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US-China Quota Fill Rates and Prices
With U.S. imports from China still depressed in most important categories, quota fill rates are remaining at extremely low levels compared with previous years, with no reason to fear any quota shortag...
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Egypt for Free Trade Agreement with India
NEW DELHI: Egypt on Tuesday said that it will explore the possibility of a free trade agreement with India to boost trade and investment between the two countries. Informing this in India, Egyptian Mi...
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Indo-Egypt Trade Talks to be Held in New Delhi
Shri Kamal Nath, Union Minister of Commerce and Industry and the Egypt's Minister of Trade and Industry, Rachid Mohamed Rachid are likely to discuss possibilities of cooperation in textiles, home furn...
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CITI welcomes Annual Supplement to the Foreign Trade Policy
Confederation of Indian Textile Industry has welcomed several positive policy inputs incorporated in the Annual Supplement to the Foreign Trade Policy 2004-09 announced by Shri Kamal Nath, Minister fo...
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India - Govt may Trim Import Duty on Cotton
The government is likely to snip import duty on cotton as part of a package to sew up fiber costs for local cloth mills. This package would be in addition to allowing cotton imported at zero duty from...
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Congress to Support the US-Colombia TPA
American Apparel & Footwear Association (AAFA) urged the U.S. Congress to immediately approve the U.S./ Colombia Trade Promotion Agreement (TPA) Implementation Act (HR 5724). Earlier this week, Presid...
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New managers for 10 Exporting Panels
Eng. Rasheed Mohamed Rasheed Egypt’s Minister of Trade and Manufacturing announced the reformation of exporting boards, due to the completion of the 3 years working time-span of the old boards. This d...
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US Duty-Free Bill for Pakistani ROZs Introduced in Congress
Five US Senators just introduced a long-awaited bill for offering duty-free access to products from certain areas in Pakistan, the ROZs(Reconstruction Opportunity Zones). A very large number of textil...
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EU-Israel Business Dialogue to Boost Bilateral Business & Investment
The EU-Israel Business Dialogue was launched on November 1 by Vice President of the European Commission responsible for Enterprise and Industry Genter Verheugen and Israel's Minister of Industry, Trad...
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US-China Quota Fill Rates and Prices
U.S. textile quotas on imports from China will be of absolutely no use in their last year, as imports of Chinese products are dramatically falling in most important categories. Shipments of Chinese co...
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INDIA: Anti dumping duty on Chinese silk
China is the world's largest producer of silk and India is its largest market. The problem is that India is also a major manufacturer of silk. Indian silk producers claim that the price of Chinese sil...
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AUSTRALIA: Government to review clothing industry
The federal government is to carry out a review of Australia's textile, clothing and footwear industries with a view to developing new strategies for its long-term future. The assessment will be condu...
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INDIA: Free Trade agreements with all the regional economies in a year
Signing of the Free Trade agreements with all the regional economies in a year,this was stated by Mr.Kamal Nath, Union Minister of Commerce and Industry, at the 80th FICCI Annual General Meeting. "It...
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SPAIN: Government sizes up new system
The Spanish government is is exploring a new, European_Union-wide system of clothes sizes after a study showed that 41% of female consumers found it difficult to buy garments that fit properly. The st...
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MALAWI: Government supports cotton trade permit
Government through the Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security has directed that traders wishing to engage in the marketing of cotton should seek special trade permits but some private traders say t...
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India - Naphtha duty may leave textile companies in knots
Polyester and nylon clothing are set to turn costlier by 2-3%. The imposition of 5% Customs duty on naphtha (an input for manmade fibres) is likely to push up prices of polyester textiles at a time th...
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Latest Regulations Regarding Textile Trade
European Union Commission: Imports of textile products from Bangladesh: Fraud on GSP Treatment. - US CITA: U.S.-Australia Free Trade Agreement (USAFTA) rules of origin for a viscose/polyester blended...
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India : Budget fails to satisfy retail sector - Chogori India
Mr Hemant Sachdev, Managing Director, Chogori India, expressed his disappointment with the Union Budget 2008-09, when Fibre2fashion asked him about the expectations he had. Chogori India, deals in foo...
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Tolba says: QIZ is a stage won't last for ever and should make the most of it
Mr. Magdy Tolba "Head of RMG export council" has stressed that the QIZ agreement is no more than an important stage, which will not last forever and should make a maximum use of it.
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The Home textile export council is threatened to large fine
Mr. Ismail Abou El Sebaa "Head of home textile export council" has stressed that the council is facing a major problem as labor inspection offices in city of Mehalla have received a direct order to en...