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JUTE GROUP
Keith Nuthall
THE EUROPEAN Union Council of Ministers has approved the rules governing the operation of the International Jute Study Group 2001. It replaced the work of the old International Jute Agreement, which was wound up last October.…
BIG SHOES
BY SWINEETHA DIAS WICKRAMANAYAKA
AN INDIAN cobbler wants a place in the Guinness Book of Records, after creating what he claims is the world’s largest pair of shoes. At 3.71 metres and 1.13 metres wide, James Syiemiong is unlikely to find a customer, unless a yeti moves from the Himalayas to his home-district Shillong, in Meghalaya, south of Assam.…
RESEARCH AREA
Keith Nuthall
THE EUROPEAN Commission is trying to unite the EU’s footwear research and development teams in a network of excellence that will form part of its so-called European Research Area. This general policy aims to link researchers from different Member States so they can collaborate on projects, avoiding duplication and benefiting from economies of scale.…
INDIAN TRAINERS
BY SWINEETHA DIAS WICKRAMANAYAKA
INDIA’S Woodland footwear company has launched a new collection of jogging shoes called Great Escape, available in two uppers, soft nubuck leather and split leather, priced at INDRupees 1,595, and INDRupees 1,395 respectively. They are available in camel, brown and green.…
SHOE AND FASHION FOOTWEAR NEWS
BY SWINEETHA DIAS WICKRAMANAYAKA
INDIA’S Sprandi International has launched a new range of sports and leisure footwear called Dome, which are targeted at 18-35 year olds. Available in leather and synthetic uppers with rubber and phylon soles, priced between Rs 900 and Rs 2,300.…
YUE YUEN
BY SWINEETHA DIAS WICKRAMANAYAKA
CHINESE sports footwear giant Yue Yuen (Industrial) Holdings Ltd has said that it expects to score around nine per cent sales growth this year as US consumers, the biggest buyers of athletics shoes, return to the shops in the improving economic climate.…
THAILAND - USA
BY MARK ROWE
THAILAND has threatened to launch a disputes proceeding involving the United States at the World Trade Organisation if Washington goes ahead with plans to grant tariff privileges to footwear exports from South American countries. The US is to waive duties on footwear in ex-change for co-operation in suppressing drugs in the region but the Thais say their footwear industry will suffer heavily.…
CHINA ATC IMPLEMENTATION
Keith Nuthall
CHINA has sought to bury grumbling amongst its fellow World Trade Organisation member countries that it has been slow to implement promises made on joining the institution to liberalise its imports, by fulfilling a promise to publish quotas in April under its Agreement on Textiles and Clothing commitments.…
BED LINEN AGAIN
Keith Nuthall
THE EUROPEAN Commission has released details of its review of the contested anti-dumping duties on Indian cotton-type bed linen imports, formally asking EU ministers to confirm, (and therefore re-impose), these suspended tariffs. New Delhi has already reacted angrily to the review, restarting disputes proceedings at the World Trade Organisation.…
BED LINEN AGAIN
Keith Nuthall
THE EUROPEAN Union Council of Ministers has taken little time to approve the proposals from the European Commission to confirm, (and therefore re-impose), the suspended tariffs on cotton-type bed linen from India. New Delhi has already restarted disputes proceedings at the World Trade Organisation.…