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BY DUNG VU

THE VIETNAMESE fashion industry is girding itself for fewer orders from Japan, as it struggles to recover from the March 11 earthquake and tsunami. Japan is the third largest export market for Vietnam’s clothing and textile sector, after the USA and European Union and manufacturers are expecting production to be hit, although the general consensus is that orders are still being made.…

BY LEE ADENDORFF

For some it was a total disaster, for others a bump in the road, but the recession left no part of the clothing and textile retail sector unscathed. World Trade Organisation (WTO) statistics from 2009 show that while globally important manufacturing jurisdictions such as China and the European Union (EU) suffered 11% and 15% drops respectively in clothing exports, countries such as India, Vietnam and Bangladesh lost just a couple of percentage points and in India’s case, exports remained stable.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

European Union (EU) ministers today agreed to launch a safety assessment of Europe’s 143 nuclear reactors, re-checking their safety in the light of the Fukushima nuclear accidents. Speaking this afternoon following an emergency meeting of the EU Council of Ministers (energy), the meeting’s chair – Hungary’s national development minister Tamas Fellegi – said the assessment should be underway before the end of the year, and would, it was hoped, cover countries neighbouring the EU.…

BY LEE ADENDORFF

THE ITALIAN Cabinet has approved a moratorium on Italy’s planned nuclear energy expansion programme for at least a year following an outpouring of public concern over the recent nuclear accident in Japan. In a statement released Wednesday the government confirmed that the expansion, which had been expected involve the construction of four new plants, would be put on hold "to be able to take considered and serene decisions not conditioned by the emotions of the moment".…

BY WANG FANGQING

CHINESE textile and clothing companies supplying the Japanese market are concerned about a sharp drop in profits in 2011, with Japan’s economy suffering following the March 11 earthquake and tsunami.

"I think orders will drop about 10% to 15% this year from 2010," said Kitty Huan, general manager of Shanghai Hebo Industry & Trade, whose major clients include high-end Japanese fashion houses Onward Kashiyama and World.…

BY GAVIN BLAIR

THE HUGE 9.0 magnitude which struck off the northeast coast of Japan at 2.46pm, March 11 affected airports across the region, closing down operations at Narita International, while the ensuing tsunami destroyed Sendai Airport, near the quake’s epicentre.…

BY LEE ADENDOORF, KEITH NUTHALL and MJ DESCHAMPS

EUROPEAN Union (EU) governments are facing a political crossroads on a key question whose answer will have an important impact on the EU knitwear sector – both manufacturers and retail. That is the issue of rules of origin and whether there should be an EU-wide law that says clothing and accessories (plus a wide range of other manufactured goods) should be sold with labels saying which country they are made in, if they are imported from outside the EU.…

BY MARK GODFREY

CHINA’S shipbuilders are clearly on a roll, the nation having surpassed South Korea and Japan to become the world’s top builder of vessels – and specialist maritime coating manufacturers are taking notice. Data from maritime consultancy UK-based Clarkson Research Services Ltd shows spending on new vessels in 2010 saw a year-on-year increase of 106%.…

BY AHMAD PATHONI

INDONESIA’S paint and coating market has grown by about 3-4% annually by average over the past decade. Indeed, consumption rose to 688,863 tonnes in 2010, from 646,700 the previous year, according to the Indonesian Paint Manufacturers’ Association.

And a mini-boom could be approaching.…

BY JULIAN RYALL, and EUGENE VOROTNIKOV

A PROPOSED joint venture under discussion between Japan’s Toshiba Corporation and Russia’s Techsnabexport (TENEX) is expected to focus supplying low enriched uranium, not only to Japan but to third-party markets, Fuel Cycle Week has been told.…