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EU AND CANADA IN LAST MINUTE TALKS OVER CHEESE QUOTA ACCESS AS CETA IMPLEMENTATION DEADLINE LOOMS
TECHNICAL discussions between the European Union (EU) and Canada over cheese quotas are threatening to disrupt the planned operational launch of the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) that was supposed to have been agreed in detail in February.
CETA is scheduled to come into force on July 1, but talks are ongoing about the administrative arrangements establishing how Canada will open up its cheese markets.…
ASIA REGULATORY ROUND UP – SINGAPORE TO REVIEW DOUBLE TAXATION AGREEMENTS FOR TAX EVASION LOOPHOLES
Singapore will review its 80 bilateral agreements on avoiding double taxation to ensure they do not help companies avoid paying tax where relevant business activity took place. This follows its signing the Organisation for Economic Cooperation & Development (OECD)-sponsored Multilateral Convention to Implement Tax Treaty Related Measures to Prevent Base Erosion and Profit Shifting.…
EUROPEAN NONWOVENS RECORD SOLID PERFORMANCE WITH NO NEGATIVE CONSEQUENCES FROM BREXIT OR TRUMP, YET
EUROPE’S nonwovens producers again served up a solid performance in 2016 against the background of (uneven and) uncertain trading conditions for the industry.
As usual, the just-published returns from EDANA, the representative organisation for the USD30 billion nonwovens industry in Europe, show some important national variations.…
NEW ETHIOPIA MAJOR AIR CARGO CENTRE OPENS THIS SUMMER
Ethiopia airlines, the largest cargo carrier in Africa, is close to completing its cargo terminal expansion as part of a major infrastructure upgrade at Addis Ababa Bole International Airport, serving the Ethiopian capital.
Ethiopian Airlines, with its fleet of two Boeing 757Fs and six Boeing 777Fs, requested the new facility to accommodate increased volume growth and transit traffic.…
DUTCH POULTRY HATCHING FIRM PLOTS MOVE INTO RUSSIA
THE NETHERLANDS-based Hendrix Genetics plans to build a complex producing hatching eggs for turkey chicks in Russia this year, according to the Russian ministry of agriculture.
Ina report, it has said the new complex will be able to produce 6.5 million hatching eggs per year, and the potential to increase volumes in future.…
BACK TO NATURE - THE SPANISH COSMETICS INDUSTRY IS BOUNCING BACK WITH NATURAL PRODUCTS A BIG HIT
OVER a sunny weekend in May 2017, 74,000 people headed to Barcelona’s Palau Sant Jordi, a futuristic events space built for the city’s 1992 Olympic Games, and many were going to learn about Spain’s organic and natural cosmetics products. On other occasions, these impressive numbers would be expected for the international pop stars who regularly perform here.…
PLANNED SOUTH AFRICAN AUDIT FIRM ROTATION SPARKS DISCORD AMONG ACCOUNTS
THE PLANNED introduction of mandatory audit firm rotation (MAFR) by the South African Independent Regulatory Board for Auditors (IRBA) has sparked widespread dissention within the country’s business and accounting communities This is despite that the reform’s goal is to strengthen auditor independence and audit quality and that there are some calls for the move to be brought forward from the current introduction date of April 1, 2023.…
EAST AFRICAN GOVERNMENTS PASS TOBACCO CONTROL LAWS, BUT EFFORTS ARE UNEVEN AND IMPLEMENTATION PATCHY
GOVERNMENTS in east Africa may have been passing legislation and regulation to control the tobacco sector, but these laws’ effectiveness is being weakened by lax implementation.
Kenya has been leading the local pack with controls, in 2007 enacted its first Tobacco Control Act, and in 2014 ratifying the World Health Organization Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (WHO-FCTC).…
THE BIG BOOST IN EU PIG MEAT EXPORT MIGHT NOT LAST FOR LONG
EUROPEAN Union (EU) pig meat producers were big winners in boosting export sales over between last March (2016) and February (2017), according to the European Commission, with receipts rising by more than 33% compared to the same period last year. The EU pigmeat sector earned EUR5.4 billion in export earnings from March 2016 to February 2017, EUR1.35 billion more than the same period in the previous year, leading the United States and Canada as the second and third most important pigmeat exporters, reported EU statistical agency Eurostat.…
ITALY MOVES ON WHEAT RULES OF ORIGIN INITIATIVE – CANADIAN DURUM PRODUCERS UPSET
Italy’s ministry of agriculture, food and forestry has confirmed to just-food that it has notified the European Commission of a national decree proposal that would make origin labelling mandatory for all foods containing durum wheat, including dry pasta. The measure would be applicable to foods sold in Italy only, with labels indicating where the wheat was cultivated and milled, protecting Italian wheat producers, with the idea being supported by Italy’s farmers’ association Coldiretti.…