Tim’s El Salvador Blog: CAFTA not helping El Salvador’s textile sales

Posted on: May 31st, 2006
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“The Central America Free Trade Agreement became effective for El Salvador on March 1. In at least one sector of El Salvador’s economy, textiles, the treaty has produced no benefits. In fact, textile exports from El Salvador to the US have dropped significantly in the past two months according to statistics from the US Commerce Department Office of Textiles and Apparel.

An article from the Gannet News Service explains some of the reasons why textile exports from Central America to the US have dropped since March 1:”

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