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Related Keywords: 90 percent produced domestically, Airlangga Hartarto, exports, facilitate logistical access, improve competitiveness, increase of added value, Indonesian government, meet domestic market, Minister of Industry, national textile and textile industry, productivity, strengthen local branding, textile industry already integrated, TPT

Indonesian government to improve competitiveness and productivity in the national textile and textile industry (TPT) is working to facilitate logistical access and strengthen local branding. Minister of Industry, Airlangga Hartarto said that currently, their textile industry is already integrated, 90 percent already produced domestically. Therefore, the increase of added value in Indonesia is also important to meet the domestic market, in addition to exports.

Related Keywords: improve competitiveness, Indonesia apparel and clothing accessories, Indonesian government, industrialization effort, labour intensive industry, local businesses, no import tariff, planning to ease import procedures, regional competitors like Vietnam, TPT industry, TPT raw material

The Indonesian Government is planning to ease import procedures to improve the competitiveness of local businesses with regional competitors like Vietnam, which has no import tariff, as opposed to Indonesia’s fees of 5-20 percent.

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo instructed the relevant ministries for the same in a limited Cabinet meeting. He said that the import procedures must be simplified for Textile and textile product (TPT) raw materials to lift the burden off businesses

Jokowi said the TPT industry was in need of immediate revitalization to push further industrialization.

Related Keywords: gas price reductions, improve competitiveness, income tax incentives, Indonesia-Japan economic partnership, Indonesian government, Indonesian Textile Association, industrial activities get electricity price cut, interpret stipulation differently, introduced third stimulus package, PLN, state electricity company, Textile Industry

The Indonesian government has introduced a third stimulus package stipulates that industrial activities get electricity price cuts from 11 p.m. to 8 a.m. However, the textile industry and the state electricity company PLN, which supplies the power, interpret the stipulation differently.

Based on PLN’s understanding, the price cut will only be given to companies consuming more than they usually do every day. The textile industry, meanwhile, says the price cut should be given to industrial activities during the specified timeframe regardless of the amount of their power consumption.

Related Keywords: conference comprised various sessions, Conference under theme, Ethiopian textile and garment industry, field to fashion, improve competitiveness, increasing sustainability and competitiveness, Training approaches for effective skill development

A conference to promote Ethiopia's Textile and Garment Industry kicked off in Hilton Hotel, Addis Ababa on 8 February, 2016 under the theme "Towards Increasing Sustainability and Competitiveness in Ethiopia's textile and garment industry.

The conference aims to help improve the competitiveness of the Ethiopian textile and garment industry as contributor to sustainable employment generation and economic development of the country and is expected to promote awareness on the importance of social and environmental standards.

Related Keywords: exploit ASEAN market, fully vertical integrated supply chain, Garment and textile industries, global apparel trade, improve competitiveness, imprt fabric, production hub, strengthen cooperation, TGMA, Thailand and Vietnam, TPP, yarn export

Thailand and Vietnam garment and textile industries to improve competitiveness and exploit the ASEAN market need to strengthen co-operation. Establishing fully vertical integrated-supply chain between Thailand and Vietnam would be one of the big steps toward granting and sustaining competitiveness.

Nguyen Van Tuan, deputy general secretary of the Vietnam Textile and Apparel Association, said that in recent years Vietnam has emerged as a production hub for garment and textile products. However, the industry has had to import up to 85% of materials needed for production.

Related Keywords: business process outsourcing, cotton, east African countries, five years project, for export, improve competitiveness, International Trade Centre, linkage with Indian companies, meet Indian market demand, produce high-quality products, project targets priority sectors, SITA, textiles and apparel, United Nations, World Trade Organization

The World Trade Organization and the United Nations mandated the International Trade Centre (ITC) to design and implement a five years projects called Supporting Indian Trade and Investment for Africa (SITA) to improve competitiveness of five east African countries through linkages with Indian companies.

The $20 million India-East Africa trade and investment improving projects, aims to boost business between the two sides on selected sectors.