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…