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Sayrung Prajit who holds a boutique in Siam Square – Vintage Corner – known for its rare vintage pieces, old-fashioned bridal gowns and costume jewellery created between the 1920s and the '90s has created a new brand “g.a.s” for trendy office goers.

Her teammates include her mates Kullaya Kassakul and Pimsiri Kanthitinun. After the brand's launch last month, Sayrung decided to devote the prime portion of her boutique to showcase her new colourful, vintage-inspired line that includes easy to mix-and-match pieces.

Related Keywords: export of cotton yarn, export-import policy, face high tariff barriers, handloom and coir products, high capital costs, international face of cotton textile, not in accord, tariffs on fabrics exported, Texprocil, textile sector

Texprocil (The Cotton Textile Promotion Council of India), which has been the international face of cotton textiles from India facilitating exports worldwide are not in accordance with the export-import policy.

According to them ,the textile sector ,the second largest employment provider in the country has been totally ignored, especially the cotton yarn sector, that too at a time when its facing high logistics costs when exported to markets like Latin America. Also, the exports of cotton yarn have declined sharply.

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Pakistan textile industry is incurring an annual loss of around $6 billion due to the presence of second-hand, smuggled textiles and clothing in the domestic market. Out of 10kg per capita consumption, the textile industry gets a share of only 3kg per capita while rest is grabbed by second hand, smuggled and imported textiles and clothing products that have entered into the domestic market, according to All Pakistan Textile Mills Association (APTMA) Chairman S M Tanveer.

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The Foreign Trade Policy (FTP) 2015-2020 which was undraped by Minister of State for Commerce & Industry Nirmala Sitharaman on 2nd April ,2015 provides a framework for increasing exports of goods and services as well as generation of employment and increasing value addition in the country, in keeping with the Make in India vision of Prime Minister.

The local chapter of Indian Chamber of Commerce and Industry, welcomed the policy saying, it has bold initiatives and aims to achieve a compound annual growth rate of 11.5 per cent so as to increase the Merchandise and Services Exports.

Related Keywords: apparel products, cotton consumption, cotton from Chinese reserves, cotton imports, next season, reduced demand for yarn, slow down, strong trade with China, US Department of Agriculture, Vietnam textile and clothing, yarn shipment

Vietnam is ranked amongst the world’s top 5 nations in textile and clothing exports. The exports of textile and apparel products continued to grow in 2014 despite the difficulties in global economy.

But its strong growth of cotton imports is likely to slow next season. The deceleration forecast for next season reflects ideas of reduced demand for yarn by China, where authorities are attempting to boost use of domestic supplies, and erode the huge inventories that the country ran up through a generous guaranteed pricing regime, that was withdrawn last year.

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Textile industry is the second largest employment provider in the country and whose contribution to the country’s growth has been well recognized. But in terms of strengthening the manufacturing base, promoting exports and generating employment, has not got its dues in the Foreign Trade Policy. Textile mills have expressed disappointment over the foreign trade policy announcement as it does not address some of the sector-specific issues. While, Textile exporters feel let down by the new foreign trade policy (FTP), which they said has ignored the cotton yarn sector

Related Keywords: biggest producer of cotton, CCI, China to curb purchases, declining demand, India, Pakistan and Vietnam, raise sales to Bangladesh, second biggest seller, this crop year, to a five year low, to suffer steepest loss, witness fall in cotton exports, world stockpiles

India, the world’s biggest producer and second biggest seller, are likely to witness fall in cotton exports by 41 percent to a five-year low of 7 million bales this crop year ending September as China, the top buyer to curb purchases, according to government official.

Lower exports from India could support benchmark New York price that fell to a one-week low on Monday.

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Forster Rohner Textile Innovations, the leading technical textiles manufacturer, who is supplying the market with electronic textiles since 2013 offering products for diverse market fields will present the state of the art in electronic textiles together with partners from various market fields at the upcoming Techtextil international trade fair..

The textile quality of the products and the retention of core textile properties like robustness, drape and washability lie in focus of the work on textile electronics, the company reports.

Related Keywords: All Pakistan Textile Mills Association, APTMA, chairman S M Tanveer, fresh investment in textile, Pakistan Textile Policy 2014-19, Technology Upgradation Fund Scheme, textile industry in Pakistan

As the Pakistan federal government withheld the notifications of initiatives under the Textile Policy 2014-19 to avail of the terms of Technology Upgradation Fund Scheme (TUFS), the All Pakistan Textile Mills Association (Aptma) has lamented the delay, citing that it is hindering the industry from undertaking BMR and fresh investment initiatives for the textile industry.

Related Keywords: Agriculture Infrastructure Incentive Scrip, focus market scheme, Focus Product Scheme, foreign trade policy, Indian textile industry, Market Linked Focus Product Scheme, MEIS, Merchandise Exports from India Scheme, textile exports, VKGUY

The NDA government’s new Foreign Trade Policy (FTP) 2015-20 was unveiled here on 1 April, focusing on supporting both the manufacturing and services sectors, with a special emphasis on improving the ‘ease of doing business’. The five-year FTP provides a framework for increasing exports of goods and services as well as generation of employment and increasing value addition in the country, in keeping with the “Make in India” vision of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.