- Aptma team meets HBL president
Karachi: All Pakistan Textile Mills Association (APTMA) called upon the Habib Bank to liberalize the financing enabling the textile industry to face post-quota world challenges. .... More
- China poses major threat to Lankan apparel industry
Colombo: China would be a major threat to the Sri Lankan apperal industry said Program Manager Apperal Sector, Factory Improvement Project of the Employers' Federation, Rienzie Diaz.
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- Chinese textile facing complaints from EU textile industry
Beijing: Europe's textile industry is urging the European Union to clamp down on surging Chinese exports, in a sign of mounting concerns over China's assertiveness as a global trade power.
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- EC likely to finalize duty on bed linen
Islamabad: The European Commission (EC) is likely to finalize the proposed 14.1 per cent anti-dumping duty on Pakistan's bed linen.
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- Efforts on to avoid EU duty on bed linen
Islamabad: Secretary Commerce, Kamal Afsar is currently leading a high-level delegation to EU member countries to lobby against the imposition of anti-dumping duty on Pakistani bedlinen by the European Commission.
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- Garment industry feels subsidy support must in post-quota era
Chennai: TO compete in the free global market after the quota regime is dismantled, Indian garment exporters would need more hand holding in the form of subsidies and political trade-offs.
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- Garment, textile mill owners agree on common stand
Dhaka: Apparently ending their conflict of interests, the stakeholders of readymade garments and textile industries have agreed to evolve a common strategy to face the challenges of globalisation.
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- High premium leaves few takers for textile quotas
Chennai: Quota utilisation in the readymade garment sector had dropped by about 6.83 per cent in 2003, thanks to spiralling quota prices. It has come down to 101.54 per cent during the year as against 108.98 .... More
- Improve quality of knitwear to face post-MFA challenge
Dhaka: Business leaders at a function here stressed the need for simultaneous application of skill and technology for manufacturing quality garments, including knitwear, to face the challenges of .... More
- Indian govt releases additional 5 pc quota for apparels
New Delhi: The Textile Ministry has opened an additional 5 per cent first-cum-first- served (FCFS) quota for garment exporters, over and above the 10 per cent of the annual level of quota for readymade garments.... More
- Mismanagement shrinks exporters' market: Textile quota
Karachi: Mismanagement of textile quota and export policy has resulted in under utilization of majority of European Union (EU) textile categories during the quota year (2003), shrinking market share of.... More
- Pak team in Europe to get anti-dumping duty lifted
Islamabad: Secretary Commerce Kamal Afsar is currently leading a high level delegation to lobby against the imposition of anti-dumping duty on Pakistani bedlinen by the European Commission.
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- Pak team's visit to EU states ends in futility
Karachi: A high-powered Pakistani delegation's visit to the European Union (EU) countries proved futile, as the EU refused to do away with the 14.1 per cent dumping margins imposed on Pakistani bedlinen .... More
- QSC recommends ban on quota transfer
Karachi: The Quota Supervisory Council (QSC) has asked the Ministry of Commerce (MoC) not to allow the transfer of quota obtained by exporters through auction during quota year 2004.
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- Sino-US textile talks kick off
Beijing: China and United States are set to start consultations about new measures on three Chinese textiles products.
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- Textile export hopes may come a cropper over 'rules of origin' row
Chennai: India's hope to knit a new design for its textile sector during the post-quota regime beginning January 2005 may be dashed if the US and other developed countries have their way at the World Trade .... More
- Textile industry ready for zero duty regime
New Delhi: Even as the Government has cut down the peak customs duty from 25 per cent to 20 per cent, the textile industry, in general, and the high-value-added apparel industry, in particular, will .... More
- Textile quota to EU up by 11pc
Karachi: Textile quota exports to European Union (EU) have registered 11 per cent increase in quantity and 25.69 per cent in value during quota 2003, when compared with previous quota year of 2002, EPB sources said.
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- US, China end textile trade dispute talks without resolution
Beijing: Trade talks between the United States and China ended in an apparent stalemate with neither side able to defuse a textile row that resulted in a US threat to slap tariffs on Chinese bras, knit.... More
- WTO regime not to help manufacturers
Faisalabad: Manufacturers will be the main losers in the new World Trade Order regime. The WTO is dominantly a commercial trade related agreement hinging on trade aspects of the international business .... More
