EU Trade Commissioner Peter Mandelson will arrive in Shanghai on 10 June. During his visit, the Commissioner will meet his Chinese counterpart, Minister of Commerce Bo Xilai, to discuss Chinese textiles imports to the EU.Continuing the recent intensive dialogue on textiles, the Commissioner will hold talks with Minister Bo Xilai with a view to finding a mutually agreeable solution to deal with the market situation in the EU following the elimination of the quota system on January 1st 2005. In a

Japan's fashion industry has planned to launch ?apan fashion week?to promote Japanese fashion brands all over the globe.The event is scheduled to start from the end of October to the beginning of November. It will be promoted as "a Paris collection with a Tokyo style."Shoichi Nakagawa, Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry informed about the event at a news conference. Industry sources said famous designers in the Japanese fashion industry such as Rei Kawakubo appeared in succession during the

An attempt by European footwear makers to launch safeguard measures against China cannot be justified, according to sources from China Leather Association (CLA).China's footwear exports to the European Union (EU) reached 257 million pairs in the first three months this year, up 2.8 per cent year-on-year, while the total value hit US$726 million in this period, up 30.8 per cent from the previous year, said statistics from China's General Administration of Customs."This figures shows that China's

After Chinese textiles, it is the Chinese shoes, which may face safeguard measures from the European Union on account of surge in imports during the first three months this year. Chinese Customs figures revealed that over Yuan 730 million worth of shoes to the EU countries, up 30.6 percent over the same period of last year.This prompted China Association of Leather to comment in media that the EU may impose restrictions on China's shoes imports in early June.It is feared that akin to the problem

Wu Yi, Vice Premier of the State Council, met with Carlos Gutierrez, US Secretary of Commerce, and Rob Portman, US trade representative, exchanging views on China-US economic and trade relations deeply and sincerely. Vice Premier Wu Yi said that last year, China-US economic and trade relations were generally good, cooperation was improved deeply, and the features of mutual benefit and win-win were obvious. Chinese government attached great importance to China-US economic and trade relations and

Leading engineering, procurement and construction company Zimmer AG, a company of the mg technologies ag group, successfully commissioned a polyester staple fiber plant in China after a short time in reaching all guarantees.Customer of this plant with a total investment value of around 30 million Euro is the Fujian Jinlun Petrochemical Fiber Industry Co. Ltd., one of the biggest companies in the Chinese staple fiber manufacturing industry.The plant, located in the Binhai Industry Zone Changle, F

The Government instructs importers in the textiles industry to use only, the Takoradi Port, as the entry for their goods, would be effective from July 1.Regarding this issue, the Ghana Standards Board (GSB) in association with some leading textile companies has been accomplished in a two-week training for 10 periods of its officials.Prince Isaac Arthur, Western Regional Officer in charge of the GSB stated that the sufficient preparation had been made to meet the expected increase in the work vol

David Jones, Target, Country Road, Little Label and Lowes - all major apparel and garment labels from Australia will soon be sourcing apparels and textiles from India. Already, the world's leading retailers from US like Wal-Mart, Sears, VF Corporation, Diesel etc having been sourcing apparels and textiles from here and now, the Australians will join them in India. This was revealed by Sarat Chandran, Director, Indo-Australian Chamber of Commerce, who returned yesterday after a 10-day tour of Aus

Textile manufacturers facing trouble in seeking cheap and skilled labour in Hong Kong due curbs on Chinese exports imports to US and EU markets.However, blue-collar labour can be called from China into Macao, territory suffers from a shortage of factory managers because of the explosive growth of Macao's gaming industry.Hong Kong was once a textile-manufacturing core, but now the situation has arise that many of its factories started moving to mainland and they are expecting revitalization in th

BolognaFiere exhibition center with organize FASHION SHOE AND LEATHER GOODS in June.Preparations Well Advance For The June Event In ModenaThis is the International expo of mid/upper and upper market footwear collections, bags and accessories (now making its tenth appearance), has developed its own format over time, perfecting its response to the needs of a market for which time is a crucial factor.Ever more rapid shifts in buying trends, caused by tough market conditions and changes in consumer