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AAFA Calls for Dismissal of China Safeguard Petitions: Petitions Fail to Meet Requirements of China Safeguard
Although CITA's regulations do not envision so-called threat-based petitions, U.S. Commerce Department officials have repeatedly advised the public that clarifications would be forthcoming for comment to make these procedures consistent with a threat-based approach, including information on what evidentiary standards would be used in evaluating such petitions. Manufacturers should instead...
AAFA Applauds Enactment of New CBTPA Footwear Provisions
The enactment of new footwear provisions for the Caribbean Basin Trade Partnership Act CBTPA on December 3, modifies CBTPA by making virtually all U.S. footwear imports from Central America and the Caribbean including the Dominican Republic duty-free under very flexible rules of origin that allows the use of third-country uppers....
AAFA Expresses Disappointment on Administration's Acceptance of China "Threat-Based" Safeguard Petitions
The textile manufacturers were disappointed that the administration decided to accept for further consideration the U.S. textile industry's 'threat-based' petitions requesting safeguard quotas on U.S. imports of shirts and pants from China, particularly since the Administration had not yet published procedures for considering "threat-based" allegations. They believe the safeguard mechanism...
AAFA President & CEO Comments on Administration's Acceptance of China Safeguard Petition on Cotton Pants
The manufacturers were disappointed that the U.S. administration decided to accept for further consideration the U.S. textile industry's 'threat-based' petitions requesting safeguard quotas on U.S. imports of shirts and pants from China, particularly since the Administration had not yet published procedures for considering "threat-based" allegations. They believe the safeguard mechanism...
AAFA Applauds President Bush Signing Tax Bill Into Law: Should Eliminate EU Sanctions on U.S. - Made Apparel/Footwear/Textiles
The American Apparel & Footwear Association AAFA applauded the news that President George W. Bush signed the American Jobs Creation Act of 2004 (H.R. 4520). This is a victory for U.S. manufacturers and businesses, as well as U.S.-based multinational companies. By reducing the tax rate for U.S. manufacturers and temporarily...
AAFA Urges US Government to Issue Final Regulations for Trade Preference Programs on Four-Year Anniversary: Lack of Final Regs Hurts Competitiveness of Beneficiaries Post-2005
The overall U.S. apparel import market stabilized in the first eight months of 2004, while the overall U.S. footwear import market continued to grow, showing that U.S. footwear and apparel firms continue to give U.S. consumers what they want, an ever wider variety of higher quality shoes and clothes at...
July Numbers Show Stabilizing U.S. Apparel Market & Growth in U.S. Footwear Market U.S. Apparel & Footwear Imports From Central America & the Dominican Republic Slide
U.S. apparel imports increased 0.1 percent in the first seven months of 2004 versus the first seven months of 2003 to 10.9 billion SME worth $35.3 billion while U.S. footwear imports rose significantly during the same period, growing 8.4 percent to 1.4 billion pairs worth $9.6 billion. U.S. apparel imports...
June Numbers Show Stabilizing U.S. Apparel Market & Rise in U.S. Footwear Market U.S. Apparel & Footwear Imports From Central America & the Dominican Republic Continue to Fall
The U.S. apparel market stabilized in the first half of 2004, while the U.S. footwear market continued to grow. With retail prices stabilizing this year in both apparel and footwear, this means that U.S. apparel firms are able to improve profit margins by increasing value, not volume while U.S. footwear...
May Numbers Show Decline in U.S. Apparel Market & Rise in U.S. Footwear Market U.S. Apparel Imports From Central America Continue to Fall
U.S. apparel imports fell 1.4 percent in the first five months of 2004 versus the first five months of 2003 to 7.3 billion SME worth $23.3 billion while U.S. footwear imports rose during the same period, growing 6.9 percent to 978.9 million pairs worth $6.5 billion. U.S. apparel imports from...
AAFA Applauds House Passage of FSC/ETI Bill: Urges Quick House/Senate Conference to Resolve Differences Before EU Sanctions Increase July 1
The bill repeals the foreign sales corporation/extra-territorial income program - ruled an illegal export subsidy by the World Trade Organization WTO. Under the WTO ruling, the European Union EU implemented sanctions in March (currently at 8 percent) against a range of U.S. products, including U.S. - made apparel, textile and...
AAFA Urges Action on FSC/ETI Legislation
This article informs that the American Apparel & Footwear Association AAFA, urged Congress to approve a pending bill that would repeal an illegal export subsidy and enact a package of tax law changes that benefit U.S. manufacturers. The legislation is needed to put the United States into compliance with international...
AAFA Hails Presidential Notification on Central America FTA
This is an important trade agreement for U.S. textile, apparel and footwear companies, and their suppliers. The FTA contains many provisions that update and make permanent the existing trade partnership with the region. In particular, the FTA provides, for the first time, duty free access for U.S. textile, and apparel...
Increasing Imports Show Growing U.S. Market
October trade data by the U.S. Department of Commerce noting that the increase in U.S. apparel and footwear imports shows that, U.S. consumers continue to win from free trade. Increased trade allows U.S. apparel and footwear firms to meet consumer demand by offering U.S. consumers a wider variety of high...
AAFA Releases Study on Long-Term Competitiveness of Central American Apparel and Textile Industries: U.S./Central America Free Trade Agreement Cited as Key Survival Tool
This report clearly highlights the urgent need for a commercially-meaningful U.S./Central America Free Trade Agreement ("FTA"). Without such an agreement, the economies of the Central American countries will suffer, along with the domestic U.S. textile and cotton producers who rely on them as important customers. U.S. textile producers depend heavily...
Latest Import Numbers Show U.S. Market Growth: U.S. Imports From Burma Fall Almost to Zero
U.S. apparel and footwear firms continue to give the U.S. consumers what they want more high quality clothes and shoes at affordable prices. Burke expressed some concern, however, stating that, the fact that the growth in the value of imports has failed to keep pace with the growth in the...
Trends: A Semi-Annual Compilation of Statistical Information on the U.S. Apparel and Footwear Industries
According to the U.S. Department of Commerce's Personal Consumption Expenditure PCE data, personal consumption of clothing and shoes grew more slowly than U.S. wholesale consumption numbers, with estimated annual personal consumption of clothing and shoes growing a modest 0.6 percent over the first half of 2002 to $326 billion. This...
Retailers and Importers Offer Proposal to Boost Textile Industry Competitiveness
The U.S. retail community is deeply concerned about the serious decline in the health and viability of the domestic textile industry. The domestic textile industry should be an integral component of the global textiles and apparel manufacturing strategy, not relegated to a minor role watching from the sidelines. Four major...
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FDRA SIZES UP WITH REORGANIZATION PLAN.(Footwear Distributors and Retailers of America)
Byline: Lindsay E. Sammon NEW YORK - Footwear Distributors and Retailers of America is looking to become a bigger force. Though the 63-year-old organization had previously flirted with the idea of partnering with different groups such as the American Apparel...
Security expert urges shippers to get involved in security rulemaking: shippers as well as carriers need to do what they can to influence policy makers, says security expert from APL.(News)
The SAFE Port Act affords plenty of opportunity to help shape supply chain security. Now it's up to shippers and transportation providers to get involved. That was the message delivered by Earl Agron, v.p. of security for APL, the eighth-largest container steamship line, to 120 shippers...
NAOSH Week Is May 6-12
NAOSH Week is a powerful tool we can use to educate others on the importance of preventing injury and illness in the workplace. North American Occupational Safety and Health NAOSH Week-which will be observed May 6-12-is a powerful tool we can use to educate others on the importance of preventing...
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