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   Retailers to Fund Bangladesh Measures
   Bangladesh Shuts 18 Garment Factories
   European Textile and Clothing Exporters Target Asia
   China Wants to Invest in Bangladesh Apparel Industry 
   Global Shipments of Circular Knitting Machines Surge
   Positive Outlook for Global Yarn and Fabric Production
   Fire Safety a Priority in Cambodian Garment Units - ILO
 

  Import duty from China under ASEAN-China FTA
    Malaysia's Sensitive List under ACFTA (Textile & apparel items only)
  Import duty from Pakistan under MPCEPA
  Import duty from Japan under MJEPA 
  Import duty from Korea under AKFTA  
  Import duty from Australia under Malaysia-Australia FTA
 Import duty from India under MICECA ( Pg 160-189 for textile and apparel
      products)
  Import duty from New Zealand under MNZFTA
 Import duty from CHILE under MCFTA 
      All textile products duty free subject to Rules of Origin (Pg 43-49)

  Rate of Import / Export / CEPT duties
        (Textile items in Chapter 42-63 only)
  Abolishment of Import Duty on Textile & Apparel Products under Budget 2011
         (163KB  pages 16-31)  Effective 15 Oct 2010
  Yarn Import Duty  from India & Pakistan (Selected Items only) year 2013

MKMA 38th Anniversary Dinner       

MKMA Publications

   Implementation of Electronic Preferential Certificate of      
      Origin (e-PCO)   Effective on 1-1-2013   
      * Details of e-PCO
      * ePCO for export under MICECA & MCFTA
           effective 1 May 2013

  Recruitment of Foreign Workers
     * Foreign Workers Recruitment Application Form
     * Policy and Procedures to Employ Foreign Workers in
       Manufacturing Sector
     * Procedures on Recruitment of Foreign Workers
     * Foreign Workers Skill Certification

   Customs Duties Order 2007       Effective 1 April 2008
        * Overleaf Notes Based on CEPT Rules of Origin, the 
        Substantial Transformation Criterion can be used as an
        alternative to the 40% local content requirement for textile
        products
      * Correlation Table
      * Abbreviations and Symbols
      * Rules on Customs Valuation

   Sales Tax Procedures

   Environmental Quality (Industrial Effluent) Regulation 2009

  AES Locations

  Malaysia Public Holidays 2013

   New Currency Declaration Requirement

   Implementation of IMP 3: Textile and Apparel Industry

   Minimum Wages Order Effective 1 Jan 2013  (16/7/2012)   

      * NWCC's Press Release (Announced 19/3/2013)
        SME can defer Implementation of FW Minimum Wages

      * NWCC's Letter on FW Minimum Wage Deferment etc
          (20/3/2013)

     * Application to defer Foreign Workers Minimum Wage     
       Implementation (Announced on 20/2/2013)

      * Levy of Foreign Wokers (Announced on 30/1/2013)

      * Guideline on the Implementation of        
       The Minimum Wages Order 2012  (6/9/2012)

       * 635 approved deferment list (26/12/2012)

   Minimum Retirement Age Bill 2012      

       * Deferment Application (8/2/2013)
         (apply before 30/4/2013)

   Employment Act
    * Employment Amended Act 2012  Effective on 1/4/2012

Malaysian Textile & Clothing Performance

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     Job Seekers download
     Job Application Form   here. 

      Definition of SMI/ SME

Small Debt Resolution Scheme

Manage by MATRADE
Market Development Grants to Go Up Four-Fold

Manage by MIDA
Domestic Investment Strategic Fund (DISF)
        Launched on July 2012   

Soft Loans (Manage by MIDF)
Soft Loan for SMEs

Soft Loan for Factory Relocation

Soft Loan for ICT

Soft Loan For Automation and Modernisation

Malaysian / ASEAN FTA Developments

Multilateral

ASEAN -China FTA (ACFTA)
    China's Tariff Schedule
    China's Sensitive List
     Rules of Origin for ACFTA
     Procedure to Apply for Tariff Preference

ASEAN -Australia FTA
    Australian Tariff Schedule (TC items only)

ASEAN-India FTA  
    The ASEAN-India Trade in Goods Agreement was
    signed on 13/8/2009
    Enter into force on 1/1/2010
    India Tariff Schedule

ASEAN-Korea FTA (AKFTA)
    Beginning 1st June 2007
    Form AK : Certificate of Origin
    (Print, fill & Submit to MITI for Approval)
    Textile tariffs to be eliminated by 2009/ 2010/2012
    Rules of Origin (Textile and Apparel Items starts on Pg
    24)
    Korea's Tariff Schedule

ASEAN Free Trade Area (AFTA)
   ASEAN-6 to fully eliminate 85% products' duties by
    2007 CLMV to eliminate duties by 2012
    To establish ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) by
    2020 as a  single market  with free flow of goods,
    capital, skill labours etc. 

CEPT Rules of Origin for Textile Products

Malaysia-Pakistan Closer Economic
    Partnership Agreement (MPCEPA)          
    Effective on 1/1/2008
    Preamble

Malaysia-Japan Economic Partnership
   Agreement (MJEPA) Enter into force on 13/7/2006
    (Completed & Signed on13/12/2005)
    FTA in goods, services and investment
    News For Malaysian Exporters to Japan
    Rules of Origin (Pg 22 onwards for textile products)
    Japan Tariff Schedule

  Malaysia-India Comprehensive Economic
     Cooperation Agreement (MICECA) 
      Effective on 1/7/2011
      How Do Exporters Apply Certificates of Origin (COs)? 
      India's Tariff Schedule

Malaysia-Chile Free Trade Agreement (MCFTA)
    Enter into force on 25/2/2012
     * Chile Tariff Schedule

Malaysia-Australia FTA
    Effective on 1/1/2013

Malaysia-New Zealand FTA
    Effective on 1/8/2010
    NZ Tariff Schedule 
    Product Specific Rules (Pg 57-84)

Rules of Origin at a Glance

  Columbia Imposes a US$5 per kg tariff on Importing
     Clothing 

  Canada Eliminates Tariffs on Baby Clothes

  Egypt Implement New Import Regulation Feb 2012

  EU Repeals Certificate of Origin Requirement for Textiles
     and Apparel 24 Oct 2011

  European Union Adopts New GSP
       Highlights of New GSP

  Myanmar Foreign Investment Law 2012  

  Pakistan Launched a Five Year Textile Policy (2009-2014)

  EU Directive 2008/121/EC on textile names (recast)
     Published on 14 Jan 2009

  REACH Compliance
     FAQ on REACH

   Mercosur
     *  New Labeling for Textile Imports (1-7-2008)
     *  Increase Apparel Import Duties

Textile and Apparel Exhibition Calendar

2013 Worldwide Textile and Apparel Exhibition List

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