The Indonesian government has started an investigation into various imported textile products in order to safeguard the domestic industry. The Indonesian Trade Safeguard Committee (KPPI), under the Ministry of Trade has initiated the probe after the Indonesian Textile Association (API) raised
In the January to August 2023 period, European Union apparel imports dropped 9.6 percent to US $61.15 billion as compared to $67.66 billion in the first eight months of previous year. EU’s clothing imports also fell to 2.56 billion kgs in the period under review, down 14.64 percent from 3 billion kgs in the months […]
In the first three months of fiscal 2024, exports of home textiles from Bangladesh dived massively by 46.39 percent over the same quarter of previous fiscal to US $189.5 million. Bangladeshi home textile exports were on the ascent since fiscal 2021, when they grew to $1.13 billion and further to $1.62 billion in fiscal 2022. […]
In the first nine months of the current year, Chinese textile and garment exports declined to US $223.14 billion, down 9.49 percent as compared to $246.55 billion in the same months of the previous year. “Of this, textile exports totaled $101.92 billion during the period from January to September 2023, a drop of 10.30 percent […]
A Tirupur garment exporter’s association has sought the intervention of the centre to restrict the ever increasing import of knitted fabrics and garments from Bangladesh. Both fabrics and garments are imported from Bangladesh into India without paying any customs duty under a free trade agreement (FTA) signed between both countries. “It’s the local manufacturers who
In the nine months to September 2023, exports of apparels to the EU rose 6.40 percent from a year ago period to $17.52 billion, but clothing exports to the US fell to $6.30 billion, down 7.18 percent. Clothing shipments to Canada increased 6.27 percent to $1.12 billion, while those to the UK climbed in double […]
In the first fiscal quarter ending September 30, 2023 Pakistani textile and garment exports contracted 9.95 percent to $4.12 billion from $4.58 billion in the same quarter of previous fiscal. “For September 2023, they shrank to $1.52 billion, down 10.88 percent as against $1.52 billion in the same month last year,” data from the Pakistan […]
In the period between April and September 2023, Indian textile and apparel exports fell to $16.79 billion, down 8.81 percent as against $18.42 billion in the same period of fiscal 2023. Of this, textile exports dropped by 3.59 percent year on year to $9.83 billion in the first six months of the current fiscal Clothing […]
In the first seven months of the current year, Chinese overall exports and imports of yarn totaled US $11.35 billion, down 13.4 percent year on year. Of this, exports of yarn stood at $8.26 billion, a drop of 12.9 percent from a year ago period and accounted for approximately 4.5 percent of China’s overall textile […]
In the first eight months of the current year, Vietnamese textile and apparel exports slipped 14.4 percent year on year to US $22.5 billion. However, for the month of August alone, they rose by 5.5 percent over the same month of previous year to $3.4 billion. Of overall textile and apparel exports, those to the […]






















