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THE UNITED States Trade Representative (USTR) has highlighted its continuing concern about intellectual property rights violations in the pharma sector, citing claims that 20% of medicines sold in India are fakes.

In its annual ‘Special 301 Report’, the USTR said it notes “its particular concern with the proliferation of counterfeit pharmaceuticals that are manufactured, sold, and distributed in trading partners such as Brazil, China, Guatemala, India, Indonesia, Lebanon, Peru, and Russia.”…

Birla Spunshades, Aditya Birla’s vibrant, heavy metal-free, coloured spun-dyed viscose fibre, is helping Indian spinner score new orders linked to major international buyers. Fabric made out of Spunshades is being supplied to clients such as British retailer Marks & Spencer (M&S) and Sweden’s Hennes & Mauritz (H&M), to name two big names.…

CHINESE investors continue to grow their foothold in Turkey’s textile industry, an international direct investment information bulletin from the Turkish economy ministry has confirmed. Between January-December 2015, 60 new foreign companies have invested USD429 million in Turkey’s textile and clothing manufacturers, up 30% compared to the previous year, according to figures from Turkey’s economy ministry.…

Indonesian negotiators must press harder to make progress on the European Union (EU)-Indonesia free trade agreement or textile manufacturers risk losing market share to neighbouring competitors like Vietnam, according to the Indonesian Textile Association (API – Asosiasi Pertekstilan Indonesia). Its chairman Ade Sudrajat told WTiN.com…

INCREASING demands on the part of European Union (EU) textile buyers for compliance with environmentally sustainable standards have inspired a major project launched by Moroccan trade groups into improving the practices of the country’s denim industry.

This is called the Moroccan Denim Cluster (MDC), founded in 2014 as an industry association for this segment.…

Kazakh aircraft have been improved under the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO)’s ‘No Country Left Behind’ initiative.

The project started following investigations which uncovered concerns about the air-worthiness of aircraft in the central Asian country.

Resources and manpower were provided by a number of countries and was a co-operative effort between Portugal, Turkey, Singapore, Ukraine and the ICAO’s Air Navigation Bureau.…

KNITWEAR manufacturers used to plan production a year in advance, but the advent of fast fashion has changed all that. Today, suppliers are being asked to supply goods in some cases weeks in advance of a product line going to market.…

THE EUROPEAN Investment Bank (EIB) has drafted plans to led EUR1 billion to TANAP Dogalgaz Iletim, the Azeri-Turkish consortium developing the Trans-Anatolian Pipeline (TAP) from the Shah Deniz production field in Azerbaijan to European and Turkish markets. The loan, which still needs approval from the EIB board of directors, will help ensure the TAP project proceeds.…

Turkish denim firms have roared onto the global market in recent years, impressing consumers, terrifying the competition.

These companies are aided by Turkey’s high quality cotton – particularly that produced in the country’s Aegean region on the west coast. Aegean premium cotton is renowned for its ability to retain paint and for its softness and absorbency, all without genetic modification.…

WHILE international clothing buyers today have a lot of sourcing choices, this multiplicity of options can bring its own management headaches, making it important that brands make subtle, complex and fluid purchasing decisions to keep ahead of the competition, Global research firm McKinsey’s biannual sourcing survey – last published in 2015 – of chief procurement officers (CPOs) at leading apparel companies is an interesting window onto today’s complex sourcing landscape.…