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BRUSSELS LAUNCHES QUEST TO QUANTIFY ENERGY SUBSIDIES IN THE EU



WHEN it comes to subsidies in the European Union (EU), the representatives of the fossil fuels industries and those of the renewable energy sources have long pointed the finger at each other about who receives more support from the public purse.…

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JAPAN FOOD MANUFACTURERS TARGET INCREASINGLY WEALTHY SOUTHEAST ASIA



JAPANESE food manufacturers are targeting south-east Asia as key export markets, leveraging their products’ sophisticated, fashionable and healthy image. Indeed, with a significant proportion of south-east Asian consumers becoming richer, the perception that Japanese brands can be relatively expensive can help marketing and certainly not harm sales, they say.…

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INDONESIAN TEXTILE PRODUCERS FEAR INCREASE IN ELECTRICITY BILLS



Increasing power tariffs in Indonesia could force textile and garment manufacturers to double their raw material imports, according to Ade Sudrajat Usman, chairman of the Indonesian Textiles Association (API).

The API chair told just-style that electricity consumption already constitutes 15% to 20% of production costs for textile manufacturers in the country.…

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INDIA NEEDS TO TAKE STEPS TO EXTEND LAST YEAR’S CLOTHING EXPORT GROWTH SAY EXPERTS



A 15% year-on-year growth in the exports of Indian apparel in the financial year ending March 2014 has been caused by the diversification of export markets and stricter compliance standards by Indian factories, just-style has been told. “We are diversifying into the markets like Japan, Australia and Latin American countries,” Chandrima Chatterjee, director (economic and consultancy) of the Apparel Export Promotion Council of India told just-style.…

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DENMARK TO EXPORT SAUSAGES TO CHINA



DANISH companies are gearing up to export sausages, salami and other heat-treated pork products to China after the two countries struck a bilateral agreement on access to Chinese markets. Denmark, Germany, Canada and the US are China’s biggest pork trade partners but currently can export only live pigs, frozen and fresh pork to one of the world’s fastest growing consumer markets for meat and meat products.…

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A NEW DENT IN JAPAN'S TRADE BARRIERS HELPS AUSTRALIAN EXPORTERS, BUT JAPAN FOOD FIRMS TOO



THE NEW Japan-Australia Partnership Agreement (JAEPA) agreed on April 8 allows unprecedented access to Japanese markets, but it’s not necessarily only the Australian meat producers who will profit.

This deal lowers the tariffs for frozen beef to 19.5 per cent (a cut of 19 percentage points) over an 18 year period, and for chilled beef to 23.5 per cent over 15 years (down 15 percentage points).…

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DASH TO OFFSHORE ENERGY IS A MARGIN CALL FOR SOUTH KOREAN PLATEMAKERS



The reorientation of South Korea’s steel plate makers towards clients making marine installations for offshore oil and gas companies might guarantee future business, but there is a risk of falling margins, a report has warned.

UK-based energy industry market researchers and consultants Douglas-Westwood has warned especially that such energy work can need eight to ten times less plate per USD of order value compared to conventional ships.…

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EU SEES PROGRESS IN FREE TRADE NEGOTIATIONS WITH JAPAN



Japan has been delivering sufficient concessions in negotiations for a free trade agreement (FTA) with the European Union (EU) to ensure the talks continue, EU trade Commissioner Karel de Gucht has signalled to wardsauto.

Since the launch of talks last March (2013), he said Japan had agreed to adopt “the large majority of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) regulations as such.”…

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ITC TRIES TO REVIVE CAMBODIA’S SILK INDUSTRY



THE INTERNATIONAL Trade Centre (ITC) and the Cambodian ministry of commerce are trying to revive Cambodia’s silk production sector, as the country is importing almost all its total 400 tonnes annual raw silk requirement.

Currently, only five tonnes of Cambodian silk, which is noteworthy because of its natural yellow colour, is produced in the country each year.…

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TAIWAN EXPERTS SAY VIETNAM INVESTMENT PULL-OUT NOT EXPECTED AFTER RIOTS



Taiwan textile industry insiders have told WTiN.com that the recent riots in Vietnam will not deter future investment in this key emerging market outsourcing country.

Serious attacked on Taiwanese textile businesses in Vietnam were suffered when on May 13 and 14 local mobs – protesting against China’s recent installation of an oil rig in disputed waters in the South China Sea – ransacked and torched hundreds of foreign-owned factories.…

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