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US urged to halt imports of Turkmenistan cotton goods
2016-04-07 16:31:00| Daily apparel & textile news and comment - from just-style.com
A formal complaint has been filed under the Tariff Act of 1930, calling for a halt on the import of cotton goods from Turkmenistan made using forced labour.
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H&M bans cotton from Turkmenistan and Syria
2016-02-18 11:30:00| Daily apparel & textile news and comment - from just-style.com
Swedish fashion giant Hennes & Mauritz (H&M) has placed a ban on sourcing cotton from Turkmenistan and Syria in a bid to eradicate forced labour from its supply chain.
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Forced labour blights Turkmenistan cotton harvest
2016-01-25 13:21:00| Daily apparel & textile news and comment - from just-style.com
A final report on the 2015 cotton harvest in Turkmenistan says the government this year forced more people to pick cotton and ramped up the pressure to deliver harvest quotas in response to a late and low-yield harvest.
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Turkmenistan to create electronics industry
2016-01-20 14:18:11| Electronics - Topix.net
Turkmenistan has approved the state program on creation of enterprises for production of various kinds of electronic equipment in the country, the Turkmen "Neutral Turkmenistan" newspaper reported Jan.20. The article said that the new program is aimed at creating resource and energy saving, environmentally friendly competitive electronic and electrical industry equipped with high technology, production of goods for domestic and foreign market.
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Turkmenistan uses more forced labour in cotton harvest
2015-11-24 14:21:00| Daily apparel & textile news and comment - from just-style.com
While Uzbekistan's use of forced labour to harvest cotton is well-documented, a new report says workers at a range of private and public-sector institutions have also been coerced to pick cotton in Turkmenistan this year, with children used in at least one area.
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