Tirupur garment units to down shutters on Monday against steep rise in yarn pricesTirupur-based industry representatives spoke to PTI about their ordeal in terms of order cancellations and margins being hit owing to the y...
14 Mar, 2021, 12.48 PM IST
Ethiopia beckons Tirupur garment exportersTirupur saw its export decline by 8% to 24,000 crore in 2017-18 for the first time in five years.
10 Aug, 2018, 12.15 PM IST
Textile industry plea to government on duty drawback rateSouthern India Mills Association chairman P Nataraj in a statement, appealed to the Finance Ministry to have a re-look at the rates applica...
23 Sep, 2017, 04.11 PM IST
Strong rupee and incentive cut may hit garment export from TirupurMost countries like Vietnam, Cambodia and Bangladesh enjoy free trade agreement with Europe, which is one of the major destinations for Ind...
01 Sep, 2017, 01.20 PM IST
Want job work on apparels also be brought under 5 per cent GST rate: Tirupur Exporters AssociationAs the processes are only of B2B nature and since the final product garments fall under five per cent slab, levying 18 per cent on job work...
15 Jun, 2017, 12.57 AM IST
Government sanctions Rs 200 crore for Tirupur dyeing industryTirupur is a hub of the textile processing and knitting industry providing employment to over 5 lakh persons contributing 22% of garment ex...
28 Dec, 2016, 09.24 PM IST
Tirupur’s textile industry struggling to stay afloatTextile makers began to send their goods to Ludhiana, Kolkata and Ahmedabad for dyeing since most units in Tirupur were forced to shut down.
17 Jan, 2016, 04.00 AM IST
Constitution of Textile Consultative Committee welcomedTirupur Exporters' Association thanked CM Jayalalithaa for announcing formation of the State Textile Consultative Committee, a long pending...
02 Sep, 2015, 02.38 PM IST
Garment exporters ask European buyers for dollar-denominated contractsGarment exporters from southern textile belt are negotiating with their European buyers for dollar-denominated contracts.
01 May, 2015, 10.32 AM IST
Tirupur keen to enter 'synthetic' fabric marketAfter setting up a strong base in exporting cotton-based knitwear garments, Tirupur is keen to enter the synthetic fabric market.
04 Jul, 2014, 12.07 PM IST
Garment industry in Tirupur demand suspension of cotton, yarn exportsA meeting of the stakeholders of the garment sector in Tirupur adopted several resolutions to seek protection for the textile industry.
10 Sep, 2013, 08.03 PM IST
Are India's garment factories any better than Bangladesh's?India is home to a raft of garment clusters. ET Magazine investigates if disaster like Bangladesh is waiting to happen.
10 Jun, 2013, 04.31 PM IST
- Resumption of cotton yarn export: Exporters anticipate better prices, garment makers for ceiling on exports
The lifting of restrictions on cotton yarn exports has evoked mixed reactions. While yarn exporters are anticipating better prices, garment...
05 Apr, 2011, 02.04 AM IST
- Tirupur exporters fear losing Rs 3K crore orders
The Madras HC order to close down 700 dyeing and knitting units have put Tirupur garment exporters in a fix. The industry has export orders...
16 Feb, 2011, 02.46 AM IST
- Splitsville for Eastman brothers
The promoter family of the closely held textile garments group, the US $ 225 mn ( Rs 1000 crore), Eastman Exports has decided to amicably s...
22 Mar, 2010, 07.56 PM IST
- No child labour involved in garment manufacturing: Tirupur exporters
The Tirupur Exporters Association on Tuesday refuted charges of child labour in local garment factories by British clothing firm Primark wh...
17 Jun, 2008, 09.21 PM IST
- Tirupur knitwear needs policy push
Even though the garment industry has in recent years been unshackled from the growth-limiting factors such as SSI reservation and high tax ...
04 May, 2007, 12.47 AM IST