Elisângela Cordeiro
Reporter Agência Brasil

São Paulo – The Brazilian apparel maker association (Associação Brasileira do Vestuário) (Abravesp) is calling on the government to limit Chinese imports, beginning this year. Abravesp wants to impose a ceiling on the fifteen main Chinese imports. Under the proposal, the Chinese would be able to bring in only 1% of Brazilian production of any product in 2005. That quota would rise by 1 percentage point per year until it reaches a maximum of 15%.

The Brazilian clothing industry is bracing for a large influx of Chinese imports now that restrictions in international trade of textiles and apparel have been removed (as part of World Trade Organization negotiations dating back over a decade).

Translator: Allen Bennett