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India challenges Turkey cotton safeguard at WTO
India has challenged a move by Turkey, its second-biggest market for textiles, to shield Turkish industry from surging cotton yarn imports, a document on the World Trade Organization (WTO) website sho...
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Indian Government anger against Egypt and Turkey textile duties
New Delhi has approached Turkey and Egypt asking them to remove the additional duties they have imposed on Indian cotton textile imports or pay suitable compensation. According to a senior government...
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Brazil seeks $2.5 billion in sanctions against US Cotton subsidies
Brazil is asking the World Trade Organization to approve $2.5 billion (1.97 billion euros) in sanctions against the United States in a dispute over US cotton subsidies, the Brazilian ambassador said M...
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Forum on Trade and Investment in Cotton Sector to be held in October’ 09
The Standing Committee for Economic and Commercial Cooperation “COMCEC” of the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) has agreed to organize the Forum on Cotton Trade and Investment between memb...
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Italian Fashion Industry Asks for Governmental Assistance
So far, major fashion houses have been seemingly unaffected by the recession that is leaving millions jobless worldwide. With most of them showing their latest collections in a display of luxury, the...
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US textile industry applauds "buy American" law
The beleaguered textile industry on Tuesday applauded a new "buy American" law sponsored by freshman Rep. Larry Kissell, though it remains unclear how many jobs will be shifted to the United States be...
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Indian textile exporters facing payment defaults
Indian textile exporters are facing payment defaults and overseas buyers are demanding price reduction,parliament was informed today."The exporters to the US have been reporting about payment defaults...
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Israeli QIZ exports to Egypt and Jordan grew in 2008 at slower rate
Exports from Israel to Jordan increased some 15% in 2008, totaling US$289 million. Exports to Egypt increased by 3%, totaling US$160 million
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Consumer watch: Child-safety rules cause confusion
A sweeping children’s safety bill was envisioned to protect kids from dangers ranging from ingesting toxic chemicals to drowning as a result of defective pool drains. But after the Consumer Product Sa...
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Egypt's textile industry confronts global crisis with safeguards on yarn and fabric imports
Egypt has recently applied safeguards on all imports of yarn and fabrics to support the Egyptian textile industry. The applied safeguards are due to the massive surge of imports in 2007.
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Morocco works to shield textile industries from financial crisis fallout
The Moroccan government announced its intention to help the industries hit by the global economic crisis. During a cabinet meeting held in Rabat on Thursday (January 29th), Economy and Finance Ministe...
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US says no cotton trade deal yet but possible
The United States is committed to a deal on cotton in the long-running Doha trade talks, but has not yet reached an agreement, the outgoing U.S. trade chief said on Wednesday. .S. Trade Representative...
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Indian textile sector yet to receive stimulus package funds
The textile industry is yet to receive the Rs 1,400 crore promised in last month’s stimulus package to clear the backlog of reimbursements under the Technology Upgradation Fund Scheme (Tufs). The indu...
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CHINA: China May Raise Tax Rebate on Textile Exports
China plans to increase tax rebates on textile exports in a bid to support the textile industry, the Beijing Morning Post reported. Export tax rebates may be raised to 13 pct from 11 pct, while rebate...
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INDIA: Textile Industry Workers in Coimbatore Demand Ban on Cotton Exports
Thousands of workers of textile industry took to streets protesting against export of raw cotton and hike in prices of cotton yarn. Workers of various textile association participated in the massive r...
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INDIA: Quicker Reforms Needed in Textile Industry
The Indian textile industry is expected to achieve $55 billion of investments by 2010 and create employment for 65.4 million, provided reforms are initiated at quicker speed, according to The Associat...
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CAMEROON: Government Strategy to Jump-Start Cotton-Textile Industry
The cotton and textile industry in the Cameroon can be very rewarding if only appropriate decisions to harness the available potentials are taken. This is the crux of what the Ministry of Industry, Mi...
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PAKISTAN: No Relief for Textile Exporters
Textile exporters are not happy with the new budget as the government, what they feel, announced nothing for this sector facing problems because of the high cost of doing business and challenges at na...
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PAKISTAN: Government Must Attend to Low Cotton Production and Decline in Sowing Area
Cotton sowing area has been on a persistent decline due to insufficient water supply, substandard cotton seeds, power failure, shortage of fertilizers and rice cultivation proving more lucrative. Stak...
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PAKISTAN: No Support for the Textile Industry
The government in the federal budget for 2008-09 has not allocated a single penny for the ailing textile sector to boost dwindling exports. The textile sector, the darling of every successive governme...