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US approval on limiting Israeli QIZ agreement share to 8%
During his visit to Portsaid governorate, the US ambassador in Cairo "Mr. Richard Donny" has praised of what Egypt has achieved in the field of economical development, which was very apparent in the s...
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Pakistani Textile machinery imports show negative growth
The textile and clothing products exports saw a marginal increase of 5.27% in 2006-07. This was largely due to decline in export of raw cotton, cotton cloth and bed wear. The exports were $10.757 bill...
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Jordan invites Chinese investment
On June 8 this year, Zhu Min Ru, Chairman of China Nonwovens & Industrial Textiles Association (CNITA) met the President of National Industrial Park, overseas business development general manager and...
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Egypt blames Israel for delay in curbing the Israeli component in QIZ agreement
Magdy Tolba, Chairman of Cairo Cotton Center & the head of Egypt's ready-made garment export council, blamed Israel last week for delaying measures to cut down the Israeli component requirement by one...
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Textile opposition delays vote on US trade bill
The U.S. textile industry has derailed plans for the U.S. House of Representatives to vote this week on extending trade benefits for developing countries, congressional aides said on Monday. A spokesw...
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US pledges to boost trade with Jordan
Officials on Monday praised the success of the Jordan-US Free Trade Agreement (FTA) and promised to redouble efforts to phase out existing trade tariffs between the two countries, mainly in the textil...
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Syria Produces 4 Tones of Cotton per Hectare, Minister Says
yria comes second in world production of cotton that get at four tones in hectare due to great efforts exerted in this respect, Minister of Agriculture announced on Friday.
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QIZ threads big hopes
A study conducted by the Egyptian Centre for Economic Studies (ECES) found that the application of the Qualified Industrial Zones (QIZ) protocol to the textile and clothing industry has augmented Egyp...
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U.S., Philippines Move To Stop Illegal Textile Transshipments
The United States and the Philippines have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to cooperate on stopping illegal transshipments of textiles and apparel through the Philippines to the United Stat...
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Morocco : Emergence program helps industrial sectors grow
Kingdom of the Morocco had implemented Emergence of industrial development program. Morocco’s industrial output has shown mixed performance and manufacturing output grew 2.6 percent, according to data...
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Second Chinese textile quota system introduced
Recently, China Government decided to change textile export quota bidding system from public competitive to agreement bidding. According to the 'textile export temporary management measures', 70 perce...
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Brazil says to ask WTO for panel on US cotton
Brazil will ask the World Trade Organization to open a dispute panel about U.S. cotton subsidies, Brazilian trade officials said on Tuesday. Brazil wants the panel to decide if the United States compl...
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S. Korea, U.S agree on exchanging textile concessions
The top South Korean negotiator has agreed to exchange tariff concessions on agriculture and textile in the middle of next month with the United States at the free trade talks, Kim Jong-hoon, South Ko...
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Chinese textiles: From Made-in-China to Made-in-Egypt
Increasing trade frictions and anti-dumping duty cases on Chinese textile industry have compelled the domestic industry to find new tricks to remain afloat in international markets, especially in the...
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Pakistan, Jordan ink deal on trade in textile, high tech
Pakistan and Jordan on Tuesday signed two agreements to expand bilateral trade in textile, pharmaceutical, high tech industries and in agriculture and livestock sectors. Two agreements were signed by...
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South Asia seeks for textile hub of world
Pakistan, India and Bangladesh can make South Asia a well-built textile hub for the world if the three countries join hands for multilateral corporation and trade, according to local media reports quo...
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Morocco : Revitalized textile sector pushes mfg output by 4.1%
Manufacturing Output of Morocco increased 4.1 percent due to recovery of textile industry, which faced severe competition from the Asian countries.
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Vietnam’s WTO deal with US leads to surge in textile trade
Vietnam’s recent signing of a trade pact with the US for appointment to WTO, has led to sharp growth in textile and garment exports and imports.
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China to punish textile makers that squander EU, US quotas
China, which makes more than a quarter of the world’s clothes, will punish apparel and textile makers that waste export quotas, as growing domestic consumption and the stronger yuan threaten to curb s...
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Vietnam : Country is the sixth largest textile exporter to the US
Vietnam has emerged as the sixth largest exporter of textiles to the US as a result of its successful first two months of 2006.