EURASIAN CUSTOMS UNION TO INTRODUCE MEASURES TO COMBAT ILLEGAL TEXTILE IMPORTS

The governments of the Eurasian Customs Union - Belarus, Kazakhstan and Russia - are considering designing a collaborative package of measures aimed at developing their national textile and light industries. One key element of this programme will be combatting illegally produced and imported textiles and textile products into customs union territory. According to official statistics from the Eurasian Economic Commission (EEC), which runs the union, the current value of the bloc’s textile and light industrial goods market is estimated at USD41.8 billion. They ...


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