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Related Keywords: American Apparel & Footwear Association, coming time, even without TPP, export growth, garment and textile exports to US, in Vietnam, likely to increase, Nate Herman, seeking their own investment opportunities, Senior Vice President, Southeast Asian country, supply chain, US garment and textile businesses, Vietnam continued to surpass rivals

The Southeast Asian country’s garment-textile and footwear exports to the US are likely to increase in the coming time, even without TPP, according to Nate Herman, Senior Vice President of the American Apparel & Footwear Association (AAFA) Supply Chain as the US garment-textile and footwear businesses are seeking their own investment opportunities in Vietnam after the US withdrawal from the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) earlier this year.

Related Keywords: across organized retail stores, ethnic brand, Grasim Industries, its own apparel range, Jaya Shree Textiles, Linen Club, Linen club studio, offering fabric, part of the Aditya Birla Group, plan to launch, pure linen fabric market in India, shares about 70 percent, supplier of linen to many domestic players, suppliers to major international brands

Jaya Shree Textiles, a part of the Aditya Birla Group company Grasim Industries, offering fabric for Linen Club, an ethnic brand and shares about 70 percent of the pure linen fabric market in India and is said to be suppliers to major international brands such as Marks and Spencer, H&M and so on. It is also a supplier (of linen) to many domestic players is planning to launch its own apparel range across organized retail stores called “Linen Club Studio”.

Related Keywords: Bangladesh Accord, concern in Bangladesh garment industry, extending an agreement, four million apparel workers, global brand, into national regulations, labour union, legally binding, low wage, poor working conditions, promising more stringent safety checks, protect garment workers, trade union

Poor working conditions and low wages have long been a concern in Bangladesh’s garment industry, to protect garment workers Bangladesh will be extending an agreement into national regulations, promising more stringent safety checks for its 4 million apparel workers, a labour union said.

The Bangladesh accord runs to May 2018, but the government has agreed for it to continue beyond that date until a national regulatory body is ready to take over monitoring, a trade union said Tuesday.

Related Keywords: Delint and Solvent Industrial Park, finding it difficult to get a fair deal, help cotton growers, joint meeting, management of ginning mills, Minister for Industries and IT KT Rama Rao, record production this year, release of incentive, revival of sick ginning mills, step up cotton purchases

Minister for Industries and IT KT Rama Rao during a joint meeting with the Minister for Finance Etela Rajender, Minister for Marketing T Harish Rao and representative of the ginning mills on the possible way forward to help the cotton growers who were finding it difficult to get a fair deal in the markets because of record production this year, appealed to the management of ginning mills in the State to come to the rescue of the cotton growers.

Related Keywords: availability of young skilled labour force, business-to-business fashion trade show, HCM City Investment and Trade Promotion Centre (ITPC), increasing number of overseas buyers, locally made garments, sourcing products from the country, supply chain, taking part in more free trade agreements, Vietnam rapidly improving, wrapped up in Hongkong

Vietnam is seen rapidly improving its supply chain for locally made garments and taking part in more free trade agreements with increasing number of overseas buyers are sourcing products from the country. Pham Thiet Hoa, director of the HCM City Investment and Trade Promotion Centre (ITPC), speaking on the occasion of the business-to-business fashion trade show which wrapped up in Hong Kong on October 31 said that the availability of a young, skilled labour force is also attracting foreign buyers to the country.

Related Keywords: CCI, cotton bales, cotton to be sold directly, direct state run Cotton Corporation of India, during this season, help maintain stable prices, ICF, Indian Cotton Federation, October to September, only to textile mills, procure hundred lakh bales, record bumper crop expected, throughout the year, urged the union government

The Indian Cotton Federation (ICF) has urged the union government to direct the state run Cotton Corporation of India (CCI) to procure 100 lakh bales ( a bales is 170 kgs) as a record bumper crop is expected during the 2017-18 season (October-September). ICF stated that this cotton should be sold directly only to textile mills, which would help maintain stable prices throughout the year.

Related Keywords: benefit the farmers, create awareness among the silk farmers, depend on silk fabric production, development of Silk Industry, growing of mulberry plants, importance of silk industry, introduced various schemes, released posters to give wide publicity, Telangana state government, various types of programmes

To create awareness among the silk farmers about the importance of silk industry and various types of programmes that were taken up for the benefit of silk farmers, the District Collector D Krishna Bhaskar released a poster to give wide publicity on the importance of silk industry and describing the various types of programmes here on Monday, on the occasion of the Grievance Day.

Joint Director of district horticulture and silk industry department Sridhar, District Revenue Officer Shyam Prasad Lal were present along with others.

Related Keywords: 700 per quintal, 800 per quintal, attributed dip in prices, cotton prices, current trend in international market, despite area under cotton cultivation, former North India Cotton Association, gone up considerably in the state, initially touched Rs4, inventory piling up, now come down to Rs4, off take of yarn sluggish, president Ashok Kapur

The cotton prices that initially touched Rs4,800 per quintal is now come down to Rs4,700 per quintal despite the area under cotton cultivation has gone up considerably in the state, the former North India Cotton Association president Ashok Kapur attributed the dip in prices to the current trend in the international market. The farmers arriving with their produce in the grain market here are dejected with the low prices.

Related Keywords: addressing traders and officials, Bhagalpuri silk, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, Bihar silk sector, handloom and powerloom, invited investors, promising them all help, silk, state government for establishing units, strengthen traditional industries, Udyami Panchayat in Patna

The Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar while addressing traders and officials at “Udyami Panchayat” in Patna on Monday invited investors in the Bihar silk sector promising them all help from the state government for establishing their units. He added that the government was committed to strengthening the traditional industries in the state.

In Bihar, Bhagalpur, popular as “Silk City”, once had a flourishing silk industry, with the Bhagalpuri silk famous across the globe. However, the sector has lost its sheen, with very few weavers left in the area as they hardly break even.

Related Keywords: benefit of garment industry, collaboration with SPINnet Textile and Garment Cluster, garment and textile sector, industry players, launched an incubator programme, mobilise more resources, National Board for Small Scale Industries, NBSSI, nurture and train entrepreneurs, seeks to promote networking

National Board for Small Scale Industries (NBSSI) in collaboration with SPINnet Textile and Garment Cluster to nurture and train entrepreneurs in the garment and textile sector has launched an incubator programme. The programme seeks to promote networking among the industry players and to mobilise more resources for the benefit of the garment industry.