By Country


Argentina

04 Oct 09

Santana to double Argentine denim production as US expansion stays on hold

Santana to double Argentine denim production as US expansion stays on holdEighteen months after it opened the facility for $40 mn, Brazil's Santana../read more
02 Sep 09

Argentine import protection blamed for product shortages as retailers quit

C&A's June announcement it was leaving Argentina after 12 years has provoked fears of similar action by other foreign retailersIn April, Emporio../read more
20 May 09

Smaller countries still creating barriers to trade

Paraguayan textile manufacturers have criticised measures put in place by the Argentine government, which impede exports of Paraguayan textiles to../read more

Armenia

02 Feb 10

Germans to open Armenian factory

Germany's Textile Solutions, which at present employs 700 people making clothes in Armenia's Yerevan and Vanadzor, will employ 1,400 people in a new Vanadzor factory../read more

Australia

06 Jan 10

Australia cuts import duties

Australia's import tariffs on textiles, clothing and footwear were cut on January 4../read more
02 Sep 09

Pressure grows on Australians as mulesing deadline looks to be missed

The UK's Next has confirmed it will join a boycott of wool sourced from sheep in Australia which have been mulesed, as animal rights activist group../read more
01 Jul 09

Australians begin worrying over major wool customer losses.

UK retailer Marks & Spencer has reiterated that its December 2010 deadline for an end to surgical mulesing is non negotiable In a letter to all../read more

Azerbaijan

23 Sep 08

Azerbaijan wants viable textile industry in two years

Azerbaijan, which produces about 1.5% of the world’s cotton, has had virtually no viable spinning, weaving or garment making capacity since the../read more
21 May 08

Central Asian downstream expansion continues

AIC, Azerbaijan’s state investment company has acquired a 25% stake in MKT, the country’s main cotton ginnery. The stake was publicised as../read more