Having breeched the yearly limits of 181.5 million units of sweaters and cardigan for the year 2005 in the first month of the newly agreed quota, the EU put a stop on their imports from China.A recently concluded deal between the EU and China, facilitated China to export 69 million sweaters and cardigans from June 11. However, the European Commission after July 12 stopped issuing licenses for Chinese sweater and cardigans as the country crossed the yearly limits, EU spokeswoman Claude Veron-Revi

China has opposed US decision to restrict Chinese wool trousers imports and accused that US decision goes against WTO agreements.Chong Quan, Ministry of Commerce spokesman stated that the US has refused to comply related World Trade Organization (WTO) agreements.China and the US held latest round of meetings on textile and garment trade disputes earlier this month, however there was no positive outcome of those talks. Quan said that China seeks an amicable solution for both the countries as rega

Beijing protested new US restrictions on textile imports from China a day after it revalued its yuan currency in a move likely to make Chinese exports more expensive."The Chinese government is firmly opposed and strongly dissatisfied" with the US government decision to limit imports of Chinese woollen trousers, Ministry of Commerce spokesman Chong Quan said in a statement on its website. Chong said that a decision Friday by the US Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements to impose

With Washington mounting pressure on Beijing to end the dollar-yuan peg, the People's Bank of China announced Thursday a modest revaluation. The U.S. and the EU have both warmly welcomed the news. Since 1994, China has pegged its currency, the Yuan, to the dollar which has resulted in a fixed exchange rate of 8.28 yuan to the US dollar. This "hard peg" policy has recently come under scrutiny and resulted in complaints from some U.S. manufacturers and labor groups that this practice unfairly as

The policy will be observed until around 80 percent of the total quota volume for each item is filled, said the Ministry of Trade.Looking to capitalise on the garment quotas available to the US market, TAQAD requested on Wednesday that US importers inform them of their order plans until the end of the year for categories 347/348 and 647/648 (synthetic trousers), which the trade and industry ministries say will be distributed according to the automatic allocation policy until August 31 of this ye

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China's mainland is set to implement zero tariffs on all products produced in Hong Kong from January 1, 2006. This decision will mark the beginning of the third phase of the Closer Economic Partnership Arrangement (CEPA) between the two sides. The dropping of tariffs was revealed last week by Wang Liaoping, director of the Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macao Affairs Department of the Ministry of Commerce. The official said that under the arrangement, an additional 300 categories of Hong Kong products, r

Chinese Bureau of License, Department of Foreign Trade and CIECC of the Ministry of Commerce reached a consensus that certifying authorities throughout the country and Customs implement on-line confirming system on provisional textiles export license from July 20, 2005. Written forms and electronic data of provisional export license will be foundation of the Customs, and the Custom will do related formalities after checking the written forms and electronic data of provisional export license. It

China has firmly countered the target of the United States for curbing categories of the imported Chinese curtains, said Chong Quan, spokesman of the Chinese Ministry of Commerce. The US Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA), an inter-agency committee overseen by the US Commerce Department, accepted the application made by some US textile industry communities on imposing limits on imported Chinese curtains on July 14. This is another new application accepted by the CITA t