Industrial police has identified 674 industrial units, including 435 apparel and textile units across the country as vulnerable to labour unrest over non-payment of wages and festival allowances to workers before the upcoming Eid-ul-Fitr festival.
KPR Mill, a fully-integrated garment manufacturing company in Coimbatore, has expanded to Ethiopia, setting up its first overseas production facility — KPR Export Plc — in Makelle at an initial investment of $5 million.
Cotton textiles, floor coverings, man-made filaments could benefit most, says industry
In a statement on Friday, CITI chairman Sanjay K Jain said that due to the ongoing trade war between the US and China, the US has hiked additional tariff to 25% on $200 billion imports from China, applicable from May 10, 2019.
The India International Textile Machinery Exhibitions Society (India ITME Society) will organise ITME Africa 2020 between February 14 and 16 next year at Addis Ababa.
India has lost over a third of its apparel and garments exports to the UAE in FY19, due to the 5 per cent import duty levied by the Gulf nation to restrict trading activity and encourage local manufacturing.