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CHINA LAUNCHES RETALIATORY MEAT DUTIES ON USA EXPORTS OVER METAL TARIFF ROW
AMERICAN pigmeat exporters have since yesterday (April 2) had to pay additional retaliatory 25% duties on products sold to mainland China responding to the USA’s imposition of 25% and 10% duties on imported steel and aluminium.
China’s ministry of commerce has announced that following a brief round of public consultation, these duties would be collected with immediate effect.…
BRAZIL’S TEXTILE SECTOR WOULD CONTRACT IF COUNTRY ABANDONS PROTECTIONISM, SAYS OECD
BRAZIL’S textile sector would contract, should the country abandon its protectionist policies, however, its added value clothing industry would perform better, an Organisation for Economic Cooperation & Development (OECD) report has concluded.
Noting that average tariffs levels weighted by imports are almost twice as high in Brazil as in Colombia and more than eight times higher than in Mexico or Chile, the report highlighted how around 450 tariff lines are at the maximum of 35%, including textiles, apparel and leather.…
ENERGY COATINGS TECHNOLOGY COULD CREATE BOOMING NEW NICHE SECTOR
THE INTERNATIONAL coatings industry may have a new and potentially booming niche to exploit – coatings that can harvest sunlight and heat and turn it into renewable electricity, without being incorporated into solar panels.
Noted a paper from the Indian Institute of Technology, in Patna: “As the energy demands are growing day by day, there is need of enhancing the efficiency of energy systems, which can be enhanced using the advanced coatings.”…
NONWOVENS SECTOR PUSHES FOR NAFTA RENEGOTIATION TO STRENGTHEN INDUSTRY IN NORTH AMERICA
IF there is one issue that is a key focus of the north American nonwovens sector this year, it has to be the renegotiation of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) between the USA, Canada and Mexico.
Tri-lateral talks have now reached their eighth round, with an objective of achieving a new deal by this summer, although observers believe this timescale might slip.…
NEW TECHNOLOGY TAPPING BUILDINGS FOR POWER GENERATION
COATINGS technologies are proving to be an effective way of boosting the energy efficiency of building as well as aiding renewable energy systems that are integrated into their fabric. Research and development on such technologies are inspiring innovation academia and industry, noted a paper from the Indian Institute of Technology, in Patna, where authors Anup Kumar Keshri and M. …
NEW TECHNOLOGY TAPPING BUILDINGS FOR POWER GENERATION
COATINGS technologies are proving to be an effective way of boosting the energy efficiency of building as well as aiding renewable energy systems that are integrated into their fabric. Research and development on such technologies are inspiring innovation academia and industry, noted a paper from the Indian Institute of Technology, in Patna, where authors Anup Kumar Keshri and M. …
US COATINGS SECTOR EYES BRIGHT FUTURE AS AMERICAN GOVERNMENT INFRASTRUCTURE SPENDING LOOMS
EXPANSION within the paint and coatings industry and market in the United States managed to outpace the US economy in 2017, growing at about 3% in volume (regarding production) and over 3.3% in value (sales), ahead of the most recently recorded GDP growth rate of 2.6% as of Q4 of 2017.…
NONWOVEN RESEARCHERS LOOK TO PROVIDE CLEANER AIR IN CARS, WHILE REDUCING EXHAUST EMISSIONS
THE AUTOMOTIVE sector is a hotbed of growth for industrial performance materials like nonwovens. And the global market for such materials have the potential to cross the EUR2 billion mark soon, according to Germany-based Freudenberg Performance Materials Holding SE & Co KG.…
FATF TAKES MEXICO TO TASK OVER AML PERFORMANCE
THE MEXICAN government needs to take a more proactive and comprehensive approach to fighting money laundering (ML), the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) has concluded, moving on from the reactive approach it has undertaken in the past.
Noting the major ML risk faced by Mexico, given its potent illicit drug trade, the global anti-money laundering (AML) body has called on the country to step up its fight against the movement and hiding of narcotics sales proceeds.…
EASTERN EUROPE’S INCREASINGLY MATURE MARKET POSTS MODEST GROWTH
AFTER years of slow growth since 2008, eastern Europe’s now mature cosmetics and personal care market has continued to show marginal gains in products sales in the past year, according to experts.
The region’s cosmetics and personal care products sales edged to USD23.67 billion in 2017 from USD21.74 billion in 2016, counting sales in Poland, Croatia, Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Romania and Slovakia, Belarus, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Serbia, Slovenia, Macedonia and Georgia.…