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RMG Revenue Growth To Halve To 3–5% On US Tariff Headwinds

Textile Insights September 9, 2025

India’s readymade garment (RMG) industry is set to see revenue growth nearly halve to 3–5% this fiscal, weighed down by the imposition of a 50% tariff by the US on imports from India effective August 27, 2025. The tariff shock, coupled with a squeeze in profitability, is expected to weaken

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Sleek Garments CEO Nora Abbott Warns: Ghana’s Textile Industry Must Move Quickly If AGOA Ends

Textile Insights September 9, 2025

Nora Banaman Abbott, Chief Executive of Sleek Garments Exports Ltd, has warned that Ghana’s textile industry must “move quickly” if the U.S. African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) is not renewed. Abbott argued that the country’s survival strategy must start at home—with citizens and domestic demand. “Why do we advance-pay abroad but make our own […]

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AAFA Urges Long-Term Renewal Of AGOA To Safeguard U.S. And African Jobs

Textile Insights September 9, 2025

The American Apparel & Footwear Association (AAFA) has strongly urged Congress and the Administration to renew the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) well ahead of its September 30 expiry, warning that failure to do so would derail billions in U.S. private-sector investment across Africa and threaten thousands of jobs both in the U.S. and […]

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Lesotho’s Textile Sector Collapses Under Weight Of U.S. Tariffs

Textile Insights September 9, 2025

Lesotho’s textile industry, the country’s largest private employer and a pillar of its economy, is reeling from sweeping U.S. tariffs that have triggered mass layoffs, shut down factories and shaken one of Africa’s most vulnerable nations. The tariffs, introduced in April under U.S. President Donald Trump’s “reciprocal trade” policy, imposed levies of up to 50 […]

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GRI Draft Standards Push Apparel Sector Towards Transparency, Worker Rights

Textile Insights September 9, 2025

The global textiles and apparel sector, which employs over 90 million workers, predominantly women, migrants, caste-affected groups and refugees, remains plagued by poverty wages, unsafe conditions, and systemic discrimination, according to Peter Dawkins, Senior Manager at GRI Standards. In a new article, Dawkins stresses that entrenched inequalities based on gender,

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U.S. Tariff Shock Puts Tamil Nadu’s Export Backbone On The Line

Textile Insights September 9, 2025

Tamil Nadu’s export economy, long considered the bedrock of India’s global trade competitiveness, has been jolted by the United States’ sudden imposition of a 50% tariff on Indian goods. For a state that sends nearly a third of its exports to the U.S., the move has triggered fears of widespread job losses, collapsing orders and […]

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AAFA Calls On Congress To Renew AGOA And Haiti Trade Programmes Before Expiration

Textile Insights September 9, 2025

The American Apparel & Footwear Association (AAFA) has urged Congress to immediately renew the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) and the Haitian HOPE and HELP trade preference programmes ahead of their September 30, 2025 expiration. For more than two decades, AGOA has provided eligible sub-Saharan African countries with duty-free access, strengthening U.S.

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Indonesia Warns Textile Producers On Imports, Transparency Gaps

Textile Insights August 27, 2025

To maintain the competitiveness of Indonesia’s textile industry, the Ministry of Industry (Kemenperin) has called on upstream producers to strengthen transparency, administrative compliance, and strategic consistency. The appeal was specifically directed at members of the Association of Indonesian Filament and Filament Producers (APSyFI). According to data from the

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GST Reforms Must Protect Apparel Sector: CMAI’s Rahul Mehta

Textile Insights August 20, 2025

The Clothing Manufacturers Association of India (CMAI) has urged the government to exercise caution in implementing the proposed Goods and Services Tax (GST) reforms, warning that poorly executed changes could harm the apparel sector. Rahul Mehta, Chief Mentor of CMAI, said that while reducing the number of slabs and making mass-consumption products cheaper are

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Uzbekistan To Open Textile Trading Houses In US

Textile Insights August 19, 2025

Uzbekistan’s President Shavkat Mirziyoyev has announced plans to open two textile trading houses in St. Louis and New York, a move aimed at strengthening the country’s presence in the US$ 100 billion US textile market. The trading houses will serve as sales and promotional hubs for Uzbek ready-made garments and fashion products, directly linking the […]