FIJI: Garment exporters could still qualify for duty free entry

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Updated August 24, 2007 15:29:35

There are growing fears in Fiji that garment exporters in the island may default in meeting conditions which allow for duty-free entry of their exports into Australia. Warnings about this possibility were raised at a dinner forum in Suva this week, organised by Australian executives of one of the world's largest textile supplier, Freudenberg.

Presenter: Samisoni Pareti, Fiji correspondent
Speakers: James Batley, Australia's High Commissioner in Fiji . Mark Hallaby, leading textile exporter in Fiji.

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