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Although China’s 13th Five-Year Development Outline for the Textile Industry (2016–2020) mandated sustainability improvements for China’s entire textile industry, the government’s efforts to improve the environmental performance of the country’s synthetic dye segment have gained visible momentum more recently, under the 2021-25 14th Five-Year plan.   …

Sri Lanka’s clothing export sector is facing economic and political chaos in its island country as its President Gotabaya Rajapaksa imposed a state of emergency on Friday (April 6) amidst spiralling protests and foreign currency reserves collapsing to below USD50 million.…

 Chinese consumers are displaying an increasingly keen interest in sustainable fashion, being aware from personal experience that pollution can have a disastrous impact not only on the overall environment but also on their health. A Chinese University of Hong Kong report in 2018, for instance, concluded air pollution caused an average 1.1 million premature deaths in China.…

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In the competitive and innovative world of smart textile manufacturing and sale, companies strive to maximise functionality and minimise costs. Their ingenuity is the basis of their competitiveness. But as with all industries, some costs are out of their control.…

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has disrupted energy supplies and raised concerns about the future availability of oil and gas, inflating these commodity prices and hence energy prices, increasing textile and apparel processing costs worldwide. On December 21, as Russia was preparing to send its military into Ukraine-government controlled territory (February 24), Brent crude was selling for USD71.57 a barrel.…

The Cambodian government has now launched a long-awaited five-year development plan to shape the future of the country’s garment, footwear and travel goods sector by boosting productivity and reducing tariffs on businesses, but industry commentators say its proposed reforms are still at an early stage.…

The Vietnamese apparel sector is a great success story, but to maintain its strong position, the country will have to build backward linkages, while mitigating some deep-rooted cost and labour challenges. Data from the World Trade Organisation (WTO) shows that from the 1990s, the country’s garment industry has risen from a low base to overtaking Bangladesh’s exports’ sales in 2020, with USD29 billion overseas sales revenues, ranking second worldwide.…

China’s fast fashion cross-border e-commerce fashion retailer Shein is little known within China but its profile overseas continues to rise, with Reuters reports estimating the company may have generated about Chinese Yuan Renminbi CNY100 billion (USD15.7 billion) in revenue in 2021 as the Covid-19 pandemic shifted global consumption online.…

The Chinese government has been hindering international infant formula brands by encouraging the growth of domestic manufacturers while failing in its attempt to boost the birth rate, reducing overall demand.

The government has been rolling out its Action Plan for the Promotion of Domestic Infant Milk Formula published in May 2019, involving stricter manufacturing quality standards to improve faith in Chinese brands such as Feihe.…

The Ukrainian cosmetics industry has been hit hard by Russia’s invasion, forcing many producers to halt production and close their businesses. The country’s personal care products market had been projected to generate USD2. 9 billion in sales during 2022 by data service Statista (1) and has been steadily growing year on year.…