Export

Indian Apparel Factories Need To Be Fast Fashion Compliant

Textile Insights February 28, 2024

India’s textiles and apparel overseas shipments have dropped over the past five years by 7.6 percent to $34.24 billion in 2023 as against $37.16 billion in 2018. A report titled ‘Regaining Textile Glory’ by Global Trade and Research Initiative added that in the same five year period, India’s

Apparel, Fashion, Retail

Vietnamese Garment Exporters Launching Own Brands Worldwide

Textile Insights February 28, 2024

Vietnamese clothing manufacturing companies are actively launching and promoting brand development, with many of planning to introduce these brands in various countries. These companies began by introducing ‘Made in Vietnam’ apparel brands in the domestic market and then started launching them in overseas markets For example, May 10 Corporation has recently introduced two

Industry

Indian Apparel Sector Productivity Can Be Hiked 15%: Dr Bheda

Textile Insights February 28, 2024

A management consulting firm believes the Indian apparel industry has the potential to increase productivity by 15 percent which which translates into additional income of US $7.8 billion. Dr Rajesh Bheda, MD of Rajesh Bheda Consultants said the current value of clothing produced in India is $52 billion, of which share of domestic market is […]

Export

Uzbek Textile & Apparel Exports Grow 14.4% In January

Textile Insights February 28, 2024

Textile and apparel exports from Uzbekistan grew 14.4 percent from a year period to US $250.2 million in January 2024. Of this, exports of yarns were $121.4 million, finished textile goods were $93.6 million, knitted fabrics stood at $18 million, fabrics amounted to $13.7 million and hosiery was $3.5 million. Exports of yarn accounted for […]

Sustainability

CITI Presents Sustainability Awards At Bharat Tex 2024

Textile Insights February 28, 2024

The Confederation of Indian Textile Industry (CITI) hosted the prestigious CITI Sustainability Awards 2024, recognising and applauding outstanding achievements in sustainability within the Indian textile industry. Union Minister for Textiles, Piyush Goyal, and Darshana Jardosh, Union Minister of State for Textiles presented the awards to the deserving winners. The CITI

Sustainability

Eastman Partners Patagonia To Recycle Textile Waste

Textile Insights February 28, 2024

Eastman Chemical Company has partnered with US apparel brand Patagonia to address the challenge of recycling textile waste. The partnership will recycle 8,000 pounds of pre- and post-consumer clothing waste, which Eastman processes through its molecular recycling technology. “The process involves breaking down Patagonia’s unusable apparel into molecular building blocks

Cotton

WTO & FIFA Call For Strengthening African Cotton Value Chain

Textile Insights February 27, 2024

WTO Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala and FIFA President Gianni Infantino unveiled the ‘Partenariat pour le Coton’, a new brand aimed at strengthening the WTO-FIFA cotton partnership and supporting African countries’ participation in cotton value chains. They also called on the public and private sectors to increase investment in African cotton. The event was

Industry

Tie-Ups With Foreign Institutes To Train Indian Artisans

Textile Insights February 27, 2024

The Indian government plans to help impart world-class training to Indian artisans, weavers and young professionals through tie-ups and exchange programmes between Indian textile research institutes and technical institutes in the UK, Australia and Finland. “With this, it hopes to add heft to Indian textile manufacturing to meet global demand and position India as a […]

Event

Gartex Texprocess Witnesses 105 Exhibitors & 8,309 Visitors

Textile Insights February 27, 2024

The third Mumbai edition of Gartex Texprocess India turned out to be one of the most recognised ‘one-stop’ platforms for selling and sourcing innovative products in garment and textile manufacturing sector. The exhibition witnessed participation of 105 exhibitors and was visited by 8,309 visitors, who explored cutting-edge garment manufacturing machinery, fabrics, smart

Event

Explore Global Markets As Against Just Local Markets: PM Modi

Textile Insights February 27, 2024

Prime Minister Narendra Modi after inaugurating Bharat Tex 2024 said the Indian textile and apparel industry needs to think big by increasing exports rather than concentrating on just the domestic market. “It is important to come out of the mindset that India itself is a big market and mull on increasing exports to worldwide markets,” […]