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WTO TRADE FACILITATION DEAL WELCOMED BY EUROPEAN PUBLISHERS
THE FEDERATION of European Publishers (FEP) has welcomed this weekend’s World Trade Organisation (WTO) deal on reducing import-export red tape.
Speaking to The Bookseller, FEP deputy director Enrico Turrin told the Bookseller: “It can only help. Anything that helps remove barriers will facilitate trade.”…
WTO TRADE FACILITATION DEAL MIGHT SHAKE UP GLOBAL AUTO SECTOR, SAYS EXPERT
THE AGREEMENT by the World Trade Organisation (WTO) to reduce import-export red tape may lead to a seismic shift in the global automotive sector, an industry expert has told wardsauto.
Peter Cooke, the emeritus professor of automotive management at Britain’s University of Buckingham, said that major emerging markets without a substantial auto sector may create capacity because of the deal.…
INDONESIAN TEXTILE PRODUCERS FACE MIXED CHALLENGES AS ASEAN ECONOMIC INTEGRATION LOOMS
WITH the 2015 deadline approaching for the establishing a common market within the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), Indonesian textile manufacturers need professional competency standards to be harmonised across the 10 member countries, according to the country’s peak textiles association.…
MYANMAR’S TEXTILE INDUSTRY IS SLEEPING GIANT PREPARING TO WAKE
THE LIBERALISATION taking place in Myanmar has been making the global textile and clothing sector excited about the country’s thus far untapped potential to export indigenous and mainstream textiles. Aung Min, research director of the business insight and social insight department at the Myanmar Marketing Research and Development Co.…
INDONESIA LIKELY TO LIFT FABRICS IMPORT DUTY
The chairman of the Indonesian Textile Association (API – or Asosiasi Pertekstilan Indonesia) has welcomed a move by the Indonesian trade ministry to end restrictions on imports of cotton fabrics that have been in place since May 1, 2012.
Ade Sudrajat told WTiN.com…
KEY INDIAN COKING COAL SUPPLIER TO BOOST PRODUCTION TEN-FOLD BY 2017
Bharat Coking Coal Limited, India’s main supplier of coking coal to the country’s steel industry, has announced plans to increase production 10-fold, reducing the country’s dependence on expensive imports.
“By 2017, we will be able to provide 11 to 15 million tonnes of washed coal annually,” Ashoke Sarkar, Bharat’s technical director told Steel First.…
MYANMAR’S TOBACCO INDUSTRY RIPE FOR GROWTH
ANTICIPATED market liberalisation in democratising Burma is enticing global tobacco companies such as British American Tobacco (BAT) to sell and manufacture cigarettes in Myanmar. However, rampant smuggling of duty-free cigarettes into the country and the dominance of low-end local brands pose a challenge to legitimate business ventures.…
DIET CHANGES, ANIMAL FEED DEMAND DRIVE CHINA’S HUNGER FOR PALM, SOY
THOSE who have spent some time walking Chinese supermarket aisles in the past decade will have noticed astonishing changes in the local diet. Increased sales of dairy products and meat are driving demand for soy as an animal feed ingredient, and demand for higher-end consumer products such as ice cream, and confectionery are increasing palm oil requirements.…
EU FOOD LABELLING REGULATION PROMPTS CONCERN IN PALM OIL SECTOR
Battle lines have been drawn across the international palm oil industry as its companies prepare to comply with the incoming European Union (EU) food information regulation No 1169/2011, which comes into force from December 13, 2014, and requires product labels to list types of vegetable oil used in food.…
OIL EXPORTERS TO BENEFIT FROM EU-CANADA TRADE DEAL
EUROPEAN Union (EU) and Canadian oil exporters are to benefit from a new free trade deal struck between the EU and Canada. Once the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) has been ratified (probably in 2015), it will lead to all existing non-food duties imposed on goods traded between the parties being scrapped.…