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TOBACCO TRAVELLER - COLLECTION 2009 - EGYPT, TUNISIA, SYRIA AND IRAN
BY PAUL COCHRANE
EGYPT
Eastern Tobacco Company
450 Al Ahram Street, Giza
Tel : +20-18-5724711- 5724332 – 5724945
+20-23-5793326
www.easternegypt.com
British American Tobacco Egypt
City Stars Complex
Star Capital – Tower 4A
Omar Ebn El Khattab Street
Postal Code 11771
Heliopolis, Cairo
T: (+20) 2 480 1080
Japan Tobacco International (Regional)
2nd Floor, Lophitis Business Centre
249, 28th October Street & Emiliou Hourmouziou Corner
CY-3035, Lemesos
P.O.…
SCIENTIFIC DEVELOPMENT IN EMERGING ECONOMY AND POORER COUNTRIES BECOMES INCREASINGLY UNEVEN
BY KEITH NUTHALL
IT has long been outmoded and inaccurate to split the world into two camps: industrialised developed economies, and largely agricultural developing countries. The growth of the 1990s and the current decade means there is a wide range of social and economic sophistication and wealth amongst the poorer of these two old-fashioned categories.…
PAINTING LIBYA'S DECORATIVE PAINT AND COATINGS INDUSTRY WITH A BLIND STROKE
BY IRINA PRENTICE
WHILE finding accurate statistics about the Libya industry is as easy as finding your way around the country’s vast deserts without a map, it is undeniable that this is a growing paint and coating market: the country is in full economic development which includes construction, boosting demand for coatings of all kinds.…
EIB TO FINANCE NEW TUNISIA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Investment Bank (EIB) is developing plans to finance the construction of a new airport at Enfidha, in north eastern Tunisia. It could lend Euro 150 million of a total project cost of Euro 550 million to a special purpose company established for a 40-year concession to operate the airport: TAV Tunisie SA, created by Turkish sponsor TAV Havalimanlari Holding.…
EUROPE: Mediterranean university launch approved by Paris summit
By Keith Nuthall
The launch of a new Euro-Mediterranean University in Slovenia dedicated to higher education courses focused on issues of importance to European, African and Levantine countries bordering the sea has been given a formal seal of approval. The creation of the institution was welcomed within a joint declaration issued by heads of state and government from 43 countries at a Paris summit launching a Mediterranean Union organisation.…
BOOMING ALGERIA OFFERS PAINT INDUSTRY LONG-TERM PROSPECTS, FUELLED BY CONTINUING LIBERALISATION REFORMS
BY PAUL COCHRANE, in Beirut
ALGERIA’S paint sector has been experiencing healthy growth in recent years on the back of a petro-dollar fuelled construction boom, yet should the country’s initiatives at modernising and expanding its economy continue at the same pace as over the last decade, there is potential for significantly greater expansion in the paint and coatings market.…
EU ROUND UP - EU MAKES MAJOR STRIDES IN SECURING ENERGY SUPPLIES FROM NEIGHBOURING COUNTRIES
BY KEITH NUTHALL
WITH Dmitry Medvedev becoming Russia’s new president, the European Union (EU) has been pushing ahead to secure oil and gas supplies independent of Moscow. EU energy Commissioner Andris Piebalgs and external relations Commissioner Benita Ferrero-Waldner met with Egypt, Syria, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon and Turkey diplomats and officials to discuss gas pipeline links.…
EU ROUND UP - AGREEMENT FORGED OVER UNBUNDLING OF EU GAS AND ELECTRICITY NETWORKS
BY KEITH NUTHALL
A DEAL has been struck at the European Union (EU) Council of Ministers over unbundling of gas (and electricity) networks, which will allow formal ownership of production and distribution operations.
However, this compromise option will insist on transmission systems being managed by an independent operator.…
REGIONAL TRADE DEALS PROMOTE GLOBAL TRADE IN CLOTHING AND TEXTILE SECTOR
BY LUCY JONES, in Dallas; ALAN OSBORN, in London; KARRYN CARTELLE, in Tokyo; BILL CORCORAN, in Johannesburg; PAUL COCHRANE, in Beirut; RACHEL JONES, in Caracas; MARK ROWE; and KEITH NUTHALL
WITH the World Trade Organisation’s (WTO) Doha Development Round being slow to proceed since its 2001 launch – and only this year approaching something resembling and end game – free traders wanting to encourage global commerce have looked to bilateral and regional trade deals.…
GROWING AFFLUENT CLASS AND ASPIRATIONAL YOUTH MARKET SHAPING FUTURE COSMETICS DEMAND IN NORTH AFRICA
BY PAUL COCHRANE, in Tripoli and Beirut
THE MARKET for cosmetics and toiletries in North Africa has been growing annually by a steady 5-6% over the last five years according to market participants and official data. Overall market value for the five countries – Egypt, Libya, Tunisia, Algeria and Morocco – combined is more difficult to come by due to a dearth of data, but reasonable estimates put it slightly above US$1 billion, less than half the value of the Middle East and Gulf markets.…