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SPAIN FINDS SILVER LININGS AMID THE GLOOM
‘LA TORRE PUIG,’ the 22-storey Puig Tower now being fitted out in the Plaza de Europa, of the Catalan capital, Barcelona, for Puig SL, the family owned fragrances and fashion firm, will be yet another landmark building for one of Europe’s most beautiful cities.…
MIDDLE EAST COSMETICS MARKETS DIVIDED: GULF BOOMS WHILE LEVANT STRUGGLES
PERSONAL care product market in the Middle East can be divided into two current trends: sales in the affluent Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries are booming, while on the other side of the region, in the Levant, markets are feeling the effects of the Syrian conflict, with the loss of tourists and low consumer confidence impacting bottom lines.…
LATIN AMERICA – MAJOR GROWTH ZONE FOR PERSONAL CARE PRODUCT SECTOR
WHILE it is hard to generalise about a region as diverse as Latin America, the truth is that many of its consumers are more concerned about personal appearance than is typical elsewhere in the world, and that is good news for the personal care product industry.…
CHINA JOINS INTERNATIONAL EFFORT TO END TAX EVASION
CHINA LAST month signed the Multilateral Convention on Mutual Administrative Assistance in Tax Matters developed by the OECD and the 47-member state Council of Europe. All G20 countries have now fulfilled commitments made at the 2011 G20 Summit in Cannes, France, to sign the Convention and progress towards automatic exchange of information as a global standard.…
HOW KOREAN CARMAKERS HAVE CAPITALIZED ON THE EU-SOUTH KOREA FTA
WHILE the European Union’s (EU) auto sector is happy to see its trade imbalance with South Korea decreasing two years into the controversial free trade agreement (FTA) linking these two vehicle-making powerhouses, European car makers complain that they are still struggling to access the South Korean market.…
EU AND INDUSTRY TO INVEST EUR1.4 BILLION IN FUEL CELLS AND HYDROGEN
THE EUROPEAN Union (EU) and the industry will invest an additional Euro EUR1.4 billion (USD1.8 billion) in the second phase of a public-private partnership meant to expand the use of clean and efficient technologies in transport and energy, according to an announcement made this week by the European Commission, the EU’s executive body.…
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT COMMITTEE TOUGHENS TOBACCO PRODUCT DIRECTIVE
THE EUROPEAN Parliament (EP) public health and environment committee, which is handling the draft tobacco products directive (TPD), went a step further from the European Commission on July 10, when it voted to introduce a “positive list” of approved ingredients to be used in tobacco products.…
BRUSSELS WANTS END TO AMERICAN ENERGY EXPORT RESTRICTIONS
THE EUROPEAN Commission has released documents showing that it wants the US to ban future export restrictions on selling energy products raw materials to the European Union (EU), during negotiations for the planned Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership. This would be the world’s largest bilateral trade deal.…
EU MEDICINES BODY MIGHT EASE MILK OF MAGNESIA RESTRICTIONS
EUROPEAN institution at the heart of the current controversy over Milk of Magnesia (magnesium hydroxide) sales in the UK has told Industrial Minerals it is considering raising the maximum level of sulfate within these medicines to 1%, up from 0.5% at present.…
INDONESIAN GOVERNMENT CONSIDERS TEXTILE PROGRAMME REVAMP
THE INDONESIAN Textile Association (API – or Asosiasi Pertekstilan Indonesia) has told WTiN that the Indonesian government is considering revamping its policy programme designed to boost investment in the sector. He added that the industry is also looking to improve its own competitiveness by focusing increasingly on higher value products.…