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A bipartisan bill has been proposed in the United States Senate to fill what the US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agency has warned is a shortage of nearly 700 agricultural inspectors at ports of entry.

The Protecting America’s Food & Agriculture Act of 2019, if approved, would authorises the annual hiring by the CBP of 240 agricultural specialists every year until the workforce shortage is filled.…

THE TRADE war between China and the United States is creating additional opportunities for exporters of plastics, plastic products and ingredients in both these key markets, as both sides erect protective tariffs against each other.

In the latest round of duty escalation – while talks to resolve the dispute over American claims of Chinese misconduct regarding intellectual property misappropriation, industrial subsidies and market access stall – duties of 10% are being imposed by the USA on Chinese goods and 10% and 5% by China on US exports.…

THE USA textile finishing sectors will be facing potential increases in costs for textile finishing chemicals imported from China, as a result of US President Donald Trump announcing that more tariffs will be imposed on Chinese exports – of 10%, levied from September 1.…

CONTINUOUS dyeing technology is being refined and improved and offering finishers worldwide the chance to improve their output efficiency, while reducing chemical, water and energy usage. However, emerging markets finishers can struggle to find the investment costs required to install this top-line cutting edge dyeing machinery.…

THE AMERICAN dairy industry has been counting the cost of the latest round of tariffs that will be imposed on its exports to China, in the latest round of the ongoing trade war between Beijing and the US administration of President Donald Trump.…

‘AUSTRALIAN-made’, ‘cruelty-free’ and ‘natural’ – these were the marketing buzz words most commonly cited during Australia’s leading beauty event – Beauty Expo Australia – staged in Sydney between August 24 and 25.

Although ‘Proudly Australian’ has become a slogan used by many beauty brands based in Australia, the conference actually demonstrated how Australian beauty retailers and consumers are open to trying more international lines, new treatments and innovative products.…

A EUROPEAN Union (EU) trade deal struck with South America’s Mercosur group of Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay and Paraguay, will open this emerging market to EU confectionery exporters, but Europe’s sugar sector fears increased Brazilian sugar exports. The agreement, which now needs to be ratified by both sides, will phase out Mercosur duties on EU exports of chocolate and sugar confectionery of 20%; biscuits (taxed at 20% to 35%); liquorice extract – 8%; and confectionery-making equipment – 14%.…

WHILE the future of Hong Kong’s political stability hangs in the balance given the long-term protests that have been wracking the territory, its underlying economy seems to be just holding together, with DBS Bank, for instance, in August projecting zero economic growth.…

China accounted for 38% of global paint output in 2018, according to the China National Coatings Industry Association (CNCIA), but its share of the global revenue was 33.4%, suggesting the pricing power of Chinese output is weaker. Industrial coatings accounted for 64.7% of the total output of 21.15 million tonnes (this figure is based on ‘enterprises of scale’ so does not count output by small, cottage companies) according to the CNCIA.…

Clothing industry sources in the Philippines say that the USA-China trade war has helped boost orders for all garment-exporting countries in southeast Asia but their country, despite the Philippines government’s plan to boost local manufacturing capacity. The much-trumpeted Manufacturing Resurgence Programme of President Rodrigo Duterte had originally stated that a national ‘Roadmap for the Garments and Textile Industry’ should be drafted by the end of last year (2018).…