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WASHINGTON -- In the past four years, U.S. industries from mattress-spring makers to wire-coat-hanger manufacturers have requested federal protection from surges in Chinese imports. Only one has received it: textiles. To understand one reason why, peek inside the third floor of ...
Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) has sought a reduction in excise and customs duties in the forthcoming Budget to make Indian textile globally. In its pre-Budget memorandum, the chamber said excise duty on input and capital goods should be reduced to ...
Revered for its unsurpassed sense of tradition and style, Italy is home to many of the world's best artisans and manufacturers. Whether in textiles, leatherworking, fashion, fine art, glass or paper production, Italian craftsmen set the world standard for artisanship and quality. ...
Putting fibre production to a new monthly record of 105,600 tons, China's additional new capacity came on line in September. This growth registered a 28.3 percent year-on-year expansion. China is the world's largest producer of viscose fiber. Since December 2004, China has been ...
The textile industry has been handed a blow after the European Union and the United States moved last week to further relax Chinese import quotas. A looming trade war with China forced the EU and US to relax the quotas agreed in May, which were meant to protect their domestic ...
Information Center of Xinjiang Agricultural Office has reported that although territory met adverse weather during cotton seedling period, the overall cotton growth is set to achieve a bumper harvest this year. According to report, Xinjiang's cotton planting area reached over 20...
Textile industry lobbyists in Washington, D.C., say U.S. restrictions on textile imports have helped push domestic production up slightly in the last few months. If the trend continues through the end of the year, 2005 would be the first time in three years that production ...
According to the sources the polyester prices and local polyester prices have come down from their October prices. In India, local prices of polyester 1.4 Denier SD is unaffected from October in rupee per kilogram terms, but came down from the equivalent of 69.16 U.S. cents per ...
KARACHI: Leading industrialists of the country have expressed their concern over the deterioration in textile sector. They say that industry is working on negative margins and survival of value added textile industry in particular is at stake due to high cost of production, and ...
The US, after five months of negotiations, has succeeded in placing a restriction on exports of 34 clothing and textile categories from China for a period of next three years. The deal broadly includes the term, to be effective from 1st January 2006 till 31 st December 2008. ...
Newly crowned best actress Li Binging shoots a group of new photos. She was named Best Actress at China's Huabiao Film Awards ceremony held in August 2007.
BEIJING -- China is to maintain this year’s import tariff quotas for wheat, corn, rice and cotton next year, the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) said here on Tuesday. The NDRC has allocated import tariff quotas of 9.64 million tons for wheat, 7.2 million tons ...
The Chinese mainland’s imports and exports of textiles and garments topped 124 billion U.S. dollars, up 18 percent year-on-year in the first eight months of this year, according to statistics with China Customs. It makes up almost 10 percent of the mainland’s total trade volume ...
More than 150 organizations, including the Who’s Who of retailing and manufacturers of consumer goods, have written to members of Congress extolling the benefits of global trade and urging them not to bash China because of the burgeoning US/China trade deficit. As several ...
In many ways, fashion is about following trends. Think of all the women wearing velvet shrunken blazers with slim-leg jeans and stacked-heeled boots, carrying a studded hobo handbag. Sometimes, though, it's refreshing to see someone who rebels -- someone who wears something ...
BRUSSELS -- The European Union (EU) has agreed with China to end quota restrictions on Chinese textile imports with a joint surveillance system to monitor the trade flow in 2008, the European Commission said on Tuesday. The "double checking system" will track the issuing of ...
CHIC2008 Since 1993, China International Clothing & Accessories Fair (CHIC) has been held successfully for 15 years in Beijing. The size of exhibition and the number of exhibitors quickly increase each year. It’s now the largest fashion exhibition in Asia. The 16th China ...
DOZENS of children’s wear factories in East China’s Zhejiang Province have received serious warnings after 40 percent of their products were found to have quality problems, according to local quality supervision authorities. In the latest inspection, only 44 out of 72 batches of ...
The Japanese Fund for Reducing Poverty (JFRP) is carrying out a project for poor silk producers in the Central Highlands provinces of Kon Tum, Gia Lai and Dak Lak. The project will help the silk producers in rearing silkworms on cassava leaves. The total project cost is US $600...
The country earned roughly US$700 million from garment exports to the EU through October, reported the Ministry of Trade. The textile and garment industry initially expected vigorous annual earnings growth of 18-20 per cent from clothing exports to the EU since the EU had agreed ...
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Xi Jinping to lead national security commission
Xi Jinping to lead national security commission
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China's reform leading group holds first meeting
China's reform leading group holds first meeting
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Bill Gates talks nuclear
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A Wal-Mart store is seen in Stratford, Connecticut, the United States. ...
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