EU ups textile quotas

Vietnam has secured a higher quota limit on clothing products and textiles exported to the European market after successful negotiations with representatives from the European Union.

Caught out: locals to face the music for trade fraud

Vietnam is likely to face censure for trade fraud by a number of garment and textile exporters in meetings with a US delegation this month.A recent US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) report found some textile and apparel products that entered the US from Vietnam in 2002 and 2003 were not Vietnamese in origin, but were shipped through Vietnam after being produced elsewhere.

Nam Dinh tailor-made for South Korean clothing giant

A new apparel, textile and footwear production complex has proved a breakthrough for the one-time textile metropolis of Nam Dinh.

Quota shortage threatens to unravel US textile deals

A SHORTAGE of allocated quotas may prevent garment and textile exporters from making big deals with US partners and reaching their maximum production capacity.

Local textile sector stitched up by US quota changes

More than 100 textile and garment companies in Dong Nai industrial parks have announced serious difficulties due to US quota shortages.Up to 60 per cent of workers in many companies have been laid off, while others work only when needed, according to the southern province’s Import-Export Management Department under the Ministry of Trade