RI to host int'l textile conference<\/p>\n
Zakki P. Hakim, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta<\/p>\n
Textile and clothing producer countries from the developing world
\nwill meet in Bali in the first week of April to discuss trade
\nafter the elimination of the quota system, a senior official at
\nthe Ministry of Trade said on Wednesday.<\/p>\n
The ministry's Director General for International Cooperation
\nPos M. Hutabarat said Indonesia would host the 41st International
\nTextile and Clothing Bureau (ITCB) council of representatives
\nmeeting.<\/p>\n
Established in 1984, ITCB is a group of governments from
\ndeveloping countries that produce and export textiles and
\nclothing.<\/p>\n
"During the conference, country members will evaluate the
\nglobal textile and clothing trade in a world without quota
\nrestrictions," he told reporters.<\/p>\n
Pos said the ITCB would monitor trade barriers -- tariff and
\nnon-tariff -- imposed by industrialized countries and ensure that
\ndeveloping countries received non-discriminatory treatment.<\/p>\n
Moreover, the ITCB would encourage and facilitate country
\nmembers to outsource raw materials such as yarn and fabrics from
\neach other, thus reducing capital goods dependency on the
\ndeveloped nations, he said.<\/p>\n
The meeting is expected to come up with a communique as a
\nbasis for ITCB's future policies.<\/p>\n
ITCB members are Argentina, Bangladesh, Brazil, China,
\nColombia, Costa Rica, South Korea, Egypt, El Salvador, Guatemala,
\nHonduras, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, North Korea, Macao, the
\nMaldives, Pakistan, Paraguay, Peru, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Uruguay
\nand Vietnam.<\/p>",
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