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Press articles (used media abbreviations)

Carpet conundrum: 400,000 lose jobs (rep 29/06/2009)

Carpet and garment exports going downhill (kp 07/05/2009), Carpet exports slip by 21 pc (rep 09/05/2009)

Bid to boost wool harvest, carpet sector (ht 15/03/2009)

Crisis may hit carpet sector (ht 29/01/2009)

Carpet export hit hard (ht 10/09/2008)

Weaving magic: Tapestry artist ties up threads to make ends meet, by Paavan Mathema (nt 05/09/2008)

Nepali carpets losing out globally (ht 28/08/2008)

Carpet exports roll down 14pc (kp 19/08/2008)

Nepali carpet exporters participate international fair (kp 19/01/2008)

‘Govt should support carpet industry’, interview with Deepak Bhattarai (kp 24/12/2007)

Harassed carpet makers want separate labor law (kp 15/12/2007)

'The CIP award has added more responsibility', interview with Manfred Barfuß (kp 26/11/2007)

US now top buyer of Nepali carpets (kp 17/11/2007)

Nepali carpet can regain lost glory (samn 24/09/2007)

Carpet export sees another decline (kp 27/05/2007)

Carpet export dips by 3.05 pc, by Tapas Barsimha Thapa (kp 24/04/2007)

Carpet export drops by 5 pc, by Tapas Barsimha Thapa (kp 01/04/2007)

Carpet industry hit (samn 20/03/2007)

Carpet industry seeks int'l certification (kp 15/02/2007)

200,000 carpet workers rendered jobless (kp 07/02/2007), Imprudent acts (kp 08/02/2007)

Carpet export down by 11 pc: Manufacturers' wrangle clouds export prospects (kp 01/08/2006)

Wenn Speicher bis nach Nepal reicht: Die Teppichwäscherei Knecht gibt Fachwissen an ein Unternehmen in Kathmandu weiter, von Christa Wüthrich (Tagblatt, CH 01/03/2006)

Export of carpet slumps by 9 percent (nn 31/01/2006), Carpet export dips (kp 31/01/2006)

Govt to revisit floor price arrangement (kp 30/12/2005)

Export of carpets increase (nn 19/10/2005)

Carpet producers seek revival measures (kp 12/08/2005)

Carpet export rises (kp 26/07/2005)

Help for carpet export (ht 05/12/2004)

Hand-made carpet export up (kp 13/11/2004)

Govt mulling new policy on carpet promotion (kp 11/11/2004)

Turkey raises customs duty on Nepali carpets (kp 04/09/2004)

Carpet collapse hits Bouddha hard, by Rupak D Sharma (kp 06/08/2004)

Carpet exports rebound in 2003/04 (kp 24/07/2004)

Carpet exports up by five per cent (ht 11/06/2004)

Freeing child labor from carpet, interview with Bijaya Bahadur Shrestha (kp 31/05/2004)

Nepal to take part in China carpet show (kp 29/04/2004)

Hanging by a thread: Machine-spun wool in carpets is not only illegal, it is also taking jobs away and raising questions about quality, by Naresh Newar (nt 23/04/2004)

Carpet exports via Birgunj show signs of revival, by Ravi Dahal (ht 10/04/2004)

Carpet export picks up by 3.9 per cent (ht 18/12/2003)

Child labour still persists in carpet factories (kp 23/11/2003)

Promotional measures for Nepali carpets urged (Himalayan Times, 26/10/2003)

Carpet exports through Birgunj down (Kathmandu Post, 25/08/2003)

Woollen carpet exports plummet by 8 percent (Kathmandu Post, 09/08/2003)

Carpet exports tumble by 12 pc (Kathmandu Post, 22/04/2003)

Fading magic of traditional Nepali carpets (Kathmandu Post, 16/03/2003)

Basic carpet design training concludes (Space Time Today, 04/02/2003)

Deal to promote Rugmark labelling in carpets signed (Kathmandu Post, 29/11/2002)

Carpet exports through Birgunj Customs slips 30 pc (Kathmandu Post, 23/11/2002)

Exporters for clean carpets to win trust (Rising Nepal, 15/09/2002)

What Ails Nepalese Carpet Industry, by Beepana, Kunjana, Prativa & Sri Krishna (Rising Nepal, 08/09/2002)

Wool shortage hits carpet sector (Rising Nepal, 11/06/2002)

Govt ready to remove floor price of carpet (Kathmandu Post, 12/02/2002)

Inferno burns carpet worth Rs 25 m, by Seema A. Adhikari (Kathmandu Post, 14/01/2002)

Carpet export plunges by 25pc (Kathmandu Post, 15/11/2001)

Carpet export dips by 11 per cent (Kathmandu Post, 07/08/2001)

Carpet slowdown creates deep concern (Kathmandu Post, 03/05/2001)

Polluting Carpet Industry (Rising Nepal, 27/04/2001)

Carpet industries face market problem, by Nandu "Narahari"" (People's Review, 19/04/2001)

Suicide (Nepali Times, 02/02/2001)

Rising use of machine-made thread in carpets, by Bal Krishna Basnet (Kathmandu Post, 19/01/2001)

Hamal opens Rugmark’s AGM (Rising Nepal, 18/12/2000)

Carpet export likely to decline (Kathmandu Post, 08/12/2000); see also Carpet exports decline (People's Review, 28/12/2000)

Nepalese carpet export and production prospect, by Suman Kumar Regmi (People's Review, 23/11/2000)

Venturing To New Market (Spotlight, 18/08/2000)

Nepalese carpets to be Britain's biggest trade fair, by Bibek Bhatta (Independent, 16/08/2000)

Carpet exports on decline (Rising Nepal, 03/07/2000)

Carpet industry: under threat, by Keshab Poudel (Spotlight, 21/04/2000)

British wool: A New Venture (Spotlight, 14/04/2000)

Carpet industry: partnership in the making (Spotlight, 11/02/2000)

British wool could help carpet export (The Independent, 12 January 2000)

Tamrakar appeals UK to promote Nepalese carpets (The Kathmandu Post, 7 January 2000)

Increasing carpet exports marketing needs attention, by Bagala Basnet (The Rising Nepal, 6 January 2000)

Effective policy implementation emphasized (The Kathmandu Post, 29 December 1999)

Background

Carpet industries