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BY KEITH NUTHALL

CHINA is again facing another disputes proceeding at the World Trade Organisation (WTO) over its export restrictions on non-ferrous metals – this time on molybdenum and tungsten. The United States, Japan and the European Union (EU) today announced they had formally requested consultations with Beijing over its trade controls on these important metals.…

BY MJ DESCHAMPS

WEEKS after Japan, the United States and the European Union raised concerns to the World Trade Organisation (WTO) that China was monopolising the global supply of rare earths, Japan has announced it will host a conference March 28 in Tokyo to discuss developing alternatives for sourcing 17 elements critical for the manufacture of high-tech products.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL, MJ DESCHAMPS, AND JULIAN RYALL

The management challenge of introducing increasingly sophisticated labels is compounded by the continuing diversity of labelling laws worldwide. These can be a major headache for textile and clothing companies, especially those with global supply chains.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL AND MJ DESCHAMPS

THE EUROPEAN Union (EU) has extended until October 31 its tough controls on imports of meat from Japan imposed because of health concerns over last spring’s nuclear disaster at Fukushima. Only casings and pet-food can currently be imported from Japan as a whole.…

BY MJ DESCHAMPS

DESPITE recent rumours in Russian media that 7-Eleven, the US-based international chain of convenience stores, would be expanding into Russia, the company has denied the claims.

"There is no basis of foundation about 7-Eleven developing in Russia," a spokesperson for the company told just-food from its Texas, USA, headquarters.…

BY LEE ADENDORFF

DESPITE the increasing number of roll-outs of RFID item-level tagging by retail giants such as Walmart, JCPenney, Marks & Spencer and supply chain giant Li & Fung, the price of RFID inlays (the electronic component that comprises of an antenna made of copper, silver or aluminium along with a silicon chip attached to a synthetic backing) has not been budging, with UHF Gen 2 RFID smart tags (the industry standard) hovering anywhere between USD0.096 and USD0.26 cents, according to supplier network RFID.net.…

BY MARK GODFREY, IN BEIJING

RESTRICTIONS on imports appear to be driving profits for Chinese scrap processors focused on domestic waste metal collection. There has been a huge increase in profits for private firms in 2011 processing non-ferrous metals – up 53% according to data published in February by China’s National Bureau of Statistics (NBS).…

BY JULIAN RYALL, IN TOKYO

A NOVEL that was turned into a television drama, along with a diet and recipe book topped the best-sellers list in Japan this past Christmas and New Year, although the industry overall saw no great surge in purchases.…

BY WANG FANGQING, IN SHANGHAI

DOMESTIC market expansion, new materials development and the transfer of production bases are all priorities under mainland China’s ministry of industry and information technology’s 12th five-year plan (2011 to 2015) for the domestic textile industry, released January 19.…

BY JULIAN RYALL, IN TOKYO

Japanese soy sauce giant Kikkoman Corporation has announced plans to set up its first representative office in India, the start of a campaign to encourage local people to incorporate its products in local cuisine.

The office will open in Mumbai before the end of January and will be tasked with supporting the company’s sales agents and determining local consumers’ needs.…