Sri Lanka’s garment exports climbed 5.2% year-on-year in June 2025 to US$ 439.39 million, up from US$ 417.71 million a year earlier, according to the Joint Apparel Association Forum (JAAF). The growth was powered by sharp gains in the UK and EU markets, which helped offset declines elsewhere.
Egypt’s ready-made garment industry is experiencing robust growth, with exports reaching US$ 1.939 billion in the first seven months of 2025, up 26% from US$ 1.539 billion in the same period last year, according to the Ready-Made Garments Export Council. Council Chairman Eng. Fadel Marzouk said the sector is entering a new phase of expansion, […]
Sri Lanka’s garment exports climbed 5.2% year-on-year in June 2025 to US$ 439.39 million, up from US$ 417.71 million a year earlier, according to the Joint Apparel Association Forum (JAAF). The growth was powered by sharp gains in the UK and EU markets, which helped offset declines elsewhere. Exports to the UK surged 20.4% to […]
India’s textile industry is gearing up to tackle global trade challenges head-on, with a renewed thrust on quality, zero defects, and export competitiveness, aiming for a US$ 100 billion export target by 2030. In a high-level meeting with top textile and apparel stakeholders at Sushma Swaraj Bhawan, Union Minister of Textiles Giriraj Singh, joined by […]
After two consecutive years of decline, the global bedlinen export market witnessed a significant rebound in 2024, recording a growth of 5.62% to reach US$ 13097.42 million, compared to US$ 12397.17 million in 2023. This marks a notable recovery for the industry. Despite this improvement, the market has yet to surpass the 2022 figures, when […]
Bangladesh’s apparel exports to the United States surged 25.13% in the first half of 2025, reaching US$ 4.25 billion, up from US$ 3.39 billion in the same period last year. The country also shipped 1.37 billion square meters of garments, marking a 23.81% increase in volume. The data, released by the US Office of Textiles […]
India’s knitwear capital, Tiruppur, has posted 11.7% growth in ready-made garment (RMG) exports during the first quarter of the financial year 2025–26 (April–June 2025). According to available data, Tiruppur’s RMG exports stood at Rs 12,193 crore in Q1 FY26, up from Rs 10,919 crore in the same period of FY25. This growth comes despite a […]
India’s textile exports declined by 2.07% in June 2025, compared to the same month last year, amid ongoing global market uncertainties. For the April–June 2025 period, textile exports saw a marginal dip of 0.94% year-on-year. In contrast, apparel exports rose by 1.23% in June, and registered an 8.91% growth in the first quarter of FY26, […]
The European Union’s textile and clothing (T&C) industry remained under pressure in the first quarter of 2025, with modest signs of optimism in the textile segment overshadowed by persistent weakness in clothing. According to the latest industry data, turnover dropped by 2.4% in textiles and 2.3% in clothing year-on-year, with production declines across the
India is poised to benefit from shifting trade dynamics as key Asian apparel exporters such as Bangladesh, Cambodia, and Indonesia face higher tariffs on exports to the United States, according to a recent report by the State Bank of India (SBI). The report suggests that India, currently holding a 6% share of the US apparel […]





















