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TÜRKIYE DAIRY PRODUCTION FALLS AS INDUSTRY STRUGGLES WITH INFLATION AND DEPRECIATING LIRA
CHINA CRACKING DOWN ON WEAK AUDITING OF ACCOUNTING CRIME
The Chinese auditing unit of accounting giant PwC has been fined a record Chinese Yuan Renminbi CNY441 million (USD62.7 million) and banned from auditing in mainland China for six months after a regulator concluded it had “covered up and even condoned” fraud.…
ASIAN PAINT REGULATORY ROUND UP – INDONESIAN EXTERIOR PAINT STILL USES LEAD, WARNS WORLD BANK
ASIAN PAINT REGULATORY ROUND UP – CHINA CRITICISES EUROPEAN TITANIUM DIOXIDE ANTI-DUMPING DUTY
ASIAN PAINT REGULATORY ROUND UP – VIETNAM EXPANDS IMPORT SAFETY CONTROLS TO ALL CHEMICAL INPUTS
EUROPEAN TEXTILE MANUFACTURERS CALL FOR COMPETITIVENESS TEST TO KEEP INDUSTRY CREATIVE
European textile companies increasingly overburdened by regulation say each new piece of European Union (EU) regulation they face should be assessed on the grounds of how it helps industry succeed in an increasingly competitive market. They say more should be done to boost a sector that employs 1.3 million workers in 192,000 companies and provides more than EUR67 billion’s worth of exports to the 27-country bloc, according to the European Apparel and Textile Confederation (Euratex).…
EU MINISTERS APPROVE UPGRADE TO EUROPEAN GUIDANCE ON IMPROVING RESEARCHER PAY, CONDITIONS AND CAREERS
The European Union (EU) Council of Ministers has approved formal guidance for EU member states on making research careers within Europe more attractive to help boost the number of talented researchers working in the EU. There is concern that Europe risks losing its primacy as the world’s top destination for researchers, in and outside of academia, with a European Commission note stressing that China now accounts for 21.1% of the world’s 8.85 million researchers (as per UNESCO figures for 2021), just under the EU’s 23.5% share, but above the USA’s 16.2%.…
JAPAN PAINT SECTOR STRUGGLES TO SELL TO PRIVATE CONSUMERS, BUT B2B SEGMENT IS ROBUST
Japanese paint manufacturers are facing challenging times – reducing costs where possible as the price of inputs rise, to reduce pressure on final product pricing as they deal with a local consumer market with declining consumption. Economic pressures caused by geo-political turbulence and the weak Japanese yen are both creating challenges, according to industry experts.…
INDONESIAN GARMENT SECTOR STRUGGLES WITH ILLEGAL IMPORTS
The Indonesian garment sector, already reeling from a decline in international orders, is facing a double whammy: a surge in illegal textile imports that is undercutting local producers and increasing pressure for sustainable production.
According to the Indonesian Fibre and Filament Yarn Producers Association (APSyFi – Asosiasi Produsen Serat dan Benang Filament Indonesia), the value of illegal textile and textile products, notably clothing imports into Indonesia last year (2022) reached USD2.94 billion.
…PARTS MAKERS WORLDWIDE FACE LOSS OF BUSINESS DURING TRANSITION TO EVs
Auto parts manufacturers worldwide are assessing the impact on their businesses of the shift to electric vehicles (EVs) from internal combustion engines (ICE), given EVs need fewer components, reducing demand. Most assessments say that there are about 20 moving parts in an electric engine, compared to 2,000 in an ICE (1).…