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Russia's Textile Industry on the Road to Recovery (Country Report)
8 February 2011 - Russia's textile and clothing industries are slowly recovering from economic crisis and surging material costs. A new strategic plan should further boost the return to normal, already reflected by statistical data. Domestic industry is however still confronting many issues, our Russia Correspondent reports.
Russia's wool textile industry is far from recovering
23 January 2003 - Russia's wool textile industry is far from recovering from the collapse of the soviet regime, according to just released studies commissioned by Australia's wool body, the AWI. As a result, Russia's imports of Australian wool will not bottom out in the short term.
Russia's textile and apparel industries still struggling (Country Report)
18 November 2002 - Russia's textile and clothing industries are still struggling to recover from the end of the Soviet era, more than a decade ago. Sales to the US are rapidly rising while exports to the EU continue declining.
Russia's textile boom curbed by new tax
6 June 2001 - Russia's textile boom could be curbed by reinstatement of a 20% VAT on cotton imports, the agriculture attaché at Moscow's US embassy reports.
Russia to revamp ailing textile industry
27 July 1999 - After eight years of permanent crisis, the Russian government has decided to revamp the domestic textile industry. A package of specific measures could be announced within two weeks, Prime Minister Sergey Stepashin has affirmed.
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