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BGMEA Seeks US Govt Support To Ensure Fair Minimum Garment Price

Textile Insights April 24, 2024

Bangladesh garment exporters have sought support and collaboration of the US government to ensure fair minimum price of apparel and a unified code of conduct for social audits. This was conveyed by office bearers of the Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) in a

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Tamil Nadu’s Textile & Apparel Exports Dip 10.12% In 2023-24

Textile Insights April 23, 2024

Textile and apparel exports from India’s biggest textiles exporting state Tamil Nadu dipped 10.12 percent to US $7.1 billion in fiscal 2023-24 as against $7.9 billion in the 2022-23 fiscal. This also resulted in share of Tamil Nadu in India’s textile and garment export basket falling to 20.78 percent by value as against 22.58 per […]

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Pakistani Textile & Garment Exports Grow Slower At 3.2% In March

Textile Insights April 19, 2024

After posting double digit growth in three previous consecutive months Pakistan’s textile and garment exports slipped into low single digit growth in March 2024 Exports of textiles and apparels grew by a paltry 3.29 percent to US $1.29 billion in March as against $1.25 billion in the same month of 2023, data from Pakistan Bureau […]

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Indian Cotton Textile Exports Increase 6.7% In 2023-24

Textile Insights April 17, 2024

Indian export of cotton textiles in fiscal 2023-2024 reached US $11.68 billion, growing by 6.7 percent over the previous fiscal. “This accomplishment underscores the resilience, determination, and collective efforts of all the exporters,” Sunil Patwari, Chairman of Texprocil said in a statement. “Positive growth has been achieved despite headwinds like geo strategic

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Indian Textile & Apparel Exports Slip 3.24% In Fiscal 2023-24

Textile Insights April 17, 2024

In fiscal 2023-24, which ends in March 2024, cumulative exports of textiles and apparel from India fell 3.24 percent to $34.43 billion versus $35.58 billion in fiscal 2022-23 Between April 2023 and March 2024, Indian textiles exports registered a year over year growth of 2.62 percent and reached $19.89 billion. However, clothing exports slipped in […]

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Indonesian Illegal Imports Of Clothing Total $2.9bn Per Year

Textile Insights April 12, 2024

The import of illegal garments into Indonesia is projected at three million pieces per day with the import value estimated at US $2.9 billion per year. This was disclosed by Chairman of the Association of Indonesian Textiles (API) West Java branch, Ian Syarif, who said that rise of illegal clothing imports is main cause of […]

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Bangladesh Seeks To Expand Apparel & Jute Exports To Russia

Textile Insights April 12, 2024

Jahangir Kabir Nanak, the Bangladeshi Textiles and Jute Minister said his government wants to expand exports of apparels and jute-made products to Russia. “Russia can be a big export market for Bangladeshi garments as well as jute made products,” the minister said after a meeting with Russian Ambassador to Bangladesh, Alexander Mantytskiy. While addressing journalists […]

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Double Digit Growth for Bangladesh Garment Exports in March

Textile Insights April 10, 2024

Bangladeshi garment exports increased in double digits or by about 11 percent to reach US $4.34 billion in March 2024 compared to $3.89 billion a year ago, according to data of Export Promotion Bureau. Of this, knitwear exports saw 16.47 percent growth, reaching $2.42 billion compared to $2.07 billion in March 2023, while woven apparel […]

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Vietnam Apparel Exporters Should Explore New Markets: VITAS

Textile Insights April 10, 2024

To beat the challenge of the Red Sea crisis, a top official of a Vietnam textile and garment association advised apparel exporters to diversify markets beyond Europe. “Tensions in the Red Sea are a bottleneck for the textile and garment industry when exporting to the European market,” Vu Duc Giang, Chairman of the Vietnam Textile […]

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Cambodia Leads Charge In US Apparel Imports In Jan-Feb Period

Textile Insights April 9, 2024

Cambodia led the charge with US garment imports from the SE Asian country increasing 15.34 percent year on year  to $545.20 million in the January to February period of 2024. Overall US apparel imports in the first two months of the ongoing year declined 7.78 percent from a year ago period to US $12.18 billion. […]