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BY KEITH NUTHALL

EUROPEAN business leaders, led by high end footwear manufacturers, are calling on European Union (EU) member states to resist Mediterranean country pressure to impose definitive anti-dumping duties on shoes from Vietnam and China. In a joint letter to governments, EU shoe manufacturers, retailers and distributors are pushing for the rejection of a compromise proposal from current EU president Austria, which would impose duties for 12 months, with an option to renew over five years.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

DETAILS of a comprehensive plan to mitigate environmental and social problems caused by a planned Vietnam tungsten and fluorspar open cast mine have been released by the World Bank’s Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA), which is expected to support the project.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

DETAILS of a comprehensive plan to mitigate environmental and social problems caused by a planned Vietnam fluorspar (and tungsten) open cast mine have been released by the World Bank’s Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA), which is expected to support the project.…

BY MATTHEW BRACE

INDONESIA’S paint and coatings industry continues to develop, with growth in sectors being led by increases in exports of furniture, and the introduction of new coatings products and systems.

Overall increased domestic demand for paints and coatings in Indonesia has led some companies to expand.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

FOOD producers and distributors in Vietnam are to receive assistance in raising their standards because of Euro 38 million lent by the European Investment Bank (EIB) to Germany’s Metro Cash and Carry Vietnam Limited. This money will finance the construction of wholesale stores in five main Vietnamese cities: Can Tho, Ho-Chi-Minh-City, Hanoi, Haiphong and Da Nang.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

FOOD producers and distributors in Vietnam are to receive assistance in raising their standards via Euro 38 million lent by the European Investment Bank (EIB) to Germany’s Metro Cash and Carry Vietnam Limited. This money will also help finance the construction of stores in Can Tho, Ho-Chi-Minh-City, Hanoi, Haiphong and Da Nang.…

BY ALAN OSBORN

The Brussels plan to impose anti dumping duties on shoes imported into the EU from China and Vietnam has sharply divided EU governments with as many as ten of the 25 member states voting against it in the EU’s anti-dumping committee this week.…

BY ALAN OSBORN

European Commission officials confirmed today (Monday) that anti-dumping duties of around 20% on leather shoes from China and other Asian countries will be proposed this week. The move follows close monitoring by Brussels of sales from China and Vietnam over the past 12 months which found there was an average subsidy of 8.5 Euros per pair of shoes.…

BY ALAN OSBORN

A PROPOSAL by the European Union (EU) trade commissioner Peter Mandelson to impose provisional anti-dumping duties of 19.4 % on imported leather shoes from China and 16.8% on those from Vietnam has sparked protests from the Chinese Leather Association (CLA), caused concern among EU retailers and importers, while bringing uncertainty into the global leather market.…

BY ALAN OSBORN

European Commission officials confirmed today (Monday) that anti-dumping duties of around 20% on leather shoes from China and other Asian countries will be proposed this week. The move follows close monitoring by Brussels of sales from China and Vietnam over the past 12 months which found there was an average subsidy of 8.5 Euros per pair of shoes.…