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EL SALVADOR TEXTILE AND MANUFACTURING SECTOR RECOVERS 74.8% OF THE EXPORT VOLUME AFTER TOUGH 2020
After a Covid-disrupted 2020, the clothing manufacturing industry in El Salvador is now recovering fast, with sales pushed increasing demand in its key United States export market. Sales to the USA gathered USD1.5 billion in the first semester of 2021, USD664 million more than the same period in the previous year (+74.8%), according to data from El Salvador’s central bank (Banco Central de Reserva de El Salvador).…
FEARS FOR EU-SWISS AML/CFT COOPERATION AFTER KEY TREATY TALKS FAIL
The Swiss Federal Council’s (Switzerland’s cabinet) May 26 unilateral decision to end seven years of negotiations on a new agreement to govern future relations between Switzerland and the European Union (EU), citing sovereignty concerns (1), closes the door on attempts to ensure the country has a formal link with EU AML/CFT legislation.…
AFRICA FABRIC SECTOR LOOKS TO INNATE CULTURAL RESOURCES 19 CRISIS TO PULL OUT OF THE COVID-19 CRISIS
AFRICA’s clothing and textile sector has been hit hard by Covid-19, with an emerging production industry being hit by falls in demand and disruption in supply chains. India-based market researchers Mordor Intelligence concluded in a report assessing the African industry’s prospects for 2021-5 that “disruption of the Covid-19 pandemic on global value chains and its impact on African businesses is already evident.”…
INTERFAITH DIALOGUE: EVERYONE’S HEAVEN OR DOOM
“Yes, to coexistence.” It sounds like a platitude – yet sometimes, it is simply a statement describing a most important principle of real life. This statement is written on the entrance of the Max Rayne Hand in Hand School in Jerusalem, that teaches Jews and Arab students side-by-side.…
HAITI’S CLOTHING INDUSTRY HOPES FOR THE BEST AS COUNTRY COPE WITH SHOOTING OF PRESIDENT AND EARTHQUAKE
A wait and see approach is being adopted by officials in Haiti’s apparel and textile industry following the July 7 assassination of President Jovenel Moïse, which came as the country struggled to cope with the continuing impact of the Covid-19 pandemic.…
ERP DEVELOPERS TAILOR PROGRAMMES TO TEXTILE AND CLOTHING TO OFFER COMPETITIVE EDGE TO THIS DIVERSE SECTOR
INTRODUCTION
TEXTILES and clothing manufacture and sales are all about leveraging resources, from creative talent to quality materials and sophisticated technology. So, enterprise resource planning programmes (ERP) have been attractive for the past 20 years or more and have become an increasingly important tool of manufacturers and brands.…
EU SINGLE MARKET FOR HEMP VAPES IS OPEN FOR BUSINESS
Last November (2020), the European Court of Justice (ECJ) ruled that cannabidiol (CBD) liquids for e-cigarettes that were lawfully produced in a European Union (EU) member state are not narcotics and can be sold in any other EU country. The ruling was welcomed by the EU CBD sector, which has said it helps open-up the European market to products that often fall into a legal grey zone due to their origins in hemp, or cannabis with little or no intoxication effects.…
TUNISIA’S HONORIS INNOVATING MEDICAL SIMULATION TEACHING IN COVID ERA
A high-tech medical simulation centre in Tunisia has found a winning solution to teaching technical clinical procedures online, meeting student and professional training needs during the Covid-19 pandemic, while opening up opportunities for remote learning and medical research across Africa. The Honoris Medical Simulation Centre (1), in the capital Tunis, part of the Honoris United Universities network of African higher education institutions (2) was opened just 14 months before the pandemic struck in earnest, on November 10, 2018.…
COMPRESSION GARMENT STANDARDS GUIDE MANUFACTURERS AS THEY INCREASE FUNCTION AND QUALITY
INTRODUCTION
In a highly technical textile sector segment such as the manufacture of compressed garments, the use of detailed standards to guide production is not just useful in guaranteeing quality output, it can help manufacturers and brands’ marketing. Where products are associated with international, regional, national and private standards, this builds confidence in consumers, promoting sales.…
AML TAKES ON THE WILDLIFE TRADE - BUT WILL IT SUCCEED?
The illegal wildlife trade is one of the world’s biggest money earners for criminals and is now coming under serious attention from the international anti-money laundering community.
Advocates for curbing the illegal wildlife trade (IWT) by ‘going after the money’ have been pushing for years for the trade to be included in anti-money laundering (AML) measures.…