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EUROPEAN COMMISSION DROPS TAIWAN, MALAYSIA FABRIC DUTY PLANS



BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Commission has abandoned plans to impose anti-dumping duties on imports into the European Union (EU) of synthetic staple fibres of polyesters (PSF) made in Malaysia and Taiwan. The decision follows the withdrawal of complaints from EU producers about alleged cut-priced imports into Europe of PSF.…

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NEW DELHI AIRPORT MOVES TOWARDS EXPANSION IN PRIVATE HANDS



BY RAGHAVENDRA VERMA, in New Delhi
“India is a cultural unity amidst diversity, a bundle of contradictions held together by strong but invisible threads”: These words uttered by India’s first Prime Minister Jawahar Lal Nehru used to once greet visitors on a plaque mounted at Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International (IGI) Airport.…

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OIL MAJORS FACE UNEVEN DEVELOPMENT OF VAST MIDDLE EAST LNG RESERVES



BY PAUL COCHRANE, in Beirut

WITH demand for liquefied natural gas (LNG) surging across the globe, the Persian Gulf is at the epicentre of LNG developments due to its vast gas resources. But the rapid expansion of the sector is not without complications.…

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EUROPEAN COMMISSION PREDICTS LEATHER COMMERCE GAINS FROM ASIA TRADE DEALS



BY PAUL COCHRANE

SLATED European Union (EU) free trade agreements (FTA) with South Korea, India and the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) will dramatically boost commercial activity in the leather industry if the agreements are passed, claims a study by Copenhagen Economics for the European Commission.…

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EUROPEAN COMMISSION PREDICTS LEATHER COMMERCE GAINS FROM ASIA TRADE DEALS



BY PAUL COCHRANE
SLATED European Union (EU) free trade agreements (FTA) with South Korea, India and the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) will dramatically boost commercial activity in the leather industry if the agreements are passed, claims a study by Copenhagen Economics for the European Commission.…

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EU COUNTERFEIT FIGURES SHOW BOOM IN EU FAKE CIGARETTE SMUGGLING



BY KEITH NUTHALL

THE BOOM in counterfeit cigarettes being smuggled into the European Union (EU) is intensifying, according to the latest figures from the European Commission. It says EU customs officials seized 156 million packets’ worth of fake cigarettes in 2006, up 380% on 2005.…

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OIL MAJORS FACE UNEVEN DEVELOPMENT OF VAST MIDDLE EAST LNG RESERVES



BY PAUL COCHRANE, in Beirut
WITH demand for liquefied natural gas (LNG) surging across the globe, the Persian Gulf is at the epicentre of LNG developments due to its vast gas resources. But the rapid expansion of the sector is not without complications.…

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EU COUNTERFEIT FIGURES SHOW BOOM IN EU FAKE CIGARETTE SMUGGLING



BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE BOOM in counterfeit cigarettes being smuggled into the European Union (EU) is intensifying, according to the latest figures from the European Commission. It says EU customs officials seized 156 million packets’ worth of fake cigarettes in 2006, up 380% on 2005.…

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ISO PLANS FISHING AND AQUACULTURE STANDARDS



BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE INTERNATIONAL Organization for Standardization (ISO) (NOTE: It uses the American spelling for its name) is staging a meeting this October of a new technical committee charged with creating technical good practice standards for the aquaculture and wild fish sectors.…

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EU COUNTERFEIT FIGURES SHOW FAKES BOOM CONTINUES



BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE BOOM in counterfeit goods being smuggled into the European Union (EU) is continuing, according to the latest figures from the European Commission. It says EU customs officials seized more than 250 million fake items in 2006, compared with 75 million in 2005 and 100 million in 2004.…

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