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APTMA budget proposals seek vital intervention in tax regime

10/05/2009

All Pakistan Textile Mills Association (APTMA) budget proposals have sought vital intervention of the government in tax regime to ensure revival of industry. The revenue-neutral and revival-focused budget proposals, prepared by the APTMA, stress upon a stable environment with more market access to deal with competitiveness issues amid global economic meltdown.

Anti-dumping probes jump 17%

10/05/2009

GENEVA - THE number of anti-dumping probes launched by trading nations against alleged unfairly-priced imports jumped 17 per cent in the second half of 2008, with China a key target, the WTO said on Monday

Trade wall goes up to stop Chinese invasion

10/05/2009

IN A tough stand against cheap imports from China, India has decided to employ every internationally sanctioned weapon in the trade armoury to shut out goods from the dragon land that hurt Indian companies in these hard times.

EU says trade talks with China may speed recovery

10/05/2009

Trade talks between China and the European Union this week could help both economies recover from the current downturn by boosting exports and investment, the EU's top trade official said Wednesday.

Textile mills demand exemption from WHT

07/05/2009

LAHORE: The All Pakistan Textile Mills Association (APTMA) has demanded the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) to exempt all textile machinery, raw material, spares and chemicals from 1 per cent withholding tax (WHT) at the import stage.

Steel Firms Push for Safeguard Tax

07/05/2009

NEW DELHI -- Indian steel manufacturers, anticipating a flood of cheap imports over the next three months, Wednesday demanded the immediate imposition of a safeguard tax during a meeting with federal government officials

Mending EU-China Trade Ties

07/05/2009

Brussels has to give a little to gain Beijing's trust.

French Firm Drops EU Unfair Trade Complaint Against DuPont

07/05/2009

Aptma said that textile industry’s competitiveness was eroding due to the huge incentives being provided by competing countries like China, India and Bangladesh to the industry and exporters. - File photoBRUSSELS -(Dow Jones)- French metals firm Metaux Speciaux has withdrawn an unfair trade complaint it brought against U.S. chemical giant E.I. DuPont Nemours & Co. (DD) for its sales of sodium metal in the European Union, a Metaux Speciaux spokesman said.