The Indian state of Tamil Nadu has announced several concessions to micro small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) and has allocated ₹280 crore towards investment subsidy for these enterprises during the current financial year 2021-22. Sixty per cent of the a...

While the announcement of the Mega Textile Park Scheme to set up seven new textile parks has been welcomed by the industry, it has expressed concern over the imposition of a 10 percent Basic Customs Duty (BCD) on cotton. The finance minister on Monday ann...

At the start of the year, the OEKO-TEX® Association as usual updates the applicable test criteria, limit values and requirements for its range of certifications and labels. All new regulations will finally come into force after a transition period on 1 Ap...

The UN Environment Programme (UNEP) is implementing the InTex project, a three-year project funded by the European Commission (EC), which promotes innovative business practices and economic models in the textile value chain.

Canadian companies are increasingly looking at sourcing readymade garments from India and Indian apparel manufacturers have huge potential to increase the country’s share in the Canadian market, according to Indian High Commissioner in Canada Ajay Bisaria...

Exporter associations and trade bodies registered under the Companies Act or Society Registration Act can submit proposals by December 15, the ministry said.

Seeking to replace Chinese and other foreign clothing used for making military uniforms in the country, Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) is helping Indian textile industries produce yarns which will help to end reliance on imports in t...

Restrictions to Australian wool exports to China's trade, coupled with the lack of viable alternative markets, would have a presumptively crippling effect on the Australian wool industry.

Adding a third layer to cloth face masks is now recommended for preventing the spread of COVID-19. Non-woven polypropylene fabric is the material of choice for this third layer

The scheme provides incentives for the manufacture and export of specific textile products made of man-made fibre (MMF).

The Indonesian government, as well as textile producers and exporters, said Wednesday that they hope to export more of their products to Turkey.

Garment factories in Yangon are scrambling to adapt to a September 21 government order for all factories to shut from September 24 to October 7 in the latest round of COVID-19 restrictions.

Confronting them with their healthy profits, the government on Friday declined any relaxation in recovery of Gas Infrastructure Development Cess (GIDC) and asked the fertiliser and textile industries to start paying their Rs250 billion outstanding liabili...

The land in question is owned by the Uttar Pradesh State Industrial Development Authority (UPSIDA) and is part of the 1,000-acre land parcel that was originally earmarked for a theme park project.

The Vietnam Textile and Garment Group (Vinatex) forecasts Vietnam's textile and garment exports will continue to decline by 14-18 per cent each month for the rest of 2020 over the same period last year.