APPAREL VIEWS / JANUARY 2020 1 JANUARY 2020, VOL.- XIX / ISSUE No. 01 Editor & Publisher ARVIND KUMAR from the editor... Associate Editor B.P. MISHRA Asst. Editor The Indian Government has withdrawn Merchandise Exports from India SWATI SHARMA Editorial Adviser Scheme (MEIS) retrospectively from March 7, 2019 for HSN code chapters 61, RAJESH CHHABARA 62 and 63. Claims already paid to the exporters under MEIS will be suitably Sub Editor - Creative JOHN EDWARDS adjusted against Rebate of State and Central Taxes and Levies (RoSCTL) and Art Director recoveries will be made wherever due. SANJAY BHANDARI Sr. Correspondent As per the recommendations of the Expenditure Finance Committee, a special ASHWANI KUMAR one-time additional ad-hoc incentive of upto 1 percent of FoB value will be Correspondent DEEPTI provided for exports of apparel and made-ups to offset the difference between ANISH KUMAR RoSCTL and RoSL + MEIS at the rate of 4 percent, from March 7, 2019 to Creative - Head SREEKUMAR. M December 31, 2019. Sr. Layout Artist JATIN JAIN The Expenditure Finance Committee has recommended that the additional Sr. Designer RAJEEV KUMAR incentive under the scheme would be as per claims from the exporters Production Manager and the total adhoc incentive would not exceed `600 cr for the period MUKESH POKHRIYAL mentioned above. e-Magazine SUMER SINGH The Department of Commerce will take steps for the validation of claims by Business Promotion ANITA RAI (DELHI) the Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT) and Department of Revenue N. SABARI SELVAM (TIRUPUR) PAVITHRA R. (TIRUPUR) (DoR) for correct disbursal of benefits. The ad-hoc incentive would be Circulation implemented in the form of scrips for which an outlay would need to be POOJA (DELHI) RAJESWARI (TIRUPUR) provided by DoR. 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APPAREL VIEWS / JANUARY 2020 3 Contents 40 58 70 Globe trotter 4 Domestic update 18 Lüscher’s new JetScreen DX Round makes screen making process greener 30 SU.RE hosts 1st B2B workshop on Sustainable Fashion 31 Hohenstein advances textile sustainability with microfiber analysis 32 With BREXIT to take time Start FTA negotiations with EU 34 TEXPROCIL celebrates members achievements at Annual Awards 38 ITME Society brings together women entrepreneurs from 4 African nations 39 54 Apparel exports in FY 2019 decreases but import increases 40 Pitti Immagine Bimbo 44 Pitti Immagine Uomo 54 GTE New Delhi Begins 2020 on a high note for industry 58 Swiss Textile Machinery innovating to meet the challenges 66 GMMSA Expo India 2020 68 SITME Surat Becomes most successful trade show in history of Surat 70 Forthcoming trade events 80 4 APPAREL VIEWS / JANUARY 2020 APPAREL VIEWS / JANUARY 2020 5 Cotton cultivation to rise in Azerbaijan he area allocated for cotton cultivation in Azerbaijan in 2020 is 105,000 Thectares, the country’s Agriculture Minister Inam Karimov said recently. According to the new subsidy mechanism, which will come into force in 2020, $129 will be issued to farmers for every hectare of sown cotton, and $58 for each tonne of harvested cotton, the Minister said. Issuing subsidies through the Electronic Agriculture System will accelerate the process and improve the quality of service; quoted him as saying. In 2019, some 294,000 tonne of cotton were harvested in Azerbaijan. Azerbaijan entered a new stage of cotton breeding in early 2017 with the approval of the State Program for 2017-2022, which that aimed at strengthening measures directed at developing this sector. As a result, raw cotton production in 2022 is expected to reach 500,000 tonne. Cotton production ensures main income for over 200,000 people in Azerbaijan, including farmers, seasonal workers, and specialists working in the cotton fields such as agronomists, mechanics, drivers and others. Some 23 cotton plants, Trade surplus reaches record seven yarn factories and three cotton oil companies operate in the country high in Vietnam Cambodia grants export rights to ietnam’s trade surplus reached a record high of $9.9 bn in 2019, according Vto the General Statistics Office’s monthly report, which revealed last year’s 78 factories surplus was also the highest seen in the past four years, after $1.6 bn in 2016, ambodia’s Ministry of Commerce recently granted export rights under the $1.9 bn in 2017 and $6.8 bn in 2018. The nation’s trade turnover surpassed the Cpreferential trading system to 78 garment, footwear and bag factories in the $500-bn mark for first time in 2019, witnessing the stronger growth of the first 11 months of last year, according to its annual report. The Ministry registered Vietnamese-invested sector compared to foreign invested sector, according to 51 such facilities from January to November, a rise of 24 percent over 41 in the the report. During the year, overseas shipments earned the country $263.45 bn, same period in 2018, the report said. up 8.1 percent year-on-year and higher than the target set by the National Assembly and the government of 7-8 percent. The domestic sector contributed Twenty seven bag factories were registered, an increase of 170 percent year-on- $82.1 bn, or 31.2 percent, of total exports, up 18 percent year-on-year, while the year on the 10 registered in the same period the previous year, while 138 exporters foreign-invested sector made up $181 bn, up 4.2 percent year-on-year or 68.8 and other factories registered, a 21 percent rise, according to a report. According percent of the total (down 2.5 percentage points year-on-year). to Garment Manufacturers Association in Cambodia (GMAC) Secretary General Kaing Monika, Cambodia has seen positive effects from the US-China trade Six groups of goods posted dispute, which has prompted a surge in garment and footwear registrations. an export value of more than $10 bn, including “The growth of garment factories last year was boosted mainly by the trend of mobile phones and spare finding alternative sources to China, and recently by the US-China trade war. The parts with $51.8 bn, up 5.3 growth in travel goods factories was strengthened by the eligibility of the products percent; computers and for the US’ Generalised System of Preferences,” Monika said. Cambodia’s exports components ($35.6 bn or to international markets reached more than $10 bn in the first 10 months of last 20.4 percent); textiles and year, mainly from the garment, textile, footwear and travel products sectors, garments ($32.6 bn or 7 according to the report. Garment exports were worth $6.4 bn, textiles $40 mn percent); machinery, and footwear $905 mn equipment and parts ($18.3 bn or 12 percent), footwear ($18.3 bn or 13 percent) and wood and wooden goods ($10.5 bn or 18 percent)., according to a report. The US retained Nigerian Govt. urged to create its position as the largest export market of the country with a turnover of $60.7 bn in 2019, marking a yearly hike of 28 percent. It was followed by the European Textile Ministry Union ($41.7 bn), China ($41.5 bn), ASEAN ($25.3 bn), Japan ($20.3 bn) and he National Union of South Korea ($19.8 bn). T Textiles, Garment and From January to December, the country’s import revenue experienced a modest Tailoring Workers of Nigeria yearly increase of 7 percent, reaching $253.51 bn. It added imports mainly (NUTGTWN) recently urged the served export production at foreign-invested enterprises which accounted for government to create a Textiles 91.2 percent of the total import value. Goods categories reported a significant Ministry to address the import turnover such as raw materials with $119.5 bn or 47 percent of the total industry’s woes and revive the value; machinery, means of transport and parts ($111.7 bn, or 44 percent) and sector. Textiles workers also consumer goods ($22.3 bn or 9 percent). said they would demand from the government a directive for strong patronage for fabrics manufactured by domestic China continued to be the largest import market of Vietnam with a total companies this year.