Import Quota

Brussels, not Beijing, holds key to untangling knot on textile quotas

29 Aug 2005

IT IS NO SURPRISE that talks between Europe and China over easing Europe's clothing import quotas have proved so tough. The premise of the negotiations was absurd, to begin with.

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End of quotas a testing time for some prominent rag-trade heirs

6 Jan 2005

MONEY TALKS AND it certainly has something to say about earlier widespread expectations that the United States would unilaterally reimpose new garment import quotas after the scheduled end of the...

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Top Form moves to offset US import quota threat

18 Sep 2003

Customers will bear the costs of its plan to shift brassiere production offshore

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Rice prices to tumble with the lifting of 50-year import restrictions

28 Dec 2002

Rice prices are set to tumble in the New Year after import quotas are lifted, with one supermarket already cutting prices by up to 50 per cent in anticipation of increased competition.

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China's tariff cuts no threat, says Hualing

12 Jan 1996

CHINA'S slashing of import duties and the cancellation of import quotas will not harm the business of Chinese household electrical appliances manufacturer Hualing Holdings, its managing director...

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Angry EU trade group seeks help from Beijing

2 Mar 1994

THE recent European Union's ruling to slap quotas on seven China-made consumer items has met with opposition from European importers who, in turn, have petitioned the Chinese Government to...

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Opinion

Alex Lo

Chen Guangcheng misled by his new right-wing 'friends'

1:26AM

Tom Holland

The yuan hasn't overtaken the HK$ quite yet, Mr Chan

4:40AM

Chinese textiles on quota list of Europe

IN what would be a major escalation of quotas slapped on certain Chinese products imported into Europe, textiles are now believed to be on the list.

5:13PM

HK firms to expand as import rules cut

CHINA'S relaxation of import controls on some electronic products will lead to greater sales of Hongkong goods in China, says the Hongkong Electronics Association.

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