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BY MARK ROWE
THE INDONESIAN government is to launch a campaign to revitalise the country’s footwear industry and dramatically increase its capacity. Under the plan, the industry, which employs around 389,000 people at present, is expected to expand by a further 100,000 or so workers in the next few years as the government pushes to boost exports of domestic products.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
GLOBAL cosmetics company Aveda is to give US$500,000 to an eco-tourism project involving the United Nations Environment Programme and the United Nations Education, Science and Cultural Organisation. Sites benefiting are Sian Ka’an and El Vizcaino biosphere reserves, Mexico; Tikal national park, Guatemala; Rio Platano biosphere reserve, Honduras; and Komodo and Ujung Kulon national parks Indonesia.…

BY MARK ROWE
THE TEXTILE industry in Indonesia is to be boosted by a government led campaign aimed to increase its competitiveness. Jakarta wants to expand the sector via its programme from employing 250,000 people to 340,000 nationwide. The move, which is expected to be funded by government start-up grants and loans from major banks, is part of a general policy to counter rising unemployment and slowing exports, which focuses on sectors in which Indonesia has strength.…

BY MARK ROWE
INDONESIAN textile producers have warned that their industry faces thousands of job losses as smuggled used garments flood the Indonesian market. The past few months have seen a rise in smuggled goods from China, Japan, Korea, Taiwan, the United States and some European countries.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE INTERNATIONAL Maritime Bureau has made a public appeal to the Indonesian government to prosecute pirates who were seized earlier this year, but who have yet to face charges in court. The IMB, which is part of the International Chamber of Commerce, is concerned that the pirates may be treated leniently.…

KEITH NUTHALL
AN EAST Asia Ministerial Conference on Forest Law Enforcement and Governance has accepted an unprecedented declaration committing their countries to combat illegal logging, associated illegal trade, and other forest crimes. The comminique said that this was the first ever international commitment by governments to combat corruption in the forestry sector.…

BY ALAN OSBORN
THE COMPLETION of the World Trade Organisation’s Agreement on Textiles and Clothing in 2005 will usher in a new world order for the industry, in which Europe will have to meet the challenge of unrestricted imports from major suppliers like China, India and Indonesia for the first time.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
A GROUP of developing countries has said that progress towards creating differential pricing arrangements for pharmaceuticals should not undermine the right of their governments to authorise the emergency production of drugs, as well as parallel imports of low cost lines.…

Keith Nuthall
THE EU Council of Ministers has agreed to impose definitive countervailing duties on imports of synthetic polyester fibres from Australia and Indonesia, which will prevent European producers facing unfair competition because of subsidies paid to their rivals in these Asia-Pacific countries.…

Keith Nuthall
THE EUROPEAN Union Council of Ministers has voted to impose definitive anti-dumping duties on imports of polyester textured filament yarn from Thailand and Indonesia. Thai companies will have to pay additional duties of 20.2 per cent, with ministers approving lower duties for two companies, namely Tuntex (Thailand) PLC, (6.7 per cent) and Sunflag (Thailand) Ltd, (4.8 per cent).…