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US fourth largest exporter of textiles, garments and fibres

To celebrate National Manufacturing Day, held on October 7, and the comeback of the industry, the US National Council of Textile Organizations (NCTO) announced that fibre, textile and apparel exports reached a volume of almost 28 billion US dollars in 2015, making the country the fourth largest exporter of such products in the world. Of those 28...

Business

Vietnam: Thua Thien-Hue province to start garment hub

In just four years, the Thua Thien-Hue province in central Vietnam plans to transform itself into a textile and garment hub, spending the equivalent of 295 million US dollars to do so. According to Viet Nam News, the new centre would cover 400 hectares in the Phong Dien Industrial Zone. "In order to develop the sector sustainably and ensure...

Business

USA still important RMG market for Cambodia

Despite an increasing number of countries competing in the garment export business, the United States is still the main market for Cambodia’s garment and textile industry and a key buyer of Cambodian products, the Cambodian minister of labour Ith Sam Heng said on Wednesday after meeting US ambassador William Heidt. “The United States’ market is...

Business

Bangladesh to expand RMG exports to CIS, open warehouse

Bangladesh wants to intensify its export efforts, planning to diversify both products and destinations, particularly to Russia and other countries of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), where it also plans to open its first RMG warehouse outside of Bangladesh. “The country has so far only concentrated on EU and American markets for...

Business

Sri Lanka: textile & garment exports grow to almost 5 billion USD

Sri Lankan textile and garment exports increased in 2014 by 9.4 percent, reaching a volume of 4.929 billion US dollars, compared to 4.508 billion US dollars in 2013. This is according to recent data released from the Economics Research Department of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka. The textile and garment industry is a promising sector for the...

Apparel

Bangladesh: garment exports up by 20 percent

According to the latest figures by Bangladesh’s Export Promotion Bureau (EPB), exports of readymade garments (RMGs) soared in the first half of the financial year 2013/14 by 19.95 percent year-on-year. This strong result comes amid the image crisis that Bangladesh’s RMG sector went through after a series of factory accidents last year that cost...