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COUNTERFEITING
BY KEITH NUTHALL
INTERPOL secretary general Ronald K Noble has warned networks pedalling pirated CDs and DVDs, and counterfeit clothing, computer software, and cigarettes are financing terror groups, such as Al-Qaeda, Hezbollah, Chechen separatists, Kosovan extremists and Northern Ireland paramilitaries. He called for increased industry-police cooperation, such as national anti-counterfeiting police contact points.…
COUNTERFEITING FEATURE
BY KEITH NUTHALL
COUNTERFEITING is considered by many to be a victimless crime, the only losses being suffered by large trademark holders who have plenty of money anyway. The reality, of course, is quite different. Keith Nuthall reviews the latest international developments.…
IRELAND THINK PIECE
BY ALAN OSBORN
WE know that British farmers are generally lining up behind EU farm commissioner Franz Fischler’s bid to reform the Common Agriculture Policy but how do they see things the other side of the Irish Sea? Neither the government nor farmers in Ireland have so far expressed much enthusiasm about the plan to switch from production-linked to flat payments – the so-called de-coupling process.…
HONG KONG - CHICKEN FLU
BY KEITH NUTHALL
HONG Kong is free of the chicken flu that devastated its poultry industry last year, say Office International des Epizooties documents. Only five outbreaks of avian influenza virus strain H5N1 were detected in Hong Kong during December 2002 and this January and no further cases have been detected since January 31.…
INDIA CASHEW EXPORTS
BY SWINEETHA DIAS WICKRAMANAYAKE
THE INCREASED international availability of cashews and a consequent price slump reduced Indian exports by more than INDRupees 500 million (US$10.9 million) this year. Total exports of the nut April-June 2003 were 21,192 tonnes, compared with 23,770 tonnes the same period in 2002.…
ECJ ANIMAL TEST BAN CHALLENGE
BY KEITH NUTHALL
France has launched a legal action at the European Court of Justice aimed at overturning the EU ban on animal testing for cosmetic products. Under the EU directive, agreed earlier this year after 13 years of negotiations, there will be a virtually total ban on the sale of animal-tested cosmetic products across the EU from 2009.…
BETEL NUT CONCERN
BY KEITH NUTHALL
A WORLD Health Organisation (WHO) agency has concluded that chewing betel quid causes oral cancer, whether or not tobacco is included in ‘pan’ mixes especially popular with ethnic south Asians. The problem is of particular concern in the UK, which imports more betel than any country outside of Asia, (imports have doubled since the early 80’s).…
SRI LANKA - MAHOGANY
BY SWINEETHA DIAS WICKRAMANAYAKE, in Columbo
SRI Lankan finance company Sadaharitha Investment (Pvt) Limited, has introduced a new scheme – called Thurusetha – encouraging citizens and business to invest in planting mahogany on the island. The company claims that more than 1,000 investors have already signed up, leading to 40,000 trees being planted on more than one hundred and fifty acres in Ratnapura, Colombo and Kalutara districts.…
RUSSIA - EBRD LOANS
KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Bank for Reconstruction and Development is promoting on-site power generation in Russia, developing plans to lend a major potassium salt producer US$75 million, which it would use to build its own power plant. Located in the city of Berezniki, the Perm Region, in the Urals, OAO Uralkaly would use the new generator to make “improvements in energy efficiency and environmental compliance.”…
PTY DUMPING DUTIES
BY KEITH NUTHALL
MOVES by the European Commission to extend anti-dumping duties on imports into the European Union (EU) of polyester textured filament yarn (PTY) from Taiwan, Indonesia, Thailand and Malaysia have been abandoned. This follows a note from (CIRFS) the International Rayon and Synthetic Fibres Committee that it was formally withdrawing a request for expiry reviews of the anti-dumping measures that could have led to their extension.…