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BY MARK ROWE
THAILAND is planning to amend its copyright act in a crack down on counterfeiters who plague the textile and clothing industry. Under the plan, violators of Thai copyright laws will no longer be able to negotiate out-of-court settlements.…

BY MARK ROWE
RUSSIA has called on Thailand to cut import tariffs on non-ferrous and ferrous metals to help boost trade between the two countries. Alexei Kudrin, Russian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance said that if tariffs were lowered, Russia would increase imports, particularly of non-ferrous metals, steel and iron, which constitute the lion’s share of Thai imports from Russia.…

BY MARK ROWE
THAILAND’S leather goods exports have slipped for the third consecutive year, as manufacturers of international brands of leather goods move away from the country to tap cheaper labour costs in China. Exports are expected to fall below last year’s total value of Baht 70 billion (US$1.6 billion), according to the Thai Leather Goods Association, which said that the SARS virus and the Iraq war had further added pressure to the market.…

BY SWINEETHA DIAS WICKRAMANAYAKA
THE THAI Broiler Processing Exporters Association has predicted a significant rise in Thailand’s chicken exports, following the recent relaxation of European Union health checks on their products. This follows the tightening of controls locally. Association president Anam Sirimongkolkasem (CORRECT SPELLING) said exports could now reach around 500,000 tonnes this year, up from 464,243 tonnes in 2002.…

BY MARK ROWE
THAILAND’S shoemakers have been told they must create a niche market of intricately designed products or rise losing their global market share to China and Vietnam where costs are lower. The Thai Footwear Association said the country should make a virtue of the fact its shoemakers had greater skills than their Asian counterparts.…

BY MARK ROWE
THAI farmers of black tiger prawns have launched a series of protests across the country calling for a ban on cheap imports of prawns from neighbouring countries. The farmers are angry that the prawns are simply processed and re-exported, undercutting their own market in the process.…

BY MARK ROWE
LEADING Thai car and electrical appliance manufacturers have said they are prepared to switch to direct imports of cold-rolled steel amidst a looming shortage and expected subsequent price rise for domestic hot-rolled coils, a raw material for cold-rolled sheets.…

BY PHILIP FINE

DEMOGRAPHICS are changing the contents of supermarket freezers in the US. ‘Ethnic’ frozen food sales reached US$2.2 billion in 2001, according to the American Frozen Food Institute. The biggest growth has been Mexican, which grew 20.6 percent to US$488 million, followed by Asian, which include Chinese, Thai and Indian, up 12.3 percent, totalling US$463 million.…

BY PHILIP FINE

DEMOGRAPHICS are changing the contents of prepared frozen meat meals in the US. ‘Ethnic’ frozen food sales reached US$2.2 billion in 2001, according to the American Frozen Food Institute. The biggest growth has been Mexican, which grew 20.6 percent to US$488 million, followed by Asian, which include Chinese, Thai and Indian, up 12.3 percent, totalling US$463 million.…

BY SWINEETHA DIAS WICKRAMANAYAKA
THAILAND’S agriculture officials are predicting that their country’s chicken exporters will eat into key Asian and European markets, because of bans imposed on Chinese exports following its recent outbreaks of bird flu. Japan imposed a temporary ban after detecting the virus in Chinese duck products and the Netherlands’ chicken flu outbreak will also boost Thai exports, Bangkok officials say.…