Kolkata-based Silk Affair, offering very high value garments like cocktail dresses, bridalwear etc. is now entering into the US market, which is a new market for them, as this 11 years old company is catering to Europe from day 1. Manufacturing 8,000 pieces per month the company is adding capacity to produce another 8,000 pieces per month. FOB of the company’s products start from 50 Euros and goes up to 120 Euros.

Rajib Dudhoria, Director of the organization informed, “As our buyers in France, Spain and Italy work on season-based orders – summer and winter, while our products are for summer only – so we want to utilize our capacity for the US also. To penetrate

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Though the Government of India has come up with a few new facilities for India export industry but the sector doesn’t seem to be satisfied with that. M. P. Muthurathinam, President of Tirupur Exporter and Manufacturers Association (TEAMA) said that the recent increase in duty drawback for cotton garments by 0.2 per cent and also the approval given for Interest Stabilization Scheme are not going to help the knitwear industry significantly. He further stated that the Government should increase the duty drawback rate for cotton garments from 7.7 per cent to 12 per cent as even the polyester-made apparels are enjoying 9.5 per cent duty drawback. Muthurathinam has also suggested that the Government should constitute a committee to study the actual problems faced by the garment exporters here due to trade-related disparities vis-a-vis competitive countries.

“The industry

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For any first-time visitor, Amber Denim’s (aka Partex Denim) unit at Bahadurpur, Banglabazar, Gazipur, can easily pass off as one of those sprawling luxurious resorts that are much sought-after by the city dwellers as weekend destinations. Spread across 200 acres of land with breathtakingly beautiful landscaped gardens, serene lakes and above all a huge mango orchard, the best time to visit the unit perhaps is when the mangoes are ripe. Team AOB though missed this grand opportunity, but by a whisker. 

Amongst the top three denim producers in Bangladesh, Amber Denim has positioned itself as a premium denim fabric manufacturing company. Earlier known as Partex Denim, the unit commenced its production in 2006 in Roopganj (in the outskirts of Dhaka) with the best

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Set up in 2014, Naval Exporters, an export house having 400 machines and doing annual turnover of US $ 1.53 billion (Rs. 10 crore), is expecting to double its turnover in the coming years. An initiative of young Naveen Agarwal, Naval Exporters is Sedex-compliant and working with buyers like Lager 157, Jamo, Jennifer, Splash, Snidel, Twinset and also a few brands in the domestic market.

Manufacturing activewear and value-added women’s wear in knitted as well as woven material, with the average FOB of US $ 4-5, the company is equipped with CAD, Own RO plant, ETP and 4 digital sublimation printers. “The European market is slightly dull but for domestic it is giving good orders. We have a strategy to improve productivity and add new buyers, so business should naturally grow. We are developing almost 25 samples in a day and our factory

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India’s apparel export may not be that enthusiastic but apparel exporters are making good money, at least some of them as there were raids of Income Tax (IT) at few garment export houses in Noida, India. Though the export houses are saying that it was ‘income tax survey’ and not ‘raid’, an eyewitness told Apparel Resources.com that it was a full-fledge raid as there were policemen also with IT officers.

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“It was not a raid; in fact only a survey as IT teams came to our all five factories, checked our records, computers and matched the stock with the record. As physical stock was more than records, they did levied some penalty on us. They asked questions to senior staff also for some time but work did

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Customs Intelligence and Investigation Directorate confiscated two export containers of readymade garment products at Essac Depot, beside Chittagong Port, Bangladesh, on charges of exporting those with forged bank documents.

It has been informed that SN Design of Senpara in Dhaka was exporting garments products to DMD Boutique in Manila, Philippines.

Zakir Hossain, Deputy Director of Customs informed that the apparel exporter was carrying 8,034 dozens of readymade garments worth US $ 52,834. He also shared that in last three years, SN Design has exported around 90 consignments of goods in the same manner.

Md. Shahidul Islam, Managing Director of SN Design informed a leading daily that his company has not been exporting since last two years. He added, “I do have a small garment factory, but I don't export anymore. I sell to some local customers. Someone has used my licence number without my knowledge.

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Things don’t seem to be fine at Bangalore-based Gokaldas Exports Limited (GEL) as in the past few months many top executives have left the company. It includes Gautam Chakravarti, CEO (left in May this year); Ruby Jayan George, COO – Marketing; Sumit Keshan, CFO; and Daisy Mistri COO – Marketing. Finance Controller, Quality Head and few other senior marketing persons of the company heading top clients like Decathlon have also left. Not only this, in coming days some more senior staff members may also leave the company as they are seriously planning for a change. As of now, the company has no proper HR too.

Team Apparel Resources got to know that P. Ramababu, who is being promoted as Vice Chairman and MD of the Gokaldas Exports Limited, is bringing his own new team particularly in IT, Projects, Finance and HR departments, this

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Wear Well India, a Noida-based ladies and kids wear exporter, is aiming to cross the US $ 22 million-mark with its practices in place for increasing efficiencies of the current setup. Led by three young bloods – brother Bharat and Akshay Sahni, and Nitin Jain, the company currently has three factories, one of them being in Okhla, New Delhi and the other two in Hosiery Complex, Noida. The company has recently hired a senior member in their HR department, and a senior designer each for women’s wear and kids’ wear in a move to form a more organized and efficient organization.

The apparel exporter plans to move forward with a multi-pronged strategy, with equal efforts being exerted on the marketing-, production-, HR- and product development-end. While Akshay handles the production end of the company, Nitin and Bharat take care of the marketing front. Since Akshay joined the company in

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Growth, recognition and sustainable initiatives can be the best parameters to see a company’s overall performance... And Pratibha Syntex, Indore (India) stands tall on these parameters as it bagged four awards in 2015 – Global Leadership Award in Sustainable Apparel (GLASA) 2015; Organic Cotton Round Table Innovation Challenge Award 2015; India International Trade Fair 2015 (Best display Award-Integrated Skill Development Scheme); and Maximum employment Provider Award (Large Industry Category for 2014). On sustainability front, the apparel exporter received verification for water and carbon footprint by KPMG and life cycle analysis for cotton modal, spun dyed viscose, cotton viloft & recycled poly cotton.

Also Read – Pratibha Syntex moving from ‘responsible’ textiles to ‘responsible and responsive’ textiles

With a head count of 10,000, the company has planned to grow its business to Rs. 1,500 crore by 2020. Team Apparel Resources talked to Atul Mittal, VP

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Around three years ago, Arefin Spursho had only a small store room with a computer and a desk, which were given to him by his father, but now Arefin is the MD of Zircon Limited, Dhaka, a company which has a turnover of US $ 0.6 million and has a reach in Apparel, Media, Health and Technology sectors.

But that is not going to be enough for Zircon Limited and Arefin Spursho, as he takes his company into more unchartered territory. His company is now moving into the shoe-making sector for which he is planning to set up a new factory.

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In an email to Team Apparel Resources, he confirmed that a new factory is indeed going to be set up for the company’s expansion into the shoe business, and said, “We

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Teesort.com, the Indian menswear fashion brand, which is available in online-stores only, has come up with a plan to foray into the international markets by means of multiple channels. The Delhi-based company is in talks with Amazon for its launch in the US and the UK markets. Teesort.com is also negotiating with potential local partners in West Asia to penetrate the region.

Alok Agarwal, Co-founder, Teesort.com, says, “Currently, our overseas sales happen through our Indian portal, which is less than 1 per cent. However, we are in the process of finalising a deal with Amazon for an overseas launch in the US and the UK. We are also in talks with our local partners in the Middle East for a launch. This should help us achieve the 200 per cent growth that we are anticipating for the fiscal 2015-16."

Teesort.com

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Nepali Prime Minister K P Sharma Oli has welcomed United States’ decision for the Bill that paves the way for duty-free quota-free (DFQF) entry of garments made in Nepal.

PM Oli also requested entrepreneurs in his country to make quality products affordable, yet globally competitive. The PM assured them to aid the business sector by resuming the border operation that has been obstructed by the ongoing Tarai unrest and the border blockade.

In this regard, in a meeting with the representatives of the Federation of Nepalese Chambers of Commerce and Industries (FNCCI), the Confederation of Nepalese Industries (CNI) and the Nepal Chambers of Commerce (NCC), Oli urged entrepreneurs to increase the production of textiles.

“It would be a golden opportunity for the revival of the garment industry, which was the country’s top exporter one-and-a-half decade ago,” said the Prime Minister.

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Virender Uppal, Chairman of Richa Global Export has completed his 2-year tenure (2014-2015) as the Chairman of AEPC (Apparel Export Promotion Council), the official body of apparel exporters in India. It was his second inning as AEPC Chairman.

His earlier tenure was between 2002 and 2003. His second tenure will be remembered for the intense tussles with Apparel House Exporters Association (AHEA) and SG, AEPC Puneet Kumar, as well as issues related to ATDC. Team Apparel Resources caught up with him for his take on his tenure.

“I tried to do the best possible during my tenure and got the interest subvention scheme reintroduced. I was after it from the beginning. Similarly, we got better drawback rates and a lot of classifications have gone, which were in fact a trouble for exporters. Even in the AEPC, I streamlined the system as there were mixed staff for

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The Los Angeles Superior Court has prohibited an Indian Apparel Exporter (Pratibha Syntex) from using unlicensed software or reproducing any part of a copyrighted software programme without the permission of the legitimate copyright holder, and further required the company to perform four complete audits of the software on their computers and fix any violations within one and half months.

On the other side, interpreting the judgement in a different way, Ashok Jain, Head, Legal and Commercial, Pratibha Syntex Ltd. (PSL) said, “Pratibha Syntex Ltd. did not engage in any illegal business practices that disadvantaged California garment companies. In addition, our company maintains that the California Attorney General did not have jurisdiction to apply the California Unfair Competition Law extra-territorially to conduct which is occurring in another sovereign nation, and a motion to dismiss the action was pending at the time of settlement.

The judgment, which

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The manufacturing industry in China is facing an economic slowdown, falling orders and rising labour costs. Across the country, small and medium-sized manufacturers have shut down, while the larger ones are somehow struggling to stay afloat.

Across China, factory activities have dropped to a 40-month low in December. Factory owners in Dongguan, the heart of the once-noted global manufacturing zone, have yet another thing to worry: finding enough workers to produce the world’s clothing. Exports are not good and the domestic market is as bad. The price of shipping containers for export has fallen by half, and now freight companies as well as factories are worried about going bust.

Zhejiang province in China produces more than a third of the world’s socks. For years, small factories have advanced products for their customers and collected payment later. But now the scenario has completely changed

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Ishwardi EPZ is finding a new foothold in the Bangladesh garment industry. Epic Apparels Company Limited (EACL), a joint venture megalith between a Hong Kong- and India-based company, enjoys major presence in Bangladesh with over 6 units employing over 15,000 people including the impressive CIPL. The Group is set to further expand its apparel manufacturing capacities in Bangladesh on the back of an investment worth US $ 19.55 million in Ishwardi Export Processing Zone (EPZ).

The new expansion will allow Epic Group to manufacture 750,000 bottoms in addition to its existing capacity and create employment opportunities for 3,000 Bangladeshi nationals. In relation to the expansion, Sayed Nurul Islam from Bangladesh Export Processing Zones Authority (BEPZA) and Prem Soni, Director (Finance), EACL signed an agreement at the BEPZA Complex in Dhaka. The company has already two garments industries in Dhaka EPZ and

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Global manufacturer and marketer of home products WestPoint Home (WPH) has announced its decision to invest US $ 9 million for the third-phase expansion of its manufacturing complex in Bahrain.

With this, the company will have invested more than $25 million in expanding capacity, capabilities and environmental projects over the past three years, including weaving, spinning projects, expansion of automatic and manual sewing and embroidery work, the company said in a statement.

The company announced the expansion plans after a recently held meeting between WPH senior officials and the Minister of Industry, Commerce and Tourism, Zayed R Alzayani. Issues discussed at the meeting included measures to mitigate the impact of expiration of Tariff Preference Level (TPL), which allows duty-free access for textile exports from Bahrain to the US.

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Normand Savaria, president

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Rainbow Fabart, a Noida-based apparel exporter has signed a contract with the Intertek Group to grow in a structured manner, and present better and competitive negotiations to its buyers. The company plans to revamp its marketing, production, and quality department mainly by framing Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) for each and every department of the company. The company aims to touch a turnover of US $ 23 million by the next financial year and a growth of 25 to 30 per cent subsequently, by undertaking such initiatives.

The apparel exporter has been working on this project since the last six months and the SOPs have been finalized. The SOPs are now being reviewed by the experts and soon a pilot run will be underway. “We will first do test implementations, as we need to understand people’s reaction to them. We have people working with us since the past

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Garment makers in Bangladesh are overjoyed over the rise in exports, and are expecting a robust growth this year as well, owing to the continuing political stability in the region.

There has been a recent shift in work orders from China to Bangladesh, owing to China’s sluggish economy and higher cost of production to Bangladesh. According to the Export Promotion Bureau reports, exports have grown significantly in the past three months, compared to the same period a year ago. Apparel exports in December rose 14.56 per cent year-on-year to $2.67 billion, in November by 14.74 per cent to $2.22 billion, and in October 18.40 per cent to $1.79 billion.

“Exports are on an upward curve due to an improved economic situation in major export markets. Another important factor is political stability at home,” said Faruque Hassan, Vice-President of Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA).

Another reason

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In a bid to strengthen trade relations with Bangladesh, Orissa Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik has urged the neighbouring country’s RMG manufacturers to invest in the state’s textile sector.

This issue was brought up by the Patnaik during his meeting with Bangladesh high commissioner to India Syed Muazzem Ali at the State Secretariat in Bhubaneswar on Friday.

Chief Secretary A P Padhi, Additional Chief Secretary to CM U N Behera and Tourism Secretary Gagan Kumar Dhal were present at Friday’s meeting.

Bangladesh sees a lot of scope for business between Orissa and Bangladesh, especially in the light of the recently signed shipping agreement between New Delhi and Dhaka, allowing coasters of either country to visit the others with merchandise with ease.

Currently, India is the largest trade partner of Bangladesh. India exports goods, worth US $5 billion to Bangladesh, which in return ships goods worth nearly US $1.0 billion

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