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Egypt blames Israel for delay in curbing the Israeli component in QIZ agreement
Magdy Tolba, Chairman of Cairo Cotton Center & the head of Egypt's ready-made garment export council, blamed Israel last week for delaying measures to cut down the Israeli component requirement by one...
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China supply, demand presses cotton prices
With worldwide demand for cotton forecast to rise modestly next year while production remains virtually flat, cotton prices are expected to rise in the neighborhood of 6.9% during the 2007/08 cotton g...
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Delta Galil plans to increase operations in Egypt to become competitive
Delta Galil Industries Ltd. (NASDAQ: DELT), ("Delta") the global provider of private label ladies' intimate apparel, socks, men's underwear, baby-wear and leisurewear. Further to the press release pub...
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INDIA: Textile sector may play vital role in export target
The domestic textile sector is likely to play a key role in the forthcoming announcement of export target of $150 billion for the current fiscal in the annual supplement to the foreign trade policy on...
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Vietnam: US $3 billion expected for garment-textile export
Vietnam's garment and textile industry is gearing up to reach monthly export turnovers of over US $633 million in a bid to fulfil its yearly target of US $7.35 billion.
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China: Textile, Apparel Exports Fall in March
China’s textile and apparel exports fell 24.3 percent year on year to 7.98 billion U.S. dollars in March, according to a report from the National Development and Reform Commission on Tuesday.
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UAE : China’s exports exceed imports
China achieved a trade surplus for first nine months of 2006 worth $5.5 billion which is 88 percent of total exports in 2005. For this period, China exported goods worth $7.6 billion against imports o...
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Exports Of Textiles And Ready-wear Up
Exports of textiles and ready-made-clothing from the northwestern Turkish city of Bursa reached 1.3 billion USD in the first eleven months of 2006.
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USA : Asian giants top competitors for cotton production
For past couple of years, cotton exports have been on a rise with China emerging as a potential market. Today, statistics reveal that 70-75 percent of the domestic production is being exported. In 200...
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Syria and Germany to Enhance Cooperation in Textile Industry
Minister of Industry Fouad Issa al-Jouni discussed on Monday with Chairman of Textile Industry Union in Germany R. Strauss and the accompanying delegation prospects of standing cooperation between the...
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19 percent growth in export to Arab countries
In the first nine months of 2006, a growth of 19 percent in Israeli export to Arab countries has been registered, compared to the same period last year. Export stood at USD 206 million, said Yehiel As...
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Jordan "dismayed" by U.S. labor, textile group case
The Jordanian government on Monday defended actions it has taken to stop mistreatment of foreign textile workers and said it was dismayed U.S. groups want the Bush administration to file a formal trad...
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Textile opposition delays vote on US trade bill
The U.S. textile industry has derailed plans for the U.S. House of Representatives to vote this week on extending trade benefits for developing countries, congressional aides said on Monday. A spokesw...
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Jordanian garment companies seek to expand share of US market
In a bid to further promote exports of Jordanian textiles and garments to the United States, seven local companies recently participated in the Magic Apparel Exhibition, the industry's premier showcas...
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Branded Apparel Sales in Saudi Arabia Put at SR8.55 Billion for 2005
The market for apparel sales in Saudi Arabia was estimated at SR8.55 billion in 2005, up from SR8.36 billion in 2000. Most of these sales are made up of varied products not representing global brands...
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US pledges to boost trade with Jordan
Officials on Monday praised the success of the Jordan-US Free Trade Agreement (FTA) and promised to redouble efforts to phase out existing trade tariffs between the two countries, mainly in the textil...
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Syria Produces 4 Tones of Cotton per Hectare, Minister Says
yria comes second in world production of cotton that get at four tones in hectare due to great efforts exerted in this respect, Minister of Agriculture announced on Friday.
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India to be self-reliant in cotton production: Vaghela
India would be self-reliant in the production of long staple cotton in a couple of years, Union Textile Minister Shankarsinh Vaghela said in Ahmedabad on Saturday.
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$200m boost for Bahrain
An American textile company is to invest $200 million in Bahrain over the next few years. West Point, Georgia-based West Point Home will acquire three of the four units of Bahrain's Manama Textile Mil...
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QIZ threads big hopes
A study conducted by the Egyptian Centre for Economic Studies (ECES) found that the application of the Qualified Industrial Zones (QIZ) protocol to the textile and clothing industry has augmented Egyp...