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KONFEKSİYON TEKNİK<br />
OCAK | JANUARY | <strong>2018</strong><br />
The world’s most supportive<br />
govt initiatives<br />
for textiles empowerment<br />
Textile industry is an integral part of the global<br />
economy and the quality of life for citizens.<br />
Knowing the crucial impact it has on economy, it<br />
makes perfect sense for the government to offer<br />
the most lucrative policies towards its growth. Government<br />
initiatives are an excellent way to revitalise<br />
textile manufacturing, create jobs, promote<br />
the purchase and support of domestic textile and<br />
apparel products, and protect the livelihood and<br />
stability of the industry and economy. Here is a<br />
look at some of the most lucrative and supportive<br />
government initiatives taken across the globe to<br />
boost growth of textile industry:<br />
Nigeria<br />
In February 2017, the Nigerian government announced<br />
the allocation of $162 million for revitalisation<br />
and recovery of domestic textile industry.<br />
These funds will be routed towards stimulating<br />
growth in the industry, creating jobs, encouraging<br />
the purchase of locally-made textiles and<br />
clothing, and combating the threats of counterfeit<br />
and smuggled textile goods. The allocation<br />
will also be used to improve infrastructure,<br />
especially access to electricity, which is key for<br />
textile manufacturers. It is also expected to help<br />
increase cotton production and quality.<br />
India<br />
The New National Textile Policy, announced in<br />
2016 by the NDA government, is a package worth<br />
$894 million. This package supports labour reforms<br />
in relevant sectors such as yarns, made-ups, and<br />
fabrics, and is expected to help the textile industry<br />
in India outpace competitors like Bangladesh and<br />
Vietnam. It will increase textile exports and is expected<br />
to create millions of new jobs. India’s Make in<br />
India initiative, which promotes job creation and<br />
manufacturing within India, will also help to boost<br />
the success and growth of India’s textile industry.<br />
Malaysia<br />
Malaysia’s Third Industrial Master Plan, which will<br />
be in effect until 2020, is encouraging the growth<br />
of the textile industry. The plan focuses on the<br />
growth of industrial and home textiles, functional<br />
fabrics, high-end fabrics and garments, and the<br />
establishment and improvement of support facilities<br />
and services like design houses, fashion centres,<br />
and specialised dyeing and finishing facilities.<br />
The USA<br />
Last year, former US President Barack Obama announced<br />
the establishment of a new fibres and textiles<br />
manufacturing innovation hub in Cambridge,<br />
Massachusetts, and more than $2 billion in manufacturing<br />
research and development investments.<br />
The Revolutionary Fibers and Textiles Manufacturing<br />
Innovation Institute is combining $75 billion in<br />
federal resources and USD 250 million in non-federal<br />
investments to research and produce innovative<br />
textiles with novel properties. This initiative is creating<br />
textile industry jobs, continuing the promotion<br />
of the industry’s recovery from its decline in the<br />
2000s, and promoting domestic textile printing, textile<br />
manufacturing, and textile manufacturers.
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