- China Safeguards
HEADNOTE Late last year, the United States took action to stem the flow of textiles from China SPEAKING AT THE 2004 Agricultural Outlook Forum, James ......
- New opportunities in China
HEADNOTE Credit managers should prepare now for a major surge in new opportunities open to U.S. companies interested in doing business in China. These new ......
- The Labor Market in Post-Reform China: History, Evidence, and Implications
HEADNOTE CHINA'S LABOR COST ADVANTAGES ARE SHIFTING BUT WILL REMAIN FORMIDABLE Concern over China's growing economic power has focused attention on its prevailing wage, which-in ......
- Natural survival of fittest firms
HEADNOTE Xu Kun-Yuan Vice President China National Textile Industry Council Q: 2001 was the initial year under the 10th Five-Year Plan. What do you think ......
- Further integration of synthetic fiber industry
In China, synthetic fiber producers are becoming increasingly bigger and more integrated. Producers with a production capacity of over 100,000 tons increased from 3 in ......
- Taiwan: Shift to Industrial Materials
In the face of oversupply caused by China's massive expansions of synthetic fiber and the ensuing price competition, Taiwanese textile firms have accelerated a shift ......
- Taiwan: Imports from China increase
The share of China among total export destinations of Taiwan rose to 19.6% in 2001. The dependence on China increased. It is anticipated that Chinese ......
- Asia becoming the world's supply base again
HEADNOTE Entering a New Growth Period After Overcoming the Currency Crises The year 2000 is the last year of the 20th century, when preparations are ......
- Asian MMF Supply & Demand in Next Four Years
The presence of Asia in the global economy has considerably expanded in the past decade. With the deepening of the intra-interrelationship, the Asian man-made fiber ......
- High oil prices spur reorganization of synthetic fiber industry
Now at their highest in a decade, crude oil prices have spread shocks all over the world. The impact is serious in the textile industry ......
- Taiwan: Improvement in synthetic fiber overproduction
The Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) anticipates that the textile production in 2003 will be 48.2 billion yuan, up 0.4% from 2002. For the past ......
- Taiwan: Value-Added Textiles to Boost Exports
The textile industry is strengthening production of value-added textiles in order to increase exports, which show a declining tendency due to serious competition with China ......
- China: Economic Growth Supports Textile Production
Despite financial restraints and a hold-down on investments, China's textile production centering on polyester registered a sharp growth in August. The growth in textile production ......
- Taiwan: Aiming at US$25 billion textile exports
The Taiwanese textile industry, focusing on synthetic fiber, is considered to have potential to achieve an annual growth rate of more than 3%. In particular, ......
- China: Anticipated stable growth
HEADNOTE Against the backdrop of the expansion of world trade, China anticipates stable growth of textile & apparel exports in 2001. Simultaneously, China has to ......