Garments Exports

Garment factories in Bangladesh, forecast to account for 90% of the country's exports, reopened on Wednesday after production was disrupted by violent protests that ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina this week.

India and the 27-nation European Union (EU) will restart negotiations for their long-pending free trade agreement from June

Ready made garment exports dipped by about 40 per cent to $829.44 million in October.

"The positive impact of GST is yet to be felt by garment industry where input costs have not come down," apparel exporters said

The drop in exports of shoes and leather garments comes as a setback for Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who has sought to create millions of jobs by more than doubling the leather industry's revenues to $27 billion by 2020.

SP Apparels is a manufacturer and exporter of knitted garments for infants and children.

Tirupur-based S P Apparels, a manufacturer and exporter of knitted garments, on Friday said it aims to raise Rs 215 crore through its initial public offer opening on August 2.

S P Apparels Ltd, manufacturer and exporter of knitted garments for children, has fixed a price band of Rs 258-268 per equity share for its proposed initial public offer (IPO) through which it seeks to raise around Rs 215 crore.

Truth vs Hype investigation into India's booming garment industry found women workers saying that sexual propositioning was a common aspect of their work environment and that they are 'tutored' to keep it under wraps or lose their jobs.

Government's latest package for the textile sector is likely to improve the competitiveness of the country's exports but achieving the target of $43 billion of apparel exports by 2018 remains a challenge, ratings agency Icra said.

Early signs of a turnaround are visible in some export sectors such as readymade garments, pharmaceuticals and electronics despite persistent weakness in global trade, the Reserve Bank said on Tuesday.

Expressing disappointment over the Reserve Bank of India keeping its policy rate unchanged, the Tirupur Exporters Association (TEA) on Tuesday requested the government to announce a three per cent interest subvention scheme for the garment sector.

The EU's Generalised Scheme of Preferences (GSP) allows exporters belonging to developing countries to pay less or no duties on their exports to the EU, thereby giving them vital access to EU markets and contributing to their economic growth.

Bangladesh garment manufacturers bagged at least $500 million in export orders to sew World Cup jerseys for fans across the globe in a major industry boost after a string of disasters, officials said on Monday.

A Bangladesh factory where Wal-Mart Stores Inc and Inditex SA inspectors spotted cracks in the wall this month is still making Wrangler shirts for the world's largest apparel maker, US-based VF Corp.

Garment factories in Bangladesh, forecast to account for 90% of the country's exports, reopened on Wednesday after production was disrupted by violent protests that ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina this week.

India and the 27-nation European Union (EU) will restart negotiations for their long-pending free trade agreement from June

Ready made garment exports dipped by about 40 per cent to $829.44 million in October.

"The positive impact of GST is yet to be felt by garment industry where input costs have not come down," apparel exporters said

The drop in exports of shoes and leather garments comes as a setback for Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who has sought to create millions of jobs by more than doubling the leather industry's revenues to $27 billion by 2020.

SP Apparels is a manufacturer and exporter of knitted garments for infants and children.

Tirupur-based S P Apparels, a manufacturer and exporter of knitted garments, on Friday said it aims to raise Rs 215 crore through its initial public offer opening on August 2.

S P Apparels Ltd, manufacturer and exporter of knitted garments for children, has fixed a price band of Rs 258-268 per equity share for its proposed initial public offer (IPO) through which it seeks to raise around Rs 215 crore.

Truth vs Hype investigation into India's booming garment industry found women workers saying that sexual propositioning was a common aspect of their work environment and that they are 'tutored' to keep it under wraps or lose their jobs.

Government's latest package for the textile sector is likely to improve the competitiveness of the country's exports but achieving the target of $43 billion of apparel exports by 2018 remains a challenge, ratings agency Icra said.

Early signs of a turnaround are visible in some export sectors such as readymade garments, pharmaceuticals and electronics despite persistent weakness in global trade, the Reserve Bank said on Tuesday.

Expressing disappointment over the Reserve Bank of India keeping its policy rate unchanged, the Tirupur Exporters Association (TEA) on Tuesday requested the government to announce a three per cent interest subvention scheme for the garment sector.

The EU's Generalised Scheme of Preferences (GSP) allows exporters belonging to developing countries to pay less or no duties on their exports to the EU, thereby giving them vital access to EU markets and contributing to their economic growth.

Bangladesh garment manufacturers bagged at least $500 million in export orders to sew World Cup jerseys for fans across the globe in a major industry boost after a string of disasters, officials said on Monday.

A Bangladesh factory where Wal-Mart Stores Inc and Inditex SA inspectors spotted cracks in the wall this month is still making Wrangler shirts for the world's largest apparel maker, US-based VF Corp.