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                    [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] => 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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                    [Summary] => The expiration of the garments quota system this year will open up new opportunities for Philippine brand garments, according to Garments and Textiles Export Board (GTEB) executive director Serafin Juliano.


Juliano disclosed that Philippine garments brands such Bench, Penshoppe, Bayo, Kamiseta, Folded & Hung have been wanting to penetrate the US market.


Unfortunately,  because of the quota regime system, they were not able to do so because they did not have the necessary quota allocation to access the US market.


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                    [Title] => Potentials of local fibers cited
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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.


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

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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] => 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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                    [Title] => Garments sector seen to grow 15%
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However, in achieving the 15-percent growth in 2005, Juliano warned that the garments industry would have to undergo some consolidation and even possible closures just to be able to maintain its dollar business.


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                    [Title] => Garment exports down 3.7% to $2.63-B
                    [Summary] => The country’s garment exports declined by 3.68 percent to $2.626 billion from January to Dec. 14 this year from $2.726 billion in the same period a year ago, the Garments and Textile Export Board (GTEB) reported yesterday.


GTEB executive director Serafin Juliano said that exports to quota countries recorded a 3.78-percent decline with total shipments amounting to only $2.313 billion compared to last year’s exports for the same period of $2.404 billion.


Exports to quota countries comprise the bulk or 88.09 percent of the country’s total garment shipments.

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                    [Title] => Garment exports seen to drop by 5% in 2002
                    [Summary] => Garment shipments for the whole of 2002 are expected to drop by more than five percent to $2.8 billion from  $2.974 billion in 2001, the Garments and Textile Export Board (GTEB) said yesterday. 


For this year, GTEB executive director Serafin Juliano said garment exports are still expected to contract by three percent due to the generally weak global demand for locally-made garments and the stiff competition poised by other low-cost producing countries. 


The country’s major markets for garments are the US and Japan.


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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 disclosed that Philippine garments brands such Bench, Penshoppe, Bayo, Kamiseta, Folded & Hung have been wanting to penetrate the US market.


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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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