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The United States is the main importer of textile goods from Sri Lanka, accounting for 76% of total exports from Sri Lanka. As of 2009, Sri Lanka ranked 12th among apparel exporters to the United States in terms of value. [15] Sri Lanka's partnership was advanced in 2000 in part by setting up logistics centres at key US ports to smooth the ...
The textile industry of the city of Ahmedabad in the state of Gujarat in India dates back to the 19th century, when the industry was established under the British raj. Textile mills employed thousands of people from across the state, and the cotton garments manufactured were exported around the world.
The company was listed on the Colombo Stock Exchange in 2003. A fraud incident which was dubbed the biggest in a listed company in Sri Lanka rocked the company in 2011. The company adopted its current name, Hayleys Fabric in 2015. Hayleys Fabric acquired South Asia Textiles Ltd for LKR3.9 billion from Ambeon Holdings in 2021.
The gross domestic product of Ahmedabad metro was estimated at US$136.1 billion in 2023. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Ahmedabad is the largest contributor to the GDP of Gujarat state, with an estimated US$68 billion as of 2017 [ 3 ] out of $227 billion, textile and clothing in Ahmedabad is one of the oldest industries.
MAS Holdings is a Sri Lankan apparel manufacturer. [3] [4] [5] The company was founded in 1987 by Mahesh, Sharad and Ajay Amalean. [6]MAS Holdings began as an underwear manufacturer and later diversified into sportswear, performance wear and swimwear.
Calico was the first Indian mill to give shareholders cloth at concessional rates. It was the first Indian textile mill to make cotton sewing thread, and later 100% synthetic sewing thread. [1] Calico main textile unit was the only textile plant in Ahmedabad to be fuelled by natural gas, with virtually no smoke and no air pollution. [1]
Services accounted for 58.2% of Sri Lanka's economy in 2019 up from 54.6% in 2010, industry 27.4% up from 26.4% a decade earlier and agriculture 7.4%. [41] Though there is a competitive export agricultural sector, technological advances have been slow to enter the protected domestic sector. [42]
The Ahmedabad Textile Industry's Research Association (commonly known as ATIRA) is an autonomous non-profit association for textile research located in the Navarangpura area of Ahmedabad, India. It is the largest association for textile research and allied industries in India.