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CHINA’S STRICTER FOOD SAFETY REGULATIONS COULD MAKE IMPORTED AND DOMESTICALLY-REARED MEAT LESS ATTRACTIVE
The latest amendment to China’s Food Safety Law passed by the Standing Committee of China’s National People’s Congress (NPC), touted by China’s government as the “toughest food safety law” in the country’s history could promote demand for meat products, imported and domestically-produced. …
US-INDIA RELATIONS STALLED OVER PHARMACEUTICAL INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY SQUABBLE
American pharmaceutical industry officials and trade groups remain cautiously optimistic that intellectual property (IP) negotiations with India can be resolved to the benefit of both nations’ medicine sectors. For now, however, India remains on a so-called ‘priority watch list’ of nations the US is urging to address key IP protection concerns.…
CHINA TEXTILE FINISHING CONSOLIDATION LOOMS AS BEIJING LAUNCHES WATER POLLUTION CRACKDOWN
CHINA’S upstream textile and finishing suppliers to its mighty clothing industry face a struggle to survive now its government’s ‘Water Pollution Prevention and Control Action Plan’ has been released.
The State Council (cabinet) issued the plan on April 16. It aims to improve the quality of drinking water sources to a new set of standards by 2020, tightening these further by 2030.…
BANGLADESH WORKS HARD TO LOSE REPUTATION POLLUTION AND POOR SAFETY
Deadly accidents such as the Rana Plaza disaster may have earned the Bangladesh textile and clothing sector notoriety, but there is a new generation of firms trying to erase that spot on the industry’s reputation.
Smart entrepreneurs are now courting buyers through a new sales pitch: sustainable production.…
LOWER COST ASIAN OUTSOURCERS ALSO BOOST SUSTAINABILITY PERFORMANCE
Sustainability improvements in the Asian outsourced clothing and textile sector are far from being the sole preserve of China. In Cambodia, Tonlé, a sustainable garment-making firm based in Phnom Penh, obtains 90% of its fabric from factory cut-out and 10% through sustainable suppliers to make a zero-waste clothing line.…
BEN GURION AIRPORT STREAMLINES ITS BAGGAGE SCREENING SYSTEM
Israel is well known for managing security effectively and efficiently. Recently, this was taken a step further by the installation of Morpho Detection’s new advanced baggage screening system at Ben Gurion Airport, Israel’s main international airport, 19 kilometres from the centre of Tel Aviv.…
SOUTH KOREA’S AMBITIOUS CARBON SCHEME KICKING OFF, WHILE CHINA PREPARES FOR NATIONAL TRADING
Manufacturing powerhouse South Korea began its cap-and-trade system on January 1, 2015 as a part of an overarching goal to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 4% reduction below 2005 emissions levels. If achieved, that would leave emissions at 30% lower in 2020 than they would be if current increases are maintained.…
INDIA’S HAIR CARE PRODUCT MARKET IS GROWING FAST
THE INDIAN hair care market – estimated at being worth Indian Rupees INR152 billion (USD 2.3 billion) in 2013-14 (Source: Madras Consultancy Group) is growing, through the young and thriving Indian middle class, a general retail boom and cosmetics and personal care product marketers targeting smaller towns and rural areas.…
US BODY CARE PRODUCTS SECTOR GROWTH SOARS AFTER END OF RECESSION
Following a period of recession-induced stagnation, business in the US body care product industry is back with a vengeance. Driven by a combination of seasonal and demographic factors, Americans spent just over USD2.9 billion, USD9.23 per person, on body care products in 2014.…
EUROPOL FOCUSES ON GOODS COUNTERFEITING – CLOSING DOWN FAKE BRANDS WEBSITES
The latest report from European Union (EU) police agency Europol report has revealed the true extent of “the complex reality” of counterfeit goods networks across Europe. But what are the latest scams and how successful has Europol been in tackling them?…