8/21/2007 2:03:00 PM
Safety concerns in Europe about Chinese goods are not a politically motivated effort to protect its market, the European Union trade commissioner, Peter Mandelson, said Monday."The allegation that European companies’ action against toxic Chinese goods is politically motivated and shows bias aga…
8/20/2007 11:15:00 AM
China’s apparel retail sales environment is continuing to expand faster than either domestic apparel production or exports. July apparel retail sales grew 24.9 percent from year-ago levels, which followed a 25 percent expansion during the first half of the year. Furniture sales are gaining ground at…
8/17/2007 10:57:00 AM
The general yarn market in China has shown some improvement over the past 6 to 10 days. The 32s-count carded cotton yarns averaged 19,045 yuan per ton during week ending August 10, which reflected a 70-yuan per ton increase from the previous week. 32s-count combed cotton yarn averaged 23,635 yuan per…
8/16/2007 10:24:00 AM
The Silkworm Research Department of China Agriculture Science Academy recently received a Government-aided fund of 1.10 million yuan after the approval of Chinese Cocoon & Silk Development Venture Funds. The amount has been allotted to fund three projects namely raw silk technology, including…
8/15/2007 10:19:00 AM
China´s export powerhouse continued in July, with textile and apparel exports reaching 17.37 billion U.S. dollars, which was up 28.11 percent from the previous year and reflected a new monthly record. Apparel exports accounted for 12.15 billion U.S. dollars and textiles 5.22 billion. Septem…
8/15/2007 10:08:00 AM
The Chinese mainland´s foreign trade reached US$1.17 trillion, up 24.4 percent, in the first seven months of 2007, according to customs sources.The European Union remained its largest partner with a trade volume of US$190.1 billion, a growth of 28.5 percent over the same period of last year…
8/14/2007 10:30:00 AM
The Sino-EU and Sino-US agreements will mature by the end of this year and next year respectively. The US and EU will most probably impose anti-dumping and anti-subsidy measures on China´s textile products and the country is likely to face a more challenging international trade situation i…
8/13/2007 10:36:00 AM
Visitors attending Intertextile Shanghai Home Textiles 2007 will have plenty to see during the three-day show: 88,500 sqm of exhibition space and more than 700 exhibitors from more than 21 countries. To help visitors navigate through so many suppliers, the show is featuring several international and …
8/10/2007 11:25:00 AM
The Chinese mainland saw its trade with Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macao continue to rise in the first half of the year, said sources with the Ministry of Commerce (MOC)on Tuesday. Trade volume across the Taiwan Straits rose 10.1 percent year-on-year to 55.3 billion U.S. dollars in the January to June per…
8/7/2007 4:25:00 PM
Taiwan´s cotton yarn trade was quite brisk in May. Imports expanded 19.8 percent, reaching 3,087 tons, while January through May cotton yarn imports rebounded to 15,697 tons, an increase of 20.3 percent. Exports in June grew 9 percent to 5,859 tons, while January through May exports increas…
