尼泊尔希望美国的免税机制可以更加灵活

 

Nepal wants US to be flexible on duty-free facility

Nepal has requested the US to adopt further flexibility in the duty-free market access facility the country has offered to Nepali readymade garment products.
The request was made by a Nepali delegation in the US for the Joint Nepal-US Trade and Investment Framework (TIFA) Council meeting,
Although the US has offered the facility to 66 garment items under the Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Act, Nepali garment manufacturers are disappointed that most of the items listed under the facility are not produced in Nepal.
Nepal's garment sector has been on a nosedive since 2005 after the US removed a quota system for its RMG products. In 2000-01, Nepal's garment exports reached an all-time high of Rs13.12 billion, with the US accounting for 86.49 per cent of the exports. But it slumped to Rs5.28 billion in fiscal 2014-15.
During a public hearing in Washington on the Act on June 10, the Nepali delegation which included representatives of the Garment Association of Nepal raised the concerns of Nepali garment manufacturers.

译文如下：

尼泊尔希望美国的免税机制可以更加灵活

尼泊尔已要求美国采取进一步灵活的为尼泊尔成衣服装提供的免税市场准入机制。

该请求是尼泊尔代表团在美国的尼泊尔与美国贸易投资框架(TIFA)委员会会议上提出的。

尽管根据贸易便利化和贸易执行法案，美国为66种服装项目提供免税机制,但是尼泊尔服装制造商仍感到失望,因为在列的大部分的项目并非在尼泊尔生产。

在美国取消了对服装产品的配额制度后，尼泊尔的服装行业自2005年以来一直在暴跌。在2000-2001财年,尼泊尔的服装出口达到131.2亿卢比的历史高位,其中出口美国占总出口的86.49%。但在2014-2015财年它跌至52.8亿卢比。

6月10日在华盛顿举行的公开听证会上,尼泊尔代表团包括尼泊尔服装协会的代表表达了尼泊尔服装制造商的担忧。