India’s wool exports to the US and Europe on the decline, with the result the wool industry is shifting focus to markets such as Kazakhstan, Germany, China and Australia.
On August 15, JMBT Beteiligungen AG acquired 100 per cent of the share capital of Benninger AG from Benninger Holding AG. With this acquisition Jakob Müller AG is expanding its position in the textile finishing sector.
Vietnam’s local media has reported that textile and garment industries in the country likely to miss their export target for 2016, due to reduced competitive ability and lack of export orders.
ICRA, an Indian independent and professional investment information and credit rating agency, opines that a 12 per cent (lower rate) recommended by the Dr Arvind Subramanian Committee will have a negative impact on the textile sector, especially the cotton value chain, which is currently attracting zero central excise duty (under optional route); unlike the man-made fibre sector, where the fibre attracts excise duty at the manufacturing stage (unlike cotton).
Vietnam’s local media has reported that textile and garment industries in the country likely to miss their export target for 2016, due to reduced competitive ability and lack of export orders.
India’s handicraft exports have increased by more than 8 per cent during the last fiscal, touching nearly Rs 31,000 crore, revealed Textiles Minister Smriti Irani in the Lok Sabha. “According to the provisional data available, the exports of handicrafts have shown an increase of Rs 2,414.79 crore from Rs 28,524.48 crore to Rs 30,939.27 crore — an increase of 8.46 per cent in rupees term in 2015-16 as compared to previous year,” she said.
With the the demand for denim products rising rapidly in global market, Bangladesh has set up five new denim taking the total to 30 in the recent times. Another five more companies are in the pipeline as the demand is for denim has been rapidly increasing in Europe, the huge market for denim. Initially Bangladeshi manufacturers used to produce denim products like trousers but now they also produce shirts, pillow covers, bed sheets, home textiles, table cloths and aprons.