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The Istanbul Textile and Apparel Exporter Associations (ITKIB) told WTiN.com this week that research and development in high value technical textiles will be a key focus for the Turkish textile sector as it aims for an export target of USD 20 billion by 2023.…

The government of India is modernising and expanding airports located in the remote north eastern part of the country. They generally generate low levels of civilian passenger traffic, but the region considered extremely sensitive politically and strategically due to several armed insurgencies and its proximity to international borders with China, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Bhutan and Nepal.…

The government of India is modernising and expanding airports located in the remote north eastern part of the country. They generally generate low levels of civilian passenger traffic, but the region considered extremely sensitive politically and strategically due to several armed insurgencies and its proximity to international borders with China, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Bhutan and Nepal.…

The government of India is modernising and expanding airports located in the remote north eastern part of the country. They generally generate low levels of civilian passenger traffic, but the region considered extremely sensitive politically and strategically due to several armed insurgencies and its proximity to international borders with China, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Bhutan and Nepal.…

The planned construction of a large textile factory in northern Ethiopia by the Bangladesh-based DBL Group, a diversified knit and garment-manufacturing textile major, is being delayed, although the Ethiopian industry association insists it will proceed. The USD30 million factory, which is due to be the second largest textile factory in Ethiopia, was expected to start operations in the last quarter of 2015.…

East Africa is emerging as an attractive sourcing alternative for apparel and textile producers around the world as costs in Chinese outsourcing centres rise especially. With cheaper labour and resources, the region has already attracted foreign investment, particularly from Asia.

International apparel and textile producers are looking hard at Ethiopia as an attractive production and sourcing destination.…

Africa is emerging as a viable, even strong, sourcing alternative to Asia, but Africa still needs to learn significant lessons from its rival on establishing a strong sourcing hub, say industry experts.

For instance, sub-Saharan suppliers should note how Asia’s garment and textile industry is well-coordinated and integrated regionally, with strong inter-country links.…

BANGLADESH’S textile and clothing exporters, who are still reeling from the impact of continuing political unrest in the country, now face a second shock wave: the free fall of the Euro.

Industry lobbyists and analysts fear the European single currency’s decline in value will cut exporters’ profit margins, weakening their ability to compete in the 19 counties using the Euro.…

The Philippines’ once formidable knitwear sector has been shrinking in size in the past two decades, but the Pacific archipelago’s inclusion in the European Union’s (EU) Generalized System of Preferences Plus (GSP+) preferential tariff scheme from January 1 is now filling remaining manufacturers with some hope for another heyday.…

INDUSTRY leaders, researchers and scientists wound up a three-day international poultry show and seminar in Dhaka on Saturday (February 21), vowing to improve food safety to help create a substantial Bangladesh processed chicken export sector by 2018.

The president of the World’s Poultry Science Association (NOTE SPELLING IS CORRECT – ‘WORLD’S’), Bangladesh branch Moshiur Rahman said local producers are planning to start exporting frozen chicken in between two-to-three years’ time, mainly targetting the Middle East, where millions of ex-patriot Bangladeshis live.…