EU will Not Renew Restrictions on Chinese Textile Imports

The office of EU trade commissioner Peter Mandelson has decided not to renew restrictions on Chinese textile imports imposed in 2005.

It informed the Italian government on Sept 10 2007 that there is no leeway for an agreement with China to prolong the restrictions, and quotas on Chinese imports will be removed Jan 1 2008.

The EU commission will, however, set up with China a system to monitor imports.

Textile-producing nations Italy, France and Spain had asked the commission to maintain import restrictions for at least another year.

On the other hand, the US safeguard quotas on 34 individual categories (21 combined categories) of Chinese apparel and textiles are set to expire on December 31, 2008.  Because of better quota allocation and due to growing concerns over Vietnam, a number of quota categories could possibly fill and embargo before the end of this year.

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