EU STRIKES TRADE DEAL WITH FIJI AND PAPUA NEW GUINEA – DYING SECTOR BENEFITS
January 1st, 2010
BY KEITH NUTHALL
EUROPEAN Union (EU) imports of dyes, textile finishing chemicals, clothing and textiles from Fiji and Papua New Guinea will all become duty free under a new trade agreement negotiated with their governments by the European Commission. Under a schedule released by Brussels, imports by these Pacific states of EU textile and clothing imports will also become duty free: immediately in the case of Papua New Guinea and with tariffs phased out between 2018 and 2023 for Fiji. Duties of 27% on EU-made dyes would remain in place for Fiji; they already ...
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