EUSTRIKESTEXTILECLOTHINGTRADEDEALWITHBELARUSFOR2007
November 1st, 2006
BY KEITH NUTHALL
BRITISH and other European Union (EU) retailers will in 2007 have a restricted opportunity to import clothing from Belarus, because of the country's poor human rights record. The European Commission has negotiated a quota-capped import deal, making Belarus one of four countries without largely unfettered access to EU clothing markets, also including North Korea, Kosovo and Montenegro. Belarus can export to the EU 1,839 knitted or crocheted shirts, T-shirts, polo-neck jumpers and under-vests; 1,105 knitted or crocheted jerseys, pullovers, ...
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