Vietnam’s textile and apparel sector has not been able to fully unlock the full potential and benefits of the free trade agreements (FTAs), which it has signed with several countries and regions. In order to address the challenge, the Vietnamese Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) is
Chinese cotton yarn imports in November stood at 153,300 tons, a massive increase of 90.2 percent from a year ago month. Among imports of cotton yarn from various countries in November, those from Vietnam accounted for 45 percent, Pakistan 19 percent and India 13 percent. 71 percent of cotton yarn imports from Vietnam were for […]
Vietnamese textile and garment manufacturer, TNG Textile announced that it has crossed its revenue target for 2023 ahead of schedule and may be the only Vietnamese textile company to do so. The company which had set targeted revenue of VND 6,800 billion completed the target by mid-December, primarily due to bagging new buyers like Walmart, […]
Rising imports of manmade fibre (MMF) fabrics and at the same time higher domestic prices of these fibres has made the Indian textile industry uncompetitive. Various textile hubs of the country in Surat, Erode, Ludhiana, etc are fighting an insurmountable challenge of large scale dumping of MMF fabrics and are said to be operating at […]
The Bangladesh garment export industry aims to expand its woollen garment exports in the next five years and propel them by 10 times from the current US $100 million. This development comes in the background of Australia, the world’s biggest wool producer, is targeting Bangladesh as an alternative to China for its wool processing. “Bangladesh […]
In the first eleven months of 2023, Uzbekistan’s textile exports slipped 3.3 percent year on year to US $2.8 billion, the Uzbekistan statistics agency reported. Exports of yarn accounted for 40.7 percent of all textile exports in the period between January and November and in total the country shipped 626 types of finished textile products […]
After a long period of decline due to various global challenges, Indian garment exports increased 11.7 percent, from a year ago month to US $1.2 billion in November 2023. “Exports of garments from India have witnessed a rough patch in the past few months,” Apparel Export Promotion Council (AEPC) Chairman Naren Goenka informed. “This was […]
Pakistani exports of textiles continued their downward slide where they stood at US $1.37 billion in November 2023, down 3.51 percent year on year and also down 5.43 percent month on month. In the first five months of fiscal 2023-24 ending November 2023, textile exports from Pakistan amounted to $6.9 billion, a drop of 10.14 […]
For the first time in knitwear clothing imports, EU’s import from Bangladesh has exceeded the share of any other country during the first nine months of 2023, both in value and volume. Between January and September, EU’s knitwear import from Bangladesh amounted to US $9 billion as against $8.96 billion from China in value. While, […]
Philippines exports of clothing are expected to grow 2 percent in 2024 and reach US 1.33 billion. “The garment export industry needs to expand to newer markets to boost growth,” a statement from the Foreign Buyers Association of the Philippines (FOBAP) informed. FOBAP President Robert Young said that next year would not be an easy […]






















