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Turkey : FTA with Tunisia & Morocco vital for Textile sector
Currently, Turkey has inked Free Trade Agreements (FTA) with 19 countries and now, the formation of Mediterranean Basin Free Trade Area, is being added which will improve economic and commercial trans...
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Pakistan working to increase textile export
Pakistan Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz Monday said the government was working to increase exports by the textile industry that accounts for 60 percent of the country's total exports.
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China has captured 74% of EU import market
The National Council of Textile Organizations (NCTO) has released a study report on apparel trade that China dominated 43% of the EU market in 2002, 55% in 2003, and 60% in 2004 and, as of November 20...
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U.S. associations back Turkey’s proposal
U.S. and Turkish textile associations have backed a call for a separate sectoral negotiation for textile and clothing products within the WTO's Non-Agricultural Market Access (NAMA) talks.
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WTO chief Lamy calls Turkey textile plan "strange"
World Trade Organisation chief Pascal Lamy on Tuesday described as "strange" a call by Turkey to shelter textile and clothing from the full extent of tariff cuts agreed in any global trade deal.
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Turkey says US supports its WTO textile proposals
Turkey's trade minister on Monday said the United States supports a Turkish proposal in world trade talks to shield certain textiles and clothing from deep tariff cuts, but U.S. officials said no deci...
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Egypt, Israel trade relations improve
Union of industrialists reports a 134 percent increase in Israeli exports to Egypt since QIZ was signed. Israeli textile manufacturer Kitan has won a contract to dye textile products for an Egyptian c...
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Sectoral textile talks emerge in Doha
The Bush administration is considering the possibility of separating textile discussions in on-going multilateral trade negotiations amid warnings by U.S. textile groups that China will soon monopoliz...
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Chinese Textile Producers Short of Cotton
With China's cotton market shortfall expected to reach 4 million tons this year, thousands of textile producers are under pressure from rising costs and insufficient supplies of raw cotton materials.
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U.S. mulling separate textile pact in world trade deal
The United States is exploring the possibility of negotiating a separate agreement on textiles as part of a world trade pact that countries hope to finish by the end of the year, U.S. Trade Representa...
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Textile organization call for separate WTO negotiation
Washington – The American Manufacturing Trade Action Coalition (AMTAC), which comprises a dozen U.S. fiber and textile producer associations, has requested that the World Trade Organization provide a...
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United States And Colombia Approve Free Trade Agreement
The United States and Colombia have reached a free trade agreement (FTA) that should please US textile manufacturers, as it contains a yarn-forward rule of origin that will encourage use of US yarn an...
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Why Indian textile sector fails to live up to the promise
Indian textile sector, which is the world's second largest textile manufacturer after China, was predicted to be the second most beneficiary nation to the phasing out of quota system in the beginning...
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The Turkish textile sector demands an aid package of USD1 bln
The textile sector in crisis demanded an aid and measure package of USD 1 billion from the government. The representatives of the sector said that the amount of exports would increase 25% if their nee...
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Turkish textile sector calls for government support
Turkey's textile firms called on Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan's government to protect the sector from increasing foreign competition, Turkish Daily News reported on Tuesday.
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Morocco : Post quota textile trade prospers with FTA
Post elimination of quotas, Moroccan textile sector has recorded massive growth, statistics reveal.
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High costs forcing Pakistani textile exporters abroad
Pakistani textile exporters say that they are looking to move their operations to Bangladesh and Sri Lanka due to high manufacturing costs, despite gains from last year's abolition of import quotas.
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FTA Morocco records increase in textile sector
The French daily Le Figaro has underlined that Morocco recorded an increase in the textile sector, especially after the removal of quotas, reported MAP news agency.
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US Congress scraps cotton subsidy
The US Congress legislation will support the Egyptian cotton farmer to have a fair competition with his US Pima farmer. It is expected that next season the Egyptian cotton production will increase to...
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China-Asean Fta Agreement Set to Benefit China's Textile Export
Since China and the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) started their tariff reduction process on July 1, 2005 on the basis of the China-ASEAN Free Trade Area (CAFTA) agreement, ASEAN will...