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COUNTERFEIT medicines smuggled into Europe through the post and by couriers were among the more than 70,000 fake products intercepted during a joint customs operation code-named ERMIS. Coordinated by the Greek customs service and the European Union (EU) anti-fraud office OLAF, the operation involved customs officers from other EU member states, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia and Turkey, said the European Commission.…

THE CONFLICT in Syria, which has entered its fourth year, has had a major impact on the cosmetic market and industry, both in the troubled country itself and the neighbouring region. Exports to Syria, and distribution of cosmetics, has been severely hampered by the civil war, while the conflict’s spillover is impacting other countries, compounded by the 2.9 million Syrian refugees currently registered in Lebanon, Jordan, Turkey and Iraq.…

THE MIDDLE East cosmetics market is weathering the region’s current political and economic instability in the region. While the markets in the Levant are experiencing tough times, Gulf sales continue to grow. Retailers and manufacturers are also offsetting the losses incurred in depressed and unstable countries by exporting to burgeoning African markets.…

THE EUROPEAN Union’s (EU) confectionery sector was one of Europe’s major export earners in 2013, with the latest EU trade data showing that Euro EUR3.6 billion’s worth of chocolate, confectionery and ice cream was sold outside the EU last year.

Overseas chocolate sales were particularly impressive, rising 8.2% year-on year, rising to EUR31 million in 2013.…

MOVEMENTS of refugees can involve millions of people – all of whom are potential consumers – but tapping their purchasing power can be difficult for knitwear companies, even though their products are clearly useful for displaced people in poor accommodation.

The conflict in Syria has forced 2.5 million refugees to flee to the neighbouring countries of Lebanon, Jordan and Turkey.…

The president of the Turkish Clothing Manufacturers’ Association (TCMA), has said that Turkey is targeting strong growth in exports of Turkish textiles and clothing to the UK. Cem Negrin told a conference on Friday (May 30) that the Turkish industry was looking to capitalise on the growing number of British brands and retailers looking to source outside south, east and south-east Asia.…

THE EUROPEAN Commission has revised guide prices for a range of poultry imports – if the value of exports exceed these levels, the European Union (EU) can impose additional duties on their sale.

Under the new rules, which should come into force in July, the EU has set a representative price for 100 kilograms of frozen chicken legs coming from Brazil at EUR135, while 100 kg of frozen boneless cuts coming from Argentina have been given a guide price of EUR294; from Brazil EUR220.50; Chile EUR315.70; and Thailand EUR254.60.…

Global steel transformation giant Bekaert is awaiting a European Commission decision on whether its plans to acquire Pirelli Tyre’s steel tyre cord business can go ahead. Bekaert expects a ruling this month (July) on the USD350 million deal to expand the company’s share of the global market from Brussels’ competition directorate general.…

A member of the Turkish Knitwear Industrialists Association (TRISAD) board of directors has called for Turkey’s entire knitwear industry to be located as a cluster in Anatolia, away from major cities such as Istanbul. The call comes from Irfan Yolcular, who as well as being on the TRISAD board is president of Istanbul-based Nıt Orme, which specialises in the production of spare parts as well as the supply of technical, design and consultancy services to the Turkish knitwear industry.…

INDIA’S newly launched Knitting Technology Mission (KTM) project is primarily trying to diversify the country’s knitwear exports with a shift away from cotton to manmade fibre based knitted goods. The KTM committee chairman Dr A Sakthivel has hailed the project as a “platform to add value across the supply chain.”…