CLOTHING INDUSTRY GIVES THUMBS UP TO RELAXED RULES OF ORIGIN FOR JORDAN’S TEXTILE TRADE
May 1st, 2017
IMPLEMENTING the European Union (EU)-Jordan agreement struck last July (2016) to simplify EU rules of origin (RoO) can only be good for the EU clothing industry, experts agreed at a Wednesday (May 3) launch event ‘New Trade and Business Opportunities in Jordan’, in Brussels.
This EU rules of origin initiative, that will expire on December 31, 2026, will apply to 52 industrial product categories including garments and textiles, giving them duty free access to EU markets. These must be manufactured in 18 specified development zones and include a contribution ...
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