Textile news from NORTHERN MARIANA ISLAND
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NORTHERN MARIANA ISLAND: Workers affected by closure of garment factories
MEM [Apr 17, 2007] Closure of garment factories has badly affected workers in Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI); Commerce Department revealed...
NORTHERN MARIANA ISLAND: 2005 sees economic catastrophe for apparel industry
MEM [Jan 04, 2006] As early as 2004, Saipan's garment factories raised the alarm over the devastating effect of the World Trade Organization's lifting of quota restrictions on apparel after January 2005...
NORTHERN MARIANA ISLAND: Garment factories lost competitive edge in 2005
MEM [Dec 31, 2005] For most people in the commonwealth, 2005 will be remembered as a time when things went from bad to worse. The signs of an economic disaster were already apparent as early as the beginning of the year...
NORTHERN MARIANA ISLAND: Garment players rallied for reduction of existing user fee
MEM [Aug 04, 2005] Garment industry representatives rallied the Legislature on August 3, to pass without delay the proposed 1-percent reduction of the existing 3.7 user fee, saying any help is needed at this time to ensure the sector's survival in the CNMI...
NORTHERN MARIANA ISLAND: Garment industry hit by fast-growing Chinese clothing exports
MEM [Jul 11, 2005] The lifting of quotas on imports of Chinese clothing to the US at the start of this year has seen the clothing industry on the main island of Saipan in the central Pacific territory thrown into crisis...
NORTHERN MARIANA ISLAND: SEDC visits Chinese factories to focus on Saipan garment industry
MEM [Apr 16, 2005] The Office of the Governor's Strategic Economic Development Council dedicated a majority of their April 11 meeting at the Senate to a Saipan garment industry update...
NORTHERN MARIANA ISLAND: Apparel sector gears up to face quota free era
MEM [May 17, 2004] The quota system is going to expire on January 2005 and the garment industry of Saipan is preparing itself to compete in the global market...
NORTHERN MARIANA ISLAND: Garment Industry Under Inspection
[Nov 11, 2003] As part of a new agreement to end alleged labour abuses the garment industry in the Northern Marianas is being monitored...
NORTHERN MARIANA ISLAND: Senate Pass Bill To Support Garment Unit In 2005
[Sep 23, 2003] To help the garment industry of the country to survive after December 2004, the Senate passed a bill that will make it easier for local garment industry to restructure and increase its capacity...
NORTHERN MARIANA ISLAND: Decline Continues In Garment Sales
MEM [Sep 16, 2003] Competition for U.S. buyers and local capacity limitations at Saipan apparel factories netted a fifth straight month of shrunken sales.....
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