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CHINA’S TRADE WAR WITH AMERICA COULD ACCELERATE CLOTHING AND TEXTILE MANUFACTURING GROWTH IN AFRICA
AFRICAN garment and textile manufacturers have a long way to go to increase capacity, develop the supply chain and diversify overall production away from North Africa, an industry conference staged in Cairo has been told. But while north Africa accounts for more than USD10 billion out the continent’s USD13.54 billion in clothing and textile exports (during 2016, according to international trade data), the much discussed potential of Africa as the world’s next sourcing hub is starting to materialise.…
USA MID-TERM ELECTION POWER SHIFT NOT EXPECTED TO END US-CHINA TRADE WAR – EXPERTS TELL FASHION SECTOR
The coming change of control of the United States House of Representative from the ruling Republicans to the opposition Democrats will probably do little to stop the escalating tariff disputes between the USA and China, the American fashion industry has been warned.…
CHINA’S TRADE WAR WITH AMERICA COULD ACCELERATE CLOTHING AND TEXTILE MANUFACTURING GROWTH IN AFRICA
AFRICAN garment and textile manufacturers have a long way to go to increase capacity, develop the supply chain and diversify overall production away from North Africa, an industry conference staged in Cairo has been told. But while north Africa accounts for more than USD10 billion out the continent’s USD13.54 billion in clothing and textile exports (during 2016, according to international trade data), the much discussed potential of Africa as the world’s next sourcing hub is starting to materialise.…
NEW BREXIT WITHDRAWAL DEAL COULD RESTRICT AVAILABLE FUNDING FOR UK AIRPORT EXPANSION AND NEW BUILD
THE DRAFT UK/European Union withdrawal agreement released yesterday (Wednesday, November 14) would commit the UK to largely following the EU’s state aid regime, which controls how subsidies can be paid for major investments, such as in airports. It also controls how much money public authorities can pay to help fund airport operations.…
DEMAND FOR ANTI-FRAUD SURVEILLANCE GROWS, WITH NEW TECH FUELLING CONTRACTS
With different forms of fraud skyrocketing, demand for surveillance is not only growing but becoming more diverse, with companies offering services ranging from old-fashioned stakeouts to high-tech detection. A Market Guide for Online Fraud Detection, released in January (2018) by research and advisory firm Gartner Inc, forecasts that the fraud detection and prevention marketplace is expected to grow significantly by 2022.…
SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA’S DIVERSE BEAUTY MARKETS COMBINE TASTES FOR TRADITION WITH AN APPETITE FOR GLOBAL TRENDS
THE PERCEPTION of beauty and hence the design and supply of personal care products is slowly changing in sub-Saharan Africa as its increasingly wealthy middle class consumers take a more personalised approach to how they look. The region has a widely diversified consumer-base, whose varied tastes are pushing brands to rethink personalising cosmetics and personal care products like never before. …
GLOBAL SHIFT TOWARDS BLOCKING ANIMAL TESTING ON COSMETICS CONTINUES TO ROLL FORWARD
MPs in Canada have returned to their House of Commons after the traditional summer break, when they are expected to vote on a draft law, the Cruelty-Free Cosmetics Act, that would ban the testing of cosmetics and their ingredients on annals in Canada and block the sale of personal care products that have been assessed using such techniques.…
ASSURING NON-FINANCIAL REPORTING IS INCREASINGLY IMPORTANT, SAY EXPERTS
WITH reputational risk being an increasing concern for investors, the demand for information in accountancy reports that goes well beyond the balance sheet is growing. And, companies want to be sure that such data is of solid quality – making emerging forms of external reporting (EER) assurance the key focus of a high-level accounting meeting staged in Brussels on November 8.…
ASIAN REGULATORY ROUND UP – NEW MALAYSIAN GOVERNMENT BUDGET RELEASED
THE NEW Malaysian government has released its first budget – for 2019 – reducing corporation tax for small-and-medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) from 18% to 17% on their first Malaysian Ringgit MYR500,000 (USD119,484) of taxable income. It has also tightened rules on companies transferring up to 70% of their losses to the balance sheet of a related company – limiting such transfers to three years’ contiguous tax returns, there are currently no time limits.…
INTERNATIONAL TECHNICAL ROUND UP - MAJOR TAX REFORMS PROPOSED TO SOUTH AFRICAN PARLIAMENT
*A Taxation Laws Amendment Bill and a Tax Administration Laws Amendment Bill have been proposed at South Africa’s parliament, designed to resolve anomalies regarding medical tax credits; amend debt restructuring rules; reform dividend-stripping anti-avoidance rules; change rules on debt-financed acquisitions of controlling interests in companies; introduce new rules on using foreign trusts to avoid tax; scrap requirements to submit returns about exempt or partially exempt dividends; and add new rules on correcting material errors on VAT tax invoices.…