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BY KEITH NUTHALL

THE DEMAND from China for waste packaging from the European Union (EU) has shrunk dramatically, which will inevitably impede product manufacturers from ensuring enough of their materials end up in recycling, as required by EU law. Plastics packaging has been especially hard hit, with Hong Kong dealers reporting slides from US$540 per tonne to US$380 per tonne from August to October.…

BY WANG FANGQING

THE HONGHE Group and the Hongyun Group, the two major Chinese tobacco companies located in the key tobacco-growing Yunnan province have recently (WHEN EXACTLY?) submitted a merger agreement to the State Tobacco Monopoly Administration (STMA), the Beijing-based industry watchdog.…

BY MARK GODFREY and ALAN OSBORN

MANUFACTURERS at China’s largest trade fair say falling orders mean China is unlikely to ease an effective moratorium on imports of recyclable plastics anytime soon. Producers of plastic-based household items at the bi-annual Canton Fair in Guangzhou, in China’s key southern manufacturing belt, told Plastics & Rubber Weekly that a dramatic decline in exports of toys and household goods had prompted the Chinese government to impede the import of waste plastic, and the market could remain closed for a year or more.…

BY MARK GODFREY

TO the casual observer in Beijing there is plenty of proof that China’s market for recyclable waste has crashed. The army of waste collectors that normally patrols the city’s thoroughfares has visibly thinned over the past two month.…

BY WILLIAM BARNES

A WOMAN brushes past palm fronds into the pastel lights of a busy Bangkok salon. At the counter she turns what looks to be a flawless, ivory face towards a woman in a vaguely medical uniform: "Aiyee! I am getting so old.…

By Gavin Blair

Though the number of academic specialists in commercial crime in the Asia-Pacific region may be fewer than in the US or Europe, many of the leading figures are both willing to work with corporate clients and have a great deal of experience outside the ivory towers.…

BY MARK GODFREY

IT has been a bad year to be a fuel retailer in China. Local retailing leader Sinopec has had its profits squeezed by government price controls on petrol prices. Prices at Chinese pumps have risen by 9% in the last 12 months, even though the cost of crude has jumped 40% in the same time span.…

BY DOMINIQUE PATTON

CHINESE perfume brands are dwarfed by the big brands from the West, mostly because of their origins. Perfume remains a foreign concept and local producers struggle to attain credibility beside their foreign rivals.

A handful of companies have however carved tiny shares in the market thanks to their understanding of local tastes.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

THE NUMBER of counterfeit personal care products seized by European Union (EU) customs teams fell by a quarter in 2008, compared to 2007, the latest European Commission figures claim. There were still many fake cosmetics, perfumes and personal soaps discovered however – 4.58 million items, in 2,134 cases however.…

BY DOMINIQUE PATTON and KARRYN CARTELLE

EAST Asian markets are increasingly important to global haircare manufacturers, with growing prosperity enabling many more women to buy the products they really want for their hair. As a result, major companies really need to pay attention to what east Asian women want.…