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WHATEVER happens in Europe, an automobile manufacturing base will always be needed on the continent, Erik Jonnaert, the new secretary general of the European Automobile Manufacturers Association (ACEA) told wardsauto in his first interview since taking office in October 2013. (THAT’S WHAT WE WERE TOLD – BUT WE’RE DOUBLE CHECKING THIS AND WILL ADVICE MONDAY)

“I don’t think there should be any fear that we will evolve towards a situation where all manufacturing would move out of Europe,” he said, convinced that vehicle manufacturing still had a role to play on the continent despite historically low sales and increased competition from Asia.…

INDONESIAN textile manufacturers have warned that a government plan to raise electricity tariffs in 2014 may cause apparel prices to rise by 50% and could increase trade deficits in the industry.

In January, Indonesia’s House of Representatives Commission VII approved a plan from the country’s energy and mineral resources ministry to increase electricity tariffs for major industrial consumers. …

SOURCING in Asia has been a merry-go-round for many buyers in recent years. As the era of low-cost Chinese manufacturing draws more or less to a close, several countries have leveraged their low cost labour to capture a significant volume of the world’s lower end knitwear manufacturing, while others have sought to extend their reach into higher value-added manufacturing by investing in infrastructure and training.…

SOURCING in Asia has been a merry-go-round for many buyers in recent years. As the era of low-cost Chinese manufacturing draws more or less to a close, several countries have leveraged their low cost labour to capture a significant volume of the world’s lower end knitwear manufacturing, while others have sought to extend their reach into higher value-added manufacturing by investing in infrastructure and training.…

AUSTRALIAN beef and veal exporters have been buoyed by data from the Australian Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (DAFF) showing record export numbers for the industry in 2013. The country exported nearly 1.1 million tonnes of chilled and frozen beef and veal in 2013, up 14% from the 963,779t achieved in 2012.…

THE UK pharmaceutical industry has welcomed last month’s World Trade

Organization (WTO) trade facilitation agreement, saying it will improve the

efficiency of import and export procedures that hold up deliveries of pharma

products.

“It [the deal] improves transparency and predictability of customs process,”

said Sean Palmer, spokesperson for the Association of the British

Pharmaceutical Industry (ABPI).…

Poor logistics, including a lack of infrastructure and trained manpower, keep modern branded food retail from actualising its potential in India, industry experts have told the country’s 7th Food and Grocery Forum India, in Mumbai.

India wastes Indian Rupees INR440 billion’s (USD6.95 billion) worth of fresh produce and grains annually because of poor distribution, according to Central Institute for Post-Harvest Engineering and Technology, in the Punjab.…

A PLANNED increase in electricity tariffs in Indonesia has sparked concern in the garment industry that it will raise production costs, which may affect the industry’s competitiveness in the export market.

Asep Setiaharja, vice secretary general of the Indonesian Textile Association (API), said that the upstream end of the garment production chain will bear the biggest brunt of rising electricity costs: “The increase of electricity tariffs mostly hits upstream industries such as man-made fibre manufacturers and spinners who are more energy intensive than their colleagues of fabric and garment manufacturers,” he said.…

AUSTRALIA’S live cattle exports posted strong growth in 2013, with an 18% year-on-year increase in the 10 months from January to October. According to figures from Meat and Livestock Australia (MLA), Australia exported 650,830 head of cattle during this period, with nearly half (314,879) absorbed by the Indonesian market, Australia’s most import livestock export destination.…

TURKEY’S tobacco leaf industry enjoyed a boom year in 2013, with total tobacco production for the 2012 crop (purchased in 2013) up 52.6% to 69,348 kilogrammes (kg), according to data from Turkey’s Tobacco and Alcohol Market Regulatory Authority (Tütün ve Alkol Piyasası Düzenleme Kurumu – TAPDK).…