India will add 40 new Harmonized System of Nomenclature (HSN) codes for technical textiles sector in coming months to its existing 207 HSN codes.
Month: August 2019
The Union Minister for Textiles, Smriti Zubin Irani, launched Project SU.RE, India’s biggest commitment towards sustainable fashion.
PRO Ecuador, a part of the ministry of production, foreign trade, investment, and fisheries, under the Government of Ecuador, has been collaborating with Indian textile manufacturers like Raymond, Blackberry, SS Homme etc., to drive the use of Corozo.
ITMACH, which will be held from December 5-8, 2019 at Gandhinagar, Gujarat, will collaborate with SDC International, ISFT College and KDCL.
Twinery signed a licensing agreement with the Colombo Science and Technology Cell of the University of Colombo to implement at the MAS Fabric Park a technology developed in Sri Lanka to use aluminium waste for treating textile industry wastewater.
India’s Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) has issued an alert over garments being imported via Bangladesh from other countries to take advantage of duty concessions offered under a free-trade agreement (FTA).
Union Minister Smriti Irani said that the Centre will skill 30,000 people in Meghalaya under the ‘Samarth’ scheme in apparel, textiles and handloom sectors.