The European Commission aims to decide on April 25 whether to launch an investigation into booming Chinese textile imports, the first step towards applying limits allowed under World Trade Organisation rules.

Europe's textile industry is pressing the commission, the EU executive, to impose safeguard measures to curb a flood of Chinese imports that followed the end of the 31-year textile global quota system on January 1.

The US government took its first step toward curbing Chinese textile imports last week by announcing a review to determine whether the recent surge in Chinese imports had disrupted the US market.

The EU unveiled guidelines last week that could lead to limits on Chinese clothing imports if probes reveal that they have grown too quickly since the end of the quota system.

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