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China's year-to-date $11.1bn trade surplus, a 39% gain over last year, was helped by a surge in its apparel and textiles exports, spurred by the end of the global quota regime.
In January, Chinese textile and apparel exports rose to US$8.4bn, up 29% from a year ago. Meanwhile, China's textiles and apparel exports rose 21% in all of 2004.
China's dominance in the textile trade has produced worldwide ripples. Bangladesh, Cambodia and Sri Lanka textile operators are lobbying the US for preferential treatment. Italy has asked the EU to re-impose duties, and the European Commission says it could decide soon whether to apply import restraints against China's ...
China's dominance in the textile trade has produced worldwide ripples. Bangladesh, Cambodia and Sri Lanka textile operators are lobbying the US for preferential treatment. Italy has asked the EU to re-impose duties, and the European Commission says it could decide soon whether to apply import restraints against China's ...
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