AGP Executive Report
Last update: 3 hours agoTrade Access: India’s free-trade deal with New Zealand took effect, giving Indian textile and apparel exporters duty-free access; a new electronic origin-data pact is meant to help businesses claim the benefits. Local Industry: South Africa’s clothing and textile union says Shein and Temu imports threaten jobs. A cited estimate puts their 2024 sales at R7.3 billion and potential displaced jobs at more than 8,000. Worker Conditions: A new report finds fashion brands’ labor promises are outpacing progress: just 3.1% of final-stage factories assessed paid all workers a living wage. Separately, reports from Pakistan say factory workers are enduring extreme heat as global brands fall short on safety pledges. Sustainability: A green-transition toolkit has been launched for the textile sector, while California’s textile-recycling law faces a legal challenge and industry reports warn that fiber-to-fiber recycling still faces major barriers to commercial scale. Industry Outlook: India’s textile exports rose 19.87% in September, while a new ITMF report says data gaps and skills shortages—not algorithms alone—are holding back AI adoption across the industry.
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