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IMO SECURITY CODE IMPLEMENTATION
BY KEITH NUTHALL
WAY back when….last December….the International Maritime Organisation agreed a compulsory maritime security code for its member countries, covering ships and ports involved in international trade. Governments have to write the code into their laws by December 31 and shipping companies and port authorities are supposed to comply by June 2004.…
GRANDEY SPEECH
BY SWINEETHA DIAS WICKRAMANAYAKA
LOW uranium prices that are encouraging the international nuclear power industry are giving little incentive for the uranium mining industry to develop new sources, Gerald Grandey, President of Cameco Corporation, the Canada-based world’s uranium producer has said.…
CODEX BABY FOOD
BY KEITH NUTHALL
WORLD food standards body Codex Alimentarius has asked for comments on proposed revised draft standards for infant formula and cereal based foods for infants and young children, plus draft guidelines for vitamin and mineral supplements.…
HONEY CARE AFRICA
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE GOOD practice of an innovative honey company has been highlighted through its winning a United Nations Development Programme prize for promoting small-scale honey production in Kenya. Honey Care Africa, supported by the World Bank’s International Finance Corporation, has won the US$30,000 Equator Prize.…
FISH FEATURE
BY ALAN OSBORN and MARK ROWE, in London, MONICA DOBIE and PHILIP FINE in Montreal, MATTHEW BRACE in Brisbane, and RICHARD HURST in Johannesburg
Introduction
Europe
Cuts to EU catch quotas
New sources of fish
Affect on fish producers
Wild alternatives to cod
Farmed cod
North America
USA – Healthier local stocks
USA – Demand up
USA – Fish imports
Canada – Farmed fish exports
Canada – GM issues
Australasia
Australia – New wild sources
Australia – Aquaculture
Australia – Wild fish innovation
Australia and New Zealand – sustainability
South Africa – Export increase and conservation
Japan – Local and regional supply
Japan – Maintaining quality
Japan – Non-Asian sources
Introduction
ONCE it was said, cod was so abundant that fishermen in some parts of the world boasted they could walk on the backs of the fish to find their catch.…
ORGANIC DYES - UNCTAD
BY KEITH NUTHALL
A NEW international aid scheme – which will help fund the marketing of organic dyes made in developing countries – has been given US$2.5 million by the Swiss government. This BioTrade Facilitation Programme is to be administered by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) and the International Trade Centre, (an UNCTAD/World Trade Organisation joint venture).…
ANIMAL TESTING SUMMARY
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE AGREEMENT of a seventh amendment to the European Union’s directive 76/768/EEC on cosmetic products, which addresses the thorny issue of animal testing, brings to an end three years of debates on the current proposals, but actually is the result of a decade of often bitter discussion.…
PIPE DUTY REVIEW
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Commission has abandoned a review of European Union (EU) anti-dumping duties imposed on imports of threaded malleable cast-iron tube or pipe fittings from Brazil, the Czech Republic, Japan, China, South Korea and Thailand, after affected exporters failed to assist Brussels its investigators.…
JAPAN AIRPORT FEES
BY SWINEETHA DIAS WICKRAMANAYAKA
JAPAN has rejected an American government demand that it lower landing fees at its two major international airports as part of wider business deregulation, according to the Japanese Shipping & Trade News. It says that the demand was made at a meeting of government officials from the two countries on regulations and business competition.…
HONG KONG
BY MARK ROWE
For the majority of Hong Kongers, Christmas comes a poor second to the Chinese New Year in terms of present buying – with a corresponding knock-on effect for book retailers. But even allowing for this, retailers have reported disappointing levels of sales over the Christmas period.…