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Weekly News 34/08 (23/8/2008)                                                                                        And More...

      Russian Clothing
      Cotton Report Aug 2008
       UK Clothing E-commerce Continues to Grow
       Indonesia Textile Industry Grows with Great Vigor
      Indian Textile Exporters Plan to Explore New Areas
      Olympians Adopt Compression Apparel Technology
       UK : Call for Change over VAT on Children's Clothes
      India Industry Pays Highest Power Tariffs after Japan
      China's First Infant Clothing Standard Enforced In October
       Indonesian Garment Makers Cash in on Big Foreign Orders
 
MKMA News
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Briefing on Radio Frequency (RF) Drying Technology
Date : 11 Sept 2008 (Thursday) 2.00pm
Venue : MKMA Conference Room, Batu Pahat, Johor
Speakers: Scientists from Society for Applied Microwave Electronics Engineering & Research, (SAMEER), India.
Free attendance subject to prior registration.
 
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Manufacturing Johor 2008
13-16 November 2008 @ JB Expo Hall, Johor Bahru, Johor
Exhibits : Knitting, Embroidery, Printing, Sewing & all types of Machinery
Special rate of RM3,500 per standard 9m2 booth for MKMA members
 
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Two Financing Facilities of RM1.2 Billion to help SME
 
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Advertise on MKMA Directory 2009-2011
The most effective platform to make known your company & products to the Malaysian textile and apparel companies
 One time payment & enjoy 3 years publicity
 Advertisement Booking Form (For Malaysia and Singapore Companies)
Advertisement Booking Form (For International Advertisers)
 
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MKMA Latest Issue of Newsletter (published on 20/8/2008)
 
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Malaysia Textile and Apparels Import / Export / CEPT Duties
Import duty from China under ASEAN-China FTA*
Import duty from Pakistan under MPCEPA*
Import duty from Japan under MJEPA *
Import duty from Korea under AKFTA *
(* Subject to Rules of Origin )
 
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Free Job Matching Service
 MATAC Vacancy for Sales Executive and Training Instructors
     To be based in Batu Pahat, Johor
 Job Seekers please download Job Application Form here. 
 
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Fall/ Holiday 2008/09 Market Research    Paris/ London
Womenswear Chapter 1 – Silhouettes
Womenswear Chapter 2 – Details
Womenswear Chapter 3 – Active wear
Menswear
Children’s Wear
 Visual Merchandising1
 Visual Merchandising 2
 Jeans Wear                    
If you are interested in purchasing Fall/ Holiday 2008/09 Market Research CD in a higher resolution for SG$ 25.00, please download Order Form
         (Source : Textile & Fashion Industry Training Centre Pte Ltd, TaF.tc)
 
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Apparel, Textile and Garment Malaysia Exhibition 2008 (ATMEX 2008)
In conjunction with MANUFACTURING JOHOR 2008
Date : 13-16 November 2008       Venue : The Zon, JB Expo Hall (Level 6), Johor, Malaysia
For more information, please browse www.imshl.com
Enjoy 15% booth rate discount for registration through MKMA
 
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Promote “MADE in MALAYSIA” Label 
MKMA encourages members to take the initiative to mark the “Made in Malaysia” wordings onto the washing labels of local garments.    
It serves as an effort to promote the “MADE in MALAYSIA” as a trustworthy brand name and differentiates from low cost imports.
 
 
Malaysian News Grants & Incentives
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Customs Duties Order 2007       Effective 1 April 2008
 Rate of Import / Export / CEPT duties (Textile items in Chapter 42-63 only)
 Overleaf Notes            Based on CEPT Rules of Origin, the Substantial Transformation Criterion can be
used as an alternative to the 40% local content requirement for textile products
 Correlation Table
Abbreviations and Symbols
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2007 Malaysian Textile & Clothing Performance  
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2006 Malaysian Textile & Clothing Performance  
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2005 Malaysia Textile & Apparel Performance

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Implementation of IMP 3: Textile and Apparel Industry
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Full Text Ninth Malaysia Plan
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Procedures on Recruitment of Foreign Workers
 

 

bulletTwo Financing Facilities of RM1.2
         Billion to help SME
 
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Definition of SMI/ SME

Manage by SMIDEC
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Grant for Business Start-ups
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Grant for Enhancing Product Packaging
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Grant for Product and Process Improvement
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Grant for Enhancing Marketing Skill of SMEs
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Grant for Certification and Quality Management Systems

Manage by MATRADE
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Market Development Grants (MDG)
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Malaysian Brand Promotion Grant
 

Manage by MTDC
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Technology Acquisition Fund (TAF)
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Commercialisation of R & D Fund (CRDF)

 

Soft Loans (Manage by MIDF)

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Soft Loan for SMEs
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Soft Loan for Factory Relocation
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Soft Loan for ICT
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Soft Loan For Automation and Modernisation
 
Malaysia / ASEAN FTA Developments International News
bullet Malaysia-Japan Economic Partnership Agreement (MJEPA) 
(Completed & Signed on13/12/2005)
FTA in goods, services and investment
 Rules of Origin (Pg 22 onwards for textile products)
bullet Latest News For Malaysian Exporters to Japan
bullet ASEAN Free Trade Area (AFTA)
 ASEAN-6 to fully eliminate 85% products' duties by 2007
CLMV to eliminate duties by 2012
To establish ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) by 2020 as a single market with free flow of goods, capital, skill labours etc. 
bullet CEPT Rules of Origin for Textile Products
bullet Malaysia-Pakistan Closer Economic Partnership Agreement (MPCEPA)  
Signed on 8/11/2007         
Effective on 1/1/2008
Preamble
bullet ASEAN-Korea FTA (AKFTA)
Beginning 1st June 2007
Form AK : Certificate of Origin (Print, fill & Submit to MITI for Approval)
Textile tariffs to be eliminated by 2009/ 2010/2012
Rules of Origin (Textile and Apparel Items starts on Pg 24)
bullet ASEAN -China FTA (ACFTA)
FTA for Trade in goods (TIG) signed on 29/11/2004
Tariff on normal track products to be eliminated latest by 2010 for China and ASEAN-6; 2015 for CLMV
 Malaysia Import Duty Reduction Schedule (Textile & Apparel Items only)
bullet Malaysia-US FTA (ongoing)
 Trade & Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA) signed on 10/5/2004
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ASEAN-India FTA ( tough going)
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Malaysia-Chile FTA (ongoing)
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Malaysia-Australia FTA (on hold)
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Malaysia-New Zealand FTA (on hold)
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Rules of Origin at a Glance
 
bullet Mercosur Requires New Labeling for Textile Imports
bullet China Reduced Textile Export Rebates to 11%
bullet China Top 20 Exporters of Knitted Clothing, 2006
bullet China Top 20 Exporters of Clothing, 2006
bullet Mercosur to Increase Apparel Import Duties
bullet Asian Development Outlook  2006  
bullet Textile MID Requirement for Imports
bullet 2005 Hong Kong Textiles Control Arrangements
bullet Foreign Trade Law of the People's Republic of China
bullet Assessment of the Competitiveness of TA Suppliers to the U.S. Market  (Vol 1) 
bullet Assessment of the Competitiveness of TA Suppliers to the U.S. Market (Vol 2) 
bullet Textile Quota
bullet The New EU GSP (for 2006-2008)


 Other FTAs

bullet US - Jordan FTA (Rules of Origin Only)
bullet US - Korea FTA
bullet US - Singapore FTA
bullet Australia - Singapore FTA
bullet Korea - Chile FTA

 

  Textile and Apparel Exhibition Calendar
2008

January to March

April to June

July to September

October to December

Courses Available

 Besides the following courses, we can customise courses according to your needs, please contact us.

Textile Manufacturing

Sales and Marketing

Supervisory & Management