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EU PUSHES FOR MORE CONTROLS ON TATTOO INKS



THE EUROPEAN Chemicals Agency (ECHA) is investigating if European Union (EU)-wide controls are needed to protect consumers against substances used in tattoo inks and permanent make-up (PMU) – with one solution expanding the scope of the EU cosmetics directive.

While the printing ink industry has suffered a recession, the tattoo and PMU ink sectors are booming in the wake of a huge increase in purchases of tattoos EU-wide.…

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IRAN’S ROSE WATER INDUSTRY EXPORT INDUSTRY SET TO GROW



 

IRAN’S rose water export sector is facing the potential for rapid expansion now that the country can trade freely globally after the bulk of international banking and economic sanctions imposed over the Iranian nuclear programme were lifted this January (2016).…

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SINGAPORE’S EVOLVING ROLE AS TEXTILE INNOVATOR



SINCE the bulk of textile and apparel and production moved offshore from the wealthy city state of Singapore – seeking lower costs labour elsewhere – the country has become an industry innovator, and experts say this trend will continue.

The United States department of commerce (DoC) said in a report issued in May (2016): “Manufacturing has moved offshore to mainly other countries in the region, forcing the textile and apparel sector to reinvent itself and focus on research and development.”…

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PAKISTAN’S DENIM SEGMENT PLANS TO BOOST COUNTRY’S WEAKENED TEXTILE INDUSTRY



PAKISTAN’S denim export industry hopes that help for the textile announced by the government in February (exemption from paying sales tax and payment of long overdue tax refunds) and in a meeting with industry leaders in September (a promised reduction in energy costs) will boost this promising segment.…

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EUROPEAN BRANDS’ KNITTING MANUFACTURE LOOKS SET TO GO LOCAL IN FUTURE



KNITTING production is likely to move away from its long-time Chinese production base and move closer to “home”, Lutz Walter, secretary general of the European Technology Platform for the Future of Textiles and Clothing (ETP) – the largest European textiles research and innovations network – told Knitting International at the 12-13 October ‘European Textiles: Going Digital – Going High-Tech’ conference in Brussels.…

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ASIAN REGULATORY ROUND UP – SINGAPORE SIGNS KEY FINANCIAL ACCOUNT DATA SWAP DEALS



SINGAPORE has signed deals allowing for the automatic exchange of financial account information with two key trade partners – Britain and Australia. The agreements were struck by the Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore (IRAS) with the UK’s Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs (HMRC) and the Australian Taxation Office (ATO).…

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INTERNATIONAL OILS AND FATS SECTOR RECEIVED INCREASINGLY INTEGRATED GUIDANCE FROM STANDARDS BODIES



THE OILS and fats business has always been international, with its commodities and the products made from them, being traded worldwide. And as a result, the companies involved have always had to pay attention not just to the regulations of the country were they manufacture or source, but those of importing and transit countries.…

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PRESSURE RISES ON EU TO APPROVE A EUROPEAN TFTP TRACKING PROGRAMME



Concerns about the US-European Union (EU) Terrorist Finance Tracking Programme (TFTP) have abated, particularly regarding oversight and data-sharing issues. But the issue remains controversial, with a potential EU version of the system still being debated within the EU executive, the European Commission, whether to be standalone or complementary to the USA-promoted TFTP.…

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BRANDED FOOD MAJORS PUSH FORWARD WITH 3D PRINTERS, BUT TECHNICAL PROGRESS IS UNEVEN



THE CONCEPT of 3D printing in the food retail sector has been under serious consideration since 2014. And while major brands and innovators are still investigating the technology, they are yet to become an integral part of their production systems and business models.…

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UK EXPORTS FACE RE-IMPOSITION OF EU IMPORT DUTIES FOR FIRST TIME IN 43 YEARS IN POST-BREXIT WORLD



AS the British government starts the complex process of considering the form of the UK’s post-Brexit relationship with the European Union (EU), one issue will be foremost in the minds of exporters – tariffs.

These have not existed for UK exports to other members of the EU since 1973, when Britain joined what was then called the European Economic Community (EEC).…

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