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TOBACCO CONSUMPTION IN INDIA PROJECTED TO RISE OVER THE LONG-TERM
BY MINI PANT ZACHARIAH
BOB DYLAN was spot on: "One man’s loss always is another man’s gain." The stringent anti-smoking laws passed in India as a result of the World Health Organisation’s (WHO) framework convention on tobacco control’s have stubbed out cigarettes from public places.…
CHINA POWER; REPATRIATED HIGH-END PRODUCTION; ECOTEXTILES AND GM COTTON - A TASTE OF THE FUTURE FOR CLOTHING AND TEXTILES
BY EMMA JACKSON
THE TEXTILE and clothing industry maybe almost unrecognisable from its organisation today in 10 years’ time: Chinese-owned offshore production; unstoppable e-commerce, demand for eco-textiles, shifting luxury markets to Asia’s new middle class, and higher prices for everyone, are just some predictions.…
TURKEY'S CLOTHING AND TEXTILE SECTOR REBOUNDS
BY PAUL COCHRANE
TURKEY’S clothing and textile sector has rebounded this year on the back of strong sales to Europe and emerging markets, with clothing exports up 11% to US dollar USD9.5 billion as of August 2010, and textile exports reaching USD4.1 billion, up 23% on 2009.…
CHINA POWER; REPATRIATED HIGH-END PRODUCTION; ECOTEXTILES AND GM COTTON - A TASTE OF THE FUTURE FOR CLOTHING AND TEXTILES
BY EMMA JACKSON
THE TEXTILE and clothing industry maybe almost unrecognisable from its organisation today in 10 years’ time: Chinese-owned offshore production; unstoppable e-commerce, demand for eco-textiles, shifting luxury markets to Asia’s new middle class, and higher prices for everyone, are just some predictions.…
TOBACCO CONSUMPTION IN INDIA PROJECTED TO RISE OVER THE LONG-TERM
BY MINI PANT ZACHARIAH
BOB DYLAN was spot on: "One man’s loss always is another man’s gain." The stringent anti-smoking laws passed in India as a result of the World Health Organisation’s (WHO) framework convention on tobacco control’s have stubbed out cigarettes from public places.…
BHUTAN: Future higher education hub of Asia
Kencho Wangdi
The Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan is renowned for its untouched mountainous beauty. It is also known for its political innovation: it tobacco sales ban and use of ‘gross national happiness country’ as a yardstick for development. But it may soon become known as a higher education hub of Asia, if current plans go well.…
OLAF NETS EU EURO 30 MILLION FROM CHINA ORIGIN SCAM, SAYS REPORT
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE LATEST annual report from European Union (EU) anti-fraud agency OLAF has shown how its investigators recouped Euro EUR30 million from a Chinese clothes rules of origin export scam. An OLAF probe of Bangladesh clothing origin certificates issued since 2005 showed "hundreds of thousands" were false – and in fact cargoes had come from China.…
INDIAN APPAREL EXPORTS LOSING COMPETITIVE EDGE
BY RAGHAVENDRA VERMA
INDIAN garment exporters are losing to competition from China, Indonesia, Vietnam and Bangladesh, said a recent report released by the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI). Shipments to the European Union (EU) and the US account for nearly two thirds of the country’s textile and apparel exports, but registered a decline by value of 11% in 2009.…
TRADITIONAL WEAVERS MEET HIGH FASHION IN ASSAM
BY KEITH NUTHALL
AN ESTABLISHED international model has been working with tribal women in Assam, India, to commercialise their traditional woven garments, and provide them with financial independence. Bangladesh-born Bibi Russell and the UN Development Programme (UNDP) have been helping Bodo women blend traditional weaving techniques with high fashion design, production and marketing.…
OLAF NAILS BIGGER FRAUDS BY IGNORING SMALL CASES
BY KEITH NUTHALL
IMAGINATION and guile continue to help fraudsters milk hundreds of millions of Euros from the European Union’s (EU) well-stocked budgets, explains the latest report from EU anti-fraud agency OLAF, writes Keith Nuthall.
OLAF spends a lot of money sniffing out fraud in the institutions and programmes of the EU and the payment of duties earmarked to fund this spending.…