EU AND BELARUS AGREE WIDER MUTUAL ACCESS TO TEXTILE AND CLOTHING MARKETS
November 1st, 2008
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE LATEST review of the textiles and clothing agreement between the European Union (EU) and Belarus has removed 12 restrictive quotas limiting the amount of textile and clothing goods traded between them.
From January 1, any amount these products can be exported freely between the EU and Belarus. They include knitted and crocheted underwear; overcoats, jackets, suits, blazers and ski suits; various woven fabrics and yarn.
Belarus is one of a tiny handful of countries upon which EU the still imposes restrictive quotas on textile trade imports ...
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