European Union (EU) official stated that Europe has stopped accepting applications for import licenses for trousers made in China following completion of quotas, Monday.In mid-July, Chinese trouser export besides nine other textile products, came under restriction, when a deal was struck between Europe and China to impose self-restraint on exports of textile goods. Under the agreement, the quotas are permitted at an annual growth rate of between 8 and 12.5 percent in the ten types of Chinese tex

EU trade commissioner Peter Mandelson is scheduled to meet Chinese counterparts this week, to deliberate on the quota violation by Chinese textile exporters. Stating this, Mandelson informed that EU will handle the situation keeping everyone? interest in resolutions. The EU officials will work throughout this month, and he will be constantly in touch with the Chinese counterpart this week. The trade commissioner explained that after the signing the Shanghai agreement on June 10 that set self-res

Britishretailers are facing a shortage of cheap trousers this winter after a quota imposed on Chinese imports came close to being used up yesterday. Provisional European Union data showed 100 per cent of the recently introduced 2005 quota for Chinese-made trousers of wool, cotton or man-made fibres ?equivalent to more than 104 million pairs ?had been reached by the afternoon. Last month, import licences on jumpers entering the EU from China were suspended after a quota was breached. Officia

Vice President, Annette Lu suggested men wear island-wear shirts, based on cultural characteristics and save the environment. Majority of working-men have experienced a nasty suffering, by wearing a heavy formal Western-style suit as outerwear in the summer. Excluding cool regions, the average temperature in Taiwan is nearly 24 degrees Celsius. In summer, during June to September, the average temperature increases up to 28 degrees. Because of the convention of wearing Western-style suits at work

The section for Arts, Crafts and Design of the UNESCO is organising an International Symposium/workshop on Natural Dyes for March 2006 in Hyderabad, India. This Symposium will bring together about 350 master craftspersons, researchers and specialists in natural dyes and crafts promoters from the five continents. The aim of the Symposium is to attain outcomes based on the diversity of experiences and respectful of the variety of natural, social and cultural environment of the concerned craftspeop

In a move to sustain existence of domestic textile industry in the global market, the Namibian government has rolled out development initiatives to ensure the industry? development. Addressing a meeting on the abolition of the World Trade Organization agreement, Trade and Industry Permanent Secretary - Andrew Ndishishi stated that boosting the industry and generating employment, is the way to fight with poverty and raising the Namibians?standards of living.The event was organized by the Namibia

Come September, and power supplier of the country PTN, will raise energy costs adversely affecting the country's promising textile sector.Currently, electricity costs' up to approximately 30 percent of the operating costs in spinning operations and 18 percent for weaving sectors.Besides, most mills operate 24 hours a day and the electricity company has announced that peak hours supply defined as 6:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m., will be twice as expensive as that utilized in off peak times. Further, stif

Shri Kamal Nath, Union Minister of Commerce & Industry, called for removal of non-tariff barriers (NTBs) to trade and said that in view of the vulnerability of developing countries to NTBs, standards and conditionalities applied to exports of developing countries should be reasonable, transparent and fair. Addressing the National Conference on ?on-Tariff Barriers for Indian Exports: Critical Inputs for the WTO Negotiations?organised by the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) in associatio

At an official inauguration of a workshop on the commercialization of hides and skins, co-sponsored by Netherlands-based Common Fund for Commodities (CFC), the Director of Animal Health and Production Dr Musa Fanakiso stated that the country had imported over P600 million worth of textiles and leather products in the year 2004.Dr Fanakiso informed the large sum of money used to import leather products shows that the market for leather could help to expand the country? economy.To make Botswana co

Trade Minister, Mari Elka Pangestu stated that the Government will keep continuous watch on the planned relocation of Chinese industries, which were supposed to take advantage of Indonesia to prevent trade wars with the US and the EU.Mari also added that, its ok if China wants to invest in Indonesia, however we will be monitoring the distribution of Chinese goods through the customs office, see to it that China will only be taking advantage of Indonesia.However, there were no worries, as the gov