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GOVERNMENTS TIGHTEN UP TOBACCO AGE LIMIT LAWS, ALTHOUGH IMPLEMENTATION IS OFTEN A PROBLEM



 

WHILE the imposition of age limits on the consumption of tobacco and other nicotine products remains very much a national, and in some cases sub-national jurisdiction decision, there is no doubt that the general trend worldwide is for tighter restrictions on younger consumers, even if they are often tough to enforce.…

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MICROFACTORY GROWTH OFFERS MAJOR OPPORTUNITY FOR BOOM IN DIGITAL TEXTILE PRINTING



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The textile industry is one of the world’s oldest manufacturing sector, yet it is also one of the most dynamic, constantly reinventing itself. Today, the development of micro-factories might herald root-and-branch change in how the textile and clothing industry operates, a transformation driven by advances in digital textile printing.…

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SERBIA'S MAKES INCONSISTENT PROGRESS IN ANTI-MONEY LAUNDERING AFTER COMING OFF FATF'S GREY LIST



DURING the Yugoslav wars and their aftermath, the government of Serbia President Slobodan Milošević, and his family, were accused of laundering millions of dollars from Serbia, notably to Cyprus – see https://www.tax-news.com/news/Cyprus_Traces_Two_Accounts_Linked_To_Milosevics_Alleged_Money_Laundering_Activities____3063.html. Today, 20 years after the fall from power of the man held responsible for whipping up the nationalism that broke up Yugoslavia, Serbia’s AML/CFT affairs are more prosaic.…

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EUROPEAN NONWOVENS INDUSTRY FOCUSES ON INNOVATION TO STRENGTHEN ITS INTERNATIONAL MARKET POSITION



WORRIES about the future of manufacturing in Europe are certainly not being applied to the continent’s nonwovens industry, which has been growing steadily in recent years. Indeed, last year, the overall production of nonwovens in Europe in 2018 grew by around 1.3% year-on-year to reach 2.76 million tonnes, (the most recent Europe wide figures released by industry association EDANA).…

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EASTERN EUROPEAN PAINT AND COATINGS MARKET SHOW SOLID STABILITY AS ECONOMIES GROW STEADILY



FAR from being the zone of volatility of the 1990s, eastern and central Europe’s economies and hence their paint and coatings markets, are enjoying stability and steady growth. In Croatia, for instance, according to market researcher Euromonitor International data, the paint and coating industry posted revenues of USD147 million, USD 2 million more than in 2017.…

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SERBIA GAS INTERCONNECTOR RECEIVES EIB FUNDING



The construction of the Serbian section of a gas interconnector between Serbia and Bulgaria, enabling transfers of between 1 and 1.8 billion cubic metres (bcm) of natural gas annually from Bulgaria to Serbia and 150 million bcm from Serbia to Bulgaria is to be financed by the European Investment Bank (EIB).…

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EASTERN EUROPE’S INCREASINGLY MATURE MARKET POSTS MODEST GROWTH



AFTER years of slow growth since 2008, eastern Europe’s now mature cosmetics and personal care market has continued to show marginal gains in products sales in the past year, according to experts.

The region’s cosmetics and personal care products sales edged to USD23.67 billion in 2017 from USD21.74 billion in 2016, counting sales in Poland, Croatia, Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Romania and Slovakia, Belarus, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Serbia, Slovenia, Macedonia and Georgia.…

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TURKISH TEXTILE COMPANIES INVESTING IN SERBIA SET TO DOUBLE IN WEEKS



THE NUMBER of Turkish textile firms making the most of advantageous business conditions in Serbia and setting up companies in the Balkan state is set to double by the start of the new year, economic experts have predicted.

Offering investors state-of-the-art established production facilities, access to a skilled workforce and financial subsidies on the table, Serbia has proved to be a prime location for Turkish investment, particularly in the textile industry.…

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INTERNATIONAL REGULATORY ROUND UP – INDIAN CONFECTIONERY SECTOR GRAPPLES WITH NEW GST



CONFECTIONARY manufacturers in India are having to grapple with their products and ingredients attracting a wide range of tax rates under the country’s new goods and services tax (GST), which started to be levied from July 1.

India’s GST Council, a body representing the central and state governments, has been deciding which goods will be covered by the zero, 5%, 12%, 18% and 28% tax rates allowed under India’s GST legislation. …

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CROATIA ENDS THE BALKAN TRADE DISPUTE BY DROPPING IMPORT FEES



Croatia has reversed a decision to raise import fees on food imports charged at its borders with its non-European Union (EU) Balkan countries Serbia, Montenegro and Bosnia & Herzegovina, as well as on trades from Macedonia, another ex-Yugoslav state. The Croatian ministry of agriculture today (Aug 10) announced that “from Friday [August 11] onwards the border controls would be fully normalised”.…

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