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RUSSIA’S invasion of Ukraine has prompted a major increase in sugar prices, the UN Food & Agriculture Organisation (FAO) has said. Its FAO Sugar Price Index averaged 117.9 points in March, up 7.4 points (6.7%) from February, and up 20% year-on-year.…

The Covid-19 pandemic and latterly the Russian invasion of Ukraine has sparked an increase in cybercrime and fraud, and the halal sector – reliant on compliance with detailed production and sales standards – is a soft target for commercial criminals.

This fact is compounded by the proliferation of halal certificates as the sector expands worldwide.…

The Vietnamese apparel sector is a great success story, but to maintain its strong position, the country will have to build backward linkages, while mitigating some deep-rooted cost and labour challenges. Data from the World Trade Organisation (WTO) shows that from the 1990s, the country’s garment industry has risen from a low base to overtaking Bangladesh’s exports’ sales in 2020, with USD29 billion overseas sales revenues, ranking second worldwide.…

NEW Zealand’s butter industry is thriving, despite the disruption of Covid-19 and now Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, with strong export demand particularly from China but also from other markets worldwide, especially in the ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations) bloc. Major exporter Fonterra is also looking ahead to a world that increasingly cracks down on carbon emissions, introducing the first carbon-zero certified organic butter made in NZ, reflecting how consumers are seeking more sustainability in their food purchases.…

Malaysia’s paint companies are expecting an increase in sales through 2022 11.5% construction sector growth projected by the finance ministry, in part fuelled by major government infrastructure projects. These include the Kuala Lumpur-region Light Rail Transit Line 3 and Mass Rail Transit Line 3; the Johor-Singapore Rapid Transit System, and the Pan Borneo highway, lining Sabah and Sarawak with Brunei and Indonesia’s Kalimantan region, the ministry said in its Economic Outlook 2022 report.…

The Tunisian food sector is showing how an industry can leverage traditional halal practices in the domestic market to generate certification that enables its products to be exported to Muslim-majority markets worldwide.

“When we say a food product is halal and it is not haram (religiously forbidden), that does not just mean the absence of alcohol and pork, but also, and most importantly, it is halal because it does not harm the health of its consumers,” said Nawel Jebali, senior technician for the halal sector at Tunisian standards organisation, INNORPI (Institut National de la Normalisation et de la Propriété Industrielle), which issues renewable three-year halal certificates in the country.…

The Asia-Pacific paint and coatings industry will play a key role the growing global nanotechnology-based coating market, with the region expected to register most significant expansion of production in the coming decade, said a market report titled Nano Coatings Market Size, Growth, Industry Analysis, 2022-2029, published in December 2021 by India-based DataM Intelligence (1).…

Global haircare brands are starting to recognise a gap in the Muslim market as they launch products for hijab-wearing women and include them in marketing campaigns. L’Oréal’s Kérastase is the latest international brand to target this segment, having positioned its first anti-hair fall (loss) range, Genesis, to appeal to hijab-wearing women in Malaysia.…

The proactive move by the mainly Muslim south Asian archipelago of Maldives to boost halal tourism will make this country a larger market for halal-certified food imports. Imported food sold to its permanent population of 540,500 must be halal food under Maldives Food and Drug Authority (FDA) regulations, said Dr Abdullah Shiham Hassan a senior Maldives lawyer and past head of law in the faculty of Shariah law at the Maldives National University: “This is checked and monitored by the FDA regularly.”  …

Transport coatings innovators have been increasingly integrating graphene into their products, as researchers continue to leverage the functionality delivered by a sustainable material whose honeycomb lattice nanostructure offers major durability without adding bulk.

Researchers from Poland’s Gdańsk University of Technology have highlighted graphene’s flexibility and ability to adapt to the “roughness and curvature of the substrate surface” as a boon within paint and coatings design, especially for hard wear and tear uses, such as transport.…