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Busting out in Britain
EFL. Hat tip to Anti-idiotarian Rottweiler. Graphics to be supplied by .com BRITAIN could be facing a bra shortage after an EU ban blocked £50million of Chinese-made clothing heading for the UK, a trade body warned today. It means some shops could run out of trousers, pullovers, blouses and other items in the coming months, the British Retail Consortium (BRC) said. And the number of bras on shop floors could also drop, a spokeswoman for the BRC said.A number of 2005 quotas are already full, meaning further imports of affected goods are held at ports and airports across Europe and denied entry. "A small retailer has probably invested all of last yearâs profits in this yearâs Autumn-Winter collection. They have paid for their products which are now stuck in a warehouse," he said. A new quota agreement between EU and China was signed on June 10 and ratified on July 12. It affects ten Chinese textile and clothing products. A European Commission spokesman said officials were heading to Beijing later this week to discuss a solution. Posted by: Jackal 2005-08-23 |
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