International news agency
International News Services archives articles supplied to clients one year or more after initial publication. These articles are protected by a password and not made available to readers without permission from clients. They are used as a background resource by agency journalists. Upon client requests, International News Services will remove such articles from the archive or not upload them in the first place. They are included to demonstrate the breadth of topics undertaken by the agency and also to help promote clients’ coverage.

Search Results for: Indonesia/page/images/stories/locmap_bangladesh_dhaka.png

10 results out of 2329 results found for 'Indonesia/page/images/stories/locmap_bangladesh_dhaka.png'.

Image Credit: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Globes_showing_Indonesia#/media/File:Indonesia_(orthographic_projection).svg

ASIAN PAINT REGULATORY ROUND UP – INDONESIAN EXTERIOR PAINT STILL USES LEAD, WARNS WORLD BANK 

25th Nov 2024
A World Bank study released in October revealed that 58% of Indonesian households with visible interior paint still use products containing lead, posing significant health risks, especially to children under five. An estimated 10.2 million young Indonesian children live in homes with lead-based paint, with 14% of them at heightened risk from deteriorating paint conditions, according to the report.

It said 77% of popular paint brands on sale in Indonesia exceed safe lead levels, contributing to long-term health issues such as reduced IQ, neurological disorders, and cardiovascular problems. 
 
The country’s industry ministry denied the report’s claims, stating that Indonesia’s decorative paints meet national standards, which limit lead content to below 90 parts per million (ppm), in line with World Health Organisation (WHO) recommendations. 
…
Read more
Photo Credit: EU-Austritt_(47521165961) - https://www.flickr.com/photos/foto_db/47521165961/

CHEMICAL REGULATION DILEMMA FOR NEW UK GOVERNMENT

21st Oct 2024
The election of a new Labour government in the UK comes at a critical time for chemical regulation in Great Britain (GB) – and hence textile-finishing materials. Public consultation is currently underway on potential changes to how GB (not Northern Ireland) regulates its chemical industry and market.  

When the UK left the European Union (EU) on 1 January 2021, it also left the EU’s comprehensive REACH chemical control system, which was formally replaced by a UK REACH system. This mirrored EU REACH, grandfathering existing registrations and restrictions to the national system, although GB companies lost access to EU databases run by the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA).…

Read more

ASIAN PAINT REGULATORY ROUND UP – CHINA CRITICISES EUROPEAN TITANIUM DIOXIDE ANTI-DUMPING DUTY

21st Aug 2024
The China National Coatings Industry Association has complained that a European Union (EU) anti-dumping investigation into Chinese exports of titanium dioxide have sparked anti-dumping tariff rates far higher than expected. The provisional anti-dumping rates announced by the European Commission in July were 39.7% for the Longbai Group, 14.4% for Anhui Jinxing Titanium Dioxide Group, 35% for other responding companies, and 39.7% for other non-responding companies.

The China Coatings Industry Association warned that if this tax rate is implemented, it will seriously affect the exports of Chinese titanium dioxide companies and the future development of the industry. 
https://www.chinacoatingnet.com/news/show.php?itemid=11589 
 
*The Indonesian Paint Manufacturers Association (APCI – Asosiasi Produsen Cat di Indonesia) has worked with the government to launch a high school programme, promoting and explaining paint technology.  
…
Read more
Countries of central Asia. Image Credit: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Flag_map_of_central_asia.png

ASIAN PAINT REGULATORY ROUND UP – VIETNAM EXPANDS IMPORT SAFETY CONTROLS TO ALL CHEMICAL INPUTS 

21st May 2024
Vietnam’s ministry of industry and trade (MOIT) has released a draft amendment to the country’s Law on Chemicals. The draft amendment stipulates that all chemicals, including paint and coating ingredients, must be declared when imported through Vietnam’s National Single Window Information Portal.

Under current regulations, only certain chemicals must be declared when imported, leading to the possibility of many dangerous and toxic chemicals imported into Vietnam. The MOIT explained that this weakness was especially relevant for new chemicals imported into Vietnam for the first time, impeding the government’s ability to update the list of chemicals that must be declared, hindering the identification of new chemicals, needed to apply management and safety procedures. 
…
Read more

INS BANGLADESH CORRESPONDENT WINS "BRAC MIGRATION AWARD"

8th Jan 2024
Masum Billah, Bangladesh Correspondent of International News Services, has won the prestigious “Brac Migration Media Award” for his story, entitled “Sold in Cambodia: How Bangladeshis are lured into slavery.”

Published in the Dhaka-based newspaper, The Business Standard, Mr Billah’s story clinched the second prize in the “National Newspaper” category, at the eighth annual award ceremony of BRAC, one of the largest NGOs in the world. BRAC introduced the “BRAC Migration Media Award” in 2015 to formally recognise migration journalism.…

Read more

PAKISTAN GOVERNMENT, EXPORTERS HAVE CONFLICTING VIEWS ABOUT TEXTILE INDUSTRY’S FUTURE OUTLOOK

28th Dec 2023


Prospects of a bumper cotton crop on Pakistan this year (2023) and a planned extension to December 2027 of the country’s European Union (EU) GSP+ trade benefit status has raised hopes for increased sales by the Pakistan clothing and textile sector within the country’s government (1).…

Read more

DRUGS BRINGING IN AS MUCH MONEY AS LEGITIMATE BUSINESSES SAYS UN

28th Dec 2023


Cross-border drug and migrant trafficking is booming with billions of dollars being earned by crime networks, according to a United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) report. The report ‘Crime-related illicit financial flows: latest progress’ (1) is based on estimates of dirty money flows from nine countries – Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Colombia, Ecuador, Maldives, Mexico, Myanmar, Nepal and Peru.…

Read more

HIGH INDIAN TEXTILE COMPANY OFFERS VISION OF INTEGRATED DIGITAL PLATFORM LINKING CLOTHING MANUFACTURERS

22nd Dec 2023


A wide variety of small garment orders for manufacturers could be made practical to manage through newly created digital systems developed in India, which can also reduce waste and conserve the environment.

“From growing cotton to dying fabric, 6,000 to 7,000 litres of water is spent on making one garment and eventually 30 percent of [apparel products] end up in landfills,” Gunish Jain, CEO of BlueKaktus, a fashion technology and garment manufacturing company, based in New Delhi, told Twinn, “Big brands have been ordering far in excess of their requirement but that is now changing.”…

Read more

2024 WILL OFFER NO RESPITE AGAINST THE COVID-19-INSPIRED BOOM IN FRAUD, WARN EXPERTS

22nd Dec 2023


Fraud has been booming since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic and the disruption of established living and working patterns, but experts warn that companies and consumers should expect more swindles in 2024, as technology develops, and scams become more sophisticated.…

Read more

INTERNATIONAL REGULATORY ROUND UP – ICCO WARNS OF ONGOING GLOBAL COCOA SUPPLY DEFICITS

22nd Dec 2023


The International Cocoa Organisation (ICCO) has predicted that the chocolate industry will continue to face cocoa supply deficits, with its latest quarterly assessment predicting that for 2022/3, there will be 99,000 tonnes more grindings than cocoa production. As a result, global stocks will fall to 1.744 million tonnes, amidst declines in output from key production hubs Ghana and Côte d’Ivoire.…

Read more