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West Coast Ports’ Volume Increases in September
West Coast ports appear to be recuperating some of the business they lost after last year's months-long labor…
Pakistan’s 10% Import Duty on Indian Cotton Yarn Could Bankrupt Apparel Sector
Following Pakistan's recently announced 10 percent tariff on imports of Indian cotton yarn, Islamabad Chamber…
UPS Expands Shipping Services to More Cities in China
As economic influence and purchasing power continues to grow among consumers living in China's second- and…
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Indian Textile Exporters Push for FTAs with EU, Australia and Canada
Following a decline in India's exports last month for the ninth straight month by 20.66% over August 2014…
China Contributed 80% of US Footwear Imports in Q1 2015
The value of footwear imports to the US in the first quarter of 2015 increased 8.5% to $6.7 billion, with…
Vietnam Leads US Textile and Apparel Imports Growth in July, China Still Soars
Textile and apparel imports in the United States continued to be led by China in July, despite rising labor…
Tianjin Explosion Won’t Derail Apparel Industry
It’s been two weeks since a series of deadly explosions at a chemical warehouse in the Chinese port city of…
IPR: The Future of Pakistan’s Textile Industry Looks Cloudy
The country's share of United States apparel imports was only 1.8 percent in the first half of 2015, compared…
Vietnam Devalues Currency Again
Vietnam followed in China's footsteps on Wednesday and devalued the dong for the third time in 2015.
Italy Invests Millions to Increase Textile and Leather Exports to US
Italy's vice minister of economic development, Carlo Calenda, on Monday announced a 20 million euro, or $21.6…
Imports Pick Up Ahead of Back-to-School Season
This time last year, the labor contract for West Coast dockworkers had just expired, leading to substantial…
US Denim Imports: Mexico Unseats China as Top Country of Origin
Total denim imports were $3.7 billion in 2014, down 9.5% from 2013 imports of almost $4.2 billion, due to the…
South Korea’s Textile and Clothing Imports Hit All-Time High
Amid growing concern that the country could soon post a trade deficit in an industry that used to be a major…
December Apparel Imports Regain Footing, Exports Surge
Apparel imports picked up in December, but continued to underperform after turning in a dismal performance in…
ITC Survey Exposes the Impact of Digital Trade
The U.S. International Trade Commission released its "Digital Trade in the U.S. and Global Economies Part 2"…