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BY MONIKA HANLEY

THE BALTIC States and their eastern neighbours have long been viewed as a cheap supply of labour and goods to the rich countries within the European Union (EU), but now local companies and governments are looking to expand biofuel production to satisfy both growing domestic and export demand.…

BY PACIFICA GODDARD

The most important markets for bottled water have traditionally been developed economies like Western Europe and the United States. However, growth in these markets has recently flattened out, exacerbated by the global economic crisis and growing environmental concerns over the product.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

MAJOR emerging markets Brazil and India have told the World Trade Organisation (WTO) they are fulfilling commitments to open their markets duty-free to the 49 poorest countries worldwide (called ‘least developed countries’ of LDC) mostly sub-Saharan African, Asian and Pacific islands.…

BY MARK ROWE

MANY cosmetics sectors would consider themselves successful to have managed fractional increases in sales over the past 18 months. But one sector has apparently bucked the trend – men’s grooming.

While the global personal care market has slowed due to the recession, men’s grooming is one of the few bright spots, with 6% value growth from 2007 to 2008.…

BY MARK ROWE

BOTH the oils and fats industry and environmentalists have long been aware of concerns over the oil palm, the prolific shrub that can be converted into palm oil, one of the most versatile fats known to man.

For almost as long, there have been campaigns to improve its cultivation in south-east Asia, which accounts for around 75% of global supply; but concern is now focussing on South America, where cultivation is growing rapidly, placing pressure on the Amazon rainforest and other wildlife-rich habitats in a belt stretching across central Brazil and Ecuador to Colombia’s Caribbean coast.…

BY PACIFICA GODDARD

INTRODUCTION

There are signs around the world that the textile market is beginning to recover from the global economic crisis, and developing markets will be leading that recovery. Asia is, of course, at the forefront, but many countries in Latin America have also weathered the crisis and have come out in a surprisingly decent position, with their dynamic textile and apparel industries well positioned for future expansion.…

BY CLEMENCE MANYUKWE

AFTER being allocated a piece of land in the year 2000 as part of the country’s controversial and often violent land reform, it has taken nearly a decade for small scale tobacco farmer Tendai Dambanjera to commercially justify the claim of what he says is his ancestral land.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

MAJOR emerging markets Brazil and India have told the World Trade Organisation they are fulfilling commitments to open their markets duty-free to the 49 poorest countries worldwide (‘least developed countries’) mostly sub-Saharan African and Asian. New Delhi and Brasilia said ready-to-wear clothing were key exports that would benefit.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

THE GAS utility for Brazil’s largest city São Paulo is upgrading and extending its gas distribution network. The European Investment Bank (EIB) is lending Euro 100 million to the Companhia de Gás de São Paulo (Comgás) to build 2,500 km of new pipelines; replace 158 km of old cast iron pipes, replace meters and upgrade regulator stations.…

BY KARRYN MILLER

THE FINALISED National Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS2) programme of the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) may show the Obama administration’s continuing support for boosting biofuel production – but will it give concrete results? The updated rules have considered the mixed reviews expressed when a proposed programme was announced last year, however some interested parties still feel the latest outcome will fail to propel the biofuel industry forward.…