The Chairman of Vietnam Garment and Textile Association (VITAS), Mr Le Quoc An said that the textile and garment sector is putting full efforts to increase exports by 6 percent in the second half of 2009. 
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According to news emanating from Mauritius, the government is planning to send back thousands of Bangladeshi migrant workers, a majority of whom work in the clothing factories in Mauritius.
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Mauritius is sending back the male workers on completion of their contracts, but continues to hire female workers in readymade garment and fish packing factories, recruitment businesses said.
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The paralyzed textile factory in the Southern Mozambican city of Matola will restart its production soon, informed the Minister of Industry and Trade, Mr. Antonio Fernando. Texlom is a big textile factory located here, which was paralyzed for the past whole decade.
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The biggest fallout of the global recessionary trends has been on the machinery sector, more so, on the sewing machine industry, which was on a high growth trajectory, in the last few years, due to the rapid development of the clothing manufacturing sector in Asia.
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Sportlifestyle company PUMA has extended its range of sustainable products and launched African-themed fashion collections, featuring apparel made of sustainable cotton from sub-Saharan countries. By using this high-quality raw material, PUMA supports the Aid by Trade Foundation’s “Cotton Made in Africa” initiative which helps improving living conditions of African cotton farmers and their families and makes a solid contribution to the protection of the environment.
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