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ARGENTINA COULD LOSE GSP PREFERENCES FOR FOOD EXPORTS TO EU
BY KEITH NUTHALL
ARGENTINA, Uruguay and Iran are among almost 100 countries expected to lose tariff breaks for their food exports to the European Union (EU), under a planned reform of the EU’s Generalised System of Preferences (GSP) system, which lowers EU import duties for emerging market and developing countries for more 6,200 tariff lines, including many food products.…
US BIOMETRICS POLICIES TO ENHANCE SECURITY, SPEED UP TRAVEL
BY KARRYN MILLER
WITH the heightened threat of terrorism post-9/11, America has undertaken a number of measures to tighten its current airport security operations. However, these increasingly strict measures have often come at the expense of passengers’ time and patience, with lengthy queues and – what some believe to be – invasion of privacy turning people off air travel.…
BRAZIL AND ARGENTINA TO LOSE TARIFF BREAKS IN EU GSP REFORM
BY KEITH NUTHALL
Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay and Iran are among almost 100 countries expected to lose tariff breaks for their plastics exports to the European Union (EU), under a planned reform of the EU’s Generalised System of Preferences (GSP) system.
The European Commission announced yesterday (May 10) it wanted to focus import duty concessions on poorer countries and so henceforth those regarded by the World Bank as high or upper middle income states would no longer qualify from January 2014.…
BRAZIL COULD LOSE GSP PREFERENCES FOR KNIWEAR EXPORTS TO EU
BY KEITH NUTHALL
BRAZIL and Argentina are among almost 100 countries expected to lose tariff breaks for their knitwear exports to the European Union (EU), under a planned reform of the EU’s Generalised System of Preferences (GSP) system.
The European Commission announced yesterday (May 10) it wanted to focus import duty concessions on poorer countries and so henceforth those regarded by the World Bank as high or upper middle income states would no longer qualify from January 2014.…
BIOFUELS PROGRESS IN CHINA RESTRAINED BY LACK OF FEEDSTOCK AND GOVERNMENT INFIGHTING
BY MARK GODFREY
THE ENDLESS undulating hills of southwestern China’s Yunnan province may represent the future of biofuels in the country. These sparsely populated, red-soiled hills of pine and scrub are being touted as the place to grow feedstocks such as jatropha to make up for a clamp-down in using edible alternatives such as corn, rice and wheat.…
FORGING 10 COUNTRIES INTO ONE ASEAN MARKET IS TOUGH TASK FOR SOUTHEAST ASIA COSMETICS INDUSTRY
BY KARRYN MILLER
THE ASSOCIATION of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) covers 10 distinct countries, each with a unique culture, mirroring the personal care product markets of the European Union (EU). However, these nations do share some similarities – and maybe more than northern, southern and eastern Europe, especially when it comes to what ASEAN consumers have inside their cosmetics cabinets.…
JAPAN PM'S U-TURN ON NUCLEAR MAY HAVE TEETH WARN ANALYSTS
BY JULIAN RYALL
Japan’s prime minister Naoto Kan is the sort of politician who, once he has his heart set on a goal, is dogged in pushing toward that end. Companies in Japan’s nuclear industry are not saying it aloud, but they will have been disappointed by the prime minister’s appearance at a press conference on May 10 in which he announced that he will drop plans to have half of Japan’s future energy needs met by nuclear power and instead step up the nation’s use of energy from renewable sources.…
INTERNATIONAL ROUND UP - ECHA DEMANDS MORE INFORMATION FOR CHEMICALS CLASSIFIED AS INTERMEDIATES
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Chemicals Agency (ECHA) has told manufacturers of intermediate chemicals – including those used in the paint, coatings and solvent sectors – they may have to submit more information under REACH chemical control system. ECHA screened more than 400 dossiers of substances declared as intermediates and has said that 86% have not proved that this special status should apply – the agency requires less information on intermediates than standard chemical substances.…
BRUSSELS OPENS ANTI-TRUST PROBE INTO CEPHALON AND TEVA
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Commission has opened a formal antitrust investigation assessing whether a deal between US-based pharmaceutical company Cephalon and Israeli generic drugs firm Teva restricting the sale of a sleeping medicine breaks EU restrictive business practice laws. Brussels will probe a 2005 agreement about the sale of the drug Modafinil where the companies settled patent infringement disputes in Britain and the United States.…
LATIN AMERICAN COSMETICS MARKET SURGES IN GLOBAL IMPORTANCE
BY PACIFICA GODDARD
LATIN America is proving to be one of the most intriguing and exciting markets globally for beauty and personal care products. "The Latin American cosmetic market grew 20% in 2010, so now it is a market of US dollars USD64 million – almost as big as the north American market," said Mr Jaime Concha Prada, who recently served as president of CASIC, the Chamber of the Latin American Cosmetics Industry.…