Post quotas era has witnessed Pakistan surging ahead of even China to become top supplier of cotton sheets.A huge 539 percent jump was registered in US imports of cotton bed sheets from Pakistan while overall US imports in value terms grew from US$324 million in January-July 2004 to US$537 million in the same period of 2005.Pakistani exports rose at the cost of India and Thailand while China went on consolidating exports to the US at 290 percent in volume terms over the period.Cotton sheet shipm

Cheap Chinese imports, particularly textiles, garments, tea, cigarettes, and home appliances will face tough times landing in Iran. About a million dollars worth contraband goods were seized last month, according to Iranian Customs Department.In a major decision, Massoud Karbassian, head of Iranian Customs said the administration in cooperation with Textile Factories Syndicate, will try to prevent the import of low-quality textiles.He informed that customs offices will be established in piers th

Organisations representing the US textile industry have lodged four more safeguard petitions on imports of Chinese apparel and textile products. This comes just days before a further round of talks to resolve the textile saga between China and the US is set to get under way. The US industry is hoping that this action will put pressure on Beijing to adopt a more flexible approach to a deal. Three textile organisations and the trade union, UNITE HERE!, announced to the press on 22 September four

With a new round of talks between U.S. and Chinese textile negotiators scheduled to start next week, U.S. textile manufacturers have asked the federal government for restrictions on more types of Chinese textile and apparel goods. Industry and labor groups representing the textile sector are seeking limits on imports of wool suits, man-made fiber coats, cheesecloth and polyester filament fabric. Through July, the United States has imported $1.78 billion worth of goods in those categories, wit

As leading buyers of leather footwear and fashion products in the world, the US brands have begun eyeing Indian sources to cater to their needs.Stating this to the media, Chairman of the Council for Leather Exports (CLE) M Rafeeque Ahmed informed that after a brief lull on the Indian markets, the scene is hotting up with leading US importers expressing keen interest in Indian leather fashion and footwear.Leather, accessories and footwear exports touched $102 million mark, registering a 15 percen

Currently, it has been known from the CHIC organizer that the 14th China International Clothing & Accessories Fair (CHIC2006) would be held in two sessions next year, of which one is for men's from 28th to 30th March and the other is for women's from 4th to 6th April. The total exhibiting area remains to be 120,000 m2. The work for recruiting exhibitors has been started both domestically and abroad at the same time in the middle of June. Seen from the feedback got by the organizer, the exhib

US imports of cotton bed sheets surged in the first seven months of the post-quota period with Pakistan benefiting from a larger increase in shipments than China, thanks to a sharp fall in its export prices. India and Thailand were the main victims of the Pakistani success on US market. As expected in our last report earlier this year, a radical change may now be observed on US import market for cotton sheets in category 361. After only rising 17.50% in 2004, shipments nearly doubled in the fi

European Union is currently conducting investigations in to large-scale imports of certain footwear categories, which follows the textiles issue that recently subsided.European Branded Footwear Coalition (EBFC), which represents organizations and brands from Europe, issued a warning over the investigation stating that such measure would create a negative impact on the European Union industries. Of prime concern for the Council is the fact that it (EU) targets all leather footwear imported from C

Severely affected by cheap towel imports from Mainland China, towel producers from Taiwan have sought government intervention.In an appeal to the Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA), they have sought investigation of cheap imports from China possible hike in tariffs within 70 days at the earliest on the towels imported from the mainland. Also a proposed rise to 50 percent instead of current 10.5 percent of import duty, has been suggested in the appeal.Towel Makers Association, media sources stat

US textile leaders believe there is a best a 50-50 chance the United States and China will be able to agree on a comprehensive approach to textile and apparel import quotas, so they are pushing ahead aggressively with a series of new petitions to place temporary quotas on imports. Last week, the textile industry? three leading lobbying organizations and the labor union UNITE-HERE petitioned the US government to renew for another year quotas on 16 product categories worth some $3.4 billion that a