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Weekly News 20/08 (17/5/2008)                                                                                        And More...

      A New Generation Textile In France
      King of Polyester to Become Mr. Bamboo
      Japan AND ASEAN Signed FTA on 14 April 2008
      Adidas Profits up 32 % on Cheaper Supply Costs
      U.S. Q1 Imports from Indonesia Gain on Rest of World
      EU and Korea Complete 7th Round of FTA Negotiations
      China Textile Industry Calls for No More Tax Rebate Cut
      U.S.: Total Textile & Apparel Imports Sink in First Quarter
      Thailand: First Qtr. Textile & Apparel Exports Climb, and Diversify
      Philippines: Diverging 2008 Trends in Textile & Apparel Production
 

MKMA News
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2008 MKMA AGM
14 June 2008 (Saturday) 2.30pm   Venue : MKMA, Batu Pahat, Johor
 

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MKMA Latest Issue of Newsletter (published on 25/4/2008)
 

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Applying i-Kad for Foreign Workers
26 May 2008 (Monday) @ MKMA Training Hall, Batu Pahat, Johor
All companies are required to apply i-Kad for your foreign workers before August 2008
 

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Free Job Matching Service
MATAC Vacancy for Centre Manager / Part-Time Trainer
Job Seekers please download Job Application Form here. 
Job Applicants
Graduating from TARC Apparel Manufacturing Course 2008) 
Cheow Yan Han        Chong Kian Lun      Joanne Leong
Koh See Hong          Lee Jun Wen           Leong Xiao Ting
Lim Hui Chen           Ng Guan Tiong         Lee Zu Xian
Phung Hui Teng       Sia Chee Tiong         Tan Yi Yuen
Tew Chun Woei       Ting Khai Li

Job Applicants Graduating from UiTM Textile Technology Course (2008)
Seri Anis                Noor Efa                 Siti Norain
i          Suhaini Ismail         
Fadilah Rusli
          Mohd. Nor Kahar      Razis Rahim        Suraya Osman

Anis Afifah             Mohd. Shahril           Ebby Usaid  
 
          Please get their contacts from MKMA secretariat
 

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Malaysia Textile and Apparels Import / Export / CEPT Duties
Import duty from China under ASEAN-China FTA*
Import duty from Pakistan under MPCEPA*
Import duty from Japan under MJEPA *

Import duty from Korea under AKFTA *
(* Subject to Rules of Origin )
 

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Fall/ Holiday 2008/09 Market Research    Paris/ London
Womenswear Chapter 1 – Silhouettes
Womenswear Chapter 2 – Details
Womenswear Chapter 3 – Active wear
Menswear
Children’s Wear
Visual Merchandising1
Visual Merchandising 2
Jeans Wear
                    
If you are interested in purchasing Fall/ Holiday 2008/09 Market Research CD in a higher resolution for SG$ 25.00, please download Order Form
        (Source : Textile & Fashion Industry Training Centre Pte Ltd, TaF.tc)
 

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Apparel, Textile and Garment Malaysia Exhibition 2008 (ATMEX 2008)
In conjunction with MANUFACTURING JOHOR 2008
Date : 13-16 November 2008       Venue : The Zon, JB Expo Hall (Level 6), Johor, Malaysia
For more information, please browse www.imshl.com
Enjoy 15% booth rate discount for registration through MKMA

 

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Promote “MADE in MALAYSIA” Label 
MKMA encourages members to take the initiative to mark the “Made in Malaysia” wordings onto the washing labels of local garments.    
It serves as an effort to promote the “MADE in MALAYSIA” as a trustworthy brand name and differentiates from low cost imports.
 

Malaysian News Grants & Incentives
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Customs Duties Order 2007       Effective 1 April 2008
Rate of Import / Export / CEPT duties (Textile items in Chapter 42-63 only)
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

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Malaysian Textile & Clothing Performance in 2006  

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2005 Malaysia Textile & Apparel Performance

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Implementation of IMP 3: Textile and Apparel Industry

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Full Text Ninth Malaysia Plan

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Procedures on Recruitment of Foreign Workers
 

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Definition of SMI/ SME

Manage by SMIDEC
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Grant for Business Start-ups

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Grant for Enhancing Product Packaging

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Grant for Product and Process Improvement

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Grant for Enhancing Marketing Skill of SMEs

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Grant for Certification and Quality Management Systems

Manage by MATRADE
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Market Development Grants (MDG)

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Malaysian Brand Promotion Grant
 

Manage by MTDC
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Technology Acquisition Fund (TAF)

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Commercialisation of R & D Fund (CRDF)

 

Soft Loans (Manage by MIDF)

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Soft Loan for SMEs

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Soft Loan for Factory Relocation

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Soft Loan for ICT

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Soft Loan For Automation and Modernisation
 

Malaysia / ASEAN FTA Developments International News
bullet Malaysia-Japan Economic Partnership Agreement (MJEPA) 
(Completed & Signed on13/12/2005)
FTA in goods, services and investment
Rules of Origin (Pg 22 onwards for textile products)
bullet Latest News For Malaysian Exporters to Japan
bullet 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. 
bullet CEPT Rules of Origin for Textile Products
bullet Malaysia-Pakistan Closer Economic Partnership Agreement (MPCEPA)  
Signed on 8/11/2007         
Effective on 1/1/2008

Preamble
bullet 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)
bullet ASEAN -China FTA (ACFTA)
FTA for Trade in goods (TIG) signed on 29/11/2004
Tariff on normal track products to be eliminated latest by 2010 for China and ASEAN-6; 2015 for CLMV
Malaysia Import Duty Reduction Schedule (Textile & Apparel Items only)
bullet Malaysia-US FTA (ongoing)
Trade & Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA) signed on 10/5/2004
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ASEAN-India FTA ( tough going)

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Malaysia-Chile FTA (ongoing)

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Malaysia-Australia FTA (on hold)

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Malaysia-New Zealand FTA (on hold)

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Rules of Origin at a Glance
 

bullet Mercosur Requires New Labeling for Textile Imports
bullet China Reduced Textile Export Rebates to 11%
bullet China Top 20 Exporters of Knitted Clothing, 2006
bullet China Top 20 Exporters of Clothing, 2006
bullet Mercosur to Increase Apparel Import Duties
bullet Asian Development Outlook  2006  
bullet Textile MID Requirement for Imports
bullet 2005 Hong Kong Textiles Control Arrangements
bullet Foreign Trade Law of the People's Republic of China
bullet Assessment of the Competitiveness of TA Suppliers to the U.S. Market  (Vol 1) 
bullet Assessment of the Competitiveness of TA Suppliers to the U.S. Market (Vol 2) 
bullet Textile Quota
bullet The New EU GSP (for 2006-2008)


 Other FTAs

bullet US - Jordan FTA (Rules of Origin Only)
bullet US - Korea FTA
bullet US - Singapore FTA
bullet Australia - Singapore FTA
bullet Korea - Chile FTA

 

  Textile and Apparel Exhibition Calendar

2008

January to March

April to June

July to September

October to December

Courses Available

 Besides the following courses, we can customise courses according to your needs, please contact us.

Textile Manufacturing

Sales and Marketing