The Chinese government has been authorized to ease investment rules in three new free trade zones (FTZs) after top legislature gave the go ahead during a bi-monthly meeting on Sunday. The new zones will be located in South China's ...
Tags: Investment Rules, Free Trade Zones
A number of cities across China are applying to be the next free trade zone after Shanghai free trade zone was launched in September, Beijing Business Today reported. Tianjin, Shenzhen and Zhejiang have joined the queuw to submit proposals ...
Tags: Free Trade Zone, economy, China
Tire Group International (TGI) LLC announced that on Sep. 9, 2013 it was granted the Foreign Trade Zone (FTZ) 281-4 status giving TGI the ability to defer, reduce and eliminate customs duties on products brought into its U.S. distribution ...
Tags: TGI, Auto Parts
Sunday Sept. 29 2013, is a new day for China as it marks the official launch of the much anticipated Shanghai Free Trade Zone. Sunday is also International Coffee Day. Just as UK coffee houses in an earlier age were the places where people ...
Tags: Free Trade, Coffee
Chinese shares closed higher on Tuesday as prospects for Shanghai Free Trade Zone continues to boost market sentiment. The benchmark Shanghai Composite Index rose 0.34 percent, or 7.09 points, to end at 2,103.57. The Shenzhen Component ...
Tags: Free Trade Zone, Chinese Shares
Textile industry of Nicaragua may lose tariff preferences in the US, which are up for renewal in 2014, as s senior US official has said that such an extension of tariff preferences is not necessary. The textile industry of Nicaragua ...
Textile companies in Mexico's Yucatan province would benefit as the Tax Administration Service (SAT) has decided to issue certificates to them, according to the Association of Maquila Exports in Yucatan. Maquilas are free trade zones in ...
Tags: Textile Sector, Sat Certification
The African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA), which enables countries in Africa to export over 4000 products, including hundreds of apparel products, quota-free and duty-free to the US, has been benefitting the Chinese textile and apparel ...
Mawtani reports that the Iraqi government has approved the construction of a private free-trade zone south of Baghdad. Sabah al-Qaisi(pictured),the chairman of the Ministry of Finance's General Commission for Free Zones,told Mawtani: ...