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Sales of women’s fragrances in Brazil already generate an impressive USD4 billion in retail value annually (in 2014), according to market researchers Euromonitor. But doubts on continued growth in the segment started to be voiced when the country’s economy started declining two years ago.…

In the highly competitive global lollipops market, manufacturers are creating innovative additions to this traditional confectionery to attract consumers with innovative designs attempting to generate an emotional response to these products. Around the world, lollipop manufacturers are tailoring shapes and designs to match seasonal holiday images; incorporating glow-in-the-dark features; and combining confectionery items such as lollipops and gum.…

This year there will not be much to write home about for the German paint and coatings industries, with demand from the decorating and DIY sectors stuck in a bit of a rut and not a noticeably better outlook in the motor industry.…

Indonesia is pushing to expand its domestic vaccine manufacturing, so that the domestic market is covered with vaccines in Indonesia’s regular immunisation schedule. The country’s state-owned pharmaceutical company Bio Farma is at the centre of these efforts, and has been expanding exports so that 60% of its production (NOW?…

The China Meat Association (CMA) is calling on the Chinese government actively support the beef and lamb sector, Gao Guan, the association’s deputy secretary-general, has told globalmeatnews.com. Speaking in his Beijing office, he said: “Our association has been advising the government to encourage consumers to eat more beef and lamb,” he said, rather than the more commonly consumed pork and chicken.…

The European Commission has launched an investigation into potentially illegal manoeuvres to evade anti-dumping duties levied on imports into the European Union (EU) of certain China–made molybdenum wire.
Brussels’ probe follows complaints made by Austrian molybdenum wire manufacturer Plansee SE. It claims that exporters and importers have colluded to evade the duties by slightly changing the dimensions of the wire sold into Europe, to change their customs classification.…

The European Commission unveiled its long-anticipated new energy strategy on February 25, heralding the creation of an ‘Energy Union’, with a proposed influential European Union (EU) electricity regulator. The announcement also outlined how the European Commission wants to achieve the European Council goal set last of October (2014) for all member states to have interconnection capacity, enabling the export of at least 10% of their domestically-produced electricity.…

The European Parliament’s industry, research and energy committee has called for the maintenance of tariffs protecting energy intensive industries in the European Union (EU), such as the industrial minerals sector, following trade deal talks with the USA.
This committee is one of 14 that will be giving detailed opinions in the coming weeks on the negotiations to force a Transatlantic Trade & Investment Partnership (TTIP) agreement between the EU and USA.…

A CONFERENCE has been staged in Brussels that has heard how the European Commission plans to reintroduce its ‘circular economy’ proposals on increasing recycling and targeting zero waste systems, including the recovery of high value industrial minerals. This broad policy was dropped from the work programme of the new Commission that took office from November 1, but proposals are now being redrafted for release by December.…

THE VOLATILITY of the global energy market is presenting several challenges to the European Union’s (EU) biofuel sector. Low oil prices, recession, slumps in demand and political uncertainty in key oil producing areas are all raising questions of an industry that was meant to mitigate or provide solutions to many of these issues.…