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Related Keywords: Apparel Export Promotion Council, Apparel exports, Confederation of Indian Textile Industry, exports of cotton yarn, fabric should be from India or Bangladesh, fabrics, garment production, South Asia Free Trade Agreement with rules of origin clear for garment imports from Bangladesh, textile and clothing exports

There is positive feedback from the government on increasing the drawback rates. But this is yet to happen.A garment exporter who used to get ₹7 or ₹8 a piece from drawback is getting just ₹2 or ₹3 a piece now. Apparel exports decline 4% to $16.7 bn; yarn shipments rise. We could not bag the orders as our pricing was not competitive,” the spokesperson of the Apparel Export Promotion Council said.He also added that the garment production had declined in the last 10 months

Related Keywords: data showed the readymade garments sector, Exports of value-added product, Exports of towels fell, GSP Plus scheme, Knitwear, only bright spot, over corresponding month a year ago, Pakistan Bureau of Statistics, posted negative growth, showing an increase of twenty four percent, textile and clothing exports

Textile and clothing exports stood at $1.21bn in June, showing an increase of 24pc over the corresponding month a year ago. As per Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) reports on Thursday, these exports posted a paltry growth of 0.04 percent to $12.45 billion in 2016-17. Data showed the readymade garments sector was the only bright spot.

Its exports grew 6pc year-on-year to $2.31bn in 2016-17. Garment exports witnessed a growth of 6.13pc in terms of quantity. These exports also posted a growth of over 20pc in June.

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Tunisia that already ranks as the fifth-largest apparel supplier to Europe and the number two supplier for the French market, according to Tunisia's Foreign Investment Promotion Agency with textile and apparel exports totaled TD6.5bn (€2.9bn) in 2014 is now looking for talks on a new deal with the EU, its biggest trading partner, to pave the way for improved access to European markets, while opportunities to boost trade with Pakistan are also showing signs of promise as impact of global economic situation weighing on trading volumes.

Related Keywords: business opportunities for trade and investment, create more joint venture projects, Matrade, network and share useful information, Newly formed Malaysia Turkey Business Club, serve as platform for both countries companies, textile and clothing exports

The newly-formed Malaysia-Turkey Business Club (MTBC) to serve as a platform for both Malaysian and Turkish companies to network and share useful information in creating more joint-venture projects and business opportunities for trade and investment, according the Malaysia External Trade Development Corporation (Matrade).

Related Keywords: decline in number of operations, due to labour shortage, employees, growth in competition, imports increased, Korean International Trade Association, major growth driver, most from China, relocating in China and Vietnam, rising cost, South Korea textile and clothing industry, textile and clothing exports, trade deficit

South Korea’s textile and clothing imports touch $14.66 billion mark, an increase by 8.4 percent in 2014 of which 45 percent of these imports (valued at $6.59 billion) came from China, according to figures released Tuesday by the Korean International Trade Association.

The country could soon post a trade deficit in an industry that used to be a major growth driver for its economy.

The country’s textile and clothing exports decreased last year by 0.1 percent to $15.94 billion, narrowing the industry’s surplus by $1.28 billion, about 50 percent less than the surplus amount in 2013.