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CONCERNS GROW ABOUT A DEARTH OF TERTIARY SCIENCE COURSES IN DEVELOPING SOMALIA
EXPERTS have raised concerns about what they regard an over concentration on arts and sharia-based courses by Somalia universities, when country’s re-emerging peacetime economy has a desperate need for science, business and industrial graduates.
A permanent political settlement in Somalia is still awaited, but the country is far more stable than the outright civil war and anarchy of the past – and so, say commentators, need more practical science expertise than the country’s universities and colleges produce.…
EGYPT PAINT INDUSTRY EXPANDS, DESPITE WEAK CURRENCY IN INFLATING IMPORTED INPUT COSTS
THE EGYPTIAN economy is still struggling to overcome the problem of low hard currency reserves, a challenge that has negatively affected the local paints and coatings industry due its high dependence on imports.
“There has been a crisis in terms of availability of US dollars to purchase raw materials and most of the raw materials are imported,” said Himanshu Vasisht, project lead for energy and chemicals at India-based market researcher Mordor Intelligence.…
SRI LANKA BOOSTS CLOTHING EXPORTS WHILE MAINTAINING REPUTATION FOR ETHICAL AND RELIABLE PRODUCTION
THE PASSING of the USD5 billion annual clothing export milestone by Sri Lanka is especially significant, says its industry association, because it has been achieved while maintaining an “ethical and reliable brand”.
The country’s total clothing exports reached USD5.05 billion last year (2018 calendar year), posting an annual gain of 4.97% year-on-year, Joint Apparel Association Forum Sri Lanka (JAAFSL) secretary general, Tuly Cooray told just-style.…
JAPANESE NUCLEAR SECTOR HAS GOVERNMENT BACKING – BUT FACES SERIOUS POLITICAL AND TECHNICAL HEADWINDS
THE JAPANESE nuclear sector may have the backing of its government, but a combination of technical challenges and public unpopularity is impeding plans to restore the country’s nuclear capacity towards its generation before the Fukushima disaster in 2011.
During a news conference on January 1, Hiroaki Nakanishi, chairman of the Japan Business Federation, was pessimistic about the industry’s future.…
TURKISH TEXTILE MANUFACTURERS HEAD EAST TO REDUCE COSTS
TURKISH textile and clothing manufacturers are eyeing slow but steady export growth in 2019, overcoming the challenges of regional instability, weak European export markets and a cheap Turkish lira that makes imported inputs more expensive.
The Turkish Exporters Assembly (TİM – Turkiye Ihracatcilar Meclisi) wants to bolster textile and garment exports by 10% to USD29 billion, according to Turkey’s Anadolu Agency, the country’s national news agency.…
GOVERNMENTS CAN PROVIDE ENERGY TO MAKE AIRPORT MEGA-PROJECTS HAPPEN – BUT THE RISKS OF MAJOR MISTAKES ARE REAL
GOVERNMENTS can play a huge role in determining how, when and whether an airport is built – and freed from the market constraints that limit most businesses, these decisions can have big consequences – for good and for ill. When dealing with mega-projects costing billions of dollars, government airport constructions decisions can also have a lot of unintended consequences.…
EU TRANSPORT COMMISSIONER WARNS THAT UK AIRLINE INTRA-EU FLIGHTS WILL BE BLOCKED UNDER NO-DEAL BREXIT
THE EUROPEAN Union’s (EU) transport Commissioner Violeta Bulc has stressed that the EU would be firm in imposing access restrictions to EU airports for UK-owned airlines, should the UK crash out of the EU with no deal on March 29. Speaking in Brussels after meeting with Turkey’s transport and infrastructure minister Mehmet Cahit Turan, Bulc said she had been “personally been communicating with all the airlines way ahead of time” so they are aware of the risks of retaining UK majority ownership from that date.…
INTERNATIONAL REGULATORY ROUND UP – WTO DISPUTES PANELS WILL ASSESS EU RETALIATORY DUTIES ON USA KNITWEAR EXPORTS
THE WORLD Trade Organisation (WTO) Disputes Settlement Body (DSB) has approved establishing disputes settlement panels ruling on whether retaliatory duties imposed by the European Union (EU), on US knitwear exports, imposed in response to America’s controversial steel and aluminium tariffs, break WTO rules.…
MOROCCO CLOTHING SECTOR OPTIMISTIC ABOUT 2019 GROWTH, FUELLED BY FAST FASHION SALES
MOROCCO’S clothing and textile industry association is optimistic about growth in the country’s apparel sector, with fast fashion sales to Europe driving expansion. Mohamed Tazi, general director of Morocco’s clothing and textile industry association AMITH (Association Marocaine des Industries du Textile et de l’Habillement) told just-style he is satisfied with the results of the sector regarding production and exports.…
SOARING COSTS IN JORDAN’S GARMENT SECTOR COULD DETER INVESTORS
JORDAN garment exporters maybe growing their export sales, but high costs and declining local purchases could weaken their ability to take advantage of robust growth in overseas demand, industry experts have told just-style.
Jordan’s garments exports are expected to have generated receipts of USD1.8 billion in 2018, and their value is expected to grow by at least 8% in 2019, a source at the Jordan Enterprise Development Corporation told the Jordan Times newspaper this week.…