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Despite the political turmoil that has rocked the country and a lull in trade relations over livestock exports, Australia is keen to boost exports to Egypt, according to market watchers. “Egypt is a market we would really like to access again,” confirmed Rob Gillam, ex-president of the Pastoralists and Graziers Association of Western Australia.…

PRICES of generic pharmaceuticals in Puerto Rico have risen dramatically in recent months, largely due to decreased shipments from the United States.

Benigno Dominquez, a purchasing director for Puerto Rico Pharmaceutical, Inc. said the US has increased the fees and regulations on shipments of generic medicine to Puerto Rico. …

MONEY laundering through global shell companies could be better tackled with simple and inexpensive measures rather than revisions of complex anti-money laundering (AML) procedures, according to a senior Australian academic. “We don’t need more rules, we need better enforcement of existing rules,” said Prof Jason Sharman, co-author of ‘Global Shell Games: Experiments in Transnational Relations, Crime, and Terrorism’, due for release in April 2014.…

Changes in the way in which healthcare is delivered across Asia mean there are challenges but also opportunities for a new generation of nurses, with experts calling for organisations such as the Royal College of Nursing to better assist and support the sector in developing nations.…

NORDIC nonwoven companies Suominen, Ahlstrom and Fibertex are fast emerging from the post-2008 economic downturn fitter and leaner. This follows five years of cost-cutting and market re-alignment projects that included unit divestments, strategic acquisitions, and increased use of automation to reduce costs and strengthen profitability.…

DETAILED work is under way to create a plan to further diversify the European Union’s (EU) energy supplies routes, after EU heads of government agreed to “address the issue of external energy dependency.” The urgency follows concern sparked by Russia’s annexation of the Crimea from Ukraine.…

IRAN and Turkey are regional giants within the Middle East oilseeds sector, and while their industries have been performing the threat of political instability and unstable energy subsidies threaten their profits.

According to Bill Baker, foreign agricultural service analyst at the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Turkey and Iran constitute the two “major producers of oilseed crops in the Middle East.”…

Greenland’s semi-autonomous government and main opposition parties have united against a new report that seriously questions the island’s ability to secure independence from Denmark based solely on its future mineral wealth. The ice-bound island, the report concluded, needed to build a strong and more diversified economy before full independence became a viable long-term option or ambition.…

New Zealand has recorded bumper beef exports to Saudi Arabia and Indonesia in the first four months (October 2013 to January 2014) of the meat export year, according to figures from industry body Beef and Lamb New Zealand (BLNZ).

Saudi Arabia took 861 tonnes of New Zealand beef in the first quarter of 2013-14, continuing on last year’s gains.…

Ethiopia’s large livestock industry is set to undergo a shakeup following a new livestock trading bill passed on January 21. The new law, due to be enforced in March, is designed to tighten Ethiopia’s livestock market, increasing its efficiency and value by eliminating middle-men, unregulated animal markets and illegal cross border trades.…