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At a time when footwear companies are moving to tap high-quality and high-added value segments and niche markets, such as vegan shoes, attention is now turning to the sales potential being offered for sales of footwear that is halal-certified in wealthy non-Muslim majority markets such as Europe and north America.…

It would be surprising if as complex an intergovernmental programme as AML/CFT did not spark unintended consequences, but some AML/CFT experts fear that the global system designed and promoted by FATF has caused unwanted and damaging actions that cut across its stated goal – to fight and prevent money laundering.…

The international growth of media content focused on Muslim cultural and Islamic religious interests is burgeoning, with companies expanding the reach of their output across national borders, developing an increasingly comprehensive ecosystem of programming delivered by broadcasting and internet-based apps.

The opening of the Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE) bureau of the Annahar Al Arabi digital news platform in January (2022) is one example of such cross-border growth, highlighting an appetite for regionally-relevant content in the Gulf region.…

While a projected boom in renewable diesel production is expected to disrupt the American bio-based oils and fats market, a swifter adoption of electric transport technology in Europe is likely to reduce this impact in the European Union (EU), the European Commission has projected.…

THE EUROPEAN Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has declared it will impose an effective European Union (EU) ban on using plastics containing the ingredient bisphenol A (BPA) as food contact materials. It is consulting on plans to reduce a tolerable daily intake by consumers of BPA to almost zero – 0.04 nanograms per kilogram of body weight per day.…

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The growth in digital textile printing across the Americas has created a surge in demand for a wide range of digital inks, which is spreading into Latin America as well as north America. The adaptability and broad uses of digital inks, for garments, household products, technical textiles, and more, fits the diversity of the textile sector in the Americas, which spans higher wage industries such as US textile production to lower cost manufacture in central America.…

Higher education institutions are being warned they could be a target for money laundering, with fees being financed by the proceeds of crime, including corruption, which might also buy property, cars and other items for students.

The problem has been highlighted in a series of reports.…

The second-largest garment exporting country in the world, Bangladesh has grown its position as a key outsourcing hub since the 1980s.  

With a global market share of 6.26%, according to the World Trade Statistical Review 2021 (1), “The industry has come a long way,” said Md. …

Opposition is mounting outside the Big Three US auto manufacturers to proposed federal tax credits for electric vehicle purchases within proposed House of Representatives and Senate versions of the Build Back Better Act.

With a House vote maybe happening this week, representatives of foreign-owned and non-union manufacturers as well as the Canadian and Mexican governments, are pushing for changes to the tax credit packages under discussion.…

The Bangladesh food industry is increasing its efforts to export halal foods to Muslim majority population countries. A senior government delegation is planning to visit Turkey and Indonesia this year to gather facts and advice on improving Bangladesh sales in these countries of halal food.…