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Bangladesh Apparel Sector Faces $1 Billion Blow After Airport Cargo Fire
Garment exporters in Bangladesh are bracing for losses of up to USD 1 billion following a massive fire that tore through the cargo complex at Dhaka's Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport, just as the industry enters its busiest export season
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Amid US Tariffs, India Suspends Cotton Import Duties Temporarily To Aid Textile Sector
India has exempted import duties on cotton from August 19 to September 30, fulfilling the demand of industry groups who said exemptions would help make the sector more competitive.
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Workers Who Made Clothes For US Will Suffer The Brunt Of Trump Tariffs
As the deadline for the new US tariffs on Sri Lankan exports draws closer, concern is growing among local businesses and citizens over the potential economic impact.
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Degrowth And Fashion: Upcycling Innovators Show How To Rethink And Reuse Waste
Every year, some 100billion garments are produced worldwide, and 92million tonnes of clothing waste end up in landfills.
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Opinion | An Opportunity in Crisis for India's Garment Industry
As Chinas and Bangladesh's dominance wanes, the world is searching for the next textile hub.
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Millions Of Home-Based Garment Workers Feared Losing Out On COVID-19 Aid
Millions of "hidden" home-based garment workers in India who help prop up the global fashion industry risk missing out on aid during the coronavirus pandemic, labour rights campaigners said.
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India To Soon Get Its Own Standard Of Apparel Size: Smriti Irani
Union minister Smriti Irani on Sunday said Indian textiles and garments industry would soon get its own country-specific apparel size.
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Crackdown On Leather Units Hits Jobs, Exports Despite PM Modi's Goal
The drop in exports of shoes and leather garments comes as a setback for Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who has sought to create millions of jobs by more than doubling the leather industry's revenues to $27 billion by 2020.
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In Tamil Nadu's Spinning Mills, Long Working Hours, Torture And Child Labour Common: Research
By Anuradha Nagaraj Chennai: Various forms of slavery, including child labour, are present in more than 90 per cent of south India’s spinning mills which produce yarn for Western brands, researchers said, calling for mapping of supply chains and tougher audits. The India Committee of the Netherlands (ICN), a human rights organisation, spoke to...
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Affordable Housing Will Help ‘Exploited’ Workers In Tirupur: Activists
By Anuradha Nagaraj Chennai: A proposed new township for garment industry workers in textile hub of Tirupur in Tamil Nadu will tackle the problem of exploitation of workers housed in hostels on factory sites, campaigners said on Monday. In a first, the Tirupur Exporters’ Association, a trade body, has asked the Indian government to give the go-a...
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Bangladesh Apparel Sector Faces $1 Billion Blow After Airport Cargo Fire
Garment exporters in Bangladesh are bracing for losses of up to USD 1 billion following a massive fire that tore through the cargo complex at Dhaka's Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport, just as the industry enters its busiest export season
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Amid US Tariffs, India Suspends Cotton Import Duties Temporarily To Aid Textile Sector
India has exempted import duties on cotton from August 19 to September 30, fulfilling the demand of industry groups who said exemptions would help make the sector more competitive.
-
Workers Who Made Clothes For US Will Suffer The Brunt Of Trump Tariffs
As the deadline for the new US tariffs on Sri Lankan exports draws closer, concern is growing among local businesses and citizens over the potential economic impact.
-
Degrowth And Fashion: Upcycling Innovators Show How To Rethink And Reuse Waste
Every year, some 100billion garments are produced worldwide, and 92million tonnes of clothing waste end up in landfills.
-
Opinion | An Opportunity in Crisis for India's Garment Industry
As Chinas and Bangladesh's dominance wanes, the world is searching for the next textile hub.
-
Millions Of Home-Based Garment Workers Feared Losing Out On COVID-19 Aid
Millions of "hidden" home-based garment workers in India who help prop up the global fashion industry risk missing out on aid during the coronavirus pandemic, labour rights campaigners said.
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India To Soon Get Its Own Standard Of Apparel Size: Smriti Irani
Union minister Smriti Irani on Sunday said Indian textiles and garments industry would soon get its own country-specific apparel size.
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Crackdown On Leather Units Hits Jobs, Exports Despite PM Modi's Goal
The drop in exports of shoes and leather garments comes as a setback for Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who has sought to create millions of jobs by more than doubling the leather industry's revenues to $27 billion by 2020.
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In Tamil Nadu's Spinning Mills, Long Working Hours, Torture And Child Labour Common: Research
By Anuradha Nagaraj Chennai: Various forms of slavery, including child labour, are present in more than 90 per cent of south India’s spinning mills which produce yarn for Western brands, researchers said, calling for mapping of supply chains and tougher audits. The India Committee of the Netherlands (ICN), a human rights organisation, spoke to...
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Affordable Housing Will Help ‘Exploited’ Workers In Tirupur: Activists
By Anuradha Nagaraj Chennai: A proposed new township for garment industry workers in textile hub of Tirupur in Tamil Nadu will tackle the problem of exploitation of workers housed in hostels on factory sites, campaigners said on Monday. In a first, the Tirupur Exporters’ Association, a trade body, has asked the Indian government to give the go-a...
