Around the World Index

(AUSTRALIA)

• $2.5 million grant for textile, and clothing

(BANGLADESH)

• Govt may fix minimum price of cotton waste

• Knitwear export on rise

• Women's earnings lower than men's: BIDS study

• Four govt jute mills resume operations next month

• Textile exports reached $US 15 billion over next two years

(BELARUS)

• Textile industry readies to house foreign production facilities

(BRAZIL)

• Sanctions against US after WTO ruling on cotton subsidies

(CHINA)

•  Textile industry urged to upgrade

• Chongqing textile industry seek Korean collaborations

• Textile sector sinks into ‘overseas cotton dependency syndrome’

• Cotton price hike likely to adversely affect textile sector

• Hometextile industry in period of robust growth

(INDIA)

• Domestic market in paucity of cotton despite a production surplus

• India likely to miss the export target of US$ 20 billion

• Centre proposes silk development activities

• Impact of budget proposals on textile industry

• Plan to increase capacity of textile manufacturing sector

• Domestic silk garment exports rise on demand

• KPR mill plans to enter US garment market

• Centre may approve 100 more textile parks

• Mealy bug infestation

• Govt proposes to waive off handloom weavers' debt

(PERU)

• Low cost of textile production pulls in huge investments

(SRI LANKA)

• Apparel exporters to fight harder for contracts

• Investment Zone attracting investment from Pakistan

(SPAIN)

• Textile industry looks at 2008 with prudent optimism

(THAILAND)

• Marubeni exits textiles sells stake to Saha

(USA)

• International cotton prices forecast

• Asia's dependency on US-China quotas