Japanese makers press gov't for towel import curb

Japanese makers press gov't for towel import curb

TOKYO, Japan - Yoshihide Yoshihara (R), head of the Japan Towel Industrial Association, on Feb. 26 in Tokyo presents to Iwao Okamoto, director general of the Economy, Trade and Industry Ministry's Manufacturing Industries Bureau, a petition asking the government to impose an emergency import curb on towels from China and Vietnam. The association claimed the surge of low-cost foreign imports has dealt a severe blow to the domestic towel industry.

Towel makers decide to ask gov't to halt cheap imports

Towel makers decide to ask gov't to halt cheap imports

OSAKA, Japan - Yoshihide Yoshihara (C), president of the Japan Towel Industrial Association, speaks at a news conference in Osaka on Feb. 16. He said his association decided to file a petition calling on the government to invoke the ''safeguard'' clause in international trade rules to counter the recent surge of low-priced towel imports from China.

Japanese makers press gov't for towel import curb

Japanese makers press gov't for towel import curb

TOKYO, Japan - Yoshihide Yoshihara (R), head of the Japan Towel Industrial Association, on Feb. 26 in Tokyo presents to Iwao Okamoto, director general of the Economy, Trade and Industry Ministry's Manufacturing Industries Bureau, a petition asking the government to impose an emergency import curb on towels from China and Vietnam. The association claimed the surge of low-cost foreign imports has dealt a severe blow to the domestic towel industry.

Towel makers decide to ask gov't to halt cheap imports

Towel makers decide to ask gov't to halt cheap imports

OSAKA, Japan - Yoshihide Yoshihara (C), president of the Japan Towel Industrial Association, speaks at a news conference in Osaka on Feb. 16. He said his association decided to file a petition calling on the government to invoke the ''safeguard'' clause in international trade rules to counter the recent surge of low-priced towel imports from China.