NCTO Elects Officers during 11th Annual Meeting Held in Washington, DC

WASHINGTON, D.C. – James C. Self III, President and COO of Greenwood Mills, located in Greenwood, SC was elected to serve as Chairman of the National Council of Textile Organizations during the group’s 11th Annual Meeting held at the Hamilton Crowne Plaza Hotel in Washington, DC March 25-27.

http://ncto.org/Newsroom/pr2014-0408–AnnualMeetingOfficersRelease.pdf

Yarn-Forward Rule Spurs Investment in U.S. Textile Industry

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. textile industry has seen a surge in foreign direct investment over the past 8 months. No less than 8 foreign companies have made public announcements over that period to invest more than $700 million in new U.S. textile facilities and equipment. These investments are projected to provide approximately 1,900 new jobs in North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, and Louisiana.
 

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http://ncto.org/Newsroom/pr2014-0305–Yarn-ForwardRuleSpursInvestmentinUSTextileIndustry.pdf

New Hampshire Delegation Letter to Ambassador Froman and Secretary Pritzker Regarding TPP Textile Provisions

New Hampshire Delegation Letter to Ambassador Froman

http://www.ncto.org/Newsroom/Ltr2014-0227–NH_Delegation_TPP_Letter_to_USTR&Commerce.pdf

EX-IM Bank Chairman to Visit Two Textile Factories in North Carolina to Expand Focus on Industry Exports, January 15, 2014

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Archive News Releases 2008

NCTO Press Release 12/19/08
US Files Textile Subsidy Case Against China

NCTO Press Release 12/12/08
Textile Mill Economic Assistance Clears Hurdle

NCTO Press Release 12/12/08
China Takes More than Half of U.S. Apparel Market As Quota Phase-out Nears

NCTO Press Release 12/4/08
NCTO Applauds Richardson Choice for Commerce

NCTO Press Release 11/24/08
China Increases Textile Subsidies by $10 billion as Quota Phase-out Nears

NCTO Press Release 10/29/08
Obama Backs Key Textile Policy Positions

NCTO Press Release 10/28/08
NCTO Applauds Move by Government to Challenge Chinese Textile Subsidies

NCTO Press Release 10/9/08
Rangel Orders Monitoring of Textile and Apparel Imports from China Industry Applauds Action – Could Lead to New Safeguards on China

NCTO Press Release 10/1/08
23 International Textile Groups Urge WTO to Re-Examine Duty-Free, Quota-Free Initiative

NCTO Press Release 9/30/08
73 Members of Congress and U.S. Textile Industry Urge U.S. Govt. to Expand Textile Monitoring Program to Imports from China

NCTO Press Release 9/15/08
International Textile Groups from 17 Countries Urge Textile Monitoring for China

NCTO Press Release 7/30/08
U.S. – Mexican Textile Industries to Work Together on China, Customs Issues

NCTO Press Release 6/19/08
Cass Johnson Appears Before House Committee on Small Business

NCTO Press Release 5/20/08
NCTO Elects Officers During Annual Meeting Held in Washington, DC

NCTO Press Release 02/26/08
African and Western Hemisphere Textile Groups Oppose McDermott Trade Bill

NCTO Press Release 02/15/08
2007 Proves to be a Transitional Year for U.S. Industry

NCTO Press Release 02/14/08
Currency Legislation Urgent as Trade Deficit with China Soars in 2007

NCTO Press Release 01/14/08
NCTO Develops New Tools against Spreading Customs Fraud

NCTO Testimony 11/08/2007
AMTAC/NCTO Testimony on Haiti Hope Act before the U.S. International Trade Commission

Archive News Releases 2007

NCTO Testimony 11/01/2007
NCTO Testimony To House Small Business Committee on Pending FTA

NCTO Testimony 10/30/2007
U.S. International Trade Commission Government Policies Affecting U.S. Trade in Selected Sectors

NCTO Press Release, 5/11/07
“NCTO Urges Congress to Ratify Pacts and Quickly Extend Andean Trade Preferences Following Agreement on Labor Issues”

NCTO Press Release, 5/3/07
“NCTO Elects Officers During Annual Meeting Held in Washington, DC”

NCTO Comments, 4/20/07
“NCTO URGES CONGRESS TO PASS THE FAIR CURRENCY ACT CONGRESS MUST ACT NOW TO SAVE U.S. JOBS”

NCTO Comments, 3/15/07
“NCTO Comments to USTR on Implementation of the Duty-free/Quota Free Commitment Made During the WTO Hong Kong Ministerial” (PDF)

NCTO Comments, 2/13/07
“NCTO Comments to USTR on Enforcement of the Haiti HOPE legislation” (PDF)

NCTO’s Year-End Economic and Trade Review for the Textile Industry, 1/29/07
“New Vietnam Antidumping Commitment Key to Future Stability of U.S. Textile Industry”

NCTO Press Release, 1/12/07

“Subject: Application of Countervailing Duty Law to Imports from the People’s Republic of China”

Archive News Releases 2006

NCTO Letter, 12/08/06
“Textile Industry and Labor Officials Urge House and Senate to Reject Job-Destroying Haiti and AGOA Provisions”(PDF)
Haiti letter from Eight Senators (Lame Duck Eight) to House and Senate Leaders (PDF)

NCTO Press Release, 11/13/06 “NCTO Board Votes Unanimously to Support Peru and Colombia FTAs”
11 10 06 Andean Textile and Apparel Letter Bush (PDF)
11 10 06 Andean Textile and Apparel Letter Hastert (PDF)

NCTO Press Release, 10/19/06
“NCTO Board Votes Unanimously to Support Peru and Colombia FTAs”

NCTO Press Release, 9/29/06
“Government to Self-Initiate Dumping Cases Against Vietnam When Quotas Expire”

NCTO Press Release, 9/24/06
“INDUSTRY OPPOSES JOB DESTROYING TRADE PACKAGE”

NCTO Press Release, 9/20/06
“NCTO URGES “YES” VOTE ON SCHUMER-GRAHAM CHINA BILL”

NCTO Press Release, 8/30/06
“Vietnam Now Second Largest Supplier to U.S. Market in Quota-Free Apparel Categories”

NCTO Press Release, 8/4/06
“Senate Passes CAFTA Fixes for Pocketing and Trouser Fabric Manufacturers”

NCTO Press Release, 7/27/06
“NCTO Applauds House Action on CAFTA Improvements that will Promote U.S. Textile Exports and Protect Jobs”

NCTO Testimony, 7/12/06
“NCTO Testimony on Vietnam – Submitted to the Senate Finance Committe”

Joint Press Release, 6/29/06
“U.S. House of Representatives Calls for USTR to Adhere to Textile Negotiating Objectives in WTO Talks”

NCTO Press Release, 6/23/06
“Absent WTO Action on Textile Sectoral, New Trade Stats Confirm China Will Take Over U.S. Apparel Market

Joint Press Release, 6/20/06
“Statement of U.S. Textile Industry on Shift in U.S. Policy on Textiles in the Doha Round”

Joint Press Release, 6/13/06
“U.S. Industry Lauds Congressional Call for Separate WTO Textile Negotiations and Vietnam Safeguard”
“Congressional Sectoral Vietnam Letter June 2006”
(PDF)

NCTO Press Release, 5/17/06
“NCTO Board Adopts New Resolutions on Trade Agreements at Annual Meeting”

NCTO Press Release, 5/14/06
“Vietnam WTO Agreement is Victory for Vietnam at the Expense of U.S. Textile Workers” (PDF)

NCTO Press Release, 5/10/06
“NCTO Urges Quick Passage of Tax Reconciliation Package”

Joint Press Release, 3/23/06
“Textile Trade Associations Endorse Turkey’s Proposal for Separate Textile Negotiations Within WTO NAMA Talks” (PDF)
“Turkish Sectoral Proposal for Textiles”(PDF)

NCTO Press Release, 3/15/06
“NCTO Supports Legislation Requiring U.S. Department of Homeland Security to Source Textile and Apparel Products from U.S. Manufacturers”

NCTO Press Release, 3/2/06
“In 2005, China Moves Toward Monopolizing Non-Quota Apparel Categories in both U.S. and EU”

Statement of Cass Johnson- EU Textile Sectoral at WTO (PDF)

“U.S. textile industry testimony at WTO NAMA textile hearing held earlier today” (PDF)

A Comprehensive Analysis of Apparel Trade in Quota-Free Categories and Quota- Restrained Categories into the United States and European Union.

NCTO Press Release, 2/22/06

“NCTO APPLAUDS INCREASED TEXTILE ENFORCEMENT EFFORTS”

NCTO Press Release, 1/10/06

“NCTO’s 2005 Year-End Economic and Trade Review for the Textile Industry” (PDF)