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  • GGGI in Seoul, Cambodia ink sustainable energy pact for garment sector

    GGGI in Seoul, Cambodia ink sustainable energy pact for garment sector

    Seoul-headquartered Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI) and Cambodia’s ministry of industry, technology, science and innovation and the ministry of environment recently signed an agreement in Kep City to promote sustainable energy practices in the latter’s garment sector to reduce environmental ...
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  • Cambodia’s 2023 monthly minimum wage reaches $197.86 in talks to date

    Cambodia’s 2023 monthly minimum wage reaches $197.86 in talks to date

    The latest range in negotiations for next year’s monthly minimum wage for Cambodia’s textile-related sectors is expected to rise to just below $200, the labour and vocational training ministry recently said. Based on seven socio-economic criteria for determining the minimum wage, a minimum ...
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  • Garment factory in Nigeria’s Kwara state to create 2000 direct jobs

    Garment factory in Nigeria’s Kwara state to create 2000 direct jobs

    Nigeria’s Kwara state’s garment factory would generate direct employment for 2,000 after it is inaugurated this year, according to state governor Alhaji AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, who recently said the aim is to turn Kwara into a garment production hub, which could then benefit from the US African G...
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  • ILO & US’ Nike partner to launch new initiative for garment workers

    A new initiative to cut deaths and injuries among garment and footwear workers has been launched by the International Labour Organization’s (ILO) Vision Zero Fund and Nike Inc. The joint initiative aims to understand why garment and footwear workers are vulnerable to injuries and deaths resulting...
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  • Turkiye’s garment exporters cut year-end targets due to recession

    Turkiye’s garment exporters cut year-end targets due to recession

    Turkiye’s exporters are revising downward year-end targets because of drop in new orders amid signs of global slowdown and inflation. According to reports, Turkish apparel industry is feeling heat of volatile Europe and has reduced export growth target by 15 per cent. Latest figures indicate that...
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  • Bangladesh labour body demands Tk 24K lowest wage for garment workers

    Bangladesh labour body demands Tk 24K lowest wage for garment workers

    Bangladesh labour union Garments Sramik Front recently organised a protest demonstration in Dhaka demanding Tk 20,000 as national minimum wage and Tk 24,000 as lowest monthly wage for garment workers amid high cost of living arising out of high inflation. It also demanded dearness allowance for ...
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  • Vietnam’s garment exports jump by 20% to $22.1 bn in Jan-Jul 2022

    Vietnam’s garment exports jump by 20% to $22.1 bn in Jan-Jul 2022

    As exports rose by 16.1 per cent year on year (YoY) in Vietnam to $216.35 billion and imports increased by 13.6 per cent to $215.59 billion between January and July this year, the country saw a trade surplus of $764 million, according to data from the general statistic office (GSO). Garment and f...
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  • China’s garment industry earns 688.5 bn yuan in H1 2022: Report

    China’s garment industry earns 688.5 bn yuan in H1 2022: Report

    China’s garment industry reported earnings valued at 688.5 billion yuan (around $102 billion), which is a 4.5 per cent year-on-year increase in the first half of 2022. The total profits reaped by the country’s main 13,000 garment firms added up to 30.7 billion yuan from January-June 2022 — a 4 p...
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  • Trousers & T-shirts constitute 40% of German apparel imports in Q1

    Trousers & T-shirts constitute 40% of German apparel imports in Q1

    Two categories—trousers & shorts, and T-shirts—together accounted for 40 per cent of total apparel imports by Germany in the first three months of 2022. Trousers & shorts comprised 27.65 per cent of all apparel imports worth $9.755 billion during January-March. T-shirts was the second l...
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  • US textile & apparel exports up 13.1% in Jan-June 2022

    US textile & apparel exports up 13.1% in Jan-June 2022

    The exports of textile and apparel from the United States went up by 13.10 per cent year-on-year in the first six months of this year. The value of exports stood at $12.434 billion during January-June 2022 compared to $10.994 billion in the same period of 2021, according to data from the Office o...
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  • China Facing Heat In Apparel Exports, India And Bangladesh Enjoy Shift In Orders!

    China might not be able to reach to the peak heights in its manufacturing industry again as labour is becoming expensive there and geo-political equation with Western world is not stable, hence investors and sourcing companies are finding alternate base. On the other hand, the apparel imports of ...
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  • Ultrafast Fashion Leading To Ultrahigh Wastages

    There was a time when the pace of fashion was 90-180 days before the likes of Zara, H&M, Uniqlo, Gap, Primark, Mango and Topshop took the game to a different level as turnaround time was cut down drastically to weeks from months. But as more new players like Boohoo, Asos, Shein and Missguided...
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