tag Iran Apparel

Apparel Smuggling at Over $940m

EghtesadOnline: Iran’s official apparel imports in the last Iranian year (March 2017-18) stood at around $59 million, while statistics from the International Trade Center suggests apparel entering the country reached $1 billion during the period, the head of Trade Promotion Organization of Iran said.
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Publish Date:21/April/2018 | 13:33

Textile, Apparel Earn $970m

EghtesadOnline: About $970 million worth of textile products and apparel were exported from Iran in the last fiscal year that ended on March 20, 2018, to register an increase of 15% compared to the year before, the director general of Textile and Clothing Department at the Ministry of Industries, Mining and Trade announced.
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Publish Date:15/April/2018 | 10:56

Apparel Exports Earn $39m

EghtesadOnline: About 3,000 tons of apparel worth $39 million were exported from Iran during the nine months to Dec. 21, 2017, the Islamic Republic of Iran Customs Administration announced.
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Publish Date:21/January/2018 | 11:49

17 Foreign Apparel Brands Licensed

EghtesadOnline: A total of 17 foreign apparel brands have acquired licenses to sell in Iran and 14 others are in the process of obtaining the same, the Ministry of Industries, Mining and Trade’s Director General of Textile and Clothing Department Afsaneh Mehrabi told IRNA.
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Publish Date:25/November/2017 | 13:13

Iran Apparel Exports Up, Official Imports Down

EghtesadOnline: About 1,840 tons of apparel worth close to $22.75 million were exported from Iran during the first half of the current Iranian year (March 21-Sept. 22), indicating a 20% and 24% growth in weight and value respectively compared with the corresponding period of last year.
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Publish Date:23/October/2017 | 24:13

Iran Apparel Exports Earn $70m

EghtesadOnline: Iran exported about $70 million worth of apparel last year (March 2016-17) to mainly customers in Afghanistan, Iraq and Central Asian countries, a member of Iran Textile Exporters and Manufacturers Association said.
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Publish Date:08/October/2017 | 07:17

Turkish Clothing Brand Uses Iran as Production Hub

EghtesadOnline: Turkish company LC Waikiki, otherwise known as LCW, has become the first major foreign apparel manufacturer to officially start cooperation with domestic garment players.
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Publish Date:07/October/2017 | 06:08

An Emerging Power in Textile, Apparel Industry

EghtesadOnline: Iran has had a long and successful history of manufacturing textiles. The Persian Gulf state was one of the world’s premier exporters of textiles and silks to Europe, Asia and the rest of the world. The first textile mill in Iran was established over a century ago in the capital Tehran.
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Publish Date:02/September/2017 | 13:54

Plan to Set Up Apparel Industrial Town in Tehran

EghtesadOnline: Plans are underway to establish a new apparel industrial town in Fashafouyeh, located in Tehran Province’s Rey County, with the stated aim of limiting imports, boosting domestic production and making the price of Iranian clothing more competitive.
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Publish Date:15/August/2017 | 15:35

New Measures Target Apparel Smuggling

EghtesadOnline: Iranian authorities have made new decisions with regard to import regulations for curbing rampant smuggling of clothes into the country.
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Publish Date:03/May/2017 | 11:44

Apparel Industry’s Job Creation Potential High

EghtesadOnline: With 5 trillion rials (over $133 million) worth of investment, Iran’s apparel industry has the potential of creating 370,000 jobs, a deputy minister of cooperatives, labor and social welfare said.
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Publish Date:08/March/2017 | 16:02

Domestic Apparel Market Replete With Contraband

EghtesadOnline: Close to $7 billion worth of foreign apparel and shoes are bought in Iran every year, about $3 billion to $4 billion (almost 50%) of which are contraband, the chairman of the Association of Iran Textile Industries said.
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Publish Date:25/February/2017 | 13:58

Forum Probes Root Causes of Apparel Smuggling Into Iran

EghtesadOnline: With the aim of addressing the root causes of the rampant smuggling of apparel into Iran, a forum was held at Tehran Chamber of Commerce, Industries, Mines and Agriculture on Saturday this week.
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Publish Date:25/September/2017 | 24:41

Iran Apparel Imports Hinge on Domestic Production, Exports

EghtesadOnline: Foreign representatives, branches and distributors of apparel in Iran seeking business licenses are required to produce goods worth 20% of their import value (in rial terms) inside Iran and at least 50% of this domestic production be exported, a new directive issued by the Ministry of Industries, Mining and Trade announced.
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Publish Date:08/May/2017 | 11:01