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Egypt: Anti dumping measures taken on cotton yarn imports to Egypt.
Egyptian Ministry of Trade and Industry has issued a decree to impose an anti-dumping duties of 0.55 US cents per kilo.
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Egypt will not terminate QIZ export agreement to US
Egypt announced that it would not end the Qualified Industrial Zones (QIZ). Minister of Trade and Industry Mahmoud Eissa told reporters that to cancel the export program would be detrimental to Egypt’...
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Gap Inc plans to open stores in Vietnam and Guam.
The Gap Inc announced plans to open its first stores in Vietnam and Guam through franchises.
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EGYPT: Spinners Exporters Battling It Out in Egypt.
One of the events that defined the cotton industry in 2010 was India’s ban on cotton exports. It could be déjà vu again in 2011, not just in India, but also in Egypt. Things should be fine for the nex...
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Turkey: Turkey puts safeguard duty on Bangladeshi apparel.
According to local media reports yesterday, Turkey has put a provisional 17% safeguard duty on the import of apparel products from the least developed countries (LDCs), including Bangladesh. The measu...
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EGYPT: Textile factories strike on the rise of cotton prices.
Cotton prices have gone up to E £43,000 per ton from L £12,000 per ton, while selling prices of goods have not moved enough. In order to protest this rise in cotton price, workers in industrial city o...
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EGYPT: Textile companies are facing a sharp shortage in the input materials.
Egypt's textile and spinning companies are facing a sharp shortage in the materials they need for production, the Textile Workers Syndicate chairman said Tuesday.
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TURKEY: Turkish Government to enforce protective measuers on imports of Paki. Textile.
The Consul of Ministers, government of Turkey has agreed to enforce protective safeguard measures on the import of Pakistani textile to Turkey with effect from July 24, 2011.
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Turkey moves to cut Pakistani textiles import
The Consul of Ministers, Government of Turkey, has agreed to enforce protective safeguard measures on the import of Pakistani textiles with effect from July 24, 2011. According to a notification of Co...
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EGYPT: New Strategies for the development of Cotton Industry in Egypt.
The Ministry of Agriculture and Land Reclamation agreed with each of the Ministry of Social Solidarity, Ministry of Trade and Industry and the Ministry of Finance, to increase the prices of strategic...
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Pakistan: Export of cotton increased 22 percent during Fiscal year 2010-11
Federal Minister for Commerce, Makhdoom Amin Fahim, on Monday informed the National Assembly (NA) that the export of textile and cotton has increased by 22.22 percent to $22 billion during the ongoing...
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INDIA: India Textile Ministry seeks revision in cotton export procedures.
With traders having little experience in cotton exports carrying out the same, the textiles ministry of India has asked the commerce ministry to revise the procedures in this regard.
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PAKISTAN: 350 million USD Textile Exports are in danger.
Pakistan's some $350 million worth textile exports are at stake as Turkey is considering imposing anti-dumping duty on import of fabrics and garments from many countries, including Pakistan. Exporters...
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TURKEY: Turkish Government jacks up customs duty on fabric to 28 % perecent.
The government of Turkey has increased customs duty on the import of fabric from Pakistan to 28 percent and 30 percent on import of fabric from China. The Turkish government took this step due to the...
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CHINA: China to issue 2011 cotton import quotas more active.
China is likely to be more active in issuing cotton import quotas for the new year as the country is facing tightening supply in 2011, said industry participants on Wednesday. The country would soon i...
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CHINA: China to lower Cotton Import quota to 2.6 million tons in 2011.
China, the world's largest consumer of cotton, will reduce its cotton import quota for 2011 to 2.6 million metric tons, according to a statement published on website of the China National Cotton Infor...
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BANGLADESH: Bangladesh set for knitwear export boom.
According to the news site Asia Times Online, exports of knitwear from Bangladesh are set to surge by as much as 25% annually over the next three years as the sector benefits from lower tariff barrier...
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Egypt: Egyptian QIZs Boost Apparel Exports to the U.S.
Apparel exports to the US from Egyptian qualified industrial zones are soaring, manufacturing investments are on the up, and retailers and importers are putting more business into the country.
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India: Indian Government decides to provide more time for cotton exporters
December 15 may bring respite to raw cotton exporters, who had been permitted to export 5.5 million bales of cotton. However, the information that Indian exporters have so far been able to export less...
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INDIA: India to include cotton yarn in FTA with Sri Lanka.
As part of renewing FTA with Sri Lanka, India Govt is planning to include cotton yarn in the FTA list. India Govt and Sri Lankan will have further talks on this.