Textile news from MAURITIUS
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MAURITIUS: Asian textile workers treated as slaves
[Aug 12, 2007] Factories supplying to Sir Philip Green employ hundreds of Sri Lankan, Indian and Bangladeshi workers in Mauritius where they work for up to 12 hours a day, six days a week. Workers are paid
MAURITIUS: Talks to strengthen cooperation in cotton, tourism industries
MEM [Aug 10, 2007] The Economy and Finance Minister of Burkina Faso, Jean Baptiste Compaore, and the Mauritian Finance Minister Rama Sithanen discussed about the import of cotton from Burkina to
MAURITIUS: Textile sector faces major obstacles
MEM [Jul 23, 2007] Mauritius was one of three (the other two being USA and Jamaica) countries who voted against the phasing out of the Multi Fiber Agreement (MFA) under which quotas were set on individual countries exporting principally to the USA.
MAURITIUS: Mauritian textile factory redundant 800 workers
[Dec 07, 2006] Floreal Knitwear has redundant 800 workers as part of a restructuring exercise; Management sources said at the weekend...
MAURITIUS: US and Mauritius sign agreement to expand trade and investment ties
MEM [Sep 19, 2006] The United States and Mauritius signed an agreement on September 18 to expand trade and investment ties between them...
MAURITIUS: Economy to be opened to attract foreign investment
MEM [Aug 14, 2006] Mauritius has moved to open up its economy to attract foreign investment and diversify, reeling from the end of global textile quotas and reduced sugar prices in the European Union...
MAURITIUS: Textile factory forced to close
MEM [Jul 06, 2006] A 21 year-old Noblesse factory has been forced to close its last factory in Souillac; sources said here on July 5...
MAURITIUS: Mauritius seeks to revive textiles sector
MEM [Jun 28, 2006] Mauritius is shifting attention to southern Africa as it seeks to revive the fortunes of its key textiles sector affected by the 2005 removal of export privileges into the United States and European Union...
MAURITIUS: Textile exports drop 16.1 pct in 2005
[Mar 28, 2006] Mauritius' textiles exports dropped by 16.1 percent in 2005 to 19.3 billion Mauritius rupees from 23.05 billion in 2004...
MAURITIUS: Textile firms face debts and need more support from banks to restructure
MEM [Feb 04, 2006] Textile firms in Mauritius face debts totalling more than $200 million and need more support from banks to help them restructure to face global trade liberalization...
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