Sri Lanka apparel industry may lose 30-40,000 jobs
Jan 21, 2009 (LBO) - About 30-40,000 people employed in Sri Lanka's apparel export industry may lose their jobs this year owing to a slow down in orders …
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Sri Lankan rupee overvaluation hurting apparel orders, jobs
Dec 26, 2008 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s apparel exporters could win back 15 percent of orders now lost due to an overvalued rupee caused by high domestic …
Sri Lanka apparel exporters win time in GSP deal
Dec 17, 2008 (LBO) - Sri Lankan apparel exporters say a temporary extension of a scheme giving duty free access to European markets provides time to recover …
Sri Lanka clothing exporter goes east with US aid
Dec 10, 2008 (LBO) - Brandix Lanka, a top Sri Lankan clothing exporter, has got US aid to train workers in a new factory it has set up in the island's east …
Sri Lanka clothing exporter says going ‘green’ pays dividends
Dec 05, 2008 (LBO) - A Sri Lankan apparel exporter said increased energy efficiency in a new 'green' environmentally friendly manufacturing plant it started …
Sri Lanka clothing exporters’ ethical stand leaves buyers cold
Nov 10, 2008 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's apparel exporters complain buyers practice double standards in purchasing and are not ready to pay more despite the …
Sri Lanka govt to buy shares in apparel firm
Nov 06, 2008 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's government will buy shares in apparel export firms under a support scheme to help them cope with a possible loss of duty free …
Sri Lanka apparel exporters losing orders, market share
Nov 06, 2008 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's apparel export industry faces a tough year next year with slowing demand in key markets and the likely loss of GSP+ duty free …
Sri Lanka Brandix says cleaner production makes economic sense
Oct 21, 2008 (LBO) - Sri Lankan apparel exporter Brandix group said its cleaner production efforts are driven not only by environmental imperatives but because …
Sri Lanka says no EU rights probe; state help for exporters to improve productivity
Oct 20, 2008 (LBO) – Sri Lanka has rejected a European Union demand to conduct a probe on human rights and child soldiers, but will give exporters state …
Sri Lanka must prove it meets GSP+ conditions: UK envoy
Oct 16, 2008 (LBO) - British high commissioner Peter Hayes said Thursday his government hopes Sri Lanka will be able to renew the GSP+ trade deal that allows …
Sri Lanka apparel industry says it helped uplift village economy
Oct 14, 2008 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's apparel industry is aiming to increase export revenue despite tough market conditions, saying the spread of factories to rural …
Sri Lanka asks EU to extend GSP Plus trade deal
Oct 13, 2008 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's government has formally applied to the European Union to extend the GSP Plus trade scheme under which the island's exports …
Sri Lanka opposes EU human rights probe to renew GSP+ benefits
Sept 24, 2008 (LBO) - Sri Lanka has opposed a European Union probe into human rights in the island to see if it meets conditions required to renew a trade deal …
EU says it does not want Sri Lanka to lose GSP+ trade deal
Sept 22, 2008 (LBO) - A senior European Union official said it does not want Sri Lanka to lose GSP+ trade concessions but the island must meet eligibility …
Sri Lanka’s Brandix bags top ‘green’ rating
Sept 09, 2008 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's Brandix, an apparel maker said one of its eco-friendly factories that made clothes for UK's Marks & Spencer retail chain, had …
Sri Lanka apparel exporters urged to get closer to markets
Aug 11, 2008 (LBO) – A European expert has advised Sri Lanka's apparel industry to get closer to their markets and focus on a limited number of customers …
Sri Lanka apparel industry gets marketing savvy
Aug 09, 2008 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's clothing industry, one of its top export earners, is acquiring more marketing skills as fears grow over the looming loss of …
Sri Lanka fabric maker’s June quarter profits hit by floods
July 25, 2008 (LBO) - Hayleys MGT Knitting Mills, which supplies knitted fabric to Sri Lanka's apparel industry, said June quarter net profit fell 19 percent …
Sri Lanka A&E unit in new deal with apparel industry
July 24, 2008 (LBO) - American & Efird Lanka (Pvt) Ltd. has secured a deal to be the preferred sewing thread supplier to Sri Lanka's apparel industry for the …