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NATURAL GAS FIND COULD SUPPLY ISRAEL'S NEEDS FOR 20 YEARS



BY HELENA FLUSFEDER

A US-ISRAELI consortium has found a natural gas reservoir 90 kilometers offshore from the coastal city of Haifa, which could meet much of Israel’s natural gas needs for more than 20 years. This would reduce the country’s dependence on gas imports from countries such as Egypt with whom Israel has tricky, if peaceful relations.…

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EURO ARAB MASHREQ GAS PIPELINE APPROACHES COMPLETION



BY PAUL COCHRANE

THE EURO-MASHREQ gas pipeline that runs 1,200 kilometers from Egypt through Jordan and Syria to Turkey has taken 20 years to come to fruition. The end is in sight however, with the project awaiting a final tender for the last leg through northern Syria.…

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PAINTING LIBYA'S DECORATIVE PAINT AND COATINGS INDUSTRY WITH A BLIND STROKE



BY IRINA PRENTICE

WHILE finding accurate statistics about the Libya industry is as easy as finding your way around the country’s vast deserts without a map, it is undeniable that this is a growing paint and coating market: the country is in full economic development which includes construction, boosting demand for coatings of all kinds.…

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EU FOOD TRADE DEAL WITH EGYPT



BY KEITH NUTHALL

A TRADE agreement between the European Union (EU) and Egypt will halve Egyptian duties for EU confectionery, chocolate, pasta and bakery products, where Egyptian import duties will be halved. Both sides are to remove red tape quota restrictions on most foods and drinks traded between them

ENDS…

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EU AND EGYPT AGREE FOOD TRADE DEAL



BY KEITH NUTHALL

EGYPTIAN import duties on European Union (EU) exports of confectionery, chocolate and bakery products, duties will be halved under a new food trade deal agreed between Egypt and the European Commission.

ENDS…

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MAJOR EXPANSION PLANNED FOR DAMASCUS INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT



BY PAUL COCHRANE, in Damascus

RISING passenger figures and economic reforms have prompted expansion at the Damascus International Airport and have also inspired plans to build three more airports in Syria, while private airliners are taking to the sky for the first time in decades.…

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EU ROUND UP - EU UNBUNDLING COMPROMISE PROPOSED



BY KEITH NUTHALL

THE SLOVENIAN government has tabled compromise proposals to break the current political logjam at the European Union (EU) Council of Ministers over gas supply unbundling. As current EU president, Slovenia has suggested for instance that some joint ownership of energy producing and transmission utilities could occur if there were "additional safeguards" preventing conflicts of interest, and guaranteeing the "structural independence of decision making" by distribution operators.…

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BOTTLES WATER AND FRUIT JUICE CONSUMPTION BOOM FUELS GROWTH IN MIDDLE EAST DRINKS SECTOR



BY PAUL COCHRANE, in Beirut, and HELENA FLUSFELDER, in Jerusalem

THE DRINKS market in the Middle East continues to increase on the back of population growth, economic development, improvements in distribution and retail, and more aggressive advertising campaigns.

But like much of the rest of the world, younger and better educated market segments within the region are shifting away from carbonated soft drinks (CSD) towards fruit juices and bottled water as people become increasingly health conscious according to independent industry analysts and the drinks sector.…

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REGIONAL TRADE DEALS PROMOTE GLOBAL TRADE IN CLOTHING AND TEXTILE SECTOR



BY LUCY JONES, in Dallas; ALAN OSBORN, in London; KARRYN CARTELLE, in Tokyo; BILL CORCORAN, in Johannesburg; PAUL COCHRANE, in Beirut; RACHEL JONES, in Caracas; MARK ROWE; and KEITH NUTHALL

WITH the World Trade Organisation’s (WTO) Doha Development Round being slow to proceed since its 2001 launch – and only this year approaching something resembling and end game – free traders wanting to encourage global commerce have looked to bilateral and regional trade deals.…

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GROWING AFFLUENT CLASS AND ASPIRATIONAL YOUTH MARKET SHAPING FUTURE COSMETICS DEMAND IN NORTH AFRICA



BY PAUL COCHRANE, in Tripoli and Beirut

THE MARKET for cosmetics and toiletries in North Africa has been growing annually by a steady 5-6% over the last five years according to market participants and official data. Overall market value for the five countries – Egypt, Libya, Tunisia, Algeria and Morocco – combined is more difficult to come by due to a dearth of data, but reasonable estimates put it slightly above US$1 billion, less than half the value of the Middle East and Gulf markets.…

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