduced for the first time a mobile textile testing lab, Indati (the lab on wheels) on May 7, 2014 in Mumbai.

As Mumbai is one of the major hubs for textile, the flexible testing mobile van will help the companies smooth the progress of getting the basic testing of their products done expediently.

Related Keywords: Ethiopia textile industry, textile plant, Turkish textile manufacturer

After the successful establishment of an integrated textile and garment plan in Ethiopia by Ayka Addis, a subsidiary of Ayka Textile industry in 2007. Ethiopia is now in talks with another Turkish textile manufacturer Akber, who are expressed interest last year to construct the textile plant in Ethiopia which will be the biggest so far.

The final negotiations are in progress to secure a planned investment by Turkish textile manufacturer, Akber. The investment is being prepared but not yet finalized.

Related Keywords: cotton industry, fine lint, Pakistan cotton market

Fine Lint continue to remain in focus at the trading in cotton market amid range-bound as buyers made careful deals for all grades besides deals for selective lots in order to build up inventories also changed hands by the potential buyers, trader.

Karachi Cotton Association (KCA) kept the spot rate unchanged at Rs 6,500 per maund in order to provide some relief to baseline prices besides support to stakeholders and traders withholding raw grades for getting better prices.

Related Keywords: cotton yarn, export, Textile Industry

The Indian cotton yarn industry feeling the pressure as China has reduced its cotton yarn import after the announcement of China’s new cotton policy. India has witnessed drop by 25 percent in the month of April which is the effect of Chinese policy. Prior to the announcement of China’s policy, India export nearly 50 percent of yarn into China.

Last year the average exports was around 120 million kg which is mainly due to demand from China. But this April yarn exports has plunged to 90 million kg.

Related Keywords: handloom, international market, MSME product, subsidy, Textile

The government to boost its MSME (micro, small and medium enterprises) products in international markets has decided to give upto 50 percent subsidy to exporters on total freight charges paid on good shipped through ports outside the State.

According to the draft export policy, the exporter will get reimbursement upto 50 per cent on the total cost of transportation subject to a ceiling of Rs.50, 000 on goods shipped outside State port, provided ports within the State do not have facilities for handling such cargo.

Related Keywords: Evoluzion, ikat weave, indian designer

Rajesh Pratap Singh is a noted Indian fashion designer at the Evoluzion, India’s one of-a-kind design destination, offering the best of Indian labels in Fashion, launched his newest collection of hand woven clothes using the ikat weave technique giving it an international look.

The newest collection features black and white patterns of polka dots, rings, diamonds, squares, colour blocks, along with geometric motifs with a hint of red.

Related Keywords: Industrial park, Taiwnese group, textile mill, Vietnam textile industry

Tai Yuen Co. Ltd, a subsidiary company of the Taiwan-based Yunlon Group, who operates from the upstream to downstream vertically from spinning, dyeing to garment business has part of its expansion plan will be constructing a textile mill in Dong Van II Industrial Park, Duy Tien district, Vietnam on around 24 hectare of land. This will be the first textile mill with an investment by the Taiwanese group in Ha Nam province of Vietnam.