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US: Retail imports surge on end of port contract
2014-07-10 16:09:00| Daily apparel & textile news and comment - from just-style.com
As negotiations on a new labour contract for West Coast dockworkers continue, import volumes at major US retail container ports are this month expected to reach their highest level in five years.
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US: Retail imports seen surging as port contract ends
2014-07-10 16:09:00| Daily apparel & textile news and comment - from just-style.com
As negotiations on a new labour contract for West Coast dockworkers continue, import volumes at major US retail container ports are this month expected to reach their highest level in five years.
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U.S. Apparel Imports in May 2014: Latest Trends (Monthly Report)
2014-07-09 13:39:26| EmergingTextiles.com
US apparel imports began clearly falling in May, as cotton apparel plunged by nearly 10% in volume terms. This is reflected by our statistical report covering monthly US apparel import data, with historical trends being analyzed over the last 10 years, including cotton vs man-made fiber apparel, and China vs Rest of World (RoW).
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ANALYSIS: Vietnam soars as US apparel imports decline in May
2014-07-08 16:08:00| Daily apparel & textile news and comment - from just-style.com
Despite forecasts suggesting US imports would continue to rise in May - in part to offset the threat of possible industrial action and disruption at major West Coast container ports this summer - the latest data in fact shows apparel imports were down year-on-year. While Vietnam one of the few countries bucking the overall decline, shipments from China and Bangladesh showed fluctuating fortunes.
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More people, less water mean rising food imports for Egypt
2014-07-03 07:37:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: In the northwest corner of the Nile Delta, Ibrahim Sharaf Al-Dein fires up his diesel-powered pump next to a murky canal only to watch it spew out a yellowish froth. For the past 15 years, antiquated irrigation systems and a government conservation drive have kept many farmers from nutrient-rich Nile waters, forcing them to tap sewage-filled canals despite their proximity to the world's longest river. "This water ruins our pumps, it breaks our machines, it's bad for our production," Sharaf Al-Dein,...
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