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INDIAN cosmetics companies are widening their manufacturing base in Bangladesh to meet surging demand in this key emerging market of 154 million people, while skirting higher import tariffs for products made in India. But the move of India-owned beauty and personal care products makers into Bangladesh has sparked concern amongst their Bangladeshi counterparts, who fear their domestic market share being grabbed by Indian companies commanding stronger financial firepower. …

Latin America’s cosmetics and personal care products sector has boomed as consumers take advantage of their rising disposable incomes. The region (including Mexico) accounted for 17% of global sales in the beauty and personal care industry, according to market analysts Euromonitor International in 2013. …

The value of European Union (EU) exports of spirits and liqueurs dropped 1.6% in value last year after being the fastest-growing product group in 2012, according to the European Commission’s ‘Agricultural trade in 2013: EU Gains in Commodity Exports’ report. Whisky exports in particular dropped steeply – by EUR131 million.…

When India’s new Prime Minister Narendra Modi swept the just-concluded general elections riding on the slogan in Hindi ‘achche din aane wale hain’ – which means good days are coming soon – Indian garment exporters agreed.

With Modi’s BJP (Bharatiya Janata Party) government assuming power on May 26, the new textile minister Santosh Kumar Gangwar’s statement that he wants to project ‘Brand India’ abroad and boost garment exports has given exporters confidence that government help will be offered.…

Nonwovens are taking on an increasingly important role in creating more sustainable vehicles, particularly in interiors, offering lightweight materials reducing fuel usage, recyclability, and the use of green feedstocks such as plant and waste food material.

The US-based global Association of the Nonwoven Fabrics Industry (INDA) estimates there was about 560,000 tonnes of nonwovens in global automotive usage in 2013, said Dave Rousse, INDA’s president.…

THE EUROPEAN Union (EU) and Japanese nonwovens industries are backing a successful conclusion of negotiations between the EU and Japan on a free trade agreement (FTA). The talks, which began in March 2013, have entered a scheduled review phase after what seems to have been a testing  first year though “work and consultation with the EU member states is ongoing and the talks have not broken down, that’s clear,” said John Clancy, the Commission’s trade spokesman.…

The Indian steel industry has welcomed the initial steps taken by the new government to boost domestic manufacturing by expediting statutory clearances for new projects; removing hindrances to raw material supplies; and promising more clarity in future decision making.

“The government is giving us hope that lot of projects which have been held up due to environmental regulations are [already] being cleared,” said Sushim Banerjee, director general Institute for Steel Development & Growth, in Kolkata. …

Concern about global excess steel-making capacity has intensified at the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development’s (OECD) steel committee, whose Paris meeting today and yesterday (June 5-6) has wrapped up this afternoon. Members were concerned especially that steel demand worldwide fell in the first quarter of 2014.…

A LACK of technological know-how, the difficulty of obtaining good species of cotton seeds, plus poor morale amongst farmers, has brought cotton cultivation in Cambodia to a trickle, a former cotton company executive has told WTiN.com.

Samnang Seima, the director of Seladamex Co Ltd, recalled that his company started cultivating cotton in 2007, but by 2012 switched to other crops such as rubber.…

Switzerland-based Nestlé is to further develop its personal care products following its planned acquisition of sole ownership over Galderma, its joint venture with L’Oréal. The European Commission cleared Nestlé to acquire sole control of Galderma on May 5. Galderma manufactures, markets and sells products including shampoos, soaps, bath, shower and skin care lines, noted a Commission statement. …