Garment & textile industry

US cuts tariffs on Bangladesh goods, including apparel exception

President Donald Trump will lower the South Asian country’s overall reciprocal tariff to 19%

“We are exploring other markets that could pay better,” association head Robert Young says.

Philippine garment makers find they can’t quit the US just yet

Long-standing relationships built over decades with American clients have helped to soften the blow

Trump’s 50% tariffs on Indian goods have upset the country’s US$11 billion textile export industry and shaken confidence in the US market.

Indian garment exporters reel under US tariffs

Trump’s anger at the Asian country’s purchases of Russian oil leaves New Delhi facing some of the world’s steepest levies

The United States is the biggest market for India’s garment exporters, who say steep tariffs are leading to order cancellations and making them uncompetitive against Bangladesh and Vietnam.

India suspends cotton import duty in signal to US, relief for garment industry

New Delhi is willing to address US concerns on agricultural tariffs

Cambodia has a big trade surplus with the United States, with its exports to the US market accounting for 37.9 per cent of its total shipments in 2024, valued at close to US$10 billion, according to official data.

Cambodia deputy PM says 19% US tariff rate averts collapse of its garments manufacturing sector  

A TARIFF rate of 19 per cent on Cambodia’s exports to the United States has helped it avert the collapse of its vital garment and footwear sector, allowing the country to remain competitive with its p...

Several countries in Asia have gotten notice of new tariff rates imposed by the US to take effect on Aug 1.

Asian garment industry braces for higher US tariffs

Bangladesh and Cambodia are among those set to be worst hit

Garment workers sewing clothes at a Snowtex Group textile factory in Dhamrai, a sub-district in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Dec 29, 2024. While owners say business has bounced back, frustrated workers say hard-won concessions have done little to change their circumstances, and life remains as hard as ever.

Bangladesh garment industry rebounds, but workers say little change

IN A vast Bangladeshi factory hall thrumming with sewing machines, garment workers churn out seemingly endless pairs of mountain hiking trousers for customers in Europe and North America.

Garment workers work at a factory in Bac Giang province, near Hanoi in Vietnam, Oct 21, 2015. Extreme heat and flooding could erase US$65 billion in apparel export earnings from Bangladesh, Cambodia, Pakistan and Vietnam by 2030, research from asset manager Schroders and the Global Labor Institute found last year.

Extreme heat puts garment factory workers at risk, study shows

WORKERS in some of the world’s biggest garment manufacturing hubs in Bangladesh, Vietnam, and Pakistan are increasingly exposed to extreme heat as climate change pushes temperatures up, a report found...

The Indonesian clothing maker has no intention of closing its factory and is focusing on continuing operations as its business and financial conditions have shown signs of recovery over the past few years.

Indonesia vows no layoffs for 50,000 workers in bankrupt Sritex

Deputy Minister of Manpower Immanuel Ebenezer Gerungan says “this was agreed by management represented by Sritex owner Iwan Setiawan Lukminto”

Indonesia could impose up to 200 per cent tariffs on imports to protect local industries from cheap goods from countries like China.

Indonesia seeks to protect textile industry from Chinese goods

Local textile associations requested the government step in after imports surged, hurting their business