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A complete listing of fabric shows, textile expos, thread & yarns trade events, textile mills & manufacturing exhibitions, fabric weaving or printing trade fairs, printwear shows and garment textile trade shows along with their  details like organizer, event, venue & participant profiles. An array of worldwide B2B expositions and business meets related to textiles, fabrics and yarns at one-place helps you to pick one most suited to your profile thereby, saving your time, effort and money.


BYTEX
Date: 08-MAR-11 to 13-MAR-11
The Bytex is the 11th Exhibition of decorative textiles industry in Nita. The event will showcase Home Textile & Decorative Products Fair - Interior, carpet coverings and interior takes a leading place at unique in Slovakia specialized exhibition Home Textile-Interior.
Venue: Nitra Agrokomplex, Nitra, Slovakia




Interhometex Shenzhen Hometex Fair
Date: 07-MAR-11 to 10-MAR-11
Interhometex Shenzhen is the largest home textiles fair for import and domestic sales in China, organized by China Guangdong Hometextile Association. The exhibition is held twice a year in March and August, showcasing the latest products and design of curtains, gauze, blinds, upholstery fabric, toweling, bedding, furniture and kitchen linen, home textiles and accessories. Last year 400 exhibitors participated at a 60,000 sq.m. exhibiting area attracting 40,000 professional buyers around the country and over the world. It is recognized as the most effective must-attend home textiles trade fair in China.
Venue: Shenzhen Convention & Exhibition Center, Shenzhen, Guangdong, China

Knit World
Date: 04-MAR-11 to 07-MAR-11
Knit World is an exhibition on knitting garments, allied machines and accessories industry in India. This is the 16th edition of the session which will be held at the Dana Mandi, Ludhiana. The exhibition will attract many visitors from different parts of the globe. For 4 days the trade show is being organized by The Journals Publication.
Venue: Dana Mandi, Ludhiana, Punjab, India

Megatech Pakistan
Date: 03-MAR-11 to 05-MAR-11
Megatech Pakistan (International Garment, Textile & Leather Machinery & Accessories Exhibition) is designed to be the ideal one-stop sourcing centre targeting at the all-important local and international buyers from the Pakistan, South Asian and Middle East markets.
Venue: Karachi Expo Center, Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan

International Exhibition for Textile Fashion Accessories
Date: 02-MAR-11 to 06-MAR-11
It made a reputation as one of the important exhibitions for the textile, knitwear, leather, shoe industries and accessories, which is characterized with: good conditions for concluding contrancts, establishing business contracts exchange of information, opportunities for direct sales, specialized seminars and presentations of companies.
Venue: National Palace of Culture, Sofia, Bulgaria

TEX-STYLE
Date: 01-MAR-11 to 03-MAR-11
TEX-STYLE show, The Fair of Clothing and Fabrics in Poznan is an excellent venue to hold business meetings with domestic and foreign traders, to strengthen the company's position on the market and to present collections.
Venue: Poznan International Fair Grounds, Poznan, Poland

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Indian Textiles sector calls for stable growth policy

Chennai, Jan 19 (IANS) The Indian government should have a stable policy for the textiles industry which needs to adopt a uniform growth plan, an experts panel said here Wednesday.

A panel discussion on 'Prospects of Textile Exports' was organised by the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) and Cotton Textiles Export Promotion Council of India (TEXPROCIL.

Amit H Ruparelia, chairman of TEXPROCIL, who opened the discussion, said the textiles and clothing sector is facing various challenges like increase in raw material prices in India and overseas and changes in the government policy last year.

According to Manikam Ramaswami, chairman and managing director of Loyal Textile Mills, the domestic demand is on the rise and the industry should move towards free trade regime away from quota regime, implying export quota for cotton.

T. Kannan, managing director of Thiagarajar Mills, said India's competitive strength comes from its home grown cotton, increased productivity and competitive yarn.

Stressing the need for a stable sectoral policy Ashwin Chandran, joint managing director of Precot Meridian, said the spinning industry is sandwiched between cotton growers and the garment makers.

'The fabric and garment sectors should be ready to pay international prices as cross subsidies would not work in the long run,' he said.

Countering the argument, P. Sundararajan, chief managing director of SP Apparels, charged that the spinning mills are not ready to accept orders in advance so that the garment makers can meet their schedules.

Saumitra Chaudhuri, member of planning commission, urged the industry to come out with medium term plan for textile and cotton segment keeping in mind the domestic needs, logistics and integration with South East and African markets.

Philippine-made garment exports to enter the US duty-free as long as these used American textiles.

THE PHILIPPINES has to accept the fact that its benefits under a proposed trade scheme favoring its garment exports to the US will have to be cut if the measure is to have a better chance of getting approved by the new Congress there, government and private sector officials yesterday said.

But in the meantime, garment giant Luen Thai Holdings, Inc. said it has shelved plans to put up a $5-million jean factory in the country, after the previous US Congress failed to pass the preferential program before its term ended last month.

The proposed "Save our Industries Act," first filed in Washington in 2009, would have allowed Philippine-made garment exports to enter the US duty-free as long as these used American textiles.

There were also provisions that would have reduced import duties on Philippine garments that use textiles woven from US yarns.

Competitive

This scheme was supposed to result in competitively priced apparel that are a tenth cheaper than those produced by China-based manufacturers using Chinese textiles, Rick Helfenbein, president of the Luen Thai’s American unit TellaS Ltd., told reporters in a press conference yesterday.

Backers of pending bills in the 111th US Congress, however, will have to start from scratch after the legislature’s term ended last December.

Ready for another round

"We will definitely refile [sic] the bill. The position of the government is we will certainly provide the necessary support," Trade Undersecretary Cristino L. Panlilio said in the same briefing, noting that the state agency still has some P450 million to spend from the fund of the now-defunct Garment and Textiles Export Board.

The bill is expected to add $1.1 billion to annual export sales which have currently stagnated at $2 billion-$2.5 billion since 2006, according to estimates from the Confederation of Garment Exporters of the Philippines (CONGEP).

The trade incentive granted to the Philippines should also lure $480 million worth of investments for factories in the first two years of the law’s implementation, CONGEP had said.

‘More palatable’ proposal

"But there are some technical things in the bill [that will be changed] to make it more palatable," said Mr. Helfenbein.

"We will probably delete three to four items," he said, referring to provisions that would reduce tariffs for Philippine garment exports even if these do not use American textiles but at least those cloth woven from US yarn.

This should pacify American textile groups that had raised objections, Mr. Helfenbein said.

A new provision could also be added that will allow Philippine garment makers to source textiles outside the US in case there is a shortage of these raw materials, Mr. Helfenbein said.

Trade high on the agenda

"It is very clear that trade is on the agenda of the 112th Congress," he said.

"We believe the opportunity is ripe."

Luen Thai, which is backing the lobbying effort, has facilities here that make garments and bags for high-end brands like Ralph Lauren, Dillards, Coach and Adidas.

Source:bworldonline.com