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                    [Title] => Garment exporters ready to face China — GTEB head
                    [Summary] => Garment exporters are now prepared to meet the formidable competition posed by China with the removal of garments quota by 2005, a ranking government official said.


Serafin Jullano, Garments and Textile Export Board (GTEB) executive director, said local manufacturers have started shifting their production to value-added branded garments.

Local exporters acknowledge that China will easily dominate the export market for basic, low-cost garments.
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At present the GTEB charges garments firms a fee for quota assessment, transfer processing costs and quota application.

For assessment, local export quota (EQ) holders pay P0.05 centavos per square meter equivalent (SME) of the total quantity of products they export.
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DTI Secretary Manuel Roxas II, said there are a number of shipping and forwarding companies who have fired some of their employees for alleged participation in transshipments.
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The garments and textile group continues to account for the second largest export earning.

For July alone, the GTEB said, export receipts amounted to $309 million compared to the $271 million recorded in the same period last year.
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The country’s garment exports include apparel, non-apparel and textile products.

Shipments of textile from January to October rose by 87 percent to $106.7 million from $57 million a year ago.
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Trade and Industry Secretary Manuel A. Roxas II, said the GTEB, one of the attached agencies of the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI), is now promoting garment exports to Europe to reduce dependence on the US market.

At present, about 75 percent of the Philippines’ garment exports go to the US, where it has enjoyed quota over the years.
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The package was presented by Trade and Industry Secretary Manuel Roxas II and GTEB executive director Felicitas Agoncillo-Reyes last week.

The package, which was designed in consultation with industry leaders, is intended to boost the industry’s competitiveness upon the abolition of the US export quota system. The US is the country’s largest buyer of garments.
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The allocation of garment export quota is handled by the Garments and Textile Export Board (GTEB) which is headed by Felicitas Reyes as director. The GTEB is also tasked to oversee the implementation of bilateral trade agreements between importing countries and the Philippines.
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                    [Title] => Garment exporters ready to face China — GTEB head
                    [Summary] => Garment exporters are now prepared to meet the formidable competition posed by China with the removal of garments quota by 2005, a ranking government official said.


Serafin Jullano, Garments and Textile Export Board (GTEB) executive director, said local manufacturers have started shifting their production to value-added branded garments.

Local exporters acknowledge that China will easily dominate the export market for basic, low-cost garments.
[DatePublished] => 2004-01-03 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805266 [AuthorName] => Marianne V. Go [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 225120 [Title] => Garment exports up 1.6% to $2.156-B in Jan-Sep [Summary] => Export earnings from garments and textile rose by nearly 1.58 percent to $2.156 billion in the first nine months of the year from $2.124 billion recorded in the same period last year... [DatePublished] => 2003-10-23 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805266 [AuthorName] => Marianne V. Go [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 223429 [Title] => GTEB to stop collecting fees next year [Summary] => The Garments and Textile Export Board (GTEB) will stop collecting all assessment and processing fees next year to enable the industry to save on costs and invest more on gearing up for competitiveness in the international marketplace.

At present the GTEB charges garments firms a fee for quota assessment, transfer processing costs and quota application.

For assessment, local export quota (EQ) holders pay P0.05 centavos per square meter equivalent (SME) of the total quantity of products they export.
[DatePublished] => 2003-10-08 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805266 [AuthorName] => Marianne V. Go [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 219220 [Title] => DTI warns vs erring brokers [Summary] => The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) has warned garment and textile firms against dealing with unscrupulous brokers who lure exporters to engage in illegal garments shipments.

DTI Secretary Manuel Roxas II, said there are a number of shipping and forwarding companies who have fired some of their employees for alleged participation in transshipments.
[DatePublished] => 2003-08-31 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805266 [AuthorName] => Marianne V. Go [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 217860 [Title] => Garment exports up 6.5% in 1st 7 mos [Summary] => Earnings from garments and textile exports rose by 6.5 percent to $1.7 billion in the first seven months of the year from $1.6 billion a year ago, the Garments and Textile Export Board reported yesterday.

The garments and textile group continues to account for the second largest export earning.

For July alone, the GTEB said, export receipts amounted to $309 million compared to the $271 million recorded in the same period last year.
[DatePublished] => 2003-08-20 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805266 [AuthorName] => Marianne V. Go [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 185459 [Title] => Garments earnings dip 4.9% to $2.4-B [Summary] => Earnings from garments declined by 4.9 percent to $2.4 billion in the first 10 months of the year from $2.5 billion in the same period last year as a result of growing competition from other low-cost producing countries, particularly China, the Garments and Textile Export Board (GTEB) reported yesterday.

The country’s garment exports include apparel, non-apparel and textile products.

Shipments of textile from January to October rose by 87 percent to $106.7 million from $57 million a year ago.
[DatePublished] => 2002-11-26 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805266 [AuthorName] => Marianne V. Go [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 159713 [Title] => GTEB gears up for end of quota system in 2005 [Summary] => The Garments and Textile Export Board (GTEB) is gearing up for the end of the quota system on Jan. 1, 2005.

Trade and Industry Secretary Manuel A. Roxas II, said the GTEB, one of the attached agencies of the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI), is now promoting garment exports to Europe to reduce dependence on the US market.

At present, about 75 percent of the Philippines’ garment exports go to the US, where it has enjoyed quota over the years.
[DatePublished] => 2002-05-05 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 159384 [Title] => Garment export industry draws up survival package [Summary] => The Garments and Textile Export Board (GTEB) and representatives from the garment export industry, tagged the "Garment Industry Transformation Team," have charted and began the realization of a crucial industry assistance package determined to preserve the 400,000 workers currently being employed by 1,200 garment firms, and to ensure continued existence for the industry in the quota-free setup of 2005.
[DatePublished] => 2002-05-02 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 153442 [Title] => GTEB eyes $4-B garment exports by 2005 [Summary] => The Garments and Textile Export Board (GTEB) has drawn up a transformation package designed to raise the country’s garment export earnings to $4 billion by the year 2005.

The package was presented by Trade and Industry Secretary Manuel Roxas II and GTEB executive director Felicitas Agoncillo-Reyes last week.

The package, which was designed in consultation with industry leaders, is intended to boost the industry’s competitiveness upon the abolition of the US export quota system. The US is the country’s largest buyer of garments.
[DatePublished] => 2002-03-11 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805266 [AuthorName] => Marianne V. Go [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 151851 [Title] => Garment exporters seek return to OTC system in allocation of quotas [Summary] => A group of garment exporters is advocating a return to the over-the-counter system of allocating export quotas, saying the current system favors foreign-owned and big local companies at the expense of small and medium-sized garment firms.

The allocation of garment export quota is handled by the Garments and Textile Export Board (GTEB) which is headed by Felicitas Reyes as director. The GTEB is also tasked to oversee the implementation of bilateral trade agreements between importing countries and the Philippines.
[DatePublished] => 2002-02-25 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) ) )
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