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No-one knows for sure just what deal the UK is going to end up with at the end of the two-year Brexit negotiation period – and just how that will affect British landowners and the agricultural sector. The general election result (due as Land & Business went to press) may begin the process of bringing some clarity to what remains for now something of an art in informed crystal ball gazing.…

Japanese food giant Nissin Food Holdings is to start manufacturing potato crisps at its China factory, aiming to leverage the popularity of its instant noodles range to score sales in this snacks segment.

The Osaka-based company already operates an instant noodles production facility in the southern province of Guangdong and is installing a new potato crisp line.…

INDIA’S perfumery market is expanding with fast growing demand, easier availability of top brands and greater choice of products across the price range. According to market researcher Euromonitor International, the country’s overall fragrance market registered annual sales of USD298 million in 2016 and is projected to grow at an annual rate of 13.7% in next five year as the country’s USD2 trillion economy continues to grow at more 7% annually.…

THE CONSTANT roll out of Russian government plans to diversify its industrial base has now turned its focus to textile raw materials, with Moscow unveiling plans to resume large-scale production of flax and wool.

These sectors, according to agriculture minister Alexander Tkachev, have been neglected over the past 30 years, since the fall of the USSR in 1991.…

India’s snacks and confectionery manufacturer Bikanervala Foods has confirmed to just-food that it is holding discussions about partial sale of an equity stake, but a final decision has yet to be made, said an executive. Manish Aggarwal, director of Bikanervala Foods in New Delhi told just-food: “We certainly meet them [potential investors] as they are from the industry, but we have not told anyone that we are ready to sell.”  …

Air New Zealand and Virgin Australia have announced that they will be exploring a commercially viable investment project to create an aviation biofuel supply, after 30 organisations expressed interest in such an initiative. The goal would be generating sustainable local production of such fuels.…

Political uncertainty over US trade deals sparked by the ascension of President Donald Trump to power should be eased to avoid stifling innovation in the country’s technical textiles industry which could see it marginalised on the world stage, insiders have warned.…

The largest logistics facility in Japan employs around 2,000 people – but that is one-quarter of the manpower that would be required if Haneda Chronogate had not incorporated so much advanced technology into its design.

Located alongside the perimeter fence of Haneda International Airport, the busiest serving Tokyo, Chronogate has a total floor area of nearly 200,000 square metres and serves as the hub for mail for the metropolitan area and the surrounding Kanto region.…

Japan’s cosmetics and personal care market is holding steady, although there are concerns that stability is being supported by strong consumption by the burgeoning number of tourists visiting the country combined with a weak yen. USD1 bought Japanese Yen JPY117 in December compared JPY100 in July, although it has since recovered to JPY110 (April).…

A STAGGERING 62% of Asia-Pacific consumers (including China and India) buy natural and organic cosmetics and another promising 32% are keen to buy them – making the region a hotspot for manufacturers of such lines. But this impressive growth also has made the region a perfect breeding ground for greenwashing, experts warned.…