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CHINA JOINS EUROPOL AND AUSTRALIA IN TACKLING CYBERCRIME
China is increasingly looking to utilise international cooperation to tackle cybercrime and other offences, including financial frauds. This month alone, the Chinese government has signed crime-busting pacts with both Australia and the European police authority, Europol, following a similar China-US government deal forged in 2015.…
JAPAN’S INNOVATIVE COSMETICS SECTOR SEEKS OVERSEAS SALES AS DOMESTIC SALES CORE STARTS TO SHRINK IN NUMBERS
Japan’s cosmetics and personal care market is holding steady, although there are concerns that stability is being supported by strong consumption by the burgeoning number of tourists visiting the country combined with a weak yen. USD1 bought Japanese Yen JPY117 in December compared JPY100 in July, although it has since recovered to JPY110 (April).…
GREENWASHING THREATENS BOOMING NATURAL AND ORGANIC COSMETICS MARKET IN ASIA
A STAGGERING 62% of Asia-Pacific consumers (including China and India) buy natural and organic cosmetics and another promising 32% are keen to buy them – making the region a hotspot for manufacturers of such lines. But this impressive growth also has made the region a perfect breeding ground for greenwashing, experts warned.…
FRAGRANCE SALES GROW SLOWLY IN CHINA – BUT INNOVATIVE LOCAL BRANDS BEGIN TO EMERGE
SALES of personal fragrance products maybe on the rise among the 1.4 billion people market of mainland China, but thus far, growth is still almost solely attributable to millennials residing in the big cities, market researchers say.
Retail sales of personal perfume products grew by 8.9% in the whole of 2016 from the previous year to just Chinese Yuan Renminbi CNY6.1 billion (USD885 million), with the competitive landscape remaining firmly in the hand of foreign players, according to market researcher Euromonitor International.…
INTERNATIONAL REGULATORY ROUND UP – EFSA LAUNCHES SUGAR SAFETY STUDY
THE EUROPEAN Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has launched a comprehensive study into the healthiness of consuming sugar, that could guidance telling consumers when to stop eating sugary foods, such as confectionery. An ad-hoc working group with expertise in dietary exposure, epidemiology, human nutrition, diet-related chronic diseases and dentistry will examine the issue, along with Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden, which requested the work.…
ASIA REGULATORY ROUND UP – HONG KONG STOCK EXCHANGE BACKS CHINA’S ‘BELT AND ROAD’ INITIATIVE
HONG Kong’s Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) will ease listing requirements for certain infrastructure companies, notably those involved in projects aiding the Chinese government’s Belt and Road Initiative. This aims to promote transport infrastructure helping move Chinese goods to central Asia, southeast Asia, Africa and Europe.…
IRELAND’S MEDTECH BOOMS – AND IT’S NOT JUST ABOUT TAX, BUT PEOPLE AND EXPERTISE TOO
A LARGE new office block near the National Concert Hall in Dublin could be the ultimate statement that Ireland’s medical technology (medtech) industry has come of age. With large windows set into sandstone-coloured walls, the building will house the headquarters of Medtronic, the US giant which moved its headquarters to Ireland in 2015 as part of a USD42.9 billion acquisition of rival Covidien, also based in Ireland but from a similarly American corporate background.…
PAKISTAN TEXTILE EXECUTIVES WOO CHINESE WITH PROPOSALS OF LOW COST AND HGH TECH JOINT VENTURES
PAKISTANI textile business executives have welcomed the enthusiasm of Chinese investors to bring investments into Pakistan’s textile sector through joint ventures and relocating of their textile production units, because of rising costs and tightening environmental regulations within China.
According to All Pakistan Textile Mills Association (APTMA), Chinese interest has in Pakistan has grown further after the APTMA secretary general gave a comprehensive presentation at a conference in Shishi city, in Fujian province, organised by the China Textile Information Centre from April 19-20.…
OIL AND GAS SECTOR NOW WALKING THE TALK ON SUSTAINABILITY
The oil and gas industry is reshaping its strategies, practices and values as it responds to global agreements on climate change and sustainable development. The 2015 United Nations Paris Agreement on climate change and the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) – which came into effect in January 2016 – are prominent among global governance challenges driving change in the oil and gas industry, but pressure just keeps building.…
CHINA WOOL PRODUCT MANUFACTURERS NERVOUS OVER AUSTRALIAN WOOL PRICING
Manufacturers in China, which buys approximately 80% of Australian wool exports, are particularly nervous about the pricing, even as the beginning of the warmer spring season in the north of China is naturally reducing demand.
Chinese wool factories have been running 24/7 on Australian wool ever since the China-Australia Free Trade Agreement (ChAFTA) in December 2015 granted Australian wool exporters duty-free treatment for up to 30,000 tonnes of clean wool each year.…