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The Russian paint industry is being disrupted by its government’s invasion of Ukraine, with foreign coatings majors quitting the country, hit hard by resulting financial and trade sanctions. Ukraine’s smaller paint and coatings sector has been devastated by the miliary action, with factories and offices destroyed and supply chains wrecked.…

The Bangladesh knitwear industry is looking to boost its exports of sweaters, competing with Chinese suppliers hampered by their government’s continuing tough lockdown responses to further outbreaks of Covid-19. Meanwhile, US tariffs imposed during the trade war launched by former American President Donald Trump persist, giving Bangladesh sweater exporters a continuing price advantage, augmenting its lower labour costs.…

Pakistan textile and clothing industry has witnessed many advances and retreats during the last 10 years. With the country operating a less draconian set of lockdowns than neighbouring countries in south Asia, it has leveraged recent investment by increasing clothing and textile exports.…

The European Chief Prosecutor Laura Kövesi has called for the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) to be strengthened with rule changes to make it more independent and effective. Presenting the EPPO’s annual report for 2021 to a joint meeting of the European Parliament’s committees on civil liberties, justice and home affairs and on budgetary control April 20, Kövesi argued for “radical simplification” of the founding EPPO regulation (1) and a shift of competence and budget to the central office in Luxembourg to guarantee the independence of delegated prosecutors in the 22 EPPO countries (2).…

RUSSIA’S invasion of Ukraine has prompted a major increase in sugar prices, the UN Food & Agriculture Organisation (FAO) has said. Its FAO Sugar Price Index averaged 117.9 points in March, up 7.4 points (6.7%) from February, and up 20% year-on-year.…

A planned legally binding global agreement covering the lifecycle of plastics should hasten the regulation, proliferation and uptake of steps in the personal care product industry to eliminate plastic pollution, sector associations and experts.

Even before the decision in March (2022) by the United Nations Environment Assembly to conclude negotiations by 2024 on a pact to eliminate plastic pollution, cosmetics manufacturers of all sizes have been moving towards a more circular economy approach.…

The European Parliament has voted overwhelmingly today (March 9) for a European Union (EU)-wide ban on golden passports or citizenship by investment (CBI) schemes by 2025. In a 595 for, 12 against and 74 abstentions vote, MEPs approved a report on ‘citizenship and residence by investment schemes’ (1) which said schemes operated by 12 EU countries (2) “pose several serious security risks for Union citizens” notably corruption and money laundering.…

China’s fast fashion cross-border e-commerce fashion retailer Shein is little known within China but its profile overseas continues to rise, with Reuters reports estimating the company may have generated about Chinese Yuan Renminbi CNY100 billion (USD15.7 billion) in revenue in 2021 as the Covid-19 pandemic shifted global consumption online.…

The Russian clothing retail and manufacturing industry is suffering because of sanctions imposed because of its government’s invasion of Ukraine, but the sector’s close links to Asia and Turkey are likely to reduce the impact.

With the war continuing, Russian bombers today (March 17) bombed a theatre in Ukraine’s port city of Mariupol, Svetlana Melnichenko, president of the Saint Petersburg-based Chamber of Textile and Fashion, noted that Russians were not in the mood to buy new clothes: “It’s spring.…

Roughly two decades after China entered the World Trade Organisation (WTO) (in December 2001) and nearly two-and-a-half years into the Covid-19 pandemic, the country’s textile and apparel sectors seem healthier than ever. Customs data show that in 2021, the cumulative export value of China’s textiles and clothing reached USD315.5 billion, a year-on-year increase of 8.4%.…