Due to the recent falling demand in the United States and the European Union, India handicrafts export growth slowed in December 2011. The U.S. and the EU export market, accounted for nearly 70 percent of India’s total handicrafts exports.

In December 2011, India’s handicraft exports $ 338 million, a year earlier handicrafts exports of $ 309 million, an increase of 9%. Among them, the shawls exports in December from a year earlier an increase of 30%, embroidery and crocheting goods exports fell 7 percent from a year earlier.

The fiscal year three quarters of India’s handicraft exports of $ 1.7 billion a year earlier, handicrafts exports of $ 1.4 billion, an increase of about 19%.

It is reported that India has about 100 million people engaged in arts and crafts industry. In addition, India also has Moradabad, Jodhpur, Jaipur, primarily responsible for exports of handicrafts are concentrated.

India’s Apparel Export Promotion Council (AEPC) said, than the domestic cost of production of products in Bangladesh lower than 20%, India will have more capital investment to Bangladesh. However, Indian companies to increase investment in Bangladesh, combined with Bangladesh, India’s garment exports surged, these factors will be India’s garment exports adversely affected. In addition, the Bangladesh Garment Company will be stationed in the Indian market to compete.

Therefore, the Committee recommends that the Government of India should immediately abolish the 10% of the consumption tax levied on the domestic branded apparel, and to ask the imported garments in Bangladesh must adopt the Indian yarn or fabric as the raw materials

Would like to use the neighboring Bangladesh production cost advantage, Indian companies have to invest in Bangladesh garment industry.

It is reported that 2011 – 2012 fiscal year, the Indian textile and garment companies in Bangladesh have invested 30 billion rupees (600 million U.S. dollars), the future of the investment will continue to grow. It is understood that the biggest advantage of Indian companies to invest in Bangladesh in its labor prices low, Bangladesh, the minimum wage of 1,700 rupees, while India’s minimum wage of 5,000 rupees.

Recently, according to the Indonesian Textile Association, they have been Indonesia’s textile exports this year are rated at $ 13.7 billion, an increase of 5% over the previous year. In the beginning of the previous year, Indonesia’s textile export target of $ 13.6 billion, an increase of 21% compared to $ 11.2 billion the previous year.

In November 2011, the Indonesian Textile Association, textile export target of amendments to 13-13.1 billion U.S. dollars. Usually the annual growth rate of Indonesia’s textile exports to 10 percent in the past two years, Indonesia’s textile exports are annual growth rate of 20%. But in 2012, the Indonesian textile exports in 2011 only about may be an increase of 5 percent.

At the same time, textile sales accounted for the Indonesian domestic market share will increase to 50%, mainly due to the rise of the local textile purchases. Textile sales accounted for the Indonesian domestic market share is usually 40%. In 2010, Indonesia’s domestic textile sales of 90 trillion rupiah, the end of 2011, Indonesia’s domestic textile sales estimated at 99 trillion rupiah. It is estimated that Indonesia’s domestic energy supply is adequate, infrastructure building and perfecting the Indonesian textile industry is still room for growth of 70-90%.

Some companies, such as apparel manufacturers and retailers Provogue, cotton prices fell, the company’s price has decreased by 12-15%.

However, chairman of retail consulting firm Technopak consultant Arvind Singhal, believes that the reduction plan with the consumer demand decline in cotton prices adjusted less. Consumer demand is declining, businesses and retailers want to keep selling, they have to cut prices. Diwali sales is not as expected.

Biological fashion

If you come up with a bacteria-produced clothes, I am afraid that most people prefer to wear plastic hair coat.

However, the University of the Arts London, UK designer Suzanne Lee with bacteria developed a cloth fabric. This is a green tea into the bacteria of fermented beverages, but when they digest the sugar, will produce a large number of filaments. So the designers unremitting efforts, and finally found the method of collection and drying of the filaments. The resulting material is similar to silk, sewing shirts and jackets.

However, the bacteria made “is not the biggest problem of this material, its texture is not perfect, once the rain, it will increase equivalent to 98% of its own weight, and become heavy and sticky … currently a professor of Imperial College London are trying to cultivate the bacteria to be more waterproof liquid.

Former U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell

General of the U.S. military service began in Patton, as we all know, he is a dress code is extremely demanding. He once said: “If I had broke into the battle, I like all dressed up after the fighting is over, I will take off the badge, do not wear watches, but also in uniform, so that I much appreciated.” senior military officers usually do not wear uniforms, do it to suit

Textile and garment label identifies the basic information of the consumers know the quality of clothing that identifies the error or does not comply with the provisions of the importing countries not only directly related to the corporate integrity risk, but also to export products. Many countries have made a clear and strict requirements, such as the United States, Japan, Canada, Australia, the European Union and other developed countries and regions, all textile and apparel label identifies the corresponding legal regulations, the name of the fiber component content, language and labeling are clearly defined. This is the one hand, in order to safeguard the interests of consumers, and improving product quality; the other hand, is also an important means for developed countries to set up technical trade measures.

Beware of the “animal protection” China feather products exports of new barriers, export Down and Related Products companies should actively through various channels to increase the communication between the external publicity to European consumers about the real situation of the feather industry production and processing; enterprises acquisition of raw materials, production process, increased supervision, the establishment of the raw material traceability system; production enterprises should respect the laws of Europe and other countries or regions to protect animals and consumers demand, in strict accordance with international standards and European countries to protect animal law and consumer those needs, as well as retrospective, “European Society for down and feathers of down and feather source of relevant standards to regulate production; about integrity, not to deal with issues involving the trade in live pull the velvet” against animal abuse, to ensure that production and exports product safety, health, green, environmental protection and ecological.

European Union website reported that the European Parliament’s Internal Market and Consumer Protection Committee (IMCO) voted through a draft law on compulsory third country textiles into the EU market must be added the Shi country of origin (Madein) and contain animal ingredients logo (the secondReading). According to reports, the European Parliament requested the European Commission on relevant drafting specific implementation requirements to ensure that member states have a unified and coordinated implementation of standards. The report mentioned that the textile production in Europe, processing, companies can voluntarily plus Shi country of origin identity.