The following is a round-up of apparel and footwear news from the world’s local media.
- Pakistan’s Provincial Secretary for Environmental Protection, Iqbal Mohammad Chauhan, has assured the value added garment sector of full cooperation in settling the issue of compliance with environmental laws and standards. He advised the industry to come up with plans to install effluent treatment plants in order to meet national environment laws and international standards so that exports don’t suffer. BUSINESS RECORDER
- The Egyptian Ready-Made Garments Export Council (RMGEC) plans to boost sector’s exports by 10% to a record US$1.5bn by the end of 2016. It has started promoting Egyptian ready-made garments in African markets thorough participating in exhibitions. And the council is preparing to launch a Destination Africa initiative that would make Egypt a core for African markets. AMWAL AL GHAD
- Pakistan’s Federal Minister for Commerce, Khurram Dastagir Khan, has said the country aims to increase exports to India to $1bn within a year, with made-up textile products and readymade garments in particular having great potential for the Indian market. Due to its proximity, Pakistan is the most cost-effective market for India in terms of importing raw material for textile products, the minister said. DAILY TIMES
- The TPP is expected to reduce investment in Cambodia’s $6bn garment sector as manufacturers find more incentives to open factories in neighbouring Vietnam, which as a TOO signatory will enjoy preferential trade status with the US and other bloc members. William Heidt, US Ambassador to Cambodia, said that given Vietnam’s participation in the TPP, “it would be a shame for Cambodia to miss out and be left behind”. THE PHNOM POST
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