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23 January 2009 - EU's clothing imports clearly slowed down over the third quarter of the past year, according to latest available data. The U.K. was by far the weakest market for shipments from outside the European Union, while the growth in imports dramatically declined on Spanish and Italian market from recent peaks, as reflected by our series of statistical tables.

23 January 2009 - U.S. Customs: Retroactive Benefits under Costa Rica's DR-CAFTA Implementation. Haiti's Participation in ELVIS Program. - U.S. President: Implementing US-Peru Free Trade Agreement. - U.S. International Trade Administration: Earned Import Allowance Program Established Under the Andean Trade Preference Act of 2008. - U.S. Congress: Trade Enforcement Act of 2009 Introduced in House by Charles Rangel. - U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission: Recall of Pajamas made in Cambodia. - EU's List of "Dangerous Products": Products from China, Thailand and other origins.

23 January 2009 - Wool prices fell this week in Australia and South Africa while rising in New Zealand. Over the past two months, prices were relatively stable as Australian growers prefer retaining stocks. An expected decline in global wool textile production could however depress demand in the coming months.

22 January 2009 - A large number of anti-dumping investigations were last year launched by emerging countries on fiber and yarn imports from low-cost suppliers. As global economic recession looms, other sanctions could be decided in 2009 in order to protect national markets from allegedly dumped products. China is the main target of these investigations while Turkey is the most aggressive in imposing anti-duping duties.

21 January 2009 - Amid heavily depressing news, there are however clear signs that global textile and clothing markets may stop shrinking in 2009, although not fully recovering from the economic recession experienced in the United States and in Europe. Raw material costs of textile and apparel industries are no more declining in Asia where lower inflation rates may now limit the rise in manufacturing costs. A stronger dollar and the elimination of US textile quotas should also help in offering lower-priced products to consumer in developed countries.

21 January 2009 - Apparel sales further deteriorated in December at US retail. With an annual fall of 7.15% at clothing stores, the holiday season was the worst in a large number of years and the level in orders passed by US importers should be negatively affected as a consequence.

21 January 2009 - Viscose fiber prices fell in the past weeks in Pakistan over power shortages limiting demand from the domestic textile industry. Yarn prices stayed however unchanged, due to the reduction in textile production, our Correspondent reports.