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

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

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

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. 
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INDONESIAN GARMENT SECTOR STRUGGLES WITH ILLEGAL IMPORTS



The Indonesian garment sector, already reeling from a decline in international orders, is facing a double whammy: a surge in illegal textile imports that is undercutting local producers and increasing pressure for sustainable production.

According to the Indonesian Fibre and Filament Yarn Producers Association (APSyFi – Asosiasi Produsen Serat dan Benang Filament Indonesia), the value of illegal textile and textile products, notably clothing imports into Indonesia last year (2022) reached USD2.94 billion.

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ASIAN PAINT AND COATING REGULATORY ROUND-UP – NEW ZEALAND PLANS TO SLASH LEAD CONTENT IN PAINTS



The New Zealand Environmental Protection Authority (EPA) has called for comments on planned reductions to allowable lead levels in paints, and in art materials such as chalk, crayons, and felt-tip pens.

The country’s current lead level limit for paint is 0.1% (1,000 parts per million/ppm) and the proposed changes would reduce this to 0.009% (90ppm), in line with countries including Australia, Canada and the United States, the EPA said in a note.…

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TOBACCO FARMERS ENJOY GOOD HARVEST, WORRY ABOUT NEW HEALTH REGULATIONS



Indonesia’s tobacco farmers are enjoying a good harvest this year, but they are also facing uncertainty over new health regulations that could affect their livelihoods.

The tobacco industry is a major contributor to the Indonesian economy, generating about 10% of the state revenue from excise taxes, according to the country’s finance ministry.…

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INDONESIAN GOVERNMENT LOOKS TO BOOST CLOTHING AND TEXTIE SECTOR UNDERMINED BY WEAK GLOBAL ECONOMY



The Indonesian government is looking to actively support the country’s textile and clothing industry as it faces a downturn in exports, depressed by soft economies in overseas markets facing high inflation and interest rates.

Trade has indeed fallen, said the Indonesia industry ministry, which told Just Style of a decline in both exports and imports in the first half of this year (2023), with clothing and textile exports dropping by 18.7% and imports by 19.8%.…

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CHINA’S CAN INDUSTRY GROWTH IS MOTOR FOR EXPANSION OF METAL PACKAGING MARKET ACROSS ASIA



Since economic liberalisation and globalisation kicked in major economic growth in China since 1990, China’s food and beverage industry has expanded exponentially, boosting the country’s metal packaging industry (1).
London-based market researcher GlobalData (NOTE TO EDITOR – NO SPACE BETWEEN WORDS IN THIS COMPANY NAME) has forecast that China’s market will purchase more than 1 trillion units in 2024, with rigid metal packaging taking a 10.5% volume share of this vast financial cake (2).…

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NEW DEFORESTATION REGULATION RISKS HAMPERING PALM OIL SUPPLY AND INCREASING PRICES, WARN EXPERTS



Tightening de-forestation regulations in major oils and fats markets are having an increasing impact on palm oil producers, who say they are being targeted unfairly.

The European Union (EU)’s deforestation-free regulation (EUDR) (1) that entered into force June 29 (2023), and will become binding from December 30, 2024, will lead to higher prices and supply difficulties for palm oil importers, EU and supplier country experts argue.  …

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ASIAN PAINT AND COATING REGULATORY ROUND-UP – INDONESIA MULLS BAN ON LEAD IN PAINTS



The Indonesian government is drafting a regulation to ban lead-based paints in the country, Markus Winarto, the secretary-general of the Indonesian Paint Manufacturers Association (APCI) has told PPCJ. The government has been under pressure from environmental health activists to take this step – one already taken in the Philippines, for example, but is facing some difficulties in finding alternatives for certain applications such as road markings and anti-corrosion coatings, said Winarto.…

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