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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
INTERNATIONAL REGULATORY ROUND UP – ICCO WARNS OF ONGOING GLOBAL COCOA SUPPLY DEFICITS
The International Cocoa Organisation (ICCO) has predicted that the chocolate industry will continue to face cocoa supply deficits, with its latest quarterly assessment predicting that for 2022/3, there will be 99,000 tonnes more grindings than cocoa production. As a result, global stocks will fall to 1.744 million tonnes, amidst declines in output from key production hubs Ghana and Côte d’Ivoire.…
THAILAND-EU FREE TRADE DEAL OFFERS MUTUAL ADVANTAGES – IF AGREEMENT IS NOT ABUSED BY CHINA
Thailand has often been overshadowed as a clothing and textile outsourcing hub, given the high profile of the industries in neighbours Vietnam and Cambodia – but its output is significant and a free trade agreement (FTA) now under negotiation with the European Union (EU) could boost its exports.…
CHINA HEADING FOR MASSIVE ILLEGAL CAPITAL FLIGHT OF DIRTY AND CLEAN MONEY
Risk specialists predict that the current instability in China’s trust sector and China’s slowing economic growth will lead to a massive outflow of capital from China, breaching Chinese money laundering laws. That will include both the export of legally earned money in excess of Chinese capital export caps of USD50,000 per year and illicit movements of criminal proceeds.…
INDONESIAN GOVERNMENT LOOKS TO BOOST CLOTHING AND TEXTIE SECTOR UNDERMINED BY WEAK GLOBAL ECONOMY
The Indonesian government is looking to actively support the country’s textile and clothing industry as it faces a downturn in exports, depressed by soft economies in overseas markets facing high inflation and interest rates.
Trade has indeed fallen, said the Indonesia industry ministry, which told Just Style of a decline in both exports and imports in the first half of this year (2023), with clothing and textile exports dropping by 18.7% and imports by 19.8%.…
ASIA REGULATORY ROUND UP – CHINA IMPOSES NEW LIMITS ON IRON OXIDE PIGMENT AND TITANIUM DIOXIDE USE
China’s key government economic body has released restrictions on the use of iron oxide pigments and titanium dioxide, the most important white pigment used in the coatings industry. In July (2023), China’s National Development and Reform Commission and related departments issued an updated Notice on Issuing the Energy Efficiency Benchmark Levels and Baseline Levels in Key Industrial Fields, with 11 additional controls, including 11 key areas including titanium dioxide (TiO2).…
SPLIT VIEWS AS POLITICAL CHAOS BRINGS BACK TALKS OF CANNABIS RECRIMINALISATION
The May (2023) general election in Thailand which saw fully democratic parties win handsomely over the military-backed ruling United Thai Nation party could throw the country’s recent decriminalisation of cannabis into doubt.
The progressive Move Forward Party topped the polls, along with allies it commands a majority in Thailand’s parliamentary lower House of Representatives.…
THAILAND PAINT SECTOR FACES EXPORT DECLINE BUT INDUSTRY STEADY AS ECONOMY GAINS TRACTION
The Thailand paint and coatings sector is expanding faster than general economic growth in Thailand, expanding sales as the country transitions from military-dominated to democratic rule.
This southeast Asian powerhouse economy is projected to grow GDP by 3.9% in 2023, up from 2.6% last year due to stronger-than-expected export demand from China, Europe, and the United States, according to the World Bank (1).…