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LIQUEFIED AND COMPRESSED NATURAL GAS A LONG-TERM WINNER IN THE ENERGY MIX
Natural gas, including its liquefied form LNG, can be the long-term growth story among fossil fuels but needs to withstand stiff challenges
The naming ceremony in February 2017 for offshore facilities for the Ichthys liquefied natural gas project in Australia was another milestone in the huge wave of investment in LNG production capacity globally in recent years.…
SOUTH AFRICA’S HIGH SKIN CANCER RISK AND DIVERSE SKIN TYPES GENERATES COMPLEX AND DYNAMIC SUNCARE MARKET
SKIN cancer ranks as South Africa’s most common form of the disease with the country also suffering the second highest incidence globally after Australia, according to the Skin Cancer Foundation of South Africa – research such as this is driving sales of sunscreen products.…
GROWING BANGLADESH MIDDLE-CLASS BOOSTS DEMAND FOR QUALITY WESTERN CONFECTIONERY
EVERY time apparel industry executive Israfil Alam and his wife buy groceries, one item doesn’t elude them: chocolate for their 13-year-old son Isman Sayer.
“Isman’s favourite is Kit Kat Chunky,” Alam, a Dhaka-based general manager at knitwear maker Magpie Group, told Confectionery Production.…
IRAN IS TOUGH SUNCARE MARKET TO CRACK – BUT PROFITS ARE THERE TO BE MADE
CRACKING the sun care product market in a country like Iran is not easy because many Iranians consider sun care an “unnecessary luxury.” That said, it’s not all bad news. The country’s small niche sun care segment is growing slowly even from a low base.…
ASIA’S TEXTILE AND APPAREL EXPORTING COUNTRIES MAYBE COOL ON TRUMP PUSH FOR BILATERAL FTAS
As US President Donald Trump on January 23 pulled America out from the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) with an executive order, he signalled he will instead ask Asian TPP members for bilateral free trade agreements (FTAs). This includes countries such as Vietnam that rely on apparel and textile exports.…
CHINA’S STEADY DEMONSTRATES THE VALUE OF INVESTING IN R&D TO PRODUCE QUALITY WOOL FABRIC
AS many leading fashion brands are stepping up use of Australian Merino wool, Chinese fabric makers with a long track record of in-house research and development (R&D) into wool are finding themselves better positioned than latecomers to reap the fruits of this trend.…
ATTENTION SWITCHES TO BILATERAL TRADE DEALS AS TRUMP LEAVES TPP IN THE DUST
Even as the official withdrawal of the United States from the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) has been greeted by enthusiasm by American automakers, the focus is shifting to the bilateral trade deals that President Donald Trump has promised will take its place.…
GLOBAL OLIVE OIL SECTOR BECOMES MORE DIVERSE AS EMERGING COUNTRY PRODUCERS DEVELOP OUTPUT
THE OLIVE oil industry has traditionally been dominated by some key major European players, notably Spain, Italy and Greece, but with global consumption rising, production is emerging in countries which have previously relied on imports.
International Oil Council statistics show how new production centres are being created.…
INTERNATIONAL REGULATORY ROUND UP – KNITWEAR RETAILERS CALL FOR REPLACEMENT TRADE DEALS AS TRUMP DUMPS TPP
THE US Fashion Industry Association (USFIA) has called on the new American administration of President Donald Trump to work hard to negotiate new bilateral trade deals with Asian markets now he has formally pulled his country from the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade deal.…
TRUMPIAN TRADE REVOLUTION SPELLING TROUBLE FOR APPAREL SOURCING IN ASIA
As US President Donald Trump has been wasting no time carrying out his campaign pledges to undo long-standing American trade ties, the Asian apparel industry and the US retailers it supplies have ample reasons to be on edge.
Signs are particularly worrisome for apparel players sourcing from Vietnam, a member of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), the unratified 12-nation deal that will now not include the USA after Trump extracted America from its commitments via a January 23 presidential memorandum.…