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INDONESIAN MARKET FACING DOUBLE DIGIT GROWTH THROUGH 2012
BY WANG FANGQING
INDONESIA’S paint and coating market is expected to grow 10% from 2011 to 2012 after a previous average annual growth of 8% between 2006 and 2011.With the strong recovery from the recession in the domestic economy, the market – with an estimated value of US dollars USD1.1 billion – will grow robustly in the following years, according to market research company Frost & Sullivan.…
UNWTO AND INDONESIA LAUNCH ENERGY EFFICIENCY PROJECT
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE UNITED Nations World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO) and the Indonesian government have launched a project to boost energy efficiency in the key Java tourist zone of Pangandaran. It includes introducing energy efficiency and renewable energy technologies in hotels and public buildings; integrating low-carbon goals into planning; plus seminars and workshops on energy efficiency.…
VF ASIA BOSS IS RELIEVED AT COTTON PRICE FALL
BY MARK GODFREY
COTTON prices have eased in 2011, lifting the price pressure on major brands, according to VF Asia Pacific president Aidan O’Meara. The Hong Kong-based executive, who oversees 30 brands in the region, says it was the first time in 19 years at VF that he had seen inflation of production costs.…
EU MINISTERS ABANDON ANTI-DUMPING DUTIES ON FRAGRANCE FIXATIVE COUMARIN
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Union (EU) Council of Ministers has repealed Euro EUR3,479-per-tonne anti-dumping duties imposed on imports into the EU of the fragrance fixative coumarin from China, India, Thailand, Indonesia and Malaysia. The reason, said a European Commission note was that "the sole producer of coumarin, which constituted the EU industry…decided to discontinue production of coumarin…at the end of August 2010."…
YAKULT CONTINUES GLOBAL EXPANSION, TARGETING EMERGING MARKETS
BY WANG FANGQING
Japanese probiotic drinks manufacturer Yakult Honsha Co. has revealed a plan to further expansion in emerging markets including India, Indonesia and Brazil. "As the population in Japan continues to shrink, we have to seek sales growth in emerging markets, where the economy and young populations are booming," said a Yakult spokesman in Tokyo.…
CANADA'S 75-YEAR OLD WHEAT MONOPOLY FACES ITS END
BY MJ DESCHAMPS
THE CANADIAN federal government is planning to scrap the legal monopoly operated by Canadian Wheat Board (CWB) for grains grown in Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta and parts of British Columbia. The legal requirement that farmers in this area sell wheat and barley to the CWB would disappear on August 1, 2012.…
FORGING 10 COUNTRIES INTO ONE ASEAN MARKET IS TOUGH TASK FOR SOUTHEAST ASIA COSMETICS INDUSTRY
BY KARRYN MILLER
THE ASSOCIATION of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) covers 10 distinct countries, each with a unique culture, mirroring the personal care product markets of the European Union (EU). However, these nations do share some similarities – and maybe more than northern, southern and eastern Europe, especially when it comes to what ASEAN consumers have inside their cosmetics cabinets.…
BIOFUELS PROGRESS IN CHINA RESTRAINED BY LACK OF FEEDSTOCK AND GOVERNMENT INFIGHTING
BY MARK GODFREY
THE ENDLESS undulating hills of southwestern China’s Yunnan province may represent the future of biofuels in the country. These sparsely populated, red-soiled hills of pine and scrub are being touted as the place to grow feedstocks such as jatropha to make up for a clamp-down in using edible alternatives such as corn, rice and wheat.…
FLAME RETARDANTS GO GREEN IN ASIA-PACIFIC REGION AS ENVIRONMENTAL LEGISLATION TIGHTENS
BY MARK ROWE
WITH awareness growing in regards to their impact on the environment, the chemical make-up of fire retardants is becoming increasingly targeted by legislation around the world, and the Asia-Pacific region is no exception.
According to global paints and coatings company AkzoNobel (SPELLING CHECKED) – which recently opened a EUR7 million fire protection laboratory in the UK to serve as its global headquarters for fire retardant research – increasingly stringent worldwide regulations mean that the demand for more environmentally-conscious fire retardants will double by 2018.…
BRAZIL AND ARGENTINA TO LOSE TARIFF BREAKS IN EU GSP REFORM
BY KEITH NUTHALL
Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay and Iran are among almost 100 countries expected to lose tariff breaks for their plastics exports to the European Union (EU), under a planned reform of the EU’s Generalised System of Preferences (GSP) system.
The European Commission announced yesterday (May 10) it wanted to focus import duty concessions on poorer countries and so henceforth those regarded by the World Bank as high or upper middle income states would no longer qualify from January 2014.…