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WHILE there is little doubt that the Asian fire resistant coating market is large – indeed New Jersey-based chemical consultancy Growney Kusumgar, Nerfli & Growny has argued that it is several times larger than that of the USA’s USD100 million-market – marketers can struggle to make sales. …

HONG Kong continues to be a thriving cosmetics and personal care market, with its local consumer base enjoying ample spending power and with traders benefiting from its strategic location as an import gateway to mainland China.  

GlobalData, a provider of business information and analytics, valued Hong Kong’s cosmetics and market at Hong Kong dollars HKD18.1 billion (USD2.3 billion) in 2016, largely dominated by imports.…

THE AUSTRALIAN cosmetic and toiletry retailing market has experienced modest growth amidst fierce competition over the past decade, figures reveal, with a constant stream of new products, many environmentally conscious, maintaining consumer interest in an otherwise saturated market.

According to California-based market research company IBISWorld, more than 18,000 people work in almost 4,000 businesses in the cosmetics industry in Australia, a country of more than 24 million people.…

IT is a constant truth within the personal care product industry that brands prosper when they understand markets that they are targeting. In New Zealand, one key and increasingly important factor is that the country’s 4.7 million people society is ageing.…

THE UNITED Arab Emirates (UAE) may hold an enviable portion of the world’s oil and gas reserves, at 4% and 3.5% respectively. But this has not stopped the country diversifying its long-term energy sources through developing nuclear power. With generation imminent, nuclear energy regulators and companies are watching closely how this rare event – a country embarking on a new civilian nuclear programme – rolls out.…

A new industry roadmap to advance the development of power-to-gas in Europe is just one reason advocates of hydrogen production and storage are optimistic about the next decade. The laying of foundations for larger-scale developments of power-to-gas (P2G) in Europe have gathered momentum throughout 2017, with the European Association for Storage of Energy (EASE) and the Joint Programme on Energy Storage under the European Energy Research Alliance (EERA) laying plans.…

MULTINATIONAL companies are failing to prioritise anti-bribery and corruption (ABC) measures with more than half appearing to put profits ahead of prevention and a significant minority of CEOS not prepared to turn their backs on high risk contracts due to commercial pressure, according to a new survey.…

CHINA is cracking down on commercial bribery by extending the range of offences covered and increasing penalties.  Beijing has released draft amendments to the Anti-Unfair Competition Law (AUCL) for comment, which notably would make it clearer when companies were liable for the corrupt acts of their employees.…

A REVISED tariff for cross-border e-commerce has been extended by China’s State Council for an extra year enabling food and supplement importers to save on duty.

China had planned the implementation of more stringent rules for e-commerce from January 1, 2018, but on September 20 authorities extended a transitional tariff policy for cross-border e-commerce retailers until the end of the year (2018).…

CHINA has agreed to delay implementation of its controversial rules requiring all food and drink imports to carry health certificates, even those seen as “low-risk”, by two years – from 1 October 2017 to 30 September 2019.

In a decision notified to the World Trade Organisation on September 22, China’s food safety agency AQSIQ (the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine of China) said it was “currently studying the comments from relevant countries/regions”.…