The third edition of the best-selling guide to the special rules affecting the world's apparel trade, with country-by-country explanations for what that means for buying from 191 different countries.The third edition of the best-selling guide to the special rules affecting the world's apparel trade, with country-by-country explanations for what that means for buying from 191 different countries. And a brief explanation of the likely (and unlikely) changes in the next five years.

NEW 2011 edition The Guide has now fully updated to reflect new EU and US agreements and to analyse the widely-held belief that a wave of protectionism is about to hit the world's clothing industry.

Products Mentioned:

Babywear, Bras & Corsetry, Knitted Brief, Men's Anoraks and casual jackets, Men's Coats, Men's Formal Jackets, Men's Jeans, Men's Knitted Shirts, Mens Nightwear, Men's Suits, Men's Swim, Men's Woven Shirts, Men's Woven Trousers, Panties, Slips + petticoats, Socks, Sweaters, T Shirt, Tights (Pantyhose)/stockings/pop socks, Track suits & jogging, Women's Anoraks and casual jackets, Women's Coats, Women's Dresses, Women's Formal Jackets, Women's Jeans, Women's Knitted Blouses, Women's Knitted Trousers, Women's Nightwear, Women's Skirts, Women's Suits, Women's Swim, Women's Trousers, Woven Blouses and Woven brief

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Title Index:

Introduction

1. The Basic Principles

1.1 General Philosophies

1.2 Rules and the World Trade Organisation

1.3 Schemes operating

1.3.1 Using other countries' raw materials

1.3.2 Using home-country raw materials

1.3.3 Special cases for more concessions

1.4 Double barrelled Duty Free Concessions

2. The major incentives and barriers: Access to the US

2.1 Access to the US

2.1.1. Duty free: no significant restriction

2.1.2 Duty free- raw material restrictions

2.1.3 Trade concessions

2.1.4 Trade barriers

2.2 Access to the EU

2.2.1 Duty free no significant restriction

2.2.2 Duty free: Raw material restrictions

2.2.3 Trade Concessions

2.2.4 Trade Barriers

3. The major incentives and barriers: Access to other major importers

3.1 Access to Japan

3.2 Access to Canada

3.3 Access to Australia

4. Producer-Countries: Current options

5. Country-specific trade barriers and trade preference agreements

5.1 US Agreements

5.1.1 AGOA: African Growth and Opportunity Act

5.1.2 AGOA: African Growth and Opportunity Act Partial

5.1.3 ATPDEA (Andean Trade Promotion and Drug Eradication Act)

5.1.4 CBTPA: Caribbean Basin Trade Partnership Act

5.1.5 DR-CAFTA: Central America/Dominican Republic Free Trade Area

5.1.6 Free Trade Agreements

5.1.7 General System of Preference (GSP)

5.1.8 Headnote 3a

5.1.9 HOPE: Hemispheric Opportunity through Partnership Encouragement

5.1.10 US-Israel Free Trade Agreement

5.1.11 QIZ Qualified Investment Zone facilities in Jordan and Egypt

5.1.12 NAFTA: North American Free Trade Area

5.2 EU Agreements

5.2.1 ABH Agreement

5.2.3 Economic Partnership Agreement

5.2.4 Everything But Arms

5.2.5 Full EU membership

5.2.6 European Free Trade Area

5.2.7 Euromed/Turkey

5.2.8 General System of Preference (GSP)

5.2.9 GSP+

5.2.10 Individual Free Trade Agreements

5.2.11 Stabilisation and Association Agreement

5.2.12 Turkey

5.3 Japan

5.4 Canada

5.5 Australia

6. Likely Future changes to current arrangements

6.1 The effect of the recession on rich-country preferences and barriers

6.2 Specific programmes mooted or under development

6.2.1 Rules of Origin

6.2.1.1 EU

6.2.1.2 US

6.2.1.3 General Lessons

6.2.2 Other plans

6.2.3 Economic Partnership Agreements

6.2.4 Free Trade Areas

6.2.5 Doha Development Round

6.2.6 Expiry Dates:

6.2.7 Threatened status

6.2.8 Other Barriers

7. Likely effect on sourcing destinations

7.1 China

7.1.1 General principles:

7.1.2 China and the EU

7.1.3 China and the US

7.1.4 China and Japan

7.1.5 The net effect:

7.2 South East Asia

7.2.1 South East Asia and South East Asia

7.2.2 SE Asia and US

7.2.2.1 US and Trans Pacific Partnership

7.2.2.2 US and Garment exporting countries

7.2.3 SE Asia and the EU

7.2.4 South East Asia and Japan

7.2.5 South East Asia and China

7.2.6 South East Asia and Australia/New Zealand

7.3 South Asia

7.3.1 India

7.3.2 Bangladesh

7.3.3 Pakistan

7.3.4 Sri Lanka

7.4 Korea

7.5 Africa

7.6 Caribbean and Latin America

7.6.1 The US and the Americas

7.6.2 The EU and the Americas

7.7 European Area

7.7.1 EU Enlargement

7.7.2 EU and immediate neighbours

7.7.3 Other Euro-neighbours

7.7.4 European area and other buying countries

8. Summary of top hundred exporting countries' duty concessions and those concessions' value Appendix. Preference country lists

Group 1: Generalised System of Preferences (GSP)

Group 2: Least Developed Countries (LDCs)

Group 3: EU Members

Group 4: Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) Members

Group 5: World Trade Organisation (WTO)

5.1 WTO Members

5.2 WTO Non-members

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