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                    [Summary] => The country’s garments and textile exports posted a growth of six percent to $2.542 billion in 2005 from $2.409 billion in 2004, the Garments and Textile Export Board (GTEB) said.


Garments and textile exports to the United States, however, posted a slight decline of one percent from $1.938 billion in 2004 to $1.920 billion last year. Exports to the US  comprise the bulk or 76 percent of the Philippines’ garments and textile exports.


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                    [Title] => Exporters press for duty-free entry of RP garments in US market
                    [Summary] => The Confederation of Garment Exporters of the Philippines (CONGEP) has initiated ground work  on securing a sectoral agreement with the United States for duty-free access of Philippine garments and textile to the profitable US market.


This was confirmed yesterday by Garments and Textile Export Board (GTEB) president Serafin Juliano who said that informal talks for a possible sectoral free trade agreement have been started since an official bilateral  agreement between the Philippines and the US is more complicated and takes more time.


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                    [Title] => Banaba now a Japanese trademark
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                    [Title] => RP eyes new export tack as garment quota ends
                    [Summary] => The Philippines is adopting a more complementary garments export strategy with its ASEAN neighbors in the advent of a quota-free market.


Garments and Textile Export Board (GTEB) executive director Serafin Juliano said the Philippines has agreed to a planned complementation program for garments with its ASEAN neighbors.


The planned complementation scheme for garments, Juliano explained, would mean that the Philippines, for example, would specialize on design and branding, while another ASEAN neighbor like Indonesia would concentrate on fabric manufacture.


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                    [Title] => GTEB bares surge in garment orders from world markets
                    [Summary] => The Philippines is already experiencing a surge in garment  orders from international markets  following the phaseout of garment quota system, Garments and Textile Export Board (GTEB) Executive Director Serafin Juliano said yesterday.


Juliano said  quota restricted categories accounted for the bulk, or about 60 percent, of new orders.  


"The increase in demand was good news for subcontractors," Juliano said.


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                    [Title] => Potentials of local fibers cited
                    [Summary] => The Garments and Textile Export Board (GTEB) foresees a potential growth area for the Philippine garments industry in high-end indigenous and organic fiber materials.


According to GTEB executive director Serafin Juliano, there is a growing trend for garments made out of indigenous and organic fibers.


Juliano said the markets for such garments are mainly the United States and Europe, specifically buyers who want high quality and specialty products.


The Philippine garments industry can easily tap such market with indigenous fibers such as abaca and piña.

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                    [Title] => Garment exports continue to drop
                    [Summary] => Dollar earnings from garment exports amounted to $1.092 billion in the first five months of the year, down by 3.62 percent from $1.133 billion recorded in the same period last year.


Garments and Textile Export Board (GTEB) Exective Director Serafin Juliano said the continued decline has slowed down as a result of the expansion in May export figures which posted a growth of 2.78 percent compared to the May 2003 exports.


GTEB figures show that garments and textile sales amounted to $231 million in May this year compared to May 2003’s export of $224 million.


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                    [Title] => Garment exports dip 3% in Q1
                    [Summary] => Garment exports dropped by nearly three percent to $694.18 million in the first quarter of the year from $714.741 million in the same period a year ago, Garments and Textile Export Board (GTEB) executive director Serafin Juliano reported yesterday.


The overall drop was attributed to low export volume to the US which remains the industry’s biggest market, accounting for 74.1 percent of the garments sector’s export pie.


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                    [Title] => CONGEP stages successful trade exhibit in Hong Kong
                    [Summary] => SOURCE IT, a brainchild of the Confederation of Garments Exporters of the Philippines (CONGEP) aimed at strengthening textile-clothing sourcing in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), had a successful run in Hong Kong with over 10,000 visitors from trading companies and buying offices worldwide during its launch recently at the HK Convention and Exhibition Center.


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                    [Title] => Garment exports down 7%
                    [Summary] => The country’s exports earnings from garments and textiles, the second biggest source of dollars after electronics, fell 7.1 percent to $471 million in the first two months of 2004, the Garments and Textile Export Board (GTEB) said.


In a report, GTEB executive director Serafin Juliano said the drop in earnings was attributed to lower export volume to the US market, which accounts for the bulk or 79 percent of aggregate exports.


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This was confirmed yesterday by Garments and Textile Export Board (GTEB) president Serafin Juliano who said that informal talks for a possible sectoral free trade agreement have been started since an official bilateral  agreement between the Philippines and the US is more complicated and takes more time.


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The planned complementation scheme for garments, Juliano explained, would mean that the Philippines, for example, would specialize on design and branding, while another ASEAN neighbor like Indonesia would concentrate on fabric manufacture.


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Juliano said  quota restricted categories accounted for the bulk, or about 60 percent, of new orders.  


"The increase in demand was good news for subcontractors," Juliano said.


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According to GTEB executive director Serafin Juliano, there is a growing trend for garments made out of indigenous and organic fibers.


Juliano said the markets for such garments are mainly the United States and Europe, specifically buyers who want high quality and specialty products.


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                    [Title] => Garment exports continue to drop
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Garments and Textile Export Board (GTEB) Exective Director Serafin Juliano said the continued decline has slowed down as a result of the expansion in May export figures which posted a growth of 2.78 percent compared to the May 2003 exports.


GTEB figures show that garments and textile sales amounted to $231 million in May this year compared to May 2003’s export of $224 million.


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