Textile Cities

Textile City in Pakistan 
Besides the garment cities in Karachi, Lahore and Faisalabad, plans are advanced for setting up a Textile City on a plot of land in Karachi covering 1,250 acres. The city will be owned and operated by a joint stock company with an initial capital of US$17.4 million, of which 50% will come from the Federal Government and the other half will be contributed by a corporate sector.

The city will be self-sufficient in water supply, power generation, desalination plant and effluent treatment plant. The concept of a Textile City is part of the Trade Policy for 2003-04, with the objective of providing the much needed infrastructure for the textile and leather sectors This mega project will create 80,000 new jobs and additional export earning of US$2.2 billion yearly from export of value-added textile products.

Vietnam Textile Zone Opens            
Vietnam’s first textile and garment industrial zone opened in Dong Nai Province, 50km from HCM City. The Vinatex-Tan Tao Investment Joint-Stock Company (Vinatexin) operates the zone, located on 183.5ha in the Nhon Trach Industrial Park.

The Viet Nam Textile and Garment Corporation (Vinatex) has signed a contract to lease 80ha in the new zone. Vinatex has already invested in a water-treatment plant on the leased land, aiming to supply water to its subsidiary factories operating in the zone.

Eight other investors have registered for an additional 30 ha in the Industrial Zone. With an investment of VND239 billion (US$15.3 million), the joint-stock company’s shareholders include Vinatex (51 per cent), Tan Tao Industrial Park Company (25 per cent) and Sai Gon Construction Company (24 per cent).

The Government has approved a plan mapped out by Vinatex to develop 11 textile industrial zones and complexes across the country.

Dubai Textile City
A six million square foot plot of land has been allocated for the Dubai Textile City (DTC) project in Warsan. Construction of the project id scheduled to complete by mid-2005. Investment in the DTC has reached more than $55 million since it was first launched two years ago. The local textile trade is valued at approximately $4.4 billion annually.

Jimo- A City of Knitting
As a traditional industry of Jimo, the knitting industry achieved RMB9.1 billion output in 2002. It is the backbone industry in Jimo. Jimo had 360 knitting and garment enterprises. As a whole, the sector is able to produce 20 million meters of fabrics and 500 million sets of knitwear annually. Many enterprises are trying to establish their brands. Currently, Jimo has more than 50 registered trademarks.

Jimo Municipal Government aims to propel its knitting and garment industry to reach the goals of RMB20 billion in annual output value and 1 billion sets of knitwear and garment. To achieve this, the Jimo Government will invest RMB5 billion for enterprises to conduct technological innovations and brand building. The ultimate goal is to make Jimo the largest research, development, production and marketing base for the knitting and garment industry in the north of the Yangtze River.

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