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| Identifier | Subject | Date | Office | Classification | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01HANOI2634 |
VIETNAM LABELLING: MADE IN WHEREVER -- RESPONSE [...] WE RAISED OUR CONCERNS OVER RECENT REPORTS THAT VIETNAM HAD SUSPENDED THE APPLICATION OF COUNTRY OF ORIGIN LABELING REQUIREMENTS IN ITS NEW LABELING LAW WITH MINISTRY OF TRADE (MOT) VICE MINISTER LUONG VAN TU IN LATE SEPTEMBER; MOT INDICATED THEY WOULD REVIEW OUR REQUEST. WE STRESSED THAT TH [...] |
2001-10-11 10:27:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD KTEX VM |
| 01HOCHIMINHCITY1255 |
TEXTILE ORDERS FOR VIETNAM: LOOKING TO THE BTA FOR INCREASED OPPORTUNITIES, NOT THE WORLD SECURITY SITUATION [...] SUMMARY: VIETNAM'S TEXTILE INDUSTRY ANTICIPATES A BOOST IN ORDERS FROM OVERSEAS BUYERS RELUCTANT TO DO BUSINESS IN COUNTRIES SUCH AS PAKISTAN AND INDONESIA, IN LIGHT OF THE CURRENT SECURITY SITUATION. THIS IS ACCORDING TO BUSINESS PEOPLE IN HO CHI MINH CITY, THE CENTER OF VIETNAM'S TEXTILE [...] |
2001-11-08 00:59:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD KTEX VM BTA |
| 01HOCHIMINHCITY1345 |
ON THE EVE OF DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER DZUNG'S VISIT: VINATEX HAS HIGH HOPES FOR THE U.S. MARKET [...] SUMMARY: THE VIETNAM TEXTILE INDUSTRY'S PUSH TO UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 HO CHI 01345 291026Z ENTER THE U.S. MARKET HAS ALREADY BEGUN, ACCORDING TO MR. LE QUOC AN, HEAD OF VIETNAM'S STATE-OWNED TEXTILE ENTERPRISES (VINATEX), AND CHAIRMAN OF THE NATIONAL TEXTILE [...] |
2001-11-29 10:14:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD KTEX PREL VM BTA |
| 02ABUJA3304 |
NIGERIAN TEXTILE BAN: "WE'RE DOING THIS FOR AGOA" [...] (U) Standing the spirit of free trade on its head, a senior Nigerian Commerce Ministry official says the GON temporarily banned imports of certain printed fabrics and now imposes import restrictions on these items as part of the country's efforts to qualify for AGOA trade benefits. The Standar [...] |
2002-12-12 15:58:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD BEXP KTEX ECON NI |
| 02AMMAN6469 |
TEXTILE DIVERSIFICATION CHALLENGES IN JORDAN [...] (U) Embassy Econ staff and USAID Jordan have maintained an extensive and productive dialogue with Jordan's government and private sector along the lines of reftel recommendations since the inception of the QIZ initiative in 1998. The GOJ in particular is eager to see Jordan's industrial base [...] |
2002-11-05 12:18:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTEX ETRD EINV JO |
| 02COLOMBO1740 |
SRI LANKA PREPARES FOR POST-QUOTA WORLD [...] Summary: Well aware of the potential impact of the expiration of the MFA on its number one export (apparel), Sri Lankan players are beginning to explore their options, ranging from special trade agreements with the US to strengthening the domestic industry and diversifying the export base. Po [...] |
2002-09-18 05:59:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD KTEX EAID CE USTR ECONOMICS |
| 02HOCHIMINHCITY934 |
VIETNAMESE IPR ENFORCEMENT: HOW NIKE GOT ITS SWOOSH BACK [...] No summary [...] |
2002-09-16 10:30:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | VM ETRD KIPR KTEX IPROP |
| 02KATHMANDU820 |
NEPAL: RESPONSE TO WORLD TEXTILE TRADE WITHOUT [...] Summary: The impact of post-2004 quota elimination on the already depressed garment industry in Nepal is likely to be substantial, if not disastrous, since the industry depends on the U.S. market for nearly all of its exports. Neither the Government of Nepal nor the manufacturers themselves [...] |
2002-04-26 09:03:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | KTEX ETRD NP |
| 02TEGUCIGALPA2647 |
HONDURAS AND TEXTILES - DIVERSIFICATION WILL NOT BE [...] Summary. Ref a requested that Post discuss the impact of the elimination of import quotas in 2005 on Honduras' textile and apparel industry and plans in the government and private sector to diversify into other industrial sectors. Embassy has been carrying on a dialogue with the GOH and Hond [...] |
2002-09-19 22:13:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD EINV EFIN EAGR EAID KTEX HO |
| 02TEGUCIGALPA2991 |
FTAA: HONDURAS' EXPORT PRIORITY INFORMATION [...] As solicited in reftel, Post identifies the following export priorities for the Honduran government and private sector. The cable includes both non-agricultural products (mentioned in reftel) and agricultural goods. 2. According to its recently published economic plan, the Maduro adminis [...] |
2002-10-30 15:00:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD ECON EAGR ELAB PREL KTEX HO FCS |
| 03ABUDHABI1025 |
ABU DHABI NOTIFIES UAE MINISTRY OF TEXTILE [...] On March 2, Post notified Office Director Mr. Ali Fayel of the UAE Ministry of Economy and Commerce of UAEG textile quota overshipments and forwarded ref fax. Wahba [...] |
2003-03-02 12:52:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | KTEX ETRD TC |
| 03ABUDHABI4201 |
UAEG RECEIVES TEXTILE FLEXIBILITY REQUEST [...] No summary [...] |
2003-09-15 12:29:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | KTEX TC |
| 03COLOMBO1883 |
CONTENTIOUS LABOR DISPUTE RESOLVED IN EXPORT [...] Summary: A controversial labor dispute at an export processing zone (EPZ) garment factory producing for international labels, which drew international attention, was resolved recently. The US-based Free Labor Association (FLA) and a local independent public policy institution intervened to [...] |
2003-11-03 06:26:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB ECON EAID EINV KTEX CE ECONOMICS |
| 03COLOMBO2017 |
IN VISIT, COMMERCE DAS WILLIAMSON EMPHASIZES [...] (U) Summary: During her visit, Commerce DAS Williamson heard updates on the current political environment and emphasized to public and private sector interlocutors the importance of a stable, predictable environment for growth and investment. Williamson applauded the government's work to date [...] |
2003-11-21 03:55:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD BEXP PREL KIPR KTEX CE ECONOMICS |
| 03HANOI1967 |
Vietnam: GVN PLANS REDESIGN OF TEXTILE ALLOCATION [...] SUMMARY: An inter-ministerial GVN committee has begun a comprehensive verification of the capacity of all factories allocated quota to export to the U.S. in 2003. MOT has already revoked quota from factories that were found to have over-reported their production capacity in their application [...] |
2003-08-01 10:03:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD KTEX VM |
| 03HANOI3273 |
VIETNAM: TEXTILE QUOTAS AND TRANSSHIPMENT [...] (SBU) I understand that the Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA) may soon consider requesting textile consultations with the GVN to discuss the findings of a U.S. Customs Textile Production Verification Team (TPVT) that visited Vietnam for three weeks last August. In [...] |
2003-12-18 07:23:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD PREL KTEX VM |
| 03HANOI489 |
Vietnam: First Round of Bilateral Textile Talks [...] (SBU) Summary and Introduction: USTR Special Textile Negotiator David Spooner led a 10 person USG delegation to Hanoi to begin negotiation of a bilateral textile agreement. The negotiations, originally scheduled to take place February 19-21, were shortened by half because weather conditions i [...] |
2003-02-28 09:05:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EINV KTEX VM LABOR |
| 03HANOI688 |
Vietnam: Second Annual BTA Joint Committee [...] (U) SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED -- PLEASE PROTECT ACCORDINGLY. 2. (SBU) Summary and Introduction: DUSTR Jon Huntsman led the U.S. delegation and Vice Minister of Trade Luong Van Tu headed the GVN side at the plenary session of the second annual meeting of the Bilateral Trade Agreement (BTA) [...] |
2003-03-21 00:10:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EINV ECON KIPR KTEX PREL VM |
| 03HANOI823 |
Vietnam: GVN textile quota counter proposal [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Post received a letter addressed to David Spooner, USTR Special Textile Negotiator, from the Vietnamese Ministry of Trade (MOT) dated April 02, 2003 forwarding the GVN counterproposal on textile quota levels. The letter is signed [...] |
2003-04-02 09:59:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD KTEX VM |
| 03HOCHIMINHCITY258 |
VIETNAM IPR ENFORCEMENT SUCCESS STORY: NIKE [...] In an IPR enforcement success story, the Ho Chi Minh City Economic Police have wrapped up a case against a major counterfeiter of Nike footwear. Although fines relating to IPR violations were nominal, local authorities assessed substantial fines for tax evasion and confiscated supplies and pr [...] |
2003-03-19 06:31:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD KIPR KTEX VM IPROP |
| 03HOCHIMINHCITY500 |
VIETNAM ISSUES TEXTILE QUOTA ALLOCATION GUIDELINES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The GVN has announced quota allocation criteria for textile and garment exports to the U.S. Sixty- five to seventy percent of quota will be allocated based on past performance over the period of calendar year 2002 and the first quarter of 2003. The remainder will be issued to [...] |
2003-06-06 18:36:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD KTEX VM |
| 03HOCHIMINHCITY556 |
VIETNAM: TEXTILE ALLOCATION BEGINS WITH CONFUSION [...] (SBU) The textile quota allocation process, which began on June 11, has drawn widespread complaints from buyers and producers and has already gone through at least one revision. In Phase I of the allocation process - in which companies receive a share of quota based on past performance - many [...] |
2003-06-18 10:47:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD KTEX VM |
| 03HOCHIMINHCITY605 |
QUANG NAM GARMENT FACTORY: TRYING TO MAKE IT IN THE [...] Quang Nam Province is the home of the Quang Nam Garment Company, a small state-owned enterprise with about 800 employees and revenues of VND 20 billion per year (about US$1.3 million). On a brief visit to the company by DPO and Econoff, they saw a clean, well-lit, well-ventilated factory produ [...] |
2003-07-03 11:56:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD KTEX VM SOE |
| 03KATHMANDU2278 |
WITHOUT RELIEF, NEPAL'S AILING GARMENT INDUSTRY [...] (U) The Maoist insurgency has had a devastating effect on Nepal's economy, including upon its fledgling manufacturing sector. Despite its own substantial problems, Nepal continues to be a firm ally of the U.S. in the fight against global terrorism, supporting our policy in Iraq and continuin [...] |
2003-11-21 07:45:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD KTEX NP |
| 03LAGOS87 |
AGOA AND NIGERIA: CAN ITS TEXTILE FIRMS STILL [...] Summary. Textile provisions of the Africa Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) encourage millions of dollars in foreign investment, create thousands of new jobs and boost exports across Africa, except in Nigeria. Sub-Saharan Africa's second largest economy has not taken advantage of AGOA's dut [...] |
2003-01-13 07:56:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD EINV ECON KTEX NI |
| 03RANGOON1425 |
BURMA SANCTIONS: GARMENT MAKERS CLING TO LEAKY RAFT [...] (C) Summary: Burma's private garment manufacturers claim 100 closed factories and 50,000 jobless as of the end of October -- with another 25,000 likely out of work by year's end. However, last-minute, limited garment orders from Europe will postpone the death of the Burmese garment industry i [...] |
2003-11-07 06:34:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD KTEX ELAB PHUM PGOV BM |
| 03RANGOON4 |
BURMA'S GARMENT INDUSTRY SEAMS DOOMED [...] (SBU) Summary: The threat of sanctions, the ongoing consumer boycott, and the GOB's own inane trade and investment policies are decimating the Burmese garment sector. The upcoming elimination of textile quotas in 2005 should put the final nail in the Burmese garment industry's coffin. The r [...] |
2003-01-02 08:33:00 | Embassy Rangoon | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EIND ETRD KTEX BM |
| 03TEGUCIGALPA1686 |
HONDURAN TEXTILE INDUSTRY DOWNTURN HIGHLIGHTS USITC [...] Post submits the following report in response to reftel request for the biennial report of the U.S. International Trade Commission (USITC) on the Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act (CBERA), as required by section 215(a) of the CBERA. 2. Summary: The slowdown and sluggish recovery of th [...] |
2003-07-16 17:17:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD EINV EIND KTEX HO |
| 03TEGUCIGALPA752 |
U.S.-CAFTA: Honduran Textile Goals in the U.S.- [...] (SBU) Summary: Honduras can be expected to fight hard in the U.S.-CAFTA textile negotiations for rules of origin that allow use of fabrics produced in NAFTA, Central American, CBI and Andean countries, including allowing the manufacture of woven products, short supply provisions and flexible r [...] |
2003-03-25 23:16:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD KTEX HO |
| 04ABUDHABI1823 |
END OF TEXTILE QUOTAS - UAE REQUEST FOR [...] This is an action request. Please see para. 3. 2. Ministry of Economy and Commerce Office Director Ali Al- Fayel contacted EconChief on May 26 to ask about the U.S. plans for lifting textile quotas at the end of 2004. In a follow on letter, the Ministry formally requested information on [...] |
2004-06-02 11:49:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | KTEX ETRD TC |
| 04ABUDHABI2205 |
UAE PREPARES FOR TERMINATION OF TEXTILE QUOTAS [...] (SBU) Summary and comment: Reftel letter was delivered July 4 to UAE Ministry of Economy Undersecretary Mohammed Jassim Al-Mizzaki, whose staff has queried Post numerous times about the elimination in 2005 of the UAE's textile quota to the United States. Textiles are the UAE's single largest [...] |
2004-07-04 12:20:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD KTEX TC |
| 04ABUDHABI3401 |
UAE TEXTILE QUOTA FLEXIBILITY REQUEST [...] (U) MINISTRY OF ECONOMY AND COMMERCE OFFICE DIRECTOR ALI AL-FAYEL CONTACTED POST ON SEPTEMBER 26 REQUESTING DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE CARRYOVER FLEXIBILITY TO TRANSFER FROM 2003 TO 2004 TEXTILE QUOTAS ANY CATEGORY THAT HAS UNUSED QUOTAS IN 2003. THEY ARE ALSO REQUESTING THE USG APPLY THE SWING F [...] |
2004-09-28 11:19:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | KTEX ETRD TC |
| 04ABUDHABI3427 |
BASELINE UAE TEXTILES AND APPAREL STATISTICS [...] (U) Summary and comment: Baseline statistics are provided regarding the UAE textile and apparel industry in response to ref A. In advance of the elimination of the worldwide textiles and apparel quotas in January 2005, UAE officials are very concerned that an absence of quotas on China will [...] |
2004-09-29 12:54:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD KTEX TC |
| 04ADANA21 |
AMBASSADOR'S INITIAL VISIT TO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Ambassador Edelman on February 10th made his initial visit to Adana. Ambassador met with incumbent Adana Mayor Aytac Durak to discuss both USG foreign policy and the current conditions in Adana. When the Ambassador asked Durak what he considered Adana's most significant prob [...] |
2004-02-20 15:05:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM KTEX TU ADANA |
| 04AMMAN686 |
QIZ'S HAVE ANOTHER BANNER YEAR [...] (SBU) Exports to the United States from Jordan's Qualifying Industrial Zones (QIZ's) jumped up the charts to USD 586.6 million in 2003, a 54 percent increase over 2002. Garments represented about 95 percent of the exports, according to the confirmed statistics from the Ministry of Industry an [...] |
2004-01-27 16:08:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD KTEX PREL IS JO |
| 04AMMAN8145 |
TRACKING CHANGES IN TEXTILES AND APPAREL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The textiles and apparel sector continues to increase its share of Jordan's GDP, due largely to the contribution of Qualifying Industrial Zones (QIZs) and their duty-free, quota-free exports to the United States, which stood at USD 584 million in 2003. In 2002-2003, manufactu [...] |
2004-09-30 15:02:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTEX ECON ETRD ELAB JO |
| 04ANKARA1917 |
Background for USTR Zoellick's Meeting with [...] (SBU) Turkish trade officials tell us that, in the April 5 meeting with USTR Robert Zoellick, State Minister Kursad Tuzmen plans to focus on multilateral trade issues. The Foreign Trade Undersecretariat told us it believes that USTR's January 2004 letter to counterparts has revitalized the WT [...] |
2004-04-01 10:26:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD KTEX KIPR TU |
| 04ANKARA5661 |
TURKISH TEXTILE AND APPAREL PRODUCTION AND [...] (U) Ref A requested data on Turkish textile and apparel employment and production data for country beneficiaries of U.S. trade preference programs. The GOT and Turkey's leading business association in these sectors provided conflicting statistics, in part due to the large share of the inform [...] |
2004-10-01 14:19:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EIND KTEX TU |
| 04ANKARA7002 |
GOT PESSIMISTIC ABOUT POST-2005 TEXTILE AND [...] (SBU) A Turkish Foreign Trade official expressed considerable pessimism about the likely losses of Turkey's textile industry post-2005, and urged the USG to impose safeguards on Chinese apparel imports. Turkey will retain some competitive advantages, especially proximity and short delivery tim [...] |
2004-12-17 07:56:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EIND KTEX EFIN TU |
| 04COLOMBO1271 |
Potential Fallout of MFA Expiration in 2005 [...] Summary: There is heightened anxiety in Sri Lanka's apparel sector, as expiration of the Multi-Fiber Arrangement approaches in January 2005. Sri Lanka's top end producers, controlling about 70% of exports, are expected to be the least affected, as they have gone high- tech, cut costs and le [...] |
2004-07-30 06:01:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD EINV KTEX ELAB CE ECONOMICS |
| 04COLOMBO1299 |
GORM AGREES TO ELVIS TRANSMISSION REQUIREMENT TEXT [...] This is an action request, please see para 3. 3. Per request reftel, Post delivered diplomatic note and attachments on January 12, 2004. On August 4, Post received a diplomatic note response, indicating Maldives was in agreement with the proposed text. The note further acknowledges the A [...] |
2004-08-06 04:50:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD KTEX MV |
| 04COLOMBO1605 |
TRACKING CHANGES IN TEXTILE AND APPAREL [...] Per reftel, information for Maldives follows: Year 2002 2003 Total industrial production in USD MN 52 53 Total textile and apparel Production in USD MN34 36 Textiles and apparel's share of Maldives imports12% 11% Textiles and apparel's share of [...] |
2004-09-28 05:13:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | KTEX ECON ETRD MV ECONOMICS |
| 04GUATEMALA2505 |
GUATEMALAN TEXTILE AND APPAREL DATA [...] No summary [...] |
2004-10-01 19:43:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD KTEX |
| 04HANOI1181 |
Vietnam: MOT Proposes Changes to Textile Quota [...] This is a joint Embassy Hanoi/Congen Ho Chi Minh City message. 2. Summary: The Ministry of Trade (MOT) recently proposed changes to Vietnam's textile/garment quota allocation regime for 2005. The new regime would allocate quota based on factories' export revenue rather than on quantitie [...] |
2004-04-26 04:11:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | KTEX ETRD VN |
| 04HANOI2620 |
Vietnam: Trade Officials Arrested for Taking [...] (U) SUMMARY: On September 15, a key Ministry of Trade (MOT) official responsible for allocation of Vietnam's textile quota for the U.S. market was arrested by the Economic Police for allegedly taking bribes in exchange for quota. MOT officials have stated publicly that the case will not delay [...] |
2004-09-20 08:42:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTEX ECON VM |
| 04HANOI2719 |
VIETNAM: TRACKING CHANGES IN TEXTILE/APPREL [...] In response to reftel, Post provides the FY 2002 and 2003 data on the following issues pertaining to Vietnam: Total Industrial Production: Year USD (millions) 2002 23,800 2003 27,600 Total Textile/Apparel Production: Year USD (millions) 2002 [...] |
2004-10-01 08:46:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD ECON KTEX VM WTO LABOR |
| 04HANOI2752 |
Vietnam: Textile Quota Bribe Scandal - Part Two [...] Summary: The arrest of the son of a Vice Minister of Trade (who bears overall responsibility for textile quota allocation) added a new twist to the GVN's ongoing investigation into schemes by Ministry of Trade (MOT) officials to extract bribes in exchange for U.S. textile quota. Both English [...] |
2004-10-06 09:14:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | KTEX ECON VM |
| 04HANOI2797 |
VIETNAM: AMBASSADOR'S CALL ON MINISTER OF TRADE [...] (SBU) Summary: In a meeting October 12, Minister of Trade Truong Dinh Tuyen told the Ambassador the GVN will be well-prepared for bilateral market access negotiations with the United States in October; that he hoped the United States and Vietnam could close WTO negotiations in early 2005; and [...] |
2004-10-13 10:59:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD KTEX KIPR VM WTRO WTO BTA IPROP |
| 04HANOI888 |
Vietnam: Textile Consultations in Hanoi [...] (SBU) Summary and Introduction: USTR Special Textile Negotiator David Spooner and Department of Commerce Deputy Assistant Secretary James Leonard led textile consultations with the GVN March 17-18. The discussions focused on whether Vietnam's textile quotas should be reduced, given a U.S. C [...] |
2004-03-29 09:16:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EINV KTEX VM |
| 04HOCHIMINHCITY1246 |
EB PDAS DONNELLY MEETS WITH HCMC TEXTILE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During his September 29 visit to Ho Chi Minh City, EB Bureau PDAS Donnelly met representatives of Vietnam's textile and apparel industry to discuss Vietnam's competitiveness following expiration of the WTO Agreement on Textiles and Clothing (ATC) and Vietnam's bid for WTO acces [...] |
2004-10-07 04:50:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON EINV KTEX VM WTO |
| 04HOCHIMINHCITY226 |
AMERICAN BUSINESS REPS IN HO CHI MINH CITY LOVE BTA, HATE [...] (SBU) During his visit to Ho Chi Minh City on February 17-18, Staff Director for the Senate Appropriations Committee James Morhard met a group of American businesspeople resident in Ho Chi Minh City. They reviewed their challenges and successes here in Vietnam and raised concerns about the fu [...] |
2004-03-04 10:14:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | VM ECON EPET ETRD KTEX OREP BTA |
| 04KIGALI1208 |
EMBASSY KIGALI PARTICIPATION IN SEVENTH [...] Summary. Post sponsored a booth at the seventh annual Rwandan Trade Fair that showcased Rwandan exports to the United States and provided information on the theme "Global Business Partners." The presentation, the first of its kind to be offered by any diplomatic mission in Rwanda, was well r [...] |
2004-08-20 08:03:00 | Embassy Kigali | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD PREL EAGR KTEX EINV RW AGOA |
| 04LAGOS457 |
NIGERIA: AGOA III: INFORMATION ON TEXTILE AND [...] (U) Summary: Nigeria's textile and apparel industry is uncompetitive and in decline, and manufacturers are skeptical about the possibilities of reversing the industry's long downward trend. Nigerian producers are not yet eligible for AGOA textile and apparel benefits, and most believe that AG [...] |
2004-03-02 08:21:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | KTEX ETRD EINV ECON PREL NI AGOA |
| 04LILONGWE1108 |
GARMENT MAKERS NOT PANICKING ABOUT QUOTAS [...] (SBU) Despite the impending demise of quotas, Malawi's garment makers expect to see few changes in the U.S. market in the near future. They are banking on the prospect of protective measures against China becoming a reality in the next few months. Malawi-based companies also have lower capit [...] |
2004-12-02 09:17:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ELAB ETRD KTEX MI |
| 04LILONGWE188 |
AGOA III: INFORMATION ON MALAWIAN TEXTILE AND APPAREL [...] THIS CABLE IS IN RESPONSE TO REFTEL REQUEST FOR INFORMATION ON TEXTILE AND APPAREL PRODUCTION CAPABILITIES IN AGOA-ELIGIBLE COUNTRIES. TEXTILES -------- 2. THE TEXTILE INDUSTRY IN MALAWI IS SMALL AND UNDERDEVELOPED. THE COUNTRY'S ONLY TEXTILE FACTORY, MAPETO (DWSM) LIMITED (FORMERLY DAV [...] |
2004-03-04 13:53:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD EINV KTEX PREL MI AGOA |
| 04MANAMA1032 |
DEMARCHE DELIVERED: TERMINATION OF TEXTILE AND [...] No summary [...] |
2004-06-30 12:52:00 | Embassy Manama | UNCLASSIFIED | KTEX BA |
| 04MANAMA1122 |
DEMARCHE DELIVERED: TERMINATION OF TEXTILE AND [...] No summary [...] |
2004-07-17 09:18:00 | Embassy Manama | UNCLASSIFIED | KTEX BA |
| 04MANAMA1225 |
(C/NF) MINISTER OF INDUSTRY TALKS SECURITY AND FTA [...] No summary [...] |
2004-08-04 10:14:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL ETRD KTEX ELAB BA KSEC KINR |
| 04MANAMA1494 |
BAHRAIN: TRACKING CHANGES IN TEXTILES AND APPAREL [...] Expiration of the WTO Agreement on Textiles and Clothing (ATC) will likely have a small negative impact on the Bahraini economy because the textile and apparel sector is a relatively minor contributor to the gross domestic product. However, the potential for layoffs in the textile sector is a [...] |
2004-09-29 12:33:00 | Embassy Manama | UNCLASSIFIED | KTEX ECON ETRD ELAB BA |
| 04MANAMA726 |
PERSPECTIVE OF SOME SHI'A WOMEN APPAREL INDUSTRY [...] (U) SUMMARY. Bahrain anticipates that the WTO-mandated end of textile quotas at the beginning of 2005 will cause its garment manufacturing sector to contract. The Ministry of Industry estimates that there are 3,600 conservative Bahraini Shi'a women working in this industry. There are few i [...] |
2004-05-17 14:47:00 | Embassy Manama | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB KTEX KMPI ETRD PREL KWMN BA |
| 04MANAMA799 |
SOME BAHRAINIS RECOGNIZE THE NEED TO PLAN FOR [...] SUMMARY. Assistant USTR for Labor WIlliam Clatanoff, who visited Bahrain May 9-13, sounded a clarion call warning to Bahrainis that its textile and garment industry is in danger from the WTO-mandated end to the textile quota system. He made clear that the US-Bahrain Free Trade Agreement (FTA) [...] |
2004-05-26 14:12:00 | Embassy Manama | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB KTEX PGOV PREL ETRD KWMN KMPI BA |
| 04MAPUTO294 |
AGOA III: TEXTILE AND APPAREL PRODUCTION [...] Overview: Mozambique's once thriving and highly heterogeneous textile and garment industry experienced steady and significant decline throughout the early 1990s. At its peak, the industry was comprised of 45 facilities, including 19 textile and 26 garment factories, producing a wide range of p [...] |
2004-03-04 09:06:00 | Embassy Maputo | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD KTEX EINV PREL MZ AGOA |
| 04MUSCAT2112 |
AMBITION, VISION, AND FRUSTRATION: OMANI COMMERCE [...] INR/B - please see biographic notes, para 9. ------- Summary ------- 2. (C) A rising mid-level Omani commerce official recently described the rapid decline of the Omani textile industry, her experiences within the government, the ill-timed departure of the Commerce Under Secretary, and [...] |
2004-12-05 03:26:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD KTEX PINR EIND PREL KWMN SCUL PGOV MU |
| 04PRETORIA4527 |
SOUTH AFRICAN APPAREL INDUSTRY -- STRUGGLING [...] Summary. The South African apparel industry is struggling because of increased imports, mostly from China, and a decrease in exports. The attractiveness of low-priced quality merchandise from China combined with the effects of the stronger rand is hurting its ability to compete. Total impo [...] |
2004-10-08 14:34:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | KTEX ETRD ECON SF USTR |
| 04PRETORIA5040 |
REGIONAL INTEGRATION IN SOUTHERN AFRICA - A [...] Summary: The reality in southern Africa is that except for SACU, regional integration has predominantly not progressed much further than attempts to create free trade areas amongst some states and talks about possible customs unions. Within Southern Africa there are a number of regional integ [...] |
2004-11-18 14:59:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | KTEX ETRD ECON SF USTR |
| 04PRETORIA5313 |
SACU TO NEGOTIATE FREE TRADE DEAL WITH INDIA [...] Summary: The Southern African Customs Union (Sacu) and India will start free trade negotiations in the middle of 2005. The free trade talks would evolve in two stages, starting with the establishment of a preferential trade agreement covering trade in goods, to be later upgraded into a free [...] |
2004-12-09 08:17:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD KTEX ECON SF USTR |
| 04QUITO2943 |
TEXTILES AND APPAREL EMPLOYMENT AND PRODUCTION IN [...] Summary. Reftel requests information on the textile and apparel sectors in Ecuador. Statistical information, particularly with respect to employment information, is highly unreliable in Ecuador. In general, textile production increases appear to have outpaced overall industrial production [...] |
2004-11-09 20:51:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED | KTEX ECON ETRD EC |
| 04RANGOON1294 |
BURMA'S GARMENT MAKERS FEAR 2005 [...] (C) Summary: After a few months of improved fortune for Burma's garment sector (reftel), things are turning gloomy as 2005 nears. Industry officials are hopeful but not optimistic that the troubled industry will survive the end of quotas in 2005. If not, factory closures and layoffs will lik [...] |
2004-09-30 01:53:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD ECON KTEX BM |
| 04RANGOON138 |
BURMA SANCTIONS: GARMENT INDUSTRY TAKES STOCK [...] (C) Summary: We are getting a slightly clearer picture of the impact of last year's U.S. import ban on the Burmese garment industry -- the industry most directly impacted by the measure. Even the most optimistic garment manufacturers say they will not survive 2005, when the global quota system [...] |
2004-02-02 09:10:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | KTEX ETRD PHUM ECON PGOV BM |
| 04RANGOON768 |
BURMESE USING THAIS TO VIOLATE U.S. IMPORT BAN [...] SUMMARY: BURMESE GARMENT FACTORY OWNERS ADMITTED TO AN EMBASSY OFFICER THAT THEIR COMPANY IS CIRCUMVENTING THE U.S. IMPORT BAN ON BURMESE PRODUCTS BY EXPORTING THEIR "U2" AND "ADIDAS" BRAND GARMENTS OVERLAND TO BANGKOK, AND THEN RE-EXPORTING THROUGH A THAI COMPANY DIRECTLY TO THE UNITED STATE [...] |
2004-06-18 08:23:00 | Embassy Rangoon | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD ECON CVIS KTEX TH BM |
| 04RANGOON912 |
BURMA'S GARMENT SECTOR TAKES A TURN FOR THE BETTER [...] (C) Summary: New garment orders from Europe and Canada have put about 25,000 back to work around Rangoon. These orders are offering a much smaller profit margin than normal, though, thus the GOB is gaining little extra income from the new business. Despite the good news, garment factory owner [...] |
2004-07-20 07:50:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD ECON KTEX BM |
| 04SANTODOMINGO5757 |
DOMINICAN TEXTILES - PROSPECTS FOR PRODUCTION AND [...] Embassy Santo Domingo provides the following information in response to reftel. 2. Nominal GDP in billions of USD FY 2002 21.6 FY 2003 16.8 Nominal Manufacturing GDP (industrial production) in billions of USD FY 2002 3.48 (16.1 percent of total GDP) FY 2003 2.57 (15.3 percent of t [...] |
2004-10-20 18:32:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ELAB ETRD KTEX DR EINV |
| 04TAIPEI3186 |
TITAS 2004 Focuses on Facing 2005: [...] Summary. The Taipei International Textile & Apparel Show 2004 (TITAS 2004) kicked off on September 21. 280 domestic/foreign companies participated in the three-day event. Aside from the exhibition, 13 seminars by various agencies including the American Apparel Producers' Network (AAPN), Joc [...] |
2004-10-13 08:50:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD KTEX TW |
| 04TAIPEI3509 |
TAIWAN RESPONSE TO TEXTILE TRANSSHIPMENT MOU [...] This is an Action Request. Please see Para 8. 2. Summary: AIT/T delivered reftel demarche to Taiwan's Board of Foreign Trade (BOFT) Import/Export Director Peter Ho November 5. Ho was accompanied by several staff and representatives from the Taiwan Textile Federation (TTF). Ho protested [...] |
2004-11-05 09:41:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD EIND KTEX TW |
| 04TEGUCIGALPA2276 |
Honduras: Textile and Apparel Statistics; Both [...] Post provides the following information in response to reftel. ---------------------------- The Limits of the Statistics ---------------------------- 2. The two primary sources of information on the Honduran textile and apparel sector are the Central Bank, which collects statistics on [...] |
2004-10-13 14:47:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED | KTEX ECON ETRD ELAB BEXP HO |
| 05ABUDHABI3925 |
TROUBLED UAE TEXTILES AND APPAREL SECTOR PINNING [...] SUMMARY: The UAE textile industry is slowing down due to increased international competition sparked by the elimination of the worldwide textile quotas. The Ministry of Economy and Planning and senior officials from five textile factories in the Jebel Ali Free Zone (AlPine Creation, Fine Texti [...] |
2005-09-14 13:52:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | KTEX ECON ETRD TC |
| 05ACCRA2565 |
GHANA'S TEXTILES AND APPAREL SECTOR: UPDATED [...] Summary: Ghana's textile and apparel sector is small and -- despite the extension of AGOA benefits -- continues to shrink. Labor problems, cheap imports, lack of access to capital, smuggling, and copyright infringements have all contributed to a slow but steady decline over the last 30 years. [...] |
2005-12-19 11:21:00 | Embassy Accra | UNCLASSIFIED | KTEX ECON ETRD |
| 05AMMAN13 |
JORDAN, ISRAEL UPGRADE TRADE AGREEMENT TO CREATE [...] (SBU) Jordan hosted the signing of an upgraded trade agreement with Israel December 23 to take aim at a Qualifying Industrial Zone (QIZ) arrangement with the EU using cumulation of content under a pending Pan-Euro-Mediterranean rules of origin system. The pact moves Jordan and Israel toward [...] |
2005-01-03 12:50:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD PREL KTIA KTEX IS JO |
| 05AMMAN7495 |
TEXTILES AND APPAREL SECTOR: UPDATED STATISTICS [...] (U) Following is post's response to reftel request for data and answers to questions on Jordan's textiles and apparel sector. Post will provide septel further analysis of Jordan's unique position as a country with a growing apparel industry attempting to serve both the U.S. and European mar [...] |
2005-09-19 08:13:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTEX ECON ETRD JO |
| 05AMMAN7793 |
JORDAN AND ISRAEL CLOSE TO NEW QIZ ARRANGEMENT [...] (U) This message contains an action request. See para 11. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Jordan is close to agreeing with Israel on an amendment to their Qualifying Industrial Zone (QIZ) Agreement that would change the terms of the product review mechanism by which Israeli content in Jordanian QIZ produ [...] |
2005-10-02 07:54:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD KTEX ECON PREL IS JO |
| 05AMMAN7794 |
JORDAN AND ISRAEL CLOSE TO NEW QIZ ARRANGEMENT [...] (U) This message contains an action request. See para 11. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Jordan is close to agreeing with Israel on an amendment to their Qualifying Industrial Zone (QIZ) Agreement that would change the terms of the product review mechanism by which Israeli content in Jordanian QIZ produ [...] |
2005-10-02 07:54:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD KTEX ECON PREL IS JO |
| 05AMMAN8228 |
AMENDED JORDAN-ISRAEL QIZ AGREEMENT [...] (C) Ministry of Industry and Trade official Baha'a Al-Armouti passed to Econoff October 17 the initialed amendments to the 1997 Israel-Jordan Qualifying Industrial Zone Agreement. The changes reflect mutual understandings reached in September (Ref B). Armouti explained that the amendments t [...] |
2005-10-17 14:45:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD KTEX ECON PREL IS JO |
| 05ANKARA1109 |
UPDATE ON TURKISH LIMITS ON CHINESE TEXTILE [...] (SBU) Shortly after imposing surveillance and protective measures against 42 categories of Chinese textile and apparel imports in connection with section 242 of the Working Party report, GOT and Chinese officials held consultations in Ankara in late January. Both the Chinese Ambassador to Turk [...] |
2005-03-03 10:46:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD KTEX TU CH |
| 05ANKARA129 |
GOT TO LIMIT CHINESE TEXTILE AND APPAREL [...] (U) Summary: On December 23, the Foreign Trade Undersecretariat (FTU) published a communique in the State Gazette announcing surveillance and protective measures against 42 categories of Chinese textile and apparel imports. An FTU official told us that he expects the GOT will impose limits i [...] |
2005-01-10 13:09:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EIND KTEX TU |
| 05ANKARA2294 |
APPAREL EXECUTIVES ON CHINESE EXPORTS, TIFA, [...] (U) This message was coordinated with Amconsul Istanbul. 2. (SBU) Summary: In an April 8 lunch, textile and apparel industry representatives praised U.S. movement toward limits on Chinese textile imports and expressed the hope the European Commission would follow suit. They also supported [...] |
2005-04-22 10:42:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD KTEX EFIN TU CH EUN |
| 05ANKARA730 |
OUTREACH TO TURKISH NON-GOVERNMENTAL [...] Ref A requested information on private sector organizations which might have an interest in a sectoral initiative within the non-agricultural market access (NAMA) negotiating framework in the WTO. While there are a number of Turkish industries (especially the apparel, leather, tile, glasswar [...] |
2005-02-08 12:11:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD KTEX TU |
| 05BANGKOK6016 |
THAI TEXTILES AND APPAREL: COPING WITH A [...] Summary: Thailand's textiles and apparel exports continue to grow following the expiration of the global quota system, albeit at a more moderate pace than during the banner year of 2004. The overall sector has seen exports rise by a solid 5.8 percent in the first half of 2005, defying the mos [...] |
2005-09-20 09:29:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | KTEX ECON ETRD ELAB |
| 05BOGOTA9143 |
TEXTILE AND APPAREL STATISTICS AND PROJECTION OF [...] This is post's response to REFTEL request for information on Colombia's textile and apparel employment and production data, and projections of future competitiveness. 2. Textile and apparel production and employment data: 2004 2005 1/ Total [...] |
2005-09-27 13:16:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON KTEX FTA |
| 05CAIRO7147 |
TRACKING CHANGES IN TEXTILES AND APPAREL EMPLOYMENT [...] The following data responds to ref A request for specific data and information on textiles and apparel production, trade and employment. --------------------------- Total Industrial production --------------------------- Figures are for Egyptian fiscal year (July-June); conversion base [...] |
2005-09-14 07:56:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | KTEX ECON ETRD EINV EG USTR |
| 05CARACAS1851 |
VENEZUELA'S REFERENCE PRICES FOR TEXTILES IMPORTS: [...] We will attempt to answer the questions posed by reftel providing the reasons for the measures and background information which might be useful in the evaluation of the measures. 2. Upon receipt of the Official Gazette announcement that textile reference prices will be applied to calcul [...] |
2005-06-20 17:21:00 | Embassy Caracas | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD KTEX VE |
| 05COLOMBO1644 |
TEXTILES AND APPAREL SECTOR UPDATE: SRI [...] Per ref (A), information for Sri Lanka follows: - 2004 2005 - thru - June Total Industrial Prod. (USD MN) 6,889 NA Total text/apparel/leather prd(USD [...] |
2005-09-19 05:45:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON KTEX ETRD EAID CE ECONOMICS |
| 05COLOMBO1668 |
TEXTILES AND APPAREL SECTOR UPDATE-MALDIVES [...] Per ref (A), information for Maldives follows: 2. The apparel industry in Maldives has disappeared following the expiration of the MFA. The industry was comprised entirely of foreign investors, mostly from Sri Lanka, seeking quota advantages. Most started closing down operations gradually [...] |
2005-09-21 10:43:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON KTEX ETRD EAID MV ECONOMICS |
| 05DARESSALAAM1185 |
EAC CUSTOMS UNION: UPDATE ON TARIFFS [...] Per reftel, econoff and commercial FSN spoke with the East African Community (EAC) Director of Customs, Peter Kiguta, and with Dr. Kaboyoka of the Tanzanian Ministry of Industry and Trade (MIT) to solicit information on updated tariff rates under the EAC's Common External Tariff (CET). 2. A [...] |
2005-06-17 03:29:00 | Embassy Dar Es Salaam | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD PREL ECON EFIN ECIN KTEX TZ |
| 05DHAKA4643 |
REPLY TO STATE 146213 [...] Summary: Post collected data on textile and apparel labor and production statistics of Bangladesh per ref B. request. Information sources included trade associations and government data. There is no consistent, reliable, current source of data for the information requested. Early indicati [...] |
2005-09-15 09:15:00 | Embassy Dhaka | UNCLASSIFIED | KTEX ECON ETRD |
| 05DHAKA4652 |
BANGLADESH TEXTILE AND APPAREL STATS AND [...] Summary: Post collected data on textile and apparel labor and production statistics of Bangladesh per ref B. request. Information sources included trade associations and government data. There is no consistent, reliable, current source of data for the information requested. Early indicati [...] |
2005-09-15 10:36:00 | Embassy Dhaka | UNCLASSIFIED | KTEX ECON ETRD |
| 05HANOI1 |
Vietnam: Textile Corruption and Allocation Update [...] (U) This is a Hanoi - Ho Chi Minh City joint reporting cable. 2. (SBU) Summary: Since September, six Ministry of Trade officials, including a former Vice Minister, have been arrested for participation in a scheme to extract bribes in exchange for U.S. textile quota. After a short delay, th [...] |
2005-01-03 00:03:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTEX ECON VM |
| 05HOCHIMINHCITY1146 |
VIETNAM TEXTILES: COMPETING IN A QUOTA-FREE WORLD [...] (SBU): Vietnam's apparel exports to the United States have boomed since the entry-into-force of the BTA. However, the Vietnamese garment industry is beginning to feel the pinch of being one of the only countries still subject to textile quotas. Vietnam is not reaping any benefit from safeguard [...] |
2005-11-02 08:08:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON KTEX VM BTA WTO LABOR |
| 05ISTANBUL1619 |
TURKISH TEXTILE AND APPAREL SECTOR: STATISTICS AND [...] (SBU) Summary: Total production in the textile and apparel sectors stands at over USD 30 billion, according to estimates by both industry and government officials. Registered exports for the sector in 2004 totalled 17.6 billion USD, or 28 percent of total Turkish exports. In addition, however [...] |
2005-09-21 15:19:00 | Consulate Istanbul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTEX ECON ETRD TU |
| 05ISTANBUL1839 |
TURKISH TEXTILE SECTOR RENEWS CALL FOR [...] (SBU) Summary: In meetings with General Scowcroft's visiting American Turkish Council Delegation (ATC), Turkish textile representatives renewed their call for a preferential trade agreement to enable application of lower U.S. customs duties to Turkish textile exports to the U.S. The industry [...] |
2005-10-21 14:13:00 | Consulate Istanbul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD KTEX TU |
| 05LIMA2523 |
PERU'S TEXTILE EXPORTS INCREASE 13 PERCENT IN Q1 [...] (U) Summary. Peru's textile industry witnessed a 13 percent increase in exports during the first quarter of 2005 year-on-year, despite local fears that the end of the Multi- Fiber Agreement (MFA) would limit the Peruvian textile industry's ability to compete internationally. The GOP, noting [...] |
2005-06-06 22:30:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTEX ETRD ECON PGOV PREL PE |
| 05LIMA3923 |
THREE PRESIDENTS INAUGURATE INTEROCEANIC HIGHWAY [...] (SBU) Summary. The Presidents of Peru, Bolivia and Brazil met in Madre de Dios, Peru on September 8, to inaugurate the $810 million Interoceanic Highway project, which will connect Brazil's Atlantic coast to Peru's Pacific coast. The governments expect the highway to be completed by 2010. [...] |
2005-09-09 22:02:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTEX ETRD ECON PGOV PREL PE |
| 05LIMA4184 |
PERU: UPDATED TEXTILE AND APPAREL INFORMATION [...] (SBU) Summary. Peru's textile and apparel sectors have grown rapidly in the past few years, due primarily to benefits under the Andean Trade Promotion and Drug Eradication Act (ATPDEA). While textile and apparel exports values increased from $823 million in 2003 to $1.09 billion in 2004, thi [...] |
2005-09-27 13:56:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTEX ETRD ECON EINV PE |
| 05LIMA4278 |
GOP JUSTIFIES USED CLOTHING LAW [...] (SBU) Summary. In a meeting on September 27 with the DCM, Vice Minister of Industry Antonio Castillo cited three arguments to justify Peru's ban on the imports of used clothing imports, Law 28514. First, the Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes, to [...] |
2005-10-03 13:43:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTEX ETRD ECON EINV PE |
| 05LIMA68 |
Textile Industry Fears End of MultiFiber Agreement [...] (SBU) Summary. The Peruvian Government fears that the termination of the World Trade Organization's MultiFiber Agreement (MFA) on January 1 will limit the Peruvian textile industry's ability to compete on both the domestic and international markets. The textile industry accounted for approxi [...] |
2005-01-05 20:22:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTEX ETRD ECON PGOV PREL PE |
| 05MANAMA1412 |
TEXTILES AND APPAREL SECTOR: UPDATED STATISTICS [...] (U) Bahrain's textile and apparel industry is relatively small and represents a minimal contribution to GDP. Its contribution is further reduced by a robust increase in oil revenues, which increased by 20 percent in 2004. The lifting of global textile quotas on January 1, 2005 has led to sev [...] |
2005-10-02 06:08:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | KTEX ECON ETRD BA |
| 05MANILA3956 |
POST-QUOTA ADAPTION OF GARMENT AND TEXTILE [...] Summary: The Philippine garment and textile industry has thus far withstood the end of the MFA quota regime, largely thanks to U.S. safeguards imposed on Chinese goods. Exports during the first half of 2005 are stable, though production is shifting toward higher-value products and natural fi [...] |
2005-08-25 08:56:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD KTEX EINV PREL ECON RP |
| 05MUSCAT1463 |
OMAN PINS TEXTILE HOPES ON FTA [...] (SBU) Government statistics point to a continuing decline in Omani textile production in terms of value and employment. Manufacturers are pinning their hopes on the pending U.S.-Oman Free Trade Agreement to at least slow this trend. End Summary. -------------------- STATISTICAL SNAPSHOT - [...] |
2005-10-01 13:44:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTEX ECON ETRD MU |
| 05MUSCAT243 |
OMAN OFFICIAL ON PRIVATIZATION, FTA HOPES [...] (SBU) In a meeting on February 1, National Economy Under Secretary Abdul Malik al-Hinai outlined the Omani SIPDIS government's privatization strategy for a visiting USG official in the power, water, telecommunications and transport sectors. He predicted the sale of 30 percent of state-owne [...] |
2005-02-13 13:12:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON KPRV EIND ETRD ECPS KTEX PREL MU |
| 05NAIROBI3826 |
KENYA RESPONSE - TEXTILES AND APPAREL SECTOR: [...] In response to ref A), Embassy Nairobi offers the following baseline data on Kenya's textile and apparel production and employment. Total Kenyan industrial production in calendar year 2004 was USD 5.616 billion. Total textile and apparel production was USD 304.21 million in year 2004 and US [...] |
2005-09-15 10:56:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | KTEX ECON ETRD KE AGOA |
| 05PRETORIA1365 |
PROTECTION SOUGHT FOR THE SOUTH AFRICAN [...] Summary. While Chinese and Indian apparel and textile exports to the United States continued to surge in the first month after the ending of the multi-Fiber arrangement, South African exports of these products (section 11) to the United States showed a 17% decline. A DTI official said the fl [...] |
2005-04-06 05:03:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD KTEX SF USTR |
| 05PRETORIA2238 |
LABOR UNIONS TURN TO RETAILERS TO SAVE THE [...] Summary. According to South African industry representatives, China currently holds 86% of the apparel market for imports in South Africa. Unions blamed increased imports for contributing to job losses of up to 40 000 in the apparel and textile industry. The Congress of South African Trade [...] |
2005-06-09 04:58:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | KTEX ECON ETRD SF USTR |
| 05PRETORIA3823 |
TEXTILES AND APPAREL SECTOR: UPDATED STATISTICS [...] (U) This cable provides statistical data to the extent currently available and other information on South Africa's textile and apparel sector as requested in ref A for the calendar year 2004 and mid-2005. Answers to questions posed in Ref A are based on interviews with major players in the So [...] |
2005-09-17 07:38:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD KTEX SF |
| 05PRETORIA4752 |
SOUTH AFRICA: NO SAFEGUARD PROTECTION [...] (U) Summary. While the South African textile and clothing industries complained about cheap imports from China, the South African government announced that it was not prepared to employ safeguards for an extended period to limit imports from China. Government officials criticized industry f [...] |
2005-12-02 14:02:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD KTEX SF |
| 05PRETORIA658 |
SOUTH AFRICA'S TRADE WITH CHINA [...] Summary. A report by a South African bank group describes the impact of China's growing importance as a trade partner with South Africa, particularly since its accession to the World Trade Organization (WTO) in December 2001. Trade between South Africa and China has been [...] |
2005-02-12 09:08:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD KTEX ECON SF USTR |
| 05PRETORIA847 |
DTI DISCUSSES DOHA WITH COMMERCE DAS VINEYARD [...] (SBU) Summary. Commerce DAS Holly Vineyard met with Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) officials on February 18. There is more interest now by South Africa in taking advantage of the category 9 provisions of AGOA that allow duty-free import of certain handloomed, handmade and folkloric [...] |
2005-02-25 11:36:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD EAGR KTEX SF USTR |
| 05RABAT2139 |
MOROCCO ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS [...] Ahmed Lahlimi, High Commissioner for Planning announced during an October 4 press briefing on the 2004 census results that the poverty rate in Morocco in 2004 stood at 14.2%, 2.3% lower than in 1994. The census showed improvement in both urban (2.5% decrease) and rural areas (1% decrease). [...] |
2005-10-13 16:41:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EWWT PTER KTEX EAGR EAIR ETRD MO SOCI |
| 05RANGOON190 |
BURMA'S GARMENT SECTOR: SAVED BY THE TAX [...] (SBU) Summary: All but in the grave, Burma's garment sector has been kept alive -- barely -- by China's decision to impose an export tax on its garments. Though no new hires or re-opened factories are likely, the manufacturers expect to maintain the status quo in the short term thanks to order [...] |
2005-02-14 04:35:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD ECON KTEX PREL BM |
| 05SANJOSE2158 |
COSTA RICA: TEXTILE AND APPAREL INDUSTRY [...] Summary: The textile industry in Costa Rica is regarded as efficient and productive. However, the low labor costs of China and the preferential treatment Mexico was granted under the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) put the Costa Rican textile industry at a disadvantage. As a res [...] |
2005-09-15 00:20:00 | Embassy San Jose | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD ECON KTEX PGOV PREL CS |
| 05SANSALVADOR2572 |
TEXTILES AND APPAREL SECTOR: UPDATED STATISTICS AND [...] SUMMARY: This is in response to reftel. El Salvador's economy continues to be highly dependent on the textile and apparel industry, which represents a substantial portion of total industrial production, exports and employment. The sector, which has been crucial to the government's developmen [...] |
2005-09-16 22:34:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD KTEX ES CAFTA |
| 05SANSALVADOR2583 |
CORRECTED VERSION TEXTILES AND APPAREL SECTOR: [...] SUMMARY: This is in response to reftel. El Salvador's economy continues to be highly dependent on the textile and apparel industry, which represents a substantial portion of total industrial production, exports and employment. The sector, which has been crucial to the government's developmen [...] |
2005-09-19 15:32:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD KTEX ES CAFTA |
| 05SANTODOMINGO1051 |
DOMINICAN PRESIDENT INAUGURATES U.S. PLANT, AGAIN [...] (U) At the February 21 ground-breaking for a large U.S.-owned textile mill, President Leonel Fernandez characterized the project as one aspect of the Dominican Republic's response to the challenges of competition and globalization. He expressed confidence that the free trade agreement with th [...] |
2005-02-25 20:24:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD KTEX DR |
| 05SANTODOMINGO4479 |
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: TEXTILE AND APPAREL SECTOR [...] Summary: Textile and apparel production represents an important part of the Dominican Republic's economy. Half of all companies in the Dominican Free Trade Zones (FTZs) are textile and apparel related companies and 98% of all Dominican textile and apparel companies are from the FTZs. In 200 [...] |
2005-09-30 20:58:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | KTEX ECON ETRD DR |
| 05TAIPEI1233 |
TAIWAN TEXTILE INDUSTRY SEARCHES FOR [...] No summary [...] |
2005-03-23 05:40:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | KTEX ETRD TW |
| 05TEGUCIGALPA1535 |
USITC CARRIBEAN BASIN INVESTMENT SURVEY [...] Post submits the following report in response to reftel request for the U.S. International Trade Commission (USITC) report on the Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act (CBERA), as required by section 215(a) of the CBERA. 2. Summary: The positive role that the Caribbean Basin Initiative (C [...] |
2005-07-27 14:42:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD EINV EIND KTEX HO |
| 05TEGUCIGALPA1546 |
One Maquila Improves Working Conditions in [...] Summary: In a June 22 press conference, the U.S. NGO National Labor Committee's (NLC's) Director Charles Kernaghan alleged mistreatment of workers in a Honduran maquila that supplies Reebok's NBA and NFL jerseys, a charge that the GOH and Honduran businesses quickly denied, pointing to union [...] |
2005-07-27 22:10:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB ETRD EINV EIND KTEX PGOV HO |
| 05TEGUCIGALPA2195 |
Honduras: Readout of Secretary Gutierrez [...] Summary: During an October 19 meeting in San Pedro Sula, Commerce Secretary Gutierrez and Honduran Trade Minister Guerrero concurred that Honduras is well on its way towards CAFTA implementation, having passed several key laws and proposed others. IPR protections remain a source of concern fo [...] |
2005-10-27 18:01:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB ETRD EINV EIND KTEX PGOV HO |
| 05TEGUCIGALPA2217 |
Honduras: Readout of Secretary Gutierrez [...] Summary: On October 19, Secretary Gutierrez met with President Ricardo Maduro in a closed session. The Secretary encouraged Maduro to attend the Summit of the Americas, and to quickly comply with any outstanding CAFTA requirements to expedite entry into force. Maduro welcomed the Secretary' [...] |
2005-10-31 22:34:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB ETRD EINV EIND KTEX PGOV HO |
| 05TEGUCIGALPA642 |
RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR TEXTILE DATA: HONDURAN [...] (U) Summary: The Honduran textile and apparel sector is increasingly concerned that it is about to lose out to China as a supplier to the U.S. market. While the elimination of quotas on January 1, 2005 has not yet translated into factory closings and job losses, such an impact is widely expec [...] |
2005-03-22 19:52:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD KTEX ELAB PGOV HO |
| 06ABIDJAN1133 |
COTE D'IVOIRE: TEXTILE AND APPAREL PRODUCTION [...] (U) Per REF A request, Post provides the following information on Cote d'Ivoire's textile and apparel production sector. 2. (U) The National Statistical Institute's (INS) Division of National Accounts (INSAE) provided the following statistics on total industrial production and total text [...] |
2006-10-06 17:27:00 | Embassy Abidjan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD KTEX IV |
| 06ABUDHABI2563 |
TEXTILES INDUSTRY: PESSIMISTIC DESPITE RISING TRADE [...] SUMMARY: Officials from the UAE Ministry of Economy, two textile factories in the UAE's Jebel Ali Free Zone (ATRACO Industrial and Carolina Fabric LTD) and one garment factory in Abu Dhabi (Abu Dhabi Garment Factory (ADGF) are pessimistic about current and future prospects of the UAE textile an [...] |
2006-06-21 11:35:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | KTEX ECON ETRD TC |
| 06ABUDHABI3820 |
UAE TEXTILES AND APPAREL SECTOR: SLOWDOWN DUE TO INCREASED [...] (SBU) Summary: The UAE textile industry continues to decline due to increased international competition brought on by the elimination of the worldwide textile quotas. Two textile factories in the Jebel Ali Free Zone (Emirates Textiles LTD. and Carolina Fabrics LTD.) and one garment factory in A [...] |
2006-10-01 05:43:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | KTEX ECON ETRD AE |
| 06ABUJA854 |
NIGERIA'S IMPORT BAN ON TEXTILES: DEMARCHE [...] Summary. As requested reftel, Embassy Abuja presented demarche on textile bans and Milliken's potential order to the Ministries of Finance and Commerce. The ministry officials informed Embassy officials that it would be difficult to grant an exception for Milliken because the GON has just star [...] |
2006-04-20 08:49:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD KTEX NI |
| 06ACCRA2321 |
Textile and Apparel Sector: Statistics and Projection of [...] No summary [...] |
2006-10-02 15:21:00 | Embassy Accra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV ETRD KTEX GH |
| 06AITTAIPEI2962 |
TAIWAN TIFA FOLLOW-UP: PROGRESS AND HIGH LEVEL [...] Taiwan rolled out the red carpet for Deputy Assistant U.S. Trade Representative Eric Altbach and the U.S. trade delegation visit to Taipei August 17-21 to follow-up the May TIFA talks. Taiwan was eager to reaffirm its commitment to the TIFA process and report on actions taken since the May T [...] |
2006-08-25 09:04:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ECON EIND EINT ETRD KTEX TW |
| 06AMMAN3257 |
JORDAN LAUNCHES MAJOR ENFORCEMENT CAMPAIGN IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: In response to a highly-publicized report criticizing the labor conditions of foreign workers in Jordan's garment industry, the Government of Jordan (GOJ) and the association representing the sector are launching a swift campaign to strengthen the enforcement of Jordan's labor la [...] |
2006-05-08 12:37:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | ELAB ETRD KTEX ECON PGOV JO |
| 06AMMAN3551 |
JORDAN RELEASES INITIAL REPORT ON ALLEGED LABOR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On May 18, Minister of Labor Bassem Salem released the Ministry of Labor's (MOL) initial report of its actions regarding alleged labor abuses in the Qualifying Industrial Zone (QIZ) garment industry (Ref C). The MOL report indicates serious problems with QIZ factories' underp [...] |
2006-05-18 17:05:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | ELAB ETRD KTEX ECON PGOV JO |
| 06AMMAN4653 |
JORDAN SEEKS U.S. SUPPORT IN DOHA ROUND FOR MORE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a letter to the Ambassador received June 18, Jordan's Minister of Industry and Trade sought U.S. government support on two positions the GoJ has staked out with other groups of developing nations in the WTO Doha Round of trade negotiations. The key issues for Jordan are pr [...] |
2006-06-22 16:40:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON KTEX PREL JO |
| 06AMMAN5566 |
MINISTERS PROMISE ACTION ON QIZ LABOR ISSUES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Ambassador raised continuing USG concerns about the QIZ labor situation with the King's top aide and relevant ministers, in each case without aides present. GoJ leadership understands the importance of the problem but there was divergence on how different GoJ elements perceived [...] |
2006-07-25 07:05:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | ELAB ETRD PHUM GTIP KTEX JO |
| 06AMMAN5595 |
UPDATE ON GOJ STEPS TO ADDRESS QIZ LABOR ISSUES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Jordan signed an agreement with the International Finance Corporation (IFC) that in early 2007 should begin assisting with capacity building in the Ministry of Labor (MOL) and enhance a program of corporate social responsibility in the Qualifying Industrial Zones. The MOL appo [...] |
2006-07-25 13:24:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB ETRD PHUM GTIP KTEX JO |
| 06AMMAN629 |
JORDAN LEADERS START THEIR ENGINES IN WORLD [...] (C) SUMMARY: King Abdullah's address to leading U.S. garment industry CEOs February 3 in Washington marks a turning point in Jordan's rapid entry into this sector in the global market. With apparel exports topping $1 billion in 2005, Jordan has arrived on the world garments scene and will w [...] |
2006-01-26 13:35:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD BTIO KTIA ELAB KTEX ECON ELTN PGOV JO |
| 06AMMAN6707 |
UNANNOUNCED, PRIME MINISTER TOURS QIZ FACTORIES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Prime Minister (PM) Ma'ruf al-Bakhit made unannounced visits on August 23 to four Qualifying Industrial Zone (QIZ) factories, including two "bad" factories chosen by the Ministry of Labor (MoL). According to an MoL contact, the PM was "surprised" by the working conditions, inclu [...] |
2006-08-30 13:48:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB ETRD PHUM GTIP KTEX JO |
| 06AMMAN6886 |
WHERE HAVE ALL THE BANGLADESHIS GONE? [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In an attempt to stem labor violations in Jordan's Qualifying Industrial Zones (QIZs), the Ministry of Labor (MoL) took an informal decision in late May to halt all approvals of work permits for Bangladeshis and overturn any previous approvals for Bangladeshis who had not yet tra [...] |
2006-09-07 03:44:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ELAB ETRD PHUM GTIP KTEX JO IN BG |
| 06AMMAN8318 |
MINISTERS REMAIN ENGAGED ON LABOR PROBLEM; [...] (C) SUMMARY: Minister of Labor (MoL) Salem and Minister of Industry and Trade (MoIT) Zu'bi offered the Ambassador varying interpretations of the labor challenges Jordan faces in the QIZ sector. Both agreed the issue needs constant attention. With both ministers, the Ambassador covered the fo [...] |
2006-11-07 16:16:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | ELAB ETRD GTIP KTEX BG JO |
| 06AMMAN8341 |
QIZ MANAGERS COMPLAIN ABOUT GOJ LABOR CRACKDOWN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: U.S. garment buyer representatives, QIZ estate owners, and factory operators have started to complain in recent weeks about the state of Jordan's QIZ industry. Contacts say they are losing revenue as costs rise and machines sit idle with no workers available. Some owners have h [...] |
2006-11-08 16:12:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB ETRD GTIP KTEX JO BG |
| 06AMMAN8656 |
JORDAN'S MINISTER OF LABOR RE-APPOINTED AND [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Minister of Labor Basem Salem was re-appointed in the cabinet re-shuffle announced November 22 (reftel). Salem intends to re-double efforts to address labor problems in Jordan. Salem feels that Jordan's policy decision to readily admit its labor problems has been well receiv [...] |
2006-12-03 05:18:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB ETRD GTIP KTEX JO BG |
| 06ANKARA5734 |
TURKEY'S TEXTILE INDUSTRY SMARTING FROM INCREASED [...] (SBU) Summary: While overall Turkish exports of textiles and apparel continue to increase slightly (3 percent to date in 2006 and 7.25 percent in 2005), government and industry officials present a bleak picture of the sectors' future. Most notably, Turkish exports to the U.S. fell by 23 perce [...] |
2006-10-02 14:27:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EIND KTEX ECON TU |
| 06ASMARA794 |
ERITREA: TEXTILES AND APPAREL SECTOR [...] In response to reftel, post provides the short narrative below. The Government of the State of Eritrea (GSE) strictly controls the economy of Eritrea and nearly all of the industries. It shares almost no information on the textile industry, (or other industries) publicly. To the best of post's [...] |
2006-10-03 04:19:00 | Embassy Asmara | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD KTEX ER |
| 06ASTANA150 |
KAZAKHSTAN'S TEXTILES AND APPAREL SECTOR: UPDATED STATISTICS [...] (U) The following data for Kazakhstan in 2005, provided by Lubov Khudova, representative of the Kazakhstani Association of Light Industry Enterprises, and sources from the National Statistics Agency, responds to the questions in reftel. -- Industrial production: $38.6 billion -- Total te [...] |
2006-09-29 04:55:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD KTEX KZ |
| 06BRATISLAVA804 |
TEXTILES AND APPAREL SECTOR: SLOVAKIA [...] Based on data released by the Slovak Statistical Office, Slovakia's total industrial production reached Slovak Koruna (SKK) 1,345 billion (USD 45.6 billion) in 2005 (this applies to enterprises with more than 19 employees). Total textile production accounted for SKK 11,101 million (USD 376 mi [...] |
2006-10-04 06:17:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD KTEX LO |
| 06BUENOSAIRES2588 |
AMCHAM BOARD OF DIRECTORS LUNCHEON IN HONOR OF AMBASSADOR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: ON THURSDAY, OCTOBER 9, THE AMERICAN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE BOARD OF DIRECTORS HOSTED A LUNCHEON IN HONOR OF AMBASSADOR WAYNE TO WELCOME HIM TO ARGENTINA AND BRIEF HIM ON THE BUSINESS CLIMATE AND THE CONTRIBUTION U.S. COMPANIES HAVE HISTORICALLY MADE AND CONTINUE TO MAKE IN ARGENTI [...] |
2006-11-20 16:14:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON KTEX AR |
| 06BUENOSAIRES2792 |
Ambassador Wayne Meets with President of OAS Private [...] Summary: On December 12, Ambassador Anthony Wayne met with the President of the OAS Private Sector of the Americas (PAS) group and a delegation of PAS members from Argentina. They spoke about their desire to reinvigorate a trade dialogue and to foster corporate social responsibility. PAS me [...] |
2006-12-20 14:35:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON KTEX AR |
| 06CASABLANCA235 |
NUMBER OF STRIKES UP BUT DAYS LOST WAY DOWN [...] This cable is sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (U) Summary: The Government of Morocco reported recently that the number of strikes in Morocco's private sector rose by 10 percent in 2005, compared to 2004. In contrast, however, the number of work-days lost to [...] |
2006-03-02 15:09:00 | Consulate Casablanca | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB ETRD PGOV PHUM KTEX MO |
| 06COLOMBO1594 |
TEXTILES AND APPAREL SECTOR: UPDATED STATISTICS AND [...] Summary: Textile and apparel export growth has slowed following the expiration of the Multifiber Agreement (MFA). The decelerating growth suggests that the apparel industry will no longer be the main driver of Sri Lanka's economic development. Large scale operators who have invested in new [...] |
2006-09-28 10:38:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD KTEX ELAB CE |
| 06COLOMBO357 |
SUPPORT FOR TRADE MISSIONS TO SRI LANKA [...] Summary: Post, along with the American Chamber of Commerce Sri Lanka (AmCham Sri Lanka) would welcome a trade mission described in reftel from the American Chamber of Commerce of India (AmCham India). Post will work closely with AmCham Sri Lanka on this project. Regarding a possible separa [...] |
2006-03-07 08:28:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | BEXP ETRD KTEX ECON CE |
| 06COLOMBO533 |
Sri Lanka Garment Sector Revises Revenue [...] (SBU) Summary: Sluggish growth in apparel exports has prompted Sri Lanka to re-design its textile and garment industry strategy. While new growth targets have not been set, the new strategy will focus on promoting two broad categories of apparel and enhancing productivity. In addition, a k [...] |
2006-04-05 03:29:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAID KTEX ETRD CE |
| 06COLOMBO537 |
Garment Quota Expiration No Drastic Impact on Labor [...] (SBU) Summary: While Sri Lankas apparel export growth slowed to 3% from an expected 12% (REFTEL), there has been no drastic impact on labor, as previously expected. Although, there is evidence of about 10,000 job losses, most of the workers have been absorbed back into the industry as large [...] |
2006-04-05 04:51:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAID KTEX ETRD CE |
| 06DAKAR1970 |
SUPPORT FOR CONTINUANCE OF AGOA THIRD COUNTRY [...] SUMMARY: The Government of Senegal (GOS) has selected the textile and apparel sector as a strategic growth sector for its Accelerated Growth Strategy. Although Senegalese companies continue to have limited, domestic production of cloth and finished apparel, companies are making noticeable ef [...] |
2006-08-17 08:37:00 | Embassy Dakar | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD AGOA KTEX EINV ECON SG |
| 06DAKAR2116 |
SUPPORT FOR CONTINUANCE OF AGOA THIRD COUNTRY FABRIC [...] Guinea Bissau does not have a commercial textile or apparel manufacturing industry. Consequently, it has not requested a textile visa to take advantage of duty-free exports under the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) to the American market. It does, however, have a dynamic new enterpr [...] |
2006-09-05 07:59:00 | Embassy Dakar | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD AGOA KTEX EINV ECON PU |
| 06DAKAR2117 |
SUPPORT FOR CONTINUANCE OF AGOA THIRD COUNTRY FABRIC [...] Guinea Bissau does not have a commercial textile or apparel manufacturing industry. Consequently, it has not requested a textile visa to take advantage of duty-free exports under the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) to the American market. It does, however, have a dynamic new enterpr [...] |
2006-09-05 07:59:00 | Embassy Dakar | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD AGOA KTEX EINV ECON PU |
| 06DAKAR2571 |
SENEGAL: TEXTILES AND APPAREL SECTOR: UPDATED STATISTICS [...] (U) In response to Ref A request, post provides the following information on Senegal's textile and apparel industry. This expands upon information provided in Ref B. 2. (SBU) Senegal's textile industry produces limited volumes of domestic cloth and finished apparel. Despite being highlig [...] |
2006-10-23 11:33:00 | Embassy Dakar | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON KTEX EINV AGOA SG |
| 06DARESSALAAM1397 |
AGOA: TANZANIA'S TEXTILE SECTOR AND SUPPORT FOR [...] (U) SUMMARY. With twelve active manufacturers employing over 12,000 people, Tanzania's textile and apparel sector is slowly on the rise after near collapse in the mid-1990s. Except for two vertically integrated firms, Tanzania's textile companies source most of their fabric from China, India [...] |
2006-08-16 14:57:00 | Embassy Dar Es Salaam | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV ETRD KTEX TZ |
| 06DARESSALAAM1409 |
AGOA: TANZANIA'S TEXTILE SECTOR AND SUPPORT FOR [...] (U) SUMMARY. With twelve active manufacturers employing over 12,000 people, Tanzania's textile and apparel sector is slowly on the rise after near collapse in the mid-1990s. Except for two vertically integrated firms, Tanzania's textile companies source most of their fabric from China, India [...] |
2006-08-18 08:51:00 | Embassy Dar Es Salaam | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV ETRD KTEX TZ |
| 06DARESSALAAM1638 |
TANZANIA'S TEXTILES: THE CHALLENGE TO COMPETE [...] SUMMARY. Tanzania's textile industry faces not only increased global competition, but also critical domestic challenges including a lack of reliable power, rising oil prices and a significant depreciation ofits currency over the past year. Based on its Poverty Reduction Strategy Plan, the Gov [...] |
2006-10-04 13:21:00 | Embassy Dar Es Salaam | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD KTEX TZ |
| 06DHAKA6328 |
TEXTILE AND APPAREL STATISTICS AND COMPETITIVENESS [...] Summary: The Bangladesh textile and ready-made garment (RMG) industry has thrived following the end of quotas under the multi-fiber arrangement. Although the industry benefits from U.S. and EU restrictions on Chinese goods, other factors including low labor costs, strong relations with major [...] |
2006-10-18 08:29:00 | Embassy Dhaka | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD ECON KTEX BG |
| 06GEORGETOWN1028 |
TEXTILES AND APPAREL SECTOR: UPDATED [...] SUMMARY: The textile and apparel sector in Guyana has approximately one large manufacturer and five small manufacturers. A steep decline in prices has offset a slight increase in production. While not an engine of growth, the textiles and apparel sector makes a small but valuable contribution t [...] |
2006-10-03 15:17:00 | Embassy Georgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | KTEX ECON ETRD GY |
| 06HANOI3071 |
TRADE MINISTER -- THANKS ON QUOTA ELIMINATION BUT STILL [...] (SBU) Summary: Minister of Trade Tuyen has sent a letter thanking USTR for clarifying the timing of the elimination of textile and apparel quotas. He also expresses appreciation for President Bush's signing of PNTR. At the same time, he notes continued concern about the development of a "Moni [...] |
2006-12-26 10:20:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD KTEX ECON PREL WTRO VM |
| 06HARARE1220 |
TEXTILE AND APPAREL SECTOR: UPDATED STATISTICS AND [...] No summary [...] |
2006-10-04 06:31:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD KTEX |
| 06HOCHIMINHCITY1392 |
U.S. GARMENT INDUSTRY LEAVING VIETNAM [...] (U) Sensitive But Unclassified. Not for Internet distribution. 2. (SBU) Summary: U.S. garment retailers, the largest indirect employers in Vietnam?s apparel industry, are cutting Vietnam orders as a result of the USG special textile monitoring mechanisms. Well over one hundred thousand w [...] |
2006-12-13 11:22:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON KTEX WTRO VM |
| 06HOCHIMINHCITY1396 |
U.S. GARMENT INDUSTRY LEAVING VIETNAM [...] (U) CONGEN HCMC Requests that all addressees ZFR/delete AMCONGEN HCMC 001392, subject above. 2. (U) A corrected copy with new MRN/MCN is forthcoming. Post regrets any inconvenience caused. WINNICK [...] |
2006-12-14 08:51:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON KTEX WTRO VM |
| 06HOCHIMINHCITY1399 |
GARMENT AND APPARAL EXPORT ISSUES [...] (U) Sensitive But Unclassified. Not for Internet distribution. 2. (SBU) Summary: U.S. garment retailers, the largest indirect employers in Vietnam's apparel industry, are cutting Vietnam orders as a result of the USG special textile monitoring mechanisms. Well over one hundred thousand w [...] |
2006-12-14 10:23:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON KTEX WTRO VM |
| 06HONGKONG3914 |
HONG KONG TEXTILES AND APPAREL SECTOR: UPDATED [...] Summary and Analysis. Hong KongQs textile and apparel manufacturers demonstrated their nimbleness in responding to quota, market and technical requirements in 2005. With the elimination of global textile quotas at the end of 2004, Hong Kong textile producers shifted much of their textile and [...] |
2006-10-03 00:28:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD KTEX EAP |
| 06KATHMANDU2637 |
TEXTILES AND APPAREL SECTOR: UPDATED STATISTICS [...] (U) The following is post's response to information on textiles requested in reftel. DATA ON TEXTILES ---------------- 2. (U) The following is available data through mid-July 2006 unless otherwise specified. -- Total production in USD value: Data not available -- Total textiles and ap [...] |
2006-09-30 09:44:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD KTEX NP |
| 06KINSHASA1308 |
AGOA: DRC'S TEXTILE AND APPAREL PRODUCTION CAPABILITIES [...] (U) Post submits the following in response to reftel request for information on textile and apparel production capabilities in the DRC. 2. (U) The DRC's three primary textile facilities are Congo-Tex in Kinshasa, Sotexki in Kisangani, and Sintexkin in Lubumbashi. In total, the DRC produces [...] |
2006-08-18 12:31:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV ETRD KTEX AGOA CG |
| 06KUWAIT3557 |
KUWAIT'S TEXTILE AND APPAREL SECTOR: UPDATED [...] Per Reftel request, Post compiled the most recent data available concerning Kuwait's textile industry from various GOK sources. The industry in Kuwait is very small and does not export significant amounts of textile product, nor does it employ large numbers of people. The vast majority of t [...] |
2006-09-04 06:08:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD KTEX KU |
| 06LAPAZ2622 |
TEXTILES AND APPAREL: CONTINUED RELIANCE ON ATPDEA [...] (U) Summary: While the expiration of global textile and apparel quotas may have adversely affected small Bolivian producers, large manufacturers' exports will likely remain strong, at least as long as they benefit from Andean Trade Promotion and Drug Eradication Act (ATPDEA) preferences. If t [...] |
2006-09-28 18:49:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD ECON KTEX BL |
| 06LIMA1825 |
TEXTILE SECTOR GROWING AT DIMINISHED RATE [...] (SBU) Summary. Peru's textile and apparel industry witnessed a 2.6 percent increase in exports during the first quarter of 2006 year-on-year, substantially less than the 13 percent growth witnessed during the same period in 2005. Government officials attribute this slow down in growth to conc [...] |
2006-05-11 16:37:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTEX ETRD ECON PGOV PE |
| 06LISBON2201 |
PORTUGAL'S TEXTILE AND APPAREL SECTOR [...] In 2005, the textile/apparel sector represented Portugal's largest industrial sector, accounting for approx. 20% of industrial GDP and 20% of all exports, primarily to Spain, Italy, France, Germany and the United Kingdom. Textile/apparel manufacturers are concentrated in the north of the count [...] |
2006-10-03 15:01:00 | Embassy Lisbon | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD KTEX PO |
| 06MANAGUA344 |
GOVERNMENT, PRIVATE SECTOR AND UNIONS BATTLE FOR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Nicaragua's government, private sector, and unions all realize that the preferential Tariff Preference Levels (TPLs) for textiles accorded to the country in the Central American Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA) mean money and power, and they are engaged in an ongoing struggle to de [...] |
2006-02-13 14:15:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ELAB EFIN PGOV PREL ETRD KTEX NU |
| 06MUSCAT1484 |
OMAN'S TEXTILE INDUSTRY CONTINUES TO SHRINK [...] (U) Oman's textile industry continues to whither away in terms of value and employment, as government statistics confirm a steep drop in production over the past year. While the upcoming implementation of the U.S.-Oman Free Trade Agreement (FTA) may stop further declines in this sector, it is [...] |
2006-10-17 14:27:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD KTEX MU |
| 06NAIROBI3582 |
AGOA: REQUEST FOR INFORMATION ON TEXTILE AND APPAREL [...] Summary: Kenya's AGOA garment exports to the U.S. fell 8.7% in the first six months of 2006 to $121.4 million, but still represented 73% of Kenya's total exports to the U.S. Non-garment AGOA products pineapple, roses and nuts represent only 2.1% of AGOA imports. Kenya's cotton and textile ind [...] |
2006-08-16 12:54:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV ETRD KTEX AGOA ECON KE |
| 06NIAMEY866 |
AGOA: INFORMATION ON TEXTILE AND APPAREL [...] (U) The following responds to reftel's request for information on Niger's textile and apparel manufacturing capabilities. Niger counts three mid-sized and one larger export oriented textile production firms: Enitex, Ste Alphadi, Herbert Toure, and Ram's Elle et Lui. Details on each follow, and [...] |
2006-08-16 17:44:00 | Embassy Niamey | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTEX EINV ETRD NG |
| 06PANAMA2282 |
PANAMA: TEXTILE & APPAREL STATISTICS [...] The following comes from the Comptroller General's Office of the Republic of Panama unless otherwise noted: - Total industrial production: full year 2005: $1,118,452,300; first 6 months 2006: $596,476,000 - Total textile & apparel production: full year 2005:5,034,837; first 6 months 2006: [...] |
2006-11-29 16:11:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD KTEX |
| 06PHNOMPENH1048 |
PROMISING CAMBODIAN UNION'S DECLINE HIGHLIGHTS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The Coalition of Cambodian Apparel Workers Democratic Union (CCAWDU), which was once one of the country's most respected unions, has plummeted in stature following the dismissal of former union president Chhorn Sokha. Embassy persuasion has been required on several occasions t [...] |
2006-06-02 09:50:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB ECON KTEX PHUM CB |
| 06PHNOMPENH1124 |
CAMBODIAN GARMENT SECTOR WORRIED ABOUT DRAMATIC [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Following several months of increased garment sector strikes, the number of working days lost to strikes reached 87,000 in May--more than four times typical levels. These strikes are largely the result of two irresponsible unions, but also reflect growing union rivalry, worke [...] |
2006-06-15 10:38:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB ECON KTEX PGOV CB |
| 06PHNOMPENH1169 |
GARMENT SECTOR WORRIES TARNISH GOVERNMENT-PRIVATE [...] SUMMARY. Business leaders and government officials touted recent accomplishments in promoting economic development during the Private Sector Forum, held June 21. Despite predictions of 2.5% economic growth in 2005, Cambodia's GDP actually grew by 13.4%, thanks to a bumper rice crop and stron [...] |
2006-06-23 08:50:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ELAB KTEX EAIR PHUM CB |
| 06PHNOMPENH1174 |
CAMBODIA: AMBASSADOR URGES RESTRAINT IN GARMENT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a June 22 meeting, the Ambassador praised the role of labor unions, but also urged eleven union leaders to exercise restraint in conducting strikes, noting that a recent spike in garment sector strikes is threatening Cambodia's economic development. While strikes are valid [...] |
2006-06-26 11:02:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB KTEX ECON CB |
| 06PHNOMPENH1176 |
CAMBODIA: GARMENT MANUFACTURERS BLAME UNIONS FOR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. During a June 23 meeting, Garment Manufacturers Association of Cambodia (GMAC) leaders acknowledged that garment factories sometimes fail to comply with the Labor Law, but blamed unions' rush to strike for much of the labor unrest in Cambodia's garment sector. This increased [...] |
2006-06-27 00:21:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB KTEX ECON CB |
| 06PHNOMPENH1185 |
CAMBODIA: PROMISING LABOR NEGOTIATIONS FALTER, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Promising negotiations between the Garment Manufacturers Association of Cambodia (GMAC) and the Free Trade Union (FTU) over FTU demands for a minimum wage increase faltered when FTU factory-level union leaders rejected the proposed deal on June 25. During a meeting with Polec [...] |
2006-06-27 12:47:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB KTEX ECON CB |
| 06PHNOMPENH1199 |
CAMBODIA: GENERAL STRIKE COULD PROVE POLITICAL, [...] (C) SUMMARY. The July 3 general strike threatened by the Free Trade Union (FTU) and the Cambodian Independent Teachers Association (CITA) presents an already vulnerable Hun Sen with the conundrum of choosing between support for workers or the business elite. Hun Sen realizes that only Camb [...] |
2006-06-28 13:30:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | CONFIDENTIAL | ELAB ECON KTEX PGOV CB |
| 06PHNOMPENH1201 |
CAMBODIA'S LABOR AND COMMERCE MINISTERS DOING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. During separate June 28 meetings with the Ministers of Commerce and Labor, the Ambassador relayed embassy efforts to encourage both unions and garment manufacturers to negotiate a resolution to the general strike threatened for July 3 and urged the government to do everything [...] |
2006-06-29 11:54:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB ECON PGOV KTEX KIPR CB |
| 06PHNOMPENH1202 |
UNION LEADERS CALL OFF GENERAL STRIKE; THANK U.S. [...] (U) SUMMARY. Union leader Chea Mony told the Ambassador today that he was calling off the general strike he had threatened to lead starting July 3. While his Free Trade Union (FTU) and the Garment Manufacturers Association of Cambodia (GMAC) have not yet reached a final agreement, they have [...] |
2006-06-29 12:03:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB ECON KTEX PGOV CB |
| 06PHNOMPENH1693 |
SLOW PROGRESS IN CAMBODIAN GARMENT SECTOR LABOR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. After two rounds of negotiations, unions and garment manufacturers have managed to reduce the gap between their proposed minimum wage increases only slightly. Unions--which entered the negotiations demanding USD 82--are now asking for USD 76, to be phased in over three years. [...] |
2006-09-18 10:25:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB ECON KTEX CB |
| 06PHNOMPENH1827 |
CAMBODIA: UNIONS THREATEN STRIKE AS GARMENT SECTOR [...] (SBU) Summary. After more than three hours of discussion on September 30, the third round of negotiations between unions and garment manufacturers ended with essentially no progress towards an agreement. Garment manufacturers agreed to add only 25 cents to their previously proposed minimum w [...] |
2006-10-06 09:12:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB ECON KTEX CB |
| 06PHNOMPENH1893 |
CAMBODIA'S GARMENT INDUSTRY GROWING, BUT WILL IT [...] (SBU) Summary. Cambodia's garment industry grew impressively since the Multifiber Agreement (MFA) ended, expanding by 13% in 2005 and 21% in the first eight months of 2006. While this increase has translated into a growing number of factories and workers, neither factory owners nor workers [...] |
2006-10-18 08:55:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD KTEX CB |
| 06PHNOMPENH1928 |
GOVERNMENT PREEMPTS BILATERAL LABOR NEGOTIATIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: After more than a month of slow progress, the government preempted the final round of negotiations between garment factories and workers by increasing the minimum wage from USD 45 to USD 50 per month. After the fourth round of negotiations on October 13 left the two sides sti [...] |
2006-10-25 01:51:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB ECON KTEX CB |
| 06PHNOMPENH1975 |
STAFFDEL GILLEY VISIT EVALUATES USG OBJECTIVES IN CAMBODIA [...] (SBU) Summary. Kristen Gilley, Deputy Chief of Staff for the House Committee on International Relations and Jamie McCormick, Staff Director, Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific, visited Cambodia on October 20-22 to discuss bilateral relations, USG assistance programs, and USAID partner conce [...] |
2006-11-02 07:21:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KTEX ETRD EAID CB |
| 06PHNOMPENH2084 |
RIVAL UNIONS ORDER GENERAL STRIKE, END TO [...] (SBU) Summary. Pro-government union federation leader Chuon Mom Thol has told members of his federation to stop participating in bilateral negotiations with garment factory owners. The directive comes after several pro-government unions joined with independent and pro-opposition unions in c [...] |
2006-11-27 08:24:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB ECON KTEX CB |
| 06PHNOMPENH2208 |
CAMBODIA: LABOR UNREST TOPS INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS [...] (U) SUMMARY. Dramatic increases in labor unrest, government interference in union affairs, labor violence, and a nearly universal disregard for the labor law topped the concerns raised at the Second National Industrial Relations Conference on December 18. The Ambassador's keynote address no [...] |
2006-12-20 12:36:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB ECON PGOV KTEX CB |
| 06PHNOMPENH2211 |
CAMBODIAN UNIONS AND GARMENT FACTORIES AGREE ON [...] (SBU) A coalition of seven garment unions dropped its threat to hold a general strike after they reached a tentative deal with the Garment Manufacturers Association of Cambodia (GMAC). The agreement reached on December 19 -- which is not being disclosed publicly and is subject to agreement b [...] |
2006-12-21 01:20:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB ECON KTEX CB |
| 06PHNOMPENH2240 |
CAMBODIA: GARMENT BUYERS URGE IMPROVED [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Buyers of Cambodian-made garments urged the Better Factories Cambodia factory monitoring project to maintain credibility by continuing International Labor Organization (ILO) involvement and to meet financial challenges by encouraging more buyers to participate. Cambodia's good [...] |
2006-12-28 05:25:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB ETRD KTEX PHUM |
| 06PHNOMPENH655 |
CAMBODIA: GARMENT SECTOR STRIKES RISE SHARPLY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. More than twice as many workers (16,000) were involved in strikes in February and March of this year than in the two previous months. The dramatic increase is probably due to a number of factors: resurgence of activism after months of economic and political uncertainty, lea [...] |
2006-04-07 03:40:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB ECON PGOV KTEX CB |
| 06PORTAUPRINCE1858 |
HAITI'S TEXTILES: COMPETITIVE PROSPECTS FOR A [...] Summary: Haiti's textile sector has made a remarkable recovery following the steep decline after the political upheaval in February 2004. However, production figures through the first half of 2006 show a slight decrease in production. Industry association representatives told econoff that this i [...] |
2006-09-28 13:22:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD KTEX |
| 06PRETORIA2654 |
SOUTH AFRICA SIGNS TEXTILE, NUCLEAR ENERGY AND COAL FUEL [...] (U) Summary. Leading a delegation of government officials and business leaders, Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao visited South Africa June 21-22, 2006. The Chinese visit was part of a seven-country tour of Africa intended to strengthen China's diplomatic ties, ensure robust trade, and secure its acc [...] |
2006-06-29 09:46:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON KTEX SF CH |
| 06PRETORIA678 |
SOUTH AFRICA AND CHINA DISCUSS VOLUNTARY [...] (U) Summary. The South African Government has raised the problem of inexpensive textile and apparel imports with China. On January 19, the Chinese Ambassador to South Africa announced that China would limit the export of apparel and some textile items to South Africa. On February 3, Preside [...] |
2006-02-16 14:53:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD ECON KTEX SF CH |
| 06RABAT1801 |
MOROCCO MACROECONOMIC UPDATE AND ECONOMIC [...] (U) This message provides an update on Morocco's macroeconomic situation, together with other highlights of recent economic developments, including: A. Altadis's purchase of the remaining 20 percent of the National Tobacco Monopoly. B. The creation of a new fund (Oleo Capital) to support t [...] |
2006-09-27 15:34:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD ELAB EAIR EINT ECPS KTEX TS |
| 06RABAT2170 |
MOROCCO MACROECONOMIC UPDATE AND ECONOMIC [...] (U) This message provides an update on Morocco's macroeconomic situation, together with the following other economic highlights: A. Moroccan Ports In Compliance With International Security Standards B. FTA Wheat Quotas Unfulfilled C. Parliament Debates Anti-Money Laundering Law D. Ryan [...] |
2006-11-24 16:55:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR EAIR ECON EIND ELAB ETRD KTEX MO |
| 06RABAT880 |
MOROCCO ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS [...] Economic and commercial issues dominated Chinese President Hu Jiantao's April 23-25 visit to Morocco - his first stop on a three country Africa tour following his trips to Washington and Riyadh. Responding to Moroccan fears of China's domination of manufactured exports, particularly the text [...] |
2006-05-04 11:04:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD ENRG EFIN EAGR KIPR KTEX MO |
| 06RANGOON1471 |
BURMA'S TEXTILES AND APPAREL SECTOR: SMALL AND [...] Summary: Employment levels and company profits in the Burmese garment and textile sector decreased steadily over the past three years, and accounted for less than five percent of total trade earnings in 2005. Since most garment exports are produced using imported goods, the chief economic im [...] |
2006-10-04 07:22:00 | Embassy Rangoon | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD KTEX BM |
| 06ROME3228 |
ITALY: APPAREL AND TEXTILES STATISTICS AND [...] The textile and apparel industries are a small, but high-profile, part of Italy's industrial base. Although textiles and apparel accounted for only nine percent of industrial production and eleven percent of Italy's total exports and imports in 2005, names such as Dolce and Gabbana, Versace, [...] |
2006-12-05 09:47:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD KTEX CH IT |
| 06SANSALVADOR2419 |
TEXTILES AND APPAREL SECTOR UPDATE FOR EL SALVADOR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: This is in response to reftel. El Salvador continues to have a strong apparel sector that generates most of the country's export revenue, but faces challenges in the future. Rising labor and energy costs are reducing margins in the sector, and the possible phase-out of export [...] |
2006-10-10 21:19:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD KTEX ES |
| 06SANSALVADOR2475 |
TEXTILES AND APPAREL SECTOR UPDATE FOR EL SALVADOR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: This is in response to reftel. El Salvador continues to have a strong apparel sector that generates most of the country's export revenue, but faces challenges in the future. Rising labor and energy costs are reducing margins in the sector, and the possible phase-out of export [...] |
2006-10-10 21:19:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD KTEX ES |
| 06SANSALVADOR402 |
UPS SIGNS MOU WITH SALVADORAN CUSTOMS TO EXPEDITE [...] SUMMARY: UPS and the GOES have signed a memorandum of understanding that establishes simplified procedures that could be extended to all international express delivery companies in El Salvador. The MOU enables the application of best practices, according to UPS, to facilitate the clearing of [...] |
2006-02-16 19:46:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD KTEX ES |
| 06SANSALVADOR656 |
IMPLEMENTATION OF CAFTA-DR OFF TO ROUGH START FOR [...] (C) Summary. Entry into force of the CAFTA-DR for El Salvador on March 1 has led to problems for the Salvadoran apparel industry. The industry reports hundreds of containers delayed at U.S. ports by U.S. Customs due to unfamiliarity with new rules and changed documentation requirements. Th [...] |
2006-03-13 14:41:00 | Embassy San Salvador | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD KTEX ES CAFTA |
| 06SANTIAGO2103 |
CHILE - UPDATED STATISTICS FOR TEXTILES AND APPAREL SECTOR [...] Per reftel, Post provides the following data for textile and apparel production in Chile in 2005. TOTAL INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION IN USD VALUE ------------------ ---------------------- 2. Total industrial production for 2005 reached USD 19.4 billion, and USD 10 billion for the first semeste [...] |
2006-10-06 18:11:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD KTEX CI |
| 06SANTODOMINGO3129 |
DOMINICAN TEXTILES AND APPAREL - STATS AND [...] (U) Summary. Textile and apparel production represents an important part of the Dominican Republic's economy. Half of all companies in the Dominican Free Trade Zones (FTZs) are textile and apparel related companies and 98 percent of all Dominican textile and apparel companies are located in [...] |
2006-10-03 17:33:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD KTEX DR |
| 06SANTODOMINGO3482 |
AMBASSADORS HERTELL AND SANDERSON TOUR [...] (U) SUMMARY: On October 19 U.S. ambassadors to the Dominican Republic and to Haiti visited a "maquiladora" in the Haitian CODEVI Free Trade Zone (FTZ) owned by Dominican corporation Grupo M. The enterprise directly employs around 1,500 Haitian workers in garment assembly. It hopes to expand th [...] |
2006-11-13 16:59:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | DR PGOV PREL ELAB KTEX ECON ETRD EINV HA |
| 06SINGAPORE1119 |
FTA - JOINT COMMITTEE CONCLUDES SECOND ANNUAL REVIEW [...] (SBU) Summary. Representatives from the USG and GOS (the "Joint Committee") met in Washington March 30 for the second annual review of the U.S.-Singapore Free Trade Agreement (FTA). The review agenda (individual items noted below) focused both on implementation of the current agreement and p [...] |
2006-04-06 08:22:00 | Embassy Singapore | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EFIN EINV ECPS SENV EAGR KTEX KIPR ETTC SN |
| 06SINGAPORE3073 |
TEXTILES AND APPAREL: UPDATED STATISTICS AND [...] In response to Ref. A, Post provides the following updated information concerning SingaporeQs textile and apparel industry. STATISTICS ---------- Total Industrial Production: Year USD (million) 2005 124,758 2006 H1 not available Total Textile/Apparel Production: Year [...] |
2006-09-25 08:44:00 | Embassy Singapore | UNCLASSIFIED | KTEX ECON ETRD SN |
| 06SOFIA1464 |
BULGARIAN TEXTILES AND APPAREL SECTOR UPDATE [...] SUMMARY The abolition of import quotas for Asian producers from 1 January 2005 has had no adverse effect on Bulgaria's textiles and apparel production and export capacity. The sector experienced an increase in new investment and technology, which supported higher labor productivity and wages [...] |
2006-10-19 14:54:00 | Embassy Sofia | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD KTEX BU |
| 06THEHAGUE1940 |
TEXTILES AND APPAREL SECTOR: THE NETHERLANDS [...] In response to reftel, the following are the main sector data for the Dutch textiles and apparel producing industry and a description of the Dutch stance on imports from China. All data are for 2005. -- Total industrial production: 234 billion euros (300 billion dollars) -- Total textiles [...] |
2006-09-05 12:50:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD KTEX NL |
| 06TUNIS2418 |
TUNISIA ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS: SEPTEMBER 1 - 15 [...] (U) This cable contains highlights of recent economic developments in Tunisia on the following topics: A. Unemployment Holds Steady at 14.2 Percent B. Tunisia and Morocco Continue Dialogue on Cooperation C. Emirates Lands in Tunisia D. Italy's Benetton Invests in Tunisian Textiles E. T [...] |
2006-09-21 12:13:00 | Embassy Tunis | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD ELAB EAIR EINT ECPS KTEX TS |
| 06TUNIS2464 |
TUNISIAN TEXTILE SECTOR ADAPTS TO POST-QUOTA [...] (U) Summary: This is the first of a two-part series on the Tunisian textile sector. Part one addresses the impact of the end of the Multifiber Agreement on production and exports, as well as the sector's strategy for future competitiveness. After the end of the quota regime that existed unde [...] |
2006-09-29 14:57:00 | Embassy Tunis | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ELAB ETRD BEXP KTEX TS |
| 06TUNIS2465 |
TUNISIAN TEXTILE WORKERS FACE UNCERTAIN FUTURE [...] (U) Summary: This is the second of a two-part series on the Tunisian textile sector. This cable addresses the impact of the end of the Multifiber Agreement on workers. While textile organizations and manufacturers viewed 2005 results as better than expected, the reality has been bleaker for [...] |
2006-09-29 14:58:00 | Embassy Tunis | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ELAB ETRD BEXP KTEX TS |
| 06TUNIS2749 |
TUNISIA ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS: Oct. 16 - Oct. 31 [...] (U) This cable contains highlights of recent economic developments in Tunisia on the following topics: A. GOT to Issue a Travel Allowance Card B. GOT Projects 5.3 percent GDP Growth for 2006 C. Central Bank Concerned About Household Debt D. Tunisia Signs Science Cooperation Deal with Chi [...] |
2006-11-14 08:51:00 | Embassy Tunis | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD ELAB EFIN SENV KTEX TS |
| 06VIENNA2918 |
THE TEXTILES AND APPAREL SECTOR IN AUSTRIA [...] Following is 2005 data for Austria (1 EUR = $1.24) keyed to reftel request: -- Total industrial production: $55.2 billion -- Total textile and apparel production: $4.6 billion (textiles: $3.2 billion; apparel: $1.4 billion) -- Textiles share of Austria's imports/exports: 1.8%/2.0% -- Apparel [...] |
2006-09-28 12:05:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD KTEX AU |
| 06WARSAW1796 |
TEXTILES AND APPAREL SECTOR - POLAND [...] (U) In response to reftel, post provides the following information regarding the Polish textile and apparel sector, all data from end-year 2005: Total production: in textiles 8.96 billion PLN (2.89 billion USD); in apparel 4.47 billion PLN (1.44 billion USD)(Note: revenues from activities w [...] |
2006-08-25 15:00:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD KTEX PL |
| 06WELLINGTON767 |
TEXTILES AND APPAREL SECTOR NEW ZEALAND: UPDATED [...] New Zealand (NZ) is recognized as a global leader in the production of sheep wool. With the exception of wool, this country's textile requirements are dominated by imports. New Zealand sheep wool is the variety that is used mainly in interior textiles such as carpets, upholstery, furnishings, [...] |
2006-09-29 05:09:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED | KTEX ECON ETRD |
| 06ZAGREB1187 |
TEXTILES AND APPAREL SECTOR: CROATIA [...] In response to reftel, the following are the main sector data for the Croatian textiles and apparel industry and a description of the Croatian stance on imports from China. All data are for 2005, unless otherwise noted. -- Total industrial production: $7.66 billion -- Total textile producti [...] |
2006-09-29 10:46:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD KTEX HR |
| 07ABIDJAN1017 |
2006 COTE D IVOIRE TEXTILE STATISTICS, ANALYSIS [...] (U) Cote d Ivoire - 2005 statistics on textile sector, as of 2005 (the last year for which detailed statistics are available): -- Total industrial production was USD 3.4 billion for 2005. -- Textile and apparel's share in overall industrial production is 5.77 percent -- Textile and apparel' [...] |
2007-10-03 16:55:00 | Embassy Abidjan | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD KTEX IV |
| 07ABUJA2059 |
NIGERIA: TEXTILE AND APPAREL PRODUCTION 2006 DATA [...] The following are statistical data for 2006 on textile and apparel production in Nigeria. At this time, 2007 data are unavailable: -- Total industrial production - $59.5 billion, comprising crude petroleum ($55 billion), mining and quarrying ($181 million), and manufacturing ($4.3 billion) [...] |
2007-09-24 06:56:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD ECON KTEX ELAB ENRG EPET NI |
| 07ACCRA2091 |
Ghana: Information on Textiles and Apparel Production [...] No summary [...] |
2007-10-02 17:04:00 | Embassy Accra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD KTEX GH |
| 07ACCRA2146 |
Ghana: Updated Information Apparel Industry [...] (SBU) Summary. This cable is SBU. Please treat accordingly; not for internet publication. This cable provides updated information on Ghana's apparel factories that are taking advantage of AGOA. The West Africa Trade Hub surveyed each garment factory and obtained information on number of mac [...] |
2007-10-10 16:17:00 | Embassy Accra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD KTEX GH |
| 07ADDISABABA2960 |
ETHIOPIA: STATISTICAL UPDATE ON TEXTILES AND APPAREL [...] Per reftel, post is providing statistical information on textiles and apparel as follows. All data is from Ethiopia's FY2006/7 which runs from July 8 to July 7: --Total industrial production (million USD): 1,411.5 --Total textile and apparel production (million USD): not available. --Exp [...] |
2007-10-03 07:20:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD KTEX ET |
| 07ALGIERS1475 |
ALGERIA WRITES OFF TEXTILE INDUSTRY [...] SUMMARY: An estimated 95 percent of apparel in Algeria is imported and the remaining few home-grown firms in this sector are nearing extinction in the face of cheaper imports, both legitimate and counterfeit. As Algerians' cost of living rises faster than wages, consumers have flocked to inex [...] |
2007-10-10 14:32:00 | Embassy Algiers | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD KTEX AG |
| 07AMMAN2211 |
BANGLADESHI DEATH IN JORDAN'S QIZ UNDER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On May 8, a Bangladeshi worker in one of Jordan's QIZ factories died in his sleep after working a 22-hour shift. The cause of death listed on police records was acute pneumonia. Operations managers at the factory claim that in an attempt to complete a newly placed monthly orde [...] |
2007-05-24 08:19:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | ELAB ETRD GTIP KTEX BG JO |
| 07AMMAN2392 |
LABOR MINISTRY CALLS LATEST NLC REPORT "OLD NEWS"; [...] (SBU) Summary: On June 1, the New York-based National Labor Committee (NLC) released a third report on labor violations at five factories in Jordan. Jordan's Ministry of Labor (MOL) responded in a press release that MOL welcomed the NLC's efforts to help identify labor violations, but had re [...] |
2007-06-05 15:41:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | ELAB ETRD GTIP KTEX BG JO |
| 07AMMAN4038 |
Jordan's Textiles and Apparel Production: Still Competitive [...] (SBU) Summary: In response to Ref D, Post provides below updated statistics and information on the textile and apparel industry in Jordan. Jordan's exports of textile and apparel slightly decreased during the first half of 2007 to USD 568 million, with over 90% going to the U.S. market. The [...] |
2007-09-30 13:47:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD KTEX JO |
| 07AMMAN434 |
GOJ COMMITED TO RESOLVING LABOR PROBLEM; [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: GoJ officials continue to pledge their commitment to resolving labor issues in Jordan. In response to Ambassador's warnings that congressional and U.S. investor concern is deepening, the labor minister highlighted positive steps taken to date and plans for the coming months, pa [...] |
2007-02-01 10:15:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | ELAB ETRD GTIP KTEX BG JO |
| 07AMMAN4991 |
Jordan Seeing More Illegal and Violent Strikes in QIZ [...] (SBU) Jordan's garment factories in the Qualifying Industrial Zones (QIZ's) have been experiencing strikes five to six times a month, often led by Bengali workers, according to the Jordanian Ministry of Labor (MOL). MOL inspectors have seen strikes become more "illegal" in nature, normally oc [...] |
2007-12-18 11:58:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ELAB ETRD EAID KTEX JO |
| 07AMMAN4993 |
Jordan's Garment Association Cites Shortage of Labor as [...] (U) This contains an action request for USTR. See para 16. 2. (SBU) Summary: Jordanian garment exports to the U.S. fell 6.4% during the first nine months of 2007. During a December 13 lunch, the newly elected Board for the Jordan Garments, Accessories, Textiles Exporters' Association (J [...] |
2007-12-18 11:59:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ELAB ETRD EAID KTEX JO |
| 07AMMAN519 |
GOVERNMENT AND PRIVATE SECTOR RESPOND POSITIVELY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: USTR Middle East Director met with the Ministers of Industry and Trade, Justice, and Labor and with private-sector representatives to discuss labor conditions in Jordan's garment sector during a visit January 31-February 1. With government officials, USTR emphasized three key po [...] |
2007-02-05 13:45:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | ELAB ETRD GTIP KTEX BG JO |
| 07ANKARA2442 |
TURKEY'S TEXTILE INDUSTRY GAINING IN EU, LOSING IN U.S. [...] (SBU) Summary: While overall Turkish exports of apparel increased 15.4% in 2006, government and industry officials are concerned about the continued drop in exports to the U.S., which fell by 26% in 2006. The textile and apparel sectors in Turkey comprise close to 7.8 percent of total GDP and [...] |
2007-10-02 04:50:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EIND KTEX ECON TU |
| 07ANKARA757 |
DENIZLI: TEXTILES REIGN SUPREME NEAR TURKEY'S "COTTON [...] (SBU) Summary: Turkey's Denizli province, located just east of the Port of Izmir, is yet another example of how Turkey's economic recovery is trickling down to its diverse regions. One of Turkey's largest textile producing regions, companies who previously lost U.S. business at the end of the [...] |
2007-04-03 09:46:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON BEXP KTEX TU |
| 07ANTANANARIVO920 |
REQUEST FOR INFORMATION ON TEXTILES AND APPAREL PRODUCTION [...] Post provides responses to paragraph four of REF A, sourced from the Ministry of Trade, the National Statistical Agency (INSTAT), the Association of Exporting Companies (GEFP), and industry associations: -- Estimate of 2006 total industrial production: USD 1.4 billion -- Estimate of 2006 [...] |
2007-09-12 11:28:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD KTEX MA |
| 07ASMARA762 |
ERITREA: TEXTILES AND APPAREL SECTOR [...] In response to reftel, post provides the short narrative below. The Government of the State of Eritrea (GSE) strictly controls the economy of Eritrea and nearly all of the industries. The GSE shares almost no information on the textile industry, (or other industries) publicly. To the best of p [...] |
2007-09-27 14:37:00 | Embassy Asmara | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD KTEX ER |
| 07ASTANA2728 |
KAZAKHSTAN'S TEXTILES AND APPAREL SECTION: UPDATED [...] (U) The following data for Kazakhstan in 2007, provided by Lubov Khudova, representative of the Kazakhstani Association of Light Industry Enterprises, and sources from the National Statistics Agency, responds to questions in ref A and updates information provided in ref B. -- Industrial pro [...] |
2007-10-01 11:37:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD KTEX KZ |
| 07BANDARSERIBEGAWAN304 |
BRUNEI TEXTILE BUST MAY BE LEVELING OFF [...] (U) Continuing the trend reported in ref B, Brunei's textile/apparel industry has declined significantly since the expiration of global quotas in January 2005. The number of textile/apparel manufacturing companies has been reduced to just a handful. Total textile exports in 2006 were just ove [...] |
2007-10-12 01:33:00 | Embassy Bandar Seri Begawan | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD KTEX BX |
| 07BRASILIA2236 |
BRAZIL: INFORMATION ON TEXTILES AND APPAREL [...] (U) Post sends this cable in response to information requested in reftel. 2. (U) Total 2006 industrial production in Brazil was approximately USD 284 billion. Through June, 2007 (latest available figures), total industrial production increased 6.7% over the same period in 2006. 3. [...] |
2007-12-06 15:36:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD KTEX BR |
| 07CAIRO2903 |
EGYPTIAN TEXTILE PRODUCTION INCREASING DESPITE [...] (U) SUMMARY: Despite increasing competition from China, the Egyptian textile and apparel industry is growing robustly thanks to Egypt's preferential trade agreements with Europe, the United States, and Turkey, as well as rising costs among its regional competitors. This message responds to Re [...] |
2007-09-26 12:05:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD KTEX EG |
| 07CAIRO3305 |
EGYPT, ISRAEL JOINTLY PRESS FOR QIZ EXPANSION [...] (U) SUMMARY: Egyptian and Israeli trade negotiators and industrialists sought USG approval of their joint proposal to expand the Qualified Industrial Zone (QIZ) into Upper Egypt during the quarterly meeting of the QIZ joint committee Nov. 18 in Cairo. The committee also sought clarification o [...] |
2007-11-21 11:35:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD KTEX EG IS |
| 07COLOMBO1355 |
SRI LANKA TEXTILES AND APPAREL SECTOR: UPDATED STATS AND [...] Summary: While growth in Sri Lanka's textile and apparel export market has slowed since expiration of the Multifiber Agreement, the sector continues to maintain market share and in some cases grow in niche garment industry markets. Exports to the U.S., Sri Lanka's largest market, were flat i [...] |
2007-10-02 10:15:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD KTEX CE |
| 07DAKAR1957 |
SENEGAL'S TEXTILES AND APPAREL PRODUCTION [...] (U) Per reftel request, post provides the following information on Senegal's textile and apparel industry. 2. (U) Senegal is not a significant global producer of textile and apparel products. In 2006, total textile/apparel exports were USD 33.9 million, with exports to the U.S. at less than [...] |
2007-10-01 15:03:00 | Embassy Dakar | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD KTEX ECON EINV AGOA SG |
| 07DAMASCUS1016 |
UPDATE ON SYRIA'S TEXTILE AND APPAREL INDUSTRY [...] (U) Summary. As Syria's oil exports decline, its textile/apparel industry is assuming a larger share of total Syrian exports at 17 percent. Relatively, however, Syria's textile/apparel industry remains a small player in the international arena. Combining subsidized raw materials and product [...] |
2007-10-11 13:33:00 | Embassy Damascus | UNCLASSIFIED | EIND ETRD KTEX SY |
| 07DHAKA1590 |
BANGLADESH TEXTILES AND APPAREL PRODUCTION [...] Summary: Bangladesh has performed well in the post-quota era, despite fears of competition from China and India. In 2006 it raised its share of the U.S. market, and sales to the EU market, helped by duty-free access, have soared. The volume of exports increased by 16 percent in the year endi [...] |
2007-10-01 09:43:00 | Embassy Dhaka | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD ECON KTEX BG |
| 07DHAKA1604 |
BANGLADESH: LABOR-GSP PETITION -- STAKEHOLDER [...] (C) SUMMARY: Government, labor, and manufacturing representatives are preparing for a Washington review of Bangladesh,s labor rights regime following a petition to suspend Bangladesh,s access to the Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) submitted by the American Federation of Labor ) Congre [...] |
2007-10-04 10:37:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | ELAB ETRD EFIS EIND EAID PREL SOCI KTEX KWMN |
| 07DOHA972 |
QATARI TEXTILES AND APPAREL PRODUCTION [...] (U) Textiles and apparel production is not a significant part of Qatar's hydrocarbon-based economy. Until recently, there were a handful of textile factories in Qatar, many of which were started by investors from the Asian subcontinent as a means to avoid textile quotas from the global multifi [...] |
2007-10-04 12:37:00 | Embassy Doha | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD KTEX QA |
| 07DUBLIN782 |
IRELAND RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR INFORMATION ON [...] No summary [...] |
2007-10-11 12:27:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD KTEX EI |
| 07FREETOWN487 |
SIERRA LEONE: REQUEST FOR INFORMATION ON TEXTILES [...] In response to reftel request, there is no textile/apparel manufacturing industry in Sierra Leone. There is only limited local production consisting of individual artisans who produce traditional hand-woven cloth to sell in local markets. All other textiles, much of which come from China, are [...] |
2007-08-16 16:06:00 | Embassy Freetown | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD KTEX SL |
| 07HANOI1057 |
VIETNAM'S TRADE IN 2006: RAPID GROWTH IN LEAD UP TO WTO [...] (SBU) Summary: According to recently-released figures from the Government of Vietnam's General Statistics Office (GSO), Vietnam's 2006 trade increased 21.6 percent from 2005, reaching USD 84.02 billion. This growth reflects Vietnam's increasingly international economic policy orientation and e [...] |
2007-06-05 09:36:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD ECON KTEX VM |
| 07HANOI1071 |
VIETNAM BUSINESS FORUM: ENTERPRISES DIALOGUE WITH GVN ON [...] (SBU) Summary: During the May 30 Mid-Term Vietnam Business Forum, timed in connection with the June 1 Mid-Term Vietnam Consultative Group Meeting, foreign and domestic trade associations held a dialogue with the Government of Vietnam (GVN) on ways that Vietnam can capitalize on recent economic [...] |
2007-06-08 08:05:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD EINV ECON EFIN KTEX VM |
| 07HANOI1731 |
VIETNAM FRETS OVER ANTI-DUMPING POLITICS DESPITE CONFIDENCE [...] (SBU) Summary: The Vietnamese government (GVN) and apparel industry are confident that the data gathered by the Department of Commerce's import monitoring program will vindicate their claims that the country is not dumping apparel exports to the United States. In his meetings with concerned G [...] |
2007-10-02 09:57:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTEX ECON EIND ETRD ETTC VM |
| 07HANOI1756 |
NEW MINISTER OF INDUSTRY AND TRADE SHARES HIS PRIORITIES [...] (SBU) This cable contains biographical information for INR/B in para 14. 2. (SBU) Summary: New Minister of Industry and Trade Vu Huy Hoang and the Ambassador discussed ways to enhance bilateral trade and investment, such as through a Bilateral Investment Treaty, GVN approval for pending U.S [...] |
2007-10-05 10:27:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD ECPS KTEX ECON WTRO KIPR VM |
| 07HANOI1950 |
VIETNAM "OPEN FOR BUSINESS": GOVERNMENT AND BUSINESSES [...] (SBU) Summary: Secretary of Commerce Carlos Gutierrez led a large-scale Department of Commerce Vietnam Business Development Mission to Hanoi on November 5 and 6. This first Cabinet level business development mission to Vietnam carried the theme of U.S. business support for Vietnam's economic [...] |
2007-11-16 09:00:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EIND EINV ETRD BEXP KTEX OTRA OVIP KIPR VM |
| 07HANOI1957 |
MOIT EXPRESSES CONTINUED CONCERNS OVER APPAREL MONITORING [...] (U) The Ministry of Industry and Trade (MOIT) sent Post an October 31 Diplomatic Note addressed to the U.S. Department of Commerce, urging the United States not to self-initiate an antidumping investigation against Vietnam and to revoke its Textile and Apparel Import Monitoring Program. Full t [...] |
2007-11-19 06:22:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTEX ECON EIND ETRD ETTC VM |
| 07HANOI197 |
VIETNAM CONTINUES TO OPPOSE APPAREL MONITORING [...] (SBU) The Ministry of Trade (MOT) has again registered its strong opposition to the Department of Commerce's proposed monitoring mechanism on textile and apparel products from Vietnam. The reaction was prompted by the second Federal Register notice, published January 18, calling for public com [...] |
2007-01-30 08:52:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTEX ETRD ECON PREL WTRO VM |
| 07HANOI1974 |
BOEING INKS DEFINITIVE AGREEMENT WITH VIETNAM AIRLINES AND [...] (SBU) Summary: In a ceremony and press event on November 16 in Hanoi, the Boeing Company signed a definitive agreement for the purchase of 12 787 Dreamliners with Vietnam Airlines (VNA) and the newly formed Vietnam Airlines Leasing Company (VALC). Prior to the evening signing ceremony, Boeing [...] |
2007-11-21 09:20:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ECON EIND EINV ETRD BEXP KTEX OTRA OVIP KIPR |
| 07HANOI2045 |
OOG'S CHAIRMAN LAYS OUT HIS AGENDA IN THE U.S. IN MEETING [...] (SBU) Summary: In a December 5 meeting with the Ambassador, the head of the Vietnamese delegation to the TIFA talks in Washington, Office of the Government Chairman Nguyen Xuan Phuc, said that the GVN's top priority would be to overturn the apparel exports monitoring mechanism run by the Comme [...] |
2007-12-05 10:55:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD ECON EINV PGOV KTEX PHUM VM |
| 07HANOI233 |
AUSTR BARBARA WEISEL DISCUSSES MOVING TRADE RELATIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: In a February 1 meeting with Vice Minister of Trade Luong Van Tu, Assistant U.S. Trade Representative (AUSTR) Barbara Weisel expressed the United States' strong interest in building upon the current momentum in our bilateral trade relations. VM Tu reacted positively to AUSTR Wei [...] |
2007-02-05 10:15:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON KTEX USTR VM |
| 07HANOI294 |
Vietnamese Official Discusses MCA, TIFA Proposal, Apparel [...] (SBU) Summary: During a February 7 meeting with USTR, Commerce Department, and Embassy representatives, Office of the Government International Relations Department Director Mr. Bui Huy Hung pressed USTR on details for a potential Trade and Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA), expressed concer [...] |
2007-02-15 03:09:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD ECON EAID KTEX VM |
| 07HANOI772 |
COMMERCE A/S DAVID SPOONER ADDRESSES CONCERNS OVER APPAREL [...] (SBU) Summary: In a much anticipated April 19 visit, Department of Commerce (DOC) Assistant Secretary for Import Administration David Spooner addressed concerns over the U.S. Textile and Apparel Products from Vietnam Monitoring Program with Vietnamese garment and apparel manufacturers, U.S. im [...] |
2007-04-25 10:24:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD ECON KTEX WTRO VM |
| 07HARARE911 |
TEXTILE AND APPAREL PRODUCTION AND EMPLOYMENT IN [...] (U) The competitiveness of Zimbabwe's textile and apparel sector has been highly compromised by an unstable macroeconomic environment characterized by persistent foreign currency shortages, obsolete equipment, power outages, fuel shortages and hyperinflation. While production and employment ar [...] |
2007-10-05 12:25:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD KTEX ZI |
| 07HELSINKI726 |
FINLAND - TEXTILES AND APPAREL PRODUCTION [...] Following is 2006 data for Finland (1 EUR=1.25 USD) keyed to ref request: --Total inustrial production: 159.9 billion USD --Total tetile and apparel production: 1,413 million USD--Textile and apparel share of Finland's importsexports: 3.2%/0.% --Exports of textiles and appaels to the US: 39 [...] |
2007-09-25 13:08:00 | Embassy Helsinki | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD KTEX FI |
| 07HOCHIMINHCITY1131 |
HCMC WELCOMES SECRETARY GUTIERREZ WITH OPEN ARMS [...] (SBU) Secretary of Commerce Gutierrez led the Department of Commerce Vietnam Business Development Mission to Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC) on November 6 and 7, opening the doors of literally hundreds of Vietnamese policy makers, business community leaders and potential customers to the twenty-two U. [...] |
2007-11-08 10:35:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EIND ETRD BEXP KTEX OTRA OVIP VM |
| 07HOCHIMINHCITY1144 |
SECRETARY GUTIERREZ AND MINISTER OF INDUSTRY AND TRADE HOANG [...] (SBU) U.S. Secretary of Commerce Carlos Gutierrez met the newly appointed Vietnamese Minister of Industry and Trade of Vietnam Vu Huy Hoang on November 7 to explore commercial opportunities in a rising Vietnam. The Vietnam Apparel Import Monitoring program and current anti-dumping orders topped [...] |
2007-11-13 10:29:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EIND ETRD BEXP KTEX OTRA OVIP VM |
| 07HOCHIMINHCITY1196 |
STRIKE REVEALS PRESSURES AND CHANGES IN SOUTHERN VIETNAM'S [...] (SBU) The labor situation in Vietnam is changing. With 400 strikes in 2006 and roughly 300 so far this year, previously banned (and still almost always technically illegal) work stoppages appear to be becoming a routine aspect of labor relations. The recent strike at a large (14,000 employee) [...] |
2007-12-05 10:36:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EIND ELAB KTEX ETRD VM |
| 07HOCHIMINHCITY208 |
APPAREL INDUSTRY RESPONDS TO GVN EXPORT LICENSE PLAN [...] (SBU) Summary: Representatives of the apparel industry based in Ho Chi Minh City report that the GVN has agreed to implement a system of export licenses for garments exported to the United States. The HCMC branch of the American Chamber of Commerce proposed export licenses as a means of resp [...] |
2007-03-06 09:15:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON KTEX WTRO VM |
| 07HOCHIMINHCITY209 |
APPAREL INDUSTRY RESPONDS TO GVN EXPORT LICENSE PLAN [...] (SBU) Summary: Representatives of the apparel industry based in Ho Chi Minh City report that the GVN has agreed to implement a system of export licenses for garments exported to the United States. The HCMC branch of the American Chamber of Commerce proposed export licenses as a means of resp [...] |
2007-03-06 10:04:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON KTEX WTRO VM |
| 07HOCHIMINHCITY268 |
FORMER TRADE MINISTRY OFFICIALS SENTENCED FOR ROLE IN U.S. [...] (U) Sensitive But Unclassified. Not for Internet distribution. 2. (SBU) Summary: A Ho Chi Minh City court March 23 sentenced former Vice Minister of Trade Mai Van Dau to 14 years in prison for accepting bribes from apparel companies in exchange for quota for garment exports to the United [...] |
2007-03-23 10:49:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON KTEX WTRO VM |
| 07HOCHIMINHCITY995 |
APPAREL IMPORT MONITORING LEADS TO SHIFTING TARGETS IN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Domestic and foreign invested garment manufacturers lined up to share tales of market "re-balancing" with USDOC Assistant Secretary for Import Administration David Spooner. Garment exports remain far and away the largest component of our bilateral trade and producers say the ove [...] |
2007-09-26 10:40:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EIND ETRD BEXP KTEX VM |
| 07HONGKONG232 |
CBP'S LABUDA URGES HKG TO IMPROVE TEXTILE ENFORCEMENT [...] (SBU) Summary: Janet Labuda, Director of Textile Enforcement and Operations Division, Office of International Trade at U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), and Scott Quesenberry, USTR Special Textile Negotiator, met with Hong Kong government (HKG) officials to discuss the Memorandum of Un [...] |
2007-01-24 08:46:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD KTEX HK CH |
| 07ISLAMABAD4358 |
PAKISTAN EXPORTERS SEEK TO IMPROVE LABOR CONDITIONS WHILE [...] Summary: While Pakistan has ratified 35 of the International Labor Organization's 185 Conventions on Labor Rights, including all eight core Conventions concerning the most basic worker rights, working conditions are still poor, and the labor movement has a long way to go to become relevant he [...] |
2007-10-09 11:47:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB ECON EIND ETRD PHUM KTEX SOCI PK |
| 07JAKARTA2759 |
RESTRICTIONS ON CHINA BOOST TEXTILE EXPORTS [...] (SBU) Summary: Indonesia?s textile and apparel sector registered 10% export growth over the last year despite slow- moving progress on national investment climate reforms. Much of the growth is accredited to U.S. safeguard measures against China as buyers look to Indonesia for geographic dive [...] |
2007-09-28 10:15:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON KTEX ETRD EINV ID |
| 07KATHMANDU1801 |
NEPAL: TEXTILES AND APPAREL PRODUCTION [...] In response to EEB's request, Post gathered the following 2007 data on textiles and apparel production in Nepal. Note that Nepal's fiscal year runs from July 16 to July 15 so the date is given as FY 05/06 and FY 06/07. - Total industrial production: FY 05/06 USD 2.39 billion and FY 06/07 USD [...] |
2007-09-26 11:10:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD KTEX IN NP |
| 07KIGALI902 |
RWANDA 2007 SUBMISSION FOR TEXTILE AND APPAREL PRODUCTION [...] Post provides the following responses to reftel request for information on textile and apparel production in Rwanda. 2. Requested Information -- Total industrial production in USD: 2006: USD 363 million. 2007 estimate: not available. -- Total textiles and apparel production in USD: [...] |
2007-10-05 06:50:00 | Embassy Kigali | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD KTEX RW |
| 07KUWAIT1293 |
REQUEST FOR INFORMATION ON TEXTILES AND APPAREL [...] No summary [...] |
2007-08-27 05:21:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | KTEX ECON ETRD KU |
| 07LISBON2571 |
PORTUGAL: 2006 TEXTILE AND APPAREL SECTOR OVERVIEW [...] SUMMARY: In 2006, the Textile/Apparel sector represented Portugal's largest industrial/manufacturing sector, accounting for 11.8% of industrial/manufacturing exports, primarily to Spain, Italy, France, Germany and the United Kingdom. Textile/Apparel manufacturers are concentrated in the north [...] |
2007-10-04 16:23:00 | Embassy Lisbon | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD KTEX PO |
| 07MANAGUA2212 |
NICARAGUA: TEXTILE/APPAREL UPDATE [...] (SBU) The textile and apparel sector continues to grow in Nicaragua as firms take advantage of CAFTA-DR market access, relatively low wages, and geographic proximity to the United States. The sector added 6,000 new jobs in 2006, and exports to the United States grew from $525 million to $697 [...] |
2007-09-26 23:18:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD KTEX PREL NU |
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