In the first seven months, China's exports of textiles and garments increased 7.67% year-on-year, a slower rise compared with 24.4% in the same period last year, according to the General Administration of Customs...
The mainland and Hong Kong agreed in October 2005 to further liberalise the mainland market for Hong Kong companies under the third phase of the Mainland and Hong Kong Closer Economic Partnership Arrangement (CEPA III). Under CEPA III, the mainland agreed to give all products of Hong Kong origin, including footwear, tariff-free treatment starting from 1 January 2006...
According to statistics from China's General Administration of Customs (GAC), China's shoe exports decreased by 3.6% year-on-year to 3.39 billion pairs in the first five month of 2008, compared with a year-on-year increase of 11.1% in the same period last year...
With a population of 109 million inhabitants, Mexico is the 2nd largest market in Latin America, behind only Brazil, and Hong Kong's No. 1 export destination in the region...
During the first five months, textile and garment exports went up by 15.4% from a year earlier to hit US$66.2 billion. Growth rate was down 0.2 percentage point compared with the same period last year, according to the customs...