Sri Lankan strategies

Sri Lanka’s garment industry is hoping to differentiate itself by carving out a niche as an ethical producer. But will its latest initiative – ‘Garments without Guilt’ – be enough to enhance buyer loyalty and help see off increasing competition in the US and EU markets? Dilshani Samaraweera finds out.

Sri Lanka pins its hopes on garments without guilt

30 August 2006

SRI LANKA: Looking for duty-free access into Canada

29 August 2006

With no progress in sight for a free-trade agreement with the US, Sri Lanka is now trying to negotiate a bilateral agreement with Canada.

SRI LANKA: Instruction manual to reduce gender bias at work

16 August 2006

The International Labour Organisation (ILO) office in Sri Lanka and the Employers Federation of Ceylon (EFC) are drafting a manual to help companies reduce gender bias at work.

SRI LANKA: Apparel industry links up with NCSU

4 August 2006

The North Carolina State University (NCSU) College of Textile is planning to help upgrade Sri Lanka’s textile and apparel training facilities.

SRI LANKA: No changes to GSP+ rules until 2007

21 July 2006

The Sri Lankan office of the European Commission (EC) said on Friday (21 July) that changes to GSP+ rules will come into force sometime in 2007 and not this year.

SRI LANKA: DogiEFA to begin operations in June next year

17 July 2006

DogiEFA, the textiles joint venture between Spanish producer Dogi, Elastic Fabrics of America (EFA) and Mas Holdings, will bring its warp knit plant project on stream in June 2007, Dogi has revealed.

SRI LANKA: First privately-managed apparel industrial zone gets underway

12 July 2006

On Wednesday 12 June, the Board of Investment of Sri Lanka (BOI) signed over infrastructure management rights of the Thulhiriya textile facility to apparel exporter MAS Holdings.

SRI LANKA: Trade talks with India aim to increase clothing access

4 July 2006

The seventh round of technical-level negotiations between India and Sri Lanka on the proposed Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA) was held from 27 – 29 June in Colombo, Sri Lanka.