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Related Keywords: CIS nations and Africa, currency fluctuations, current turbulence going in Greece, DGFT, Director General of Foreign Trade, impact on Indian exports, in emerging markes, Indian exporters to tap and diversify, Latin America, Pravir Kumar, Union Ministry of Commerce and Industry

Director General of Foreign Trade (DGFT), Union Ministry of Commerce and Industry urges Indian exporters need to look beyond eurozone and explore opportunities in emerging markets such as Latin America, CIS nations and Africa due to the current turbulence going on in Greece.

Director General of Foreign Trade, Pravir Kumar, at the Open House Meet with more than 200 exporters organized by CII Eastern Region in association with the Federation of India Export Organaistion (FIEO) said that when there are risks, it is extremely important to distribute risks and diversify elsewhere.

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The textile ministry in consultation with the finance and revenue departments to look at the possibility of a duty cut on man-made fibre as high cost of key raw material for manufacturing blended garments is making Indian goods uncompetitive in the global market. Each year, nearly Rs . 900 crore worth of man-made fibre material is imported by garment makers.

The textile industry has been intensely lobbying for duty cuts on both domestic and import fronts, had been given hope during the previous year's budget, but the decision is yet to arrive.

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prAna, a leading lifestyle clothing company based in Carlsbad, California offers sustainable clothes for active and every day wear, has had a strong following in the European climbing and yoga communities for more than 20 years. With its broad range of lifestyle, swim, and active apparel, prAna now has its goals set on expansion in Europe with an enhanced distribution network and new international sales team.

Related Keywords: apparel segment, Channel Nine, Gen-Next seamless technology . active wear, launching own brand, leading textile conglomerate, maintaining international standards in design, Make in India’, quality and comfort, Sangam India Limited, shape wear and casual wear, ventures into women brand, yoga wear

The leading textile conglomerate Sangam (India) Limited ventures into women’s branded apparel segment by launching its own brand called Channel Nine which is featured with maintaining international standards in design, quality and comfort for the new age women.

Channel Nine brand symbolizes the multiple facets of a woman’s life - the spaces she navigates every day and the forms in which she expresses herself. It encompasses the essence of what it means to be a woman through a myriad of roles, which she performs, in her everyday life.

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The textile hub of Karur has been witnessing booming business in home textiles with the volume of exports estimated at over Rs. 3,000 crore, according to trade circles. Despite robust growth in export of home textiles from Karur, the Tiruchi international airport has not seen shipment of home textiles notwithstanding its proximity to textile hub of Karur as export continues to be routed through sea

Cheaper rates and the advantage of dispatching goods in bulk are factors prompting textile exporters of Karur to send their home textile products by sea than air.

Related Keywords: Benares silk sari, factory made Chinese weaves, hand woven traditional fabric, losing popularity strakes to trendy, reinvest the fabric, Textile Ministry, twenty four designers met

Benares silk sari, an age old rich, painstakingly hand woven traditional fabric of India, once the prized possession of every Indian woman and an essential item in a bride’s trousseau is quickly losing out in the popularity strakes to trendy, - factory made Chinese weaves. To save it from turning into a museum relic, top twenty four designers from India recently met in the city of Benares, Uttar Pradesh, along with top officials from India’s textiles ministry, to brainstorm on how to reinvent the fabric.

Related Keywords: areas such as textiles, corner greater share, Easier rules of origin, ensure Indian exports, export market, free trade agreements, Government of India, push bilateral deals, Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership, reworking strategy, TPP, Transatlantic trade and investment partnership

The government of India as it revives its push for bilateral deals to corner a greater share of the export market is reworking its strategy on free trade agreements (FTAs). Rules of origin are at the heart of these agreements as they are meant to check routing of third-party goods via countries with which an agreement is signed.

Over the years, India has insisted on a system where at least 30-35% value addition takes place in a country with which it signs a trade agreement. In addition, there has to be a change of heading, which means yarn should be finished into a product.

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Businesses from Japan are showing interest in Myanmar’s untapped potential and a distinctive culture such as hand woven textiles but are investing cautiously as Myanmar has a range of problems that are barriers to investors. The biggest problem is shortage of electricity. They often suffer from power outages. Another major problem is the vulnerability of the country’s infrastructure such as roads, railways, communications, water supply and sewage systems.

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Zegna Baruffa Lane Borgosesia, Italian spinner and the world leader in the production of fine yarns for top-quality knitwear has developed a new manufacturing process, which adds vital properties such as higher wrinkle resistance and natural elasticity to its yarns.

The process, called H2Dry, is also said to improve total easy care properties, ie. allowing garments to be machine-washed and tumble-dried for the easiest garment care, while also helping to wick moisture away from the body.

Related Keywords: across single booth, entered in Lonati group, first Italian sock machine manufacturer, ITMA, leader in production of sock and pantyhose machine, Lonati, Santoni, showcase knitting, sock and hoiseery finishing machines, Tecnopea and Dinema, visitors

Santoni established in 1919 as the first Italian socks machine manufacturer which in 1988 entered in the prestigious LONATI group, worldwide leader in the production of sock and pantyhose machines. At the November’s ITMA Milan, Santoni, Lonati, Tecnopea and Dinema will all be present with more than 60 knitting, sock and hosiery finishing machines available to visitors across a single booth.