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While small-and-medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Pakistan’s knitwear sector have significant manufacturing capacity, they have yet to harness their full potential, according to the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). Pakistan exported USD2.3 billion’s worth of knitwear in 2011 says the Trade Development Authority of Pakistan, and many producers are small.…

Bangladesh plans to upgrade Shah Amanat International Airport (SAIA) in Chittagong as air traffic surges, with the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) last week (Thursday, Nov 7) recognising it as an international facility.

Flight numbers have grown 56% to 25,000 since 2000.…

INDIAN garment exports are expected to rise 24% to USD16 billion in 2013-14, according to D K Nair, Confederation of Indian Textile Industry (CITI) secretary general. He says the increase is because of the recovering American economy, increased demand from Europe and rival Asian exporters facing a slew of problems.…

THE COMBINED apparel market of China and India will grow to USD740 billion by 2025 and will surpass the projected combined US and European market of USD725 billion at that time, according to a textile and apparel sector report released at an international clothing conference on Friday (July 19).…

PAKISTAN’S anticipated membership of a revised European Union (EU) Generalised Scheme of Preferences Plus (GSP+) from January has sparked a debate over whether the country’s industry is ready to benefit from the duty-free access the system provides.

Pakistan Readymade Garments Manufacturers and Exporters Association (PRGMEA) senior north zone vice-chairman Jawwad A Chaudhry has argued that Pakistan’s garment industry might not fulfill orders because of a shortage of raw materials.…

THE MALDIVES may best be known a tropical paradise with rare beauty, but this south Asian archipelago is also a hotbed for terror financing and money laundering, analysts fear. The country is now attempting to strengthen weak anti-money laundering and combating the financing of terrorism (AML/CFT) laws that have created a “magnet effect for foreign organisations to pour money into local extremist groups,” warned Jean-Charles Brisard, US based terrorism financing expert and former chief investigator for the 9/11 families’ lawsuits against Al Qaeda financiers.…

WHETHER improved transparency in clothing supply chains will be enough to guarantee a sustainable future for outsourcers in south Asia remains to be seen, but a conference staged in Sri Lanka last week (Oct 10) heard plenty of calls for improved openness.…

AN INTERNATIONAL clothing and textile conference has heard how the growing retail market in the Asia-Pacific region may enable emerging economies such as Sri Lanka to realise ambitious dreams to become regional production hubs.

Kurt Cavano – founder/vice chairman & chief strategy officer of cloud computing company GT Nexus addressing the South Asian Apparel Leadership Forum, held in Colombo on October 12, noted: “The top six retailers that are growing are not in North America, it is in the Asia Pacific.…

For manufacturers looking for a cost effective fibre in current global markets, cotton prices are at last stabilising following the last few years’ price distortions and increases, said Mark Messura, US-based Cotton Incorporated’s senior vice president of global supply chain marketing.…

World fibre production, especially for cotton, is strong, with cotton prices stabilising after experiencing a few years of high prices. Yet, the apparel and textile trade landscape is shifting as production moves away from China and domestic demand in Asia is set to boom, which will put more pressure on existing fibres and fabrics production worldwide.…