PACIFIC ISLAND STATES COATINGS PLAYERS FEAR CYCLONES AND CHINA
January 1st, 2014
BY JENS KASTNER With their combined population of just under 9 million, the south Pacific island territories, excluding New Zealand, are a set of small and hard to reach markets – so it is maybe no surprise that only a handful of companies tap their paint and coatings demand.A manager at Fiji’s Apco Coatings told the Asia Pacific Coatings Journal assessed the markets for Fiji, Vanuatu, the Solomon Islands, Tonga and Samoa: “Basically, if you see the [south] Pacific islands paint and coatings market, there are four companies playing a role: we are ...
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