Nepal Textile News Summaries

NEPAL: Garment exports to US on decline
Readymade garment exports to the US plunged by a whopping 46 percent in the first 10 months of 2007 compared to same period last year. This was mainly due to the labor stir and eroding competitiveness. Lack of competitiveness failed to lure international buyers.

NEPAL: More than half dozen textile industries closed
The worsening industrial environment has prompted withdrawal of investment from the Birgunj industrial corridor. Labor problems, a weakening law and order situation as well as frequent strikes in the Tarai region

NEPAL: Impact of decline in the exports of readymade garments
A program organized by South Asia Watch on Trade, Economics and Environment (SAWTEE) discussed about the impact of lack of export diversification both in terms of product and destination.

NEPAL: Garment exporters worried about falling exports
President of the Garment Association of Nepal (GAN) said that the government should ward off tariff and non-tariff barriers in the export of goods that have triggered the cost of doing business.

NEPAL: Continuous decline in garment exports to the US
Nearly 60% decline was seen in the exports of readymade garments to the United States in the month of May. This is the highest

NEPAL: Garment production becoming difficult day by day
Nepalese garment manufacturers are shifting to foreign lands to reatin their customers. Due to labour strike in the country

NEPAL: Garment exports decline - a cause of concern
The Nepali apparel exports to the United States is on a decline for the last few months. The US is the largest market for readymade

NEPAL: Garment industry faces difficult adjustment problems
Since the abolition of MFA quotas in the global textiles and clothing trade, beginning this year, Nepalese garment sector is in despair; Garment Association of Nepal reported here on March 20...

NEPAL: Exports of RMG to US increase in June by 28 percent
Garments worth US $5,563,610.14 were exported to US in the month of June as compared to US $4,359,945.01 of the same period last year...

NEPAL: Sunsilk Nepal Fashion week to be held from August 10
Indian Education Center is going to organise the Sunsilk Nepal Fashion Week (SNF) which is to be held on from August 10 to August 15 at Hyatt Regency...

NEPAL: Textile industries resume operation
Nearly 50 textile industries in southern industrial town of Birgunj, that remained closed since June 22, for an indefinite period due to the dispute between management and trade unions, have resumed operations from June 25...

NEPAL: 50 textile industries closed due to trade unions dispute
Almost 50 textile industries of Birjung closed down from June 22 for an indefinite period due to the dispute between management and trade unions...

NEPAL: Garment exports suffer from end of textile quotas
The end of textile and clothing quotas from January last year has hit Nepal the hardest. Nepali textile exports plummeted over 20 percent, a report reaching here on May 26 said...

NEPAL: Garment export declines by 48 percent
The export of readymade garments, one of the largest foreign currency earners of the Eastern Region, has dropped by around 48 percent during the first six months of this fiscal year...

NEPAL: Project to address impact of phasing out of textile quotas launched
A project to address the impact of phasing out of textile and clothing quotas in the country was jointly launched here on January 24...

NEPAL: New Year brings hope for devastating garment industry
Nepali readymade garment industry, the largest foreign currency earning export industry of the country has gone down most devastatingly in the year 2005. But New Year brings hope for garment industry...

NEPAL: Country needs to accept both opportunities and challenges offered by SAFTA
The country needed to address both opportunities and challenges offered by the regional trade free trade agreement; experts said...

NEPAL: Bangladesh envoy urges businessmen to strengthen trade ties
Bangladesh called upon the business communities of Nepal to participate in the process of strengthening the bilateral economic and trade relations between the two countries...

NEPAL: Garment export to US declines by 57 percent
The export of garments, the largest foreign currency earner of the country has declined by 57 percent to the US market, the main market of Nepalese garment in October...

NEPAL: Garment export plunges by 39 percent
Export of Nepali readymade garments, one of the major foreign currency earners has decreased by 39 percent in last ten months of fiscal year 2005 as compared to same period of last year...

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