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Insight29 May 2018Thailand needs to join the 11-nation Asia Pacific trade deal – the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) – ‘as soon as it can’, says an industry leader
Insight25 Apr 2018Experts have expressed mixed views on the extent to which a proposed Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) could help revive the garment and textile sector in South East Asia
The Malaysian textile industry is pinning its hopes on a government decision to reintroduce an export-targeted grant, which if restored could revive the sector’s declining overseas business
Insight31 Aug 2017Vietnam’s textile and clothing sector is looking to sell more product into Asian markets such as South Korea, Taiwan, Singapore and Japan, while solidifying its traditional export bases such as the US and EU, the latest trade data indicates.
Insight26 Oct 2016The Philippines’ textile sector is not a strong competitor to Asian outsourcing centres such as Vietnam and Bangladesh, but the industry has its own strengths to “create new niches for eco textiles”, aided by an abundant supply of natural fibres such as abaca.
Insight17 Oct 2016Since the bulk of textile and apparel and production moved offshore from the wealthy city state of Singapore - seeking lower costs labour elsewhere - the country has become an industry innovator, and experts believe this trend will continue.
Insight27 Sept 2016Thailand’s strong upstream and mid-stream textile sectors can gain significantly by investing in Vietnam, setting up plants in the country ahead of the key Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade deal coming into force, Thailand textile industry experts have said.
Insight27 Jul 2016Shanghai-based microfibre and fabric accessories maker Pactics Group is set to open a new factory in Cambodia, using innovative digital heat-transfer “sublimated” printing, which allows brightly coloured high-quality prints on fabric.
