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HOODED DRAWSTRING TOPS WITHDRAWN IN FINLAND OVER STRANGLING RISK
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE FINNISH government has helped secure the withdrawal from sale of 14 lines of tops because of concerns that their drawstrings could strangle children wearing them. The offending products were from Denmark, China, India, Hong Kong and Estonia, and included the BOYSTAR fleece-jacket; the BOGI Aaron-jacket; JONATHAN ECO CLIMATE baby overalls; and other lines, reported the European Commission’s RAPEX consumer alert service.…
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES PAINT SECTOR FEATURE
BY PAUL COCHRANE, in Beirut
WITH the United Arab Emirates (UAE) in the midst of an unprecedented construction boom, the paint sector is flourishing with contracts of up to half a million dollars underway, 200% growth in fire-resistance paints, and over 16% growth predicted for the sector as a whole this year.…
USA FACES WTO PRESSURE OVER HAVANA CLUB DECISION
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE UNITED States is coming under pressure at the World Trade Organisation (WTO) over its refusal of a licence allowing the registration of the contested Havana Club rum trademark to be renewed. Washington has already lost a WTO disputes case over the issue, with a panel declaring illegal clauses in its Omnibus Appropriations Act that prevent the registration of trademarks expropriated in the Cuban revolution after 1959.…
FAO STEPHEN WHITE WORLD TOBACCO
BY PAUL COCHRANE, in Damascus and Amman
JORDAN and Syria both have large tobacco markets, with a third of Jordan’s population, and around 60% of Syria’s male population, being smokers. Both markets are growing, spurred on by large young populations and the cultural prevalence of smoking cigarettes and nargileh (water pipes), but not all is rosy in the sector.…
IRAN TOBACCO MARKET REPORT
BY PAUL COCHRANE
The Iranian tobacco market has been partly opened up to international players in the past five years and growth is expected to rise strongly, but development of the sector is beset by extraordinarily high rates of smuggling and governmental regulations.…
INDIA HIGHER EDUCATION EXPANSION - LOWER CASTES OPPORTUNITIES
BY RAGHAVENDRA VERMA, in New Delhi
OPPORTUNITIES for higher education are set to experience a sudden and massive increase in India, with the government ordering 500,000 new student places in more than 5,000 state funded universities, colleges and institutes of medical, engineering, management, agriculture and general studies.…
WTO DOHA ROUND TALKS COLLAPSE
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE WORLD’S trade ministers will this autumn consider whether they want to restart the WTO’s Doha Development Round, which has been suspended amidst disagreement over its final food trade goals. Key players such as the USA, the EU, Australia, India and Brazil were unable in last-ditch talks to meet each other’s demand to cut food production subsidies, food tariffs and industrial duties.…
EASTERN EUROPE COSMETICS AND PERSONAL CARE INDUSTRY FEATURE
BY MARK ROWE
WHILE personal care product sales for the 15 countries that made up the European Union (EU) before 2003, plus Switzerland and Norway, increased by just 1% in 2005/2006 on the previous year – eastern Europe is a more enticing prospect for the industry, and has been singled out by major organisations and companies as a shining light for sales, investment and production.…
LEAD IN PAINTS STUDY REVEALS CONTAMINATION IN ASIA
BY MONICA DOBIE
AMERICAN researchers say paint manufacturers continue to produce and sell consumer paints with dangerously high levels of lead in countries with weak environmental health controls. A University of Cincinnati study found 75% of all tested paint in India, China and Malaysia contained high levels of lead, with more than 50% of samples 30 times higher than the permitted US standard.…
INDIA FEATURE IMAGES
BY RAGHAVENDRA VERMA, in New Delhi, India
*The Gas-reserves and Gas-production figures in the first table are from BP Statistical Review. Only in case of India’s daily gas production we have chosen a more widely quoted figure from Government of India, which is 15% more than BP’s.…