Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT) has implemented the Advance Authorisation Scheme under the Foreign Trade Policy, which allows duty-free import of inputs for export purposes. “The eligibility of inputs is determined by Sector-specific Norms Committees based on input-output norms,” a
Merchandise exports from India plunged 22 percent from a year ago month to $32.97 billion in June 2023, due to weakening global demand and inflationary trends in developed countries. Indian merchandise imports also fell 17.5 percent year on year to $53.10 billion in the previous month. Trade deficit however narrowed in the earlier month to […]
In fiscal year ending June 2023, Bangladeshi garment exports rose 10.27 percent year and year to US $47 billion and in the process registered a new milestone in garment exports. In the fiscal under review overall Bangladesh exports totaled $55 billion. which was again the highest-ever export earning in the history of Bangladesh. This brought […]
European Union import of garments declined 7.62 percent year on year to US $29.83 billion in the first four months of the current year. “Imports in quantity terms between January and April 2023 plunged lower at 15.45% from a year ago period,” data from Eurostat revealed. Only apparel imports from India and Vietnam recorded positive […]
Pakistan’s textile exports plunged 15 percent year on year to US $16.5 billion in fiscal ending June 30, 2023. In fiscal 2021-2022, textile exports stood at $19.32 billion. “Additionally, textile exports in June 2023 also witnessed a decline to $1.48 billion, down 13 percent as against $1.71 billion in the same month of the earlier […]
Cambodian garment exports fell to US $644.51 million in May 2023, a drop of 16.28 percent against $769.51 million in the same month of 2022. Among overall garment exports, overseas shipments of woven apparel and accessories in May 2023 witnessed a year on year decline of 12 percent to $183.83 million. While, exports of knitted […]
Bangladesh garment exports in the first five months of 2023 rose 5.44 percent year on year to touch US $19.63 billion. However, clothing shipments to EU grew slower at 2.98 percent from a year ago, during the same period and reached $9.71 billion. “While exports to Italy, Spain and France grew at a faster pace, […]
In the first eleven months of fiscal ending June 30, 2023, Pakistani textile exports fell 14.2% year on year, to touch US$ 15.02 billon as against $17.62 billion in the same period of previous fiscal. However, the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) said that export of raw cotton bucked the trend and more than doubled […]
Indian textile and garment exports dropped 12.2 percent year on year in May 2023 and stood at US $2,816 million, as against US $3,206 million in same month of 2022. Considering just textiles, exports declined 11.8 percent, while clothing exports dipped 12.7 percent. Handicrafts and handmade carpet shipments fell 21.1 percent, while jute exports plummeted […]