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THE INTERNATIONAL Meat Trade Association (IMTA) has welcomed the striking of a new global trade deal by the World Trade Organisation (WTO) which should ease import and customs procedures that can slow the delivery of meat and livestock to export customers.…

THE WORLD Trade Organisation (WTO) has struck a global deal that should ease import and customs procedures that can hold up the delivery of meat to export customers, sometimes causing deliveries to spoil.

This agreement on trade facilitation was agreed by a WTO ministerial conference in Bali, Indonesia, which wrapped up on Friday night (Dec 6).…

INCREASINGLY stringent regulations governing the cold chain transport of medicines for human use are tipped to become a major driver for the uptake of radio frequency identification (RFID) technology by pharmaceutical suppliers in the Asia-Pacific region.

According to a recent report published by industry analysts Frost & Sullivan, America and Europe currently divide the biggest slice of market share in the global market for cold chain RFID.…

AUSTRALIA’S livestock export traders have said they want to ensure that their lucrative export business with Indonesia is not damaged by fallout from a diplomatic row over spying.

This follows outrage from the Indonesian authorities over revelations that Australia had tapped the phones of its President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, his wife and close collaborators in 2009.…

THE WORLD Trade Organisation (WTO) has struck an agreement that will put pressure on rich-world cotton producers to reduce subsidies that undercut their emerging market rivals.

While stopping short of a deal that will sweep away production hand-outs, the WTO ministerial conference in Bali, Indonesia, did agree that cotton subsidies would be debated in detail twice a year by the organisation’s agriculture committee.…

BRANDS and environmental groups are calling on the apparel and textile industry to use alternatives to wood pulp-based fibres such as rayon and viscose sourced from endangered forests as demand for these fibres is expected to explode.

Forest-based fabrics make up about 5% of total textile industry inputs, but demand is expected to increase by 112% in the next 40 years, said Nicole Rycroft, executive director of Canada-based non-profit organisation, Canopy.…

BANGLADESH’S garment makers face a drought of summer 2014 orders as western retailers have begun fleeing the South Asian nation after recent political violence and a physical attack on Spanish buyers.

Top industry leaders said that global buyers, seeking stable alternatives, have already diverted 30%-35% of orders to Bangladesh’s rivals, with India, Indonesia and Vietnam emerging as winners.…

THE LAST few years have brought significant changes to the apparel sourcing landscape in Asia. The era of Chinese low-cost apparel manufacturing is well behind us, and several countries have stepped up to claim their part of the manufacturing pie.

Apparel industry analysts say that although China’s dominance continues, a clear segmentation in Asia is now taking place.…

WHILE Australia’s healthy economy is the envy of most countries in the world, and obviously this boosts the personal care product industry in the country – there are concerns that retailers and brands are over-charging consumers. Indeed, Australian consumers are paying as much as 50% more for the same cosmetics as United States and European consumers, according to a recent investigation by Australia’s consumer organisation Choice.…

THE WORLD Trade Organisation (WTO) has struggled for 12 years since the launch of its Doha Development Round in 2001 to secure a global agreement promoting world commerce. And while many of the issues debated under the Doha process remain out of reach – most notably an agreement on reducing food production subsidies and tariffs – it has now struck a deal on cutting trade red tape.…