The following is a round-up of apparel and footwear news from the world’s local media.

  • Karachi is set to host the 10th international garment, textile machinery and accessories exhibition, Igatex Pakistan, on 26 April 2017. Organised by Fakt Exhibitions, the trade show will feature high level technology, machinery and equipment and is expected to welcome more than 550 exhibitors from 35 countries. Fakt Exhibitions CEO, Saleem Khan Tanoli said Igatex Pakistan has played a pivotal role in the development of the textile industry by introducing efficient machinery to local manufacturers. DAILY TIMES

  • India’s southern Tamil Nadu state has said it will crackdown on factories violating labour laws after two teenage girls scaled a 14-foot wall to escape from a spinning mill where they were forced to work 12-hour shifts and subjected to abuse, officials said. A women-led trade union, which represents female garment workers in the state, said the girls were found unconscious two hours later on a highway near the mill. A senior local official said an investigation has been launched with the state labour department initiating a drive to check working conditions in mills across western Tamil Nadu, a hub for India’s $42bn-a-year textile and clothing export industry. METRO.US

  • Korean investors are to build a garment factory in Kyrgyzstan according to an announcement made at a press conference of 24.kg news agency. The proposed factory is said to be worth about US$3m and would see advanced systems and technologies introduced to the area which investors say will increase the competitive advantage of both countries. According to Akeneev, representatives of the Association of Korean garment factories have already arrived in Kyrgyzstan where they want to study the clothing market in Central Asia and the possibility of production in the Kyrgyz Republic. 24KG.ORG

  • Pakistan is to begin a thorough review of all the trade pacts through which the country conducts its trade on preferable terms with other countries on a bilateral basis. The review will be conducted through multiple means of stakeholders’ consultations and the analyses of trade data available, to help provide clear guidelines to policymakers on which the country will negotiate further trade agreements and to broaden its trading opportunities. BUSINESS RECORDER

  • India may impose anti-dumping duty of up to US$168.76 per tonne on imports of a chemical, mainly used in the textile and packaging industries, from five countries including China and Iran to protect domestic players. MCC PTA India Corp and Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) have jointly filed an application seeking anti-dumping investigations. THE HINDU

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