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KNITWEAR SIZING DIFFERENCES AROUND THE WORLD
BY LEE ADENDORFF, WANG FANGQING, and ANCA GURZU
FOR consumers, sizing is easy – you know your size and you can tell if it has changed. But for knitwear manufacturers exporting internationally, sizing correctly for various regions can be a frustrating task.…
CHINA'S NUCLEAR POWER SPAWNING DIVERSE LOCAL EQUIPMENT MAKERS
BY MARK GODFREY
CHINA’S ambitious expansion of nuclear power capacity is driving a booming supply industry, with companies quickly diversifying into the sector. For instance, based in southerly Guangxi province, engineering firm OVM Co has segued into nuclear equipment after making cables and pipes for civil engineering.…
TOBACCO TRAVELER - UNITED STATES
BY ANCA GURZU
The USA tobacco manufacturing (and leaf) industry has been facing tough times, with its habitual trade surplus dwindling to almost nothing. The USA’s Tobacco Merchants Association (TMA) reported a US$603.7 million trading surplus at the end of 2008, which was 32.5% less than the 2007 surplus of US$894.3 million.…
SYRIAN TOBACCO MARKET THRIVING
BY PAUL COCHRANE
THE SYRIAN tobacco market, dominated by the state-run General Organisation of Tobacco (GOT), is witnessing substantial growth on the back of rising domestic demand and export of Syrian tobacco leaf, with average annual growth of 10% to 13%, according to the GOT.…
TOBACCO TRADE BETWEEN EU AND SOUTH KOREA COULD BE BOOSTED BY NEW TRADE DEAL
BY KARRYN MILLER, KEITH NUTHALL and ALAN OSBORN
DESPITE following the global trend of increasing anti-smoking campaigns and placing stronger warning labels on cigarette packets, tobacco sales in South Korea are not declining. In fact, the industry has seen a slow but steady rise in total sales over the last few years.…
JAPAN, CHINA AGREE ON FOOD SAFETY INITIATIVE
BY JULIAN RYALL
TOKYO and Beijing have agreed to work together to ensure that there is no repeat of food poisoning cases from imported frozen food from China.
Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama proposed the "food safety promotion initiative" in talks with Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao in Beijing at the weekend.…
INDIA PUSH FOR ORGANIC FOOD EXPORTS
BY RAGHAVENDRA VERMA
INDIA will strongly promote the export of organic food items to European Union (EU), United States, Switzerland, Japan and South Korea, the country’s Agriculture and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (APEDA) has announced. It wants to double exports from their current level of US$100 million in 2008.…
LUXURY FASHION DEMAND INCREASES IN SOUTH KOREA, DESPITE RECESSION
BY KARRYN MILLER
TAKE a stroll through any of South Korea’s Lotte department stores on the weekend and you could be mistaken that the recession has ended. It is here you’ll see droves of affluent consumers inspecting the latest in luxury fashion before snapping it off the shelves.…
PUBLIC PROCUREMENT OUTSIDE THE EU - A TOUGH CALL
BY KEITH NUTHALL
ONE of the lynchpins of the European Union’s (EU) single market is its public procurement rules, which try to ensure pubic authorities, and some utilities and transmission operators, openly tender for their major purchases. The aim is that all EU suppliers have a fair crack of the whip in offering them goods and services.…
TOBACCO TRAVELLER - COLLECTION 2009 - EGYPT, TUNISIA, SYRIA AND IRAN
BY PAUL COCHRANE
EGYPT
Eastern Tobacco Company
450 Al Ahram Street, Giza
Tel : +20-18-5724711- 5724332 – 5724945
+20-23-5793326
www.easternegypt.com
British American Tobacco Egypt
City Stars Complex
Star Capital – Tower 4A
Omar Ebn El Khattab Street
Postal Code 11771
Heliopolis, Cairo
T: (+20) 2 480 1080
Japan Tobacco International (Regional)
2nd Floor, Lophitis Business Centre
249, 28th October Street & Emiliou Hourmouziou Corner
CY-3035, Lemesos
P.O.…