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Pakistan continued to perform well in its denim exports to the USA.
In January to April 2018 period, Pakistan escalated by a commendable 29.66 per cent to reach US $ 70.74 million figure, beating its own export revenues of last year which were just US $ 54.55 million in the same period.
On a yearly note, Pakistan grew its denim apparel export value by 29.66 per cent; a figure which could be held responsible for Pakistan’ s slow but steady revival of overall textile and clothing export industry.
According to the latest figures released by OTEXA and analysed
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by Apparel Online, denim trouser from Pakistan remained the key export product. Men and Boys( MB) denim trousers earned US $ 25.28 million( up 21.65 per cent) for Pakistan through exports to the USA.
Whereas, with continuing robust performance in the export of Women and Girls’( WG) denim trousers, Pakistan posted a massive growth of 38.33 per cent to clock US $ 44.71 million in the mentioned period. Other denim products such as skirts and jackets too noted surge though the valuewise export of these categories could not steer the overall denim export figures of Pakistan.
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Denim skirt export from Pakistan to the USA valued at US $ 0.23 million( up 15.23 per cent), whereas jacket shipment value stood at US $ 0.42 million( up 101.13 per cent) in Jan.-Apr.’ 18 |
period. It’ s pertinent to mention here that overall denim apparel import by the USA was US $ 996.29 million during the review period and Pakistan had just 7.1 per cent share in this import value. |
To educate the garment factory workers on workplace safety and labour laws, Myanmar has come up with an interactive smartphone game. The educational application,‘ Shwe Job’ has been launched by |
SMART Myanmar, an EU-funded 4-year( 2016-19) project that supports sustainable consumption and production( SCP) of garments.
The game will provide the garment factory workers with the knowledge
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on current labour laws in the country by using a blend of stories, illustrations and voice messages.
Jacob Clere, SMART Myanmar Team Leader, maintained that when they began their journey at SMART Myanmar in 2013, not even one per cent of garment workers had access to mobile phones but now, in the current year, more than 90 per cent of garment workers possess smart phones.
This amazing transformation propelled SMART Myanmar to build a platform where workers can learn the workplace safety guidelines and labour laws using the latest technologies.
“ What’ s fantastic is that factory owners want their workers to use our mobile apps because
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they want a workforce which is knowledgeable on safety as well as the legal framework, as it will create more consistency, stability and mutual understanding,” he added.
Markedly, SMART Myanmar is the biggest non-profit technical training initiative in the nation’ s industrial market. The project has so far educated more than 250 people from garment, textile and footwear industry on the numerous social and environmental topics.
The newest app has witnessed 5,000 downloads on Google’ s play store in just a few days of its launch. The game has 8 challenges in 4 levels and includes a maximum of 40 questions based on labour laws and factory safety to be asked.
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