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EUROPEAN chemical industry federation CEFIC has called for a review of administration under European Union (EU) chemical control system REACH to help small-and-medium-sized companies (SMEs) deal with its burden. As the first key REACH chemical deadline of November 30 approaches, CEFIC director general Hubert Mandery has looked ahead to subsequent deadlines, which involve chemicals used in smaller volumes.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

EUROPEAN Union (EU) heads of government have agreed to temporarily remove trade barriers and tariffs impeding Pakistani exports to Europe, helping the country recover from recent devastating floods. A European Council communiqué confirmed a "Firm commitment to grant exclusively to Pakistan increased market access to the EU through the immediate and time-limited reduction of duties on key imports."…

BY KARRYN MILLER

AS trade barriers continue to diminish, clothing brands are becoming more global. However it is not as easy for the sizes of their goods to be quite as worldly. International players need to adapt their fits for different target markets but that level of adaptation varies by country.…

BY SAEED AKHTAR BALOCH

PAKISTAN’S tobacco industry, despite unfavourable circumstances such as the devaluation of its local currency the Pakistani Rupee (PKR), an unstable political situation, law and order problems, and the trade of counterfeit and smuggled brands of cigarettes, has fared well and grown at an average rate of 3% over the last five years.…

BY SAEED AKHTAR BALOCH and KEITH NUTHALL

IT is simple: when a country has political and civil turmoil, fighting a small civil war, hydrocarbon production will suffer. Indeed Pakistan’s oil and gas industry is not doing well, with oil and gas production already declining in 2008.…

BY PAUL COCHRANE

THE SEPTEMBER 11, 2001 attacks on the US resulted in a raft of regulations to curb terrorist financing, but seven years on Al Qaeda is still at large, has adapted to the new regulatory environment to raise funds, and morphed into an international terrorist Hydra.…

BY A SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT, in Lahore, Pakistan

REMARKS from the director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Mohamed ElBaradei in a recent interview with the pan-Arab Al-Hayat newspaper showing concerns about Pakistan’s civil and military nuclear assets and Islamabad’s capability to protect these from extremists- have unleashed a great debate in and outside the country.…

BY SAEED AKHTAR BALOCH, in Lahore

WITH a long established food manufacturing sector and strong commodity production, the Pakistan food industry, one of the largest industries in the country, has grown with an average pace of 10% over the last three years.…

SAEED AKHTAR BALOCH, in Lahore

THE PAKISTANI biscuit and confectionery sector has been faring well, with 12-15% growth last year, but there are storm clouds on the horizons because of skyrocketing prices of sugar and flour. In recent years, these ingredient problems have been overshadowed by massive domestic demand, fed by more than 255 biscuit and wafer manufacturing units (42 mechanised) with an installed capacity of 47,000 metric tonnes for biscuits and 5,200 metric tonnes for wafers.…

BY PAUL COCHRANE, in Dubai
THE UNITED Arab Emirates’ (UAE) highly competitive food sector is expecting double-digit growth this year, driven by 7% annual population growth, booming foodservice and tourism sectors, and rapid economic growth.

Food producers and retailers in this economic powerhouse of the oil-rich Gulf say there is strong growth across the board, from fresh fruit to ready-made meals in the modern retail environment of the UAE, particularly in Dubai, which is undergoing a construction boom and the top destination for most expatriate workers and tourists.…