http://www.just-style.comLatest African Growth and Opportunity Act industry news - from just-style.com© 2009 All content copyright just-style.com. Published by Aroq Ltd.Sat, 21 Nov 2009 05:49:24 GMTSat, 21 Nov 2009 05:49:24 GMTjust-style.com - RSS feedjust-style.comhttp://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss20Legislation that would extend the US' largest duty-free trade preference programme by ten years and allow textiles, apparel and footwear to be included for the first time, has been welcomed by apparel retailers and importers.http://www.just-style.com/article.aspx?id=105995Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:51:00 GMTLesotho's apparel exports - the bulk of which go to the lucrative US market - could be adversely affected by increased competition from low-cost Asian countries such as China and India, as well as the loss of preferential provisions in 2012 and 2015, a World Trade Organization (WTO) report says.http://www.just-style.com/article.aspx?id=105895Thu, 12 Nov 2009 15:17:00 GMTHere is a roundup of the top five most-read stories on just-style. Click on each headline for the full story.http://www.just-style.com/article.aspx?id=105122Fri, 21 Aug 2009 17:04:00 GMTAs the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) nears its 10-year anniversary, a new report has come up with recommendations on how to help textile and apparel firms in beneficiary countries to boost their exports.http://www.just-style.com/article.aspx?id=105086Wed, 19 Aug 2009 18:09:00 GMTAfrica's garment exports are plummeting as US buyers look elsewhere, says the industry.http://www.just-style.com/article.aspx?id=103750Tue, 31 Mar 2009 10:32:00 GMTHow will the global apparel industry change over the next five or so years? A new report from just-style believes there will be slowdowns in the activity of apparel outsourcing powerhouses such as India and China, and a continuing rise by shooting stars such as Vietnam and Bangladesh. Shorter runs for each style and faster time to market will also continue to put pressure on the supply chain.http://www.just-style.com/article.aspx?id=102339Fri, 24 Oct 2008 18:12:00 GMTThe US Congress last week approved of a package of trade provisions related to the Caribbean Basin, the Andean region, and Africa.http://www.just-style.com/article.aspx?id=102159Mon, 06 Oct 2008 16:39:00 GMTA group of 23 textile organisations from Africa, South America and North America have urged the World Trade Organization (WTO) to exclude sensitive textile and apparel items from the proposed Duty-Free Quota Free (DFQF) initiative in the Doha Round trade talks.http://www.just-style.com/article.aspx?id=102128Thu, 02 Oct 2008 12:16:00 GMTEthiopia is trying to position itself as a sourcing destination for the textile and apparel industry. But ambitious government projections of a US$500m a-year turnover sector by 2008/2009 are lagging way behind, with exports of just US$12.6m achieved in 2007. Paul Cochrane reports from Addis Ababa.http://www.just-style.com/article.aspx?id=100835Tue, 20 May 2008 18:15:00 GMTKenya's apparel exports suffered a serious setback at the beginning of this year when ethnic violence erupted across the country. Orders are now returning, and garment makers are pinning their hopes on a new interim trade pact with the EU to kick-start their sales into Europe. Jozef De Coster reports from Nairobi.http://www.just-style.com/article.aspx?id=100744Tue, 13 May 2008 14:24:00 GMTMalaysian textile firm Ramatex has unexpectedly shut its Namibian factory - leaving around 3,000 people without jobs.http://www.just-style.com/article.aspx?id=100126Fri, 07 Mar 2008 15:28:00 GMTViolence has erupted in the southern African kingdom of Swaziland after more than 16,000 textile workers went on strike to press for better pay and working conditions.http://www.just-style.com/article.aspx?id=100117Fri, 07 Mar 2008 12:14:00 GMTFifteen textile and apparel trade groups from Africa and the western hemisphere are calling for changes to a trade bill they believe would cause massive job losses in the textile industries of least developed and developing countries.http://www.just-style.com/article.aspx?id=100011Wed, 27 Feb 2008 12:33:00 GMTIf passed, the New Partnership for Development Act (NPDA) tabled last month would offer duty-free access to the US for products from the world's poorest countries. But the Act's totally well-intentioned plans for correcting some of the worst injustices in the world's trading system are also seriously ill-informed argues Mike Flanagan.http://www.just-style.com/article.aspx?id=98988Mon, 05 Nov 2007 20:01:00 GMTNew legislation that would give duty-free access to the US for imports of apparel and footwear from most least developed countries (LDCs) and African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) countries has been slammed by US textile groups.http://www.just-style.com/article.aspx?id=98831Fri, 19 Oct 2007 12:49:00 GMT