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USA:AMTAC welcomes US monitoring of textile & apparel imports |
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2005-3-24
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AMTAC released the following statement in reaction to the U.S. government''s announcement that it would be monitoring textile and apparel imports on an expedited basis:
AMTAC Executive Director Auggie Tantillo said, "We welcome the news that the US government will be enhancing its monitoring textile and apparel imports to allow the tracking of data on a preliminary basis.
We are confident that the data the US government will be releasing will show dramatic increases in US imports of textile and apparel products from China. This data will help to prove the industry''s claim that China is disrupting the US market. It also will make it clear that US government must quickly act to impose safeguards to limit the damage to the US textile and apparel manufacturing sector."
The US government''s statement is pasted below:
COMMERCE SECRETARY ANNOUNCES EXPEDITED MONITORING OF TEXTILE AND APPAREL IMPORTS
US Secretary of Commerce Carlos M. Gutierrez announced today the
initiation of a new system to monitor imports of textiles and apparel
products. The system will allow the Department and the public timely
access to preliminary textile and apparel data from US Customs and
Border Protection (aggregated on a category basis), allowing decision makers to more quickly analyze the impact of imports on the U.S. market.”
This action demonstrates the commitment of this Administration to put in place the tools necessary to enforce our trade agreements and level the playing field to support our domestic textile and apparel industry," said Gutierrez.
"We will continue to work with our domestic manufacturers and workers to give them the tools they need to compete internationally."
The Department anticipates that the new system will be in place by the
first week in April 2005, at which time preliminary data on textile and apparel imports for the first quarter of the year should be available. The preliminary data will be posted biweekly on a website maintained by the Department''s International Trade Administration Office of Textiles Department and Apparel at http://otexa.ita.doc.gov.
The government''s official US International Trade in Goods and Services data is released approximately six weeks after the end of the referenced month. |
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