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WTO Rejects Extension Of Textile Quota
Despite pressure by US and other textile industries for an extension, there will be no reprieve for a decades-old international textile quota system that is due to wind up at the end of this year, a s...
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National Cotton Council in the US is concerned with WTO Interim report about US cotton subsidy
The National Cotton Council says that it is concerned about the Interim Report released by a panel hearing the U.S./Brazil cotton dispute decision.
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Egyptian Apparel Exporters are striving for the FTA with the USA
The Egyptian apparel exports to the USA and in particular the woven apparel exports are expected to decline dramatically after the quotas are lifted in January 2005. The woven apparel exports to the U...
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Agadir Agreement a major step towards creating a T&C sourcing hub for the enlarged EU
On 25 February 2004 , Jordan , Egypt , Tunisia and Morocco signed a Free Trade Agreement, known as the Agadir Agreement . Agadir Agreement will create an integrated market of more than 100 million peo...
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Turkey joins US in appeal to delay removal of quotas
Turkey has joined the US in its call to postpone the removal of quota restrictions on textiles and clothing imports from China to gain another three years for "better preparing" for the liberalisation...
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Egypt stimulation for Cotton cultivation
The state decided to cultivate 750 thousand feddan of cotton this year, namely to add about 300 thousand feddan on last year to enhance cotton productivity to reach 6 million kantar. Egypt aims to cov...
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US Grants Trade Preferences
The US government late Monday announced it was granting trade preferences to Algeria by designating it a beneficiary developing country for purposes of the generalised system of preferences, effective...
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EU Imposes Million Dollars Sanction On US Goods
A new sanctions worth million of dollars has been imposed by European Union (EU) on goods from the United States ranging from textiles to jewellery
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Government Funding For Apparel, Footwear SMEs
Small and medium-sized textile, clothing and footwear firms are being encouraged to apply for funding from Italy’s Industry Ministry to help them produce new collections and increase their competitive...
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U.S and Egypt will begin consultation on the recent US complaint on the Egyptian duty rates on textiles
The two nations are due to begin consultations on the hikes as soon as this week. In a submission to the World Trade Organization late last year, the U.S. asserted that Egyptian apparel duties, which...
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Egyptian Bed Linen Exports to EU are expected to surge dramatically after EU anti-dumping duties on Pakistan
Egypt is the 4th largest supplier to the EU market with its share of 6% in the entire volume of EU imports of bed linen, and 4% share of its value imports in 2003.
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Second round of textile talks to kick off soon
US and Chinese officials are expected to meet soon for a second round of consultations on the US decision to impose quotas on imports of Chinese knit fabric, bras and dressing gowns, according to a so...
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Pakistan a potential textile supplier
China considers Pakistan a potential supplier of textile goods in the world market, Chinese official sources said in Beijing. A report by the US International Trade Commission (ITC), examining the com...
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SWITZERLAND: EU Hits With New Tax
Some Swiss exports including textile to the European Union are to be subject to new tariffs as of March 1 in a unilateral move by Brussels. The Swiss government on Wednesday said it had been told of t...
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Textile Exporters To Challenge Duty On Bed Linen
European Commission slapped 13.1 percent anti-dumping duty on Pakistani bed-linen to be implemented from March 18. The textile exporters have decided to challenge the imposition of anti-dumping duty o...
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The Cotton Cultivation and The Egyptian Textile Industry by 2005; Challenges and Prospects Conference
“Cotton Cultivation and the Egyptian Textile Industry by 2005; Challenges and Prospects” Conference will be held on 17 February 2004, under the auspices of the Prime Minister of Egypt. The event is or...
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JC Penney in India with $130 mn shopping list
After WalMart, $38 billion JC Penney Company Inc, United States' largest catalogue merchant and among the biggest departmental stores, is coming to India with a $120-130 million shopping list. Peter M...
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Egypt reduced customs and tariffs on the importation of apparel and made-up textile products
The Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak issued Decree No.35 of the year 2004 for customs exemptions for textile machinery & dye stuff, and tariff reduction for fabric and textile industries, which came i...
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EU could impose anti-dumping duties on polyester staple fibers from China and Saudi Arabia
The European Union could impose anti-dumping duties on polyester staple fibers from China and Saudi Arabia while possibly prolonging similar duties on PSF from Korea and Taiwan.
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US - China Quota Talks End Without Resolution
Talks between Chinese and United States delegations on proposed textile export quotas have concluded without resolution. Officials from the two countries met in Beijing on Monday to discuss US safegua...