Apparel Sourcing Intelligence - Worldwide

21st March 2007

Auditors claim need for improved Textile Safeguard procedures

On April 4, America’s Government Accountability Office (GAO) issued a report entitled “US-China Trade: Textile Safeguard Procedures Should be Improved.” The report states that procedural shortcomings have impaired effective application...

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20th March 2007

China’s fibre makers vow to fight EU

China's polyester staple fibre (PSF) makers are urging their government to take an EU anti-dumping measure to the WTO disputes panel. The EU has put a five year anti-dumping duty...

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20th March 2007

Product volumes affected by quota petitions

There are now quota investigations on practically all apparel categories where China has not already established a significant market share. Categories now under investigation, or currently subject to temporary quota,...

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20th March 2007

The currency issue

Although discussions in the EU and US about quota re-imposition have closely matched each other, Americans’ concern with China’s dollar-linked currency is far stronger than Europeans’. Perversely, China’s dollar linkage...

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20th March 2007

India-Pakistan split threat to EU GSP reform

The EU’s previously announced plans to introduce a revised GSP system from April 1 looked under threat as The Source went to press.The European Commission in late 2004 produced criteria...

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20th March 2007

US offers retroactive benefits to Mauritius

The Office of the US Trade Representative (USTR) has issued a notice designating Mauritius as a lesser developed country (LDC) under the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) for the...

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20th March 2007

New EU customs procedures threaten fast response?

The EU has given final approval to new, security-concerned, customs regulations which:- require traders to file into a shared EU-wide Customs IT system information on goods 24 hours beforethey are...

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20th March 2007

EU: Mandelson rules out China Safeguard for now

The European Commission will publish "danger zone" guidelines for the level of Chinese textile importsthat must be reached before the EU imposes emergency trade restrictions, Peter Mandelson, the EU tradecommissioner,...

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20th March 2007

NEPAL: Exporters relieved as EU extends GSP

Nepal will continue to enjoy its special derogation from the EU GSP Rules of Origin for apparel allowing dutyfree imports even when raw material comes from outside Nepal, it has...

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20th March 2007

US safeguard measures stay stuck in court

The attempt by US textile industry groups to get quotas re-imposed on Chinese imports of a range of clothes remains stuck in the country’s legal system.In late December, hearings on...

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20th March 2007

US blacklists garment firms

The United States Bureau of Customs and Border Protection has been widely reported to have blacklisted 58 Hong Kong apparel manufacturers in late December on suspicion of faking origin claims....

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20th March 2007

US implements Egypt QIZ

The Office of the US Trade Representative (USTR) has issued a Federal Register notice officially designating three joint Israeli-Egyptian qualifying industrial zones (QIZs), in Greater Cairo, Alexandria and the Suez...

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