After months of gloom and hope against hope, some silver lining did appear on the horizon of Indian apparel export trade at long last with the January 2009 figures offering some ray of hope. Apparel exports grew by 5 per cent in January 2009 over the same month last year...

The article is written with an objective to highlight production and manufacturing process of knitted fabrics for foreign markets. The existing working conditions of Pakistan's hosiery and knitwear industry and issues pertaining about the industry's performance regarding the fabric-making process,...

Cotton markets have witnessed drastic fluctuations during 2008, with prices on both extremes; touching historic heights and later on tumble down by almost 40% by the end of the year. Weak US dollar affected the cotton prices to a considerable extent. Economic crisis that is sending shivers; worldwide has added woes to the cotton prices...

Fastest emerging leaders of the world, fastest growth and development. Massive sourcing hubs for all kind of industries. Especially for apparels/garments, their rivalry is famous across the globe. Both of them have abundance of resources, capital, skilled human resources, technology and globalization...

After Abolition of quota 2005, ready-made garment (RMG) in Bangladesh has faced stiff competition to export garment in world apparel market. The central bonded warehouse (CBW) facility, a key demand of garment manufacturers to support lead time...

The U.S.-China textile and apparel trade has seldom been able to avoid the heavy intervention of trade policy. Over the past three decades, from quota restrictions to safeguard measures, various kinds of trade management tools were creatively developed, mostly by the U.S. side, to prevent the surge of imports from China...