Pakistan imposes yarn duty

PAKISTAN: APTMA calls off strike action

The All Pakistan Textile Mills Association (APTMA) has called off its two-day-a-week strike, after holding a meeting with the Prime…

PAKISTAN: Talks held over yarn strikes

Pakistan’s federal Government has begun talks with cotton yarn producers to resolve the controversy surrounding its decision to impose a…

PAKISTAN: Yarn makers threaten Bangladesh relocation

Cotton yarn spinners in Pakistan are looking to relocate their plants to Bangladesh after the imposition of a 15% regulatory…

PAKISTAN: Cotton shipments stuck at port

Over 200 cotton yarn export containers are stuck at Pakistan’s Karachi Port due to a new 15% regulatory duty on…

PAKISTAN: Mills protest over new export duty

The All Pakistan Textile Mills Association (APTMA) will stop yarn supplies to domestic garment makers for two days a week…

PAKISTAN: Government imposes 15% duty on yarn exports

The Pakistan government on Wednesday (12th May) imposed a 15% regulatory duty on exports of all types of yarn after…

PAKISTAN: Cotton shortage prompts hundreds to strike

More than a million value-added textile workers in Pakistan have taken strike action over a current shortage of cotton and…