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EU MINISTERS ASKED TO BACK NEW INDONESIA DEAL
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Union (EU) Council of Ministers has been asked to approve a new open skies deal negotiated by the European Commission with Indonesia, which will allow EU airlines free access to Indonesian airports. Similarly, airlines from Indonesia will be able to fly to airports in all 27 member states.…
RELIGION AND SMOKING DON'T ALWAYS MIX WELL
BY PAUL COCHRANE, AHMAD PATHONI, GAVIN BLAIR, RAGHAVENDRA VERMA, WANG FANGQING, HELEN FLUSFELDER, KARRYN MILLER, KEITH NUTHALL and ALAN OSBORN
THE BRITISH writer Oscar Wilde wrote: "A cigarette is the perfect type of a perfect pleasure. It is exquisite, and it leaves one unsatisfied.…
INDONESIA OIL AND GAS DEMAND TO FALL THROUGH GEOTHERMAL EXPANSION
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE DEMAND for fossil fuels in Indonesia should fall with the approval of a US$400 million plan to boost renewable energy, especially from large scale geothermal plants. The Clean Technology Fund (CTF), run by international development banks, including the World Bank, will bankroll the programme.…
TOBACCO CONTROLS MAYBE GROWING - BUT THEY ARE OFTEN WEAK
BY AHMAD PATHONI, ALYSHAH HASHAM, MARK ROWE and KEITH NUTHALL
GIVEN the constant flow of news about tougher tobacco industry regulations from all continents, tobacco executives could be forgiven for thinking there are no countries where they have a relative free hand to sell their products.…
PAINT SECTOR BENEFITTING FROM INDONESIA'S GROWTH
BY KARRYN MILLER
AS Indonesia’s economy continues to grow so too does demand for paint and coatings in the region. In 2008, the archipelago recorded a 6.1% increase in gross domestic product (GDP), moving from a GDP per capita of US$3,700 in 2007 to US$3,900 the following year (using purchasing power parity adjustments).…
TOBACCO TRAVELLER - COLLECTION 2009 - INDONESIA
BY AHMAD PATHONI
INDONESIA’S cigarette production has continued to increase in the past four years after a period of decline between 2000 and 2003, according to the country’s industry ministry.
Production rose 3.89% in 2008 from the previous year to 240 billion sticks, the ministry said.…
EU REPORT WARNS ANTI-RECESSION POLICIES HAVE BOOSTED COSMETICS PROTECTIONISM
BY KEITH NUTHALL
A EUROPEAN Commission report has highlighted concerns about some steps taken by European Union (EU) trading partners to protect their personal care product sectors from the recession that could restrict EU exports. A key worry was Indonesia’s draft regulation on cosmetics labelling and packaging that insists product information such as usage advice, product numbers and expiry dates be labelled in Indonesian.…
EL NINO NOT EXPECTED TO HIT ROBUST INDONESIAN AND MALAYSIAN PALM OIL SECTORS
BY WILL ROBERTSON, MARK ROWE and KEITH NUTHALL
THE ROBUST nature of the southeast Asian palm oil industry has been illustrated by the way the market has remained strong despite both the global recession and the arrival of weather phenomenon El Nino this year and its attendant drought conditions.…
GLOBAL FOOD COMMODITY PRICE VOLATILITY HERE TO STAY
BY ANDREW CAVE
Food commodity prices are seldom out of the news nowadays, due to a mushrooming global population, the food-for-fuel controversy, an increasing focus on sustainability and the continued growth of the organic sector. However, beyond the generality of crop prices spiralling to new highs in 2007 and 2008 and then plummeting – in some cases – back to where they were before the boom, the picture is far from uniform.…
GLOBAL SUSTAINABLE OILS AND FATS PRODUCTION INITIATIVES PUSH AHEAD
BY KEITH NUTHALL
GLOBAL initiatives designed to promote sustainable practices in the bio-based oils and fats industry are making strong progress. The key Roundtable on Responsible Soy (RTRS) has now released "principles and criteria" designed to ensure soy production does not cause long term damage to the environment and society.…