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Argentine beef exporters have been encouraged by feedback at Japan’s largest food fair that they will receive regular and large orders for the products following the re-opening of this potentially important market last July 2018.

Exhibitors from Argentina said they received a positive reception at the Foodex show in March, where importers, restaurateurs and consumers visited the country’s first beef showcase at Asia’s largest food and drink exhibition, held near Tokyo.…

Japan is presenting opportunities for international dairy exporters, amidst a rising demand for dairy, an ailing domestic industry and improved market access.

Globally a relative newcomer to widespread dairy consumption, Japanese consumers did not make milk a household staple until the 1950s, but since then, consumption has risen sharply and has now diversified to include all kinds of dairy items, including butter, cheese, yoghurt, cream and ice-cream.…

This year’s edition of Italy’s premier beauty trade fair, Cosmoprof Worldwide Bologna (March 15-18) and its packaging “show within the show” Cosmopack have showcased innovations that will help pull the global personal care product sector towards a more sustainable future.

The 52nd edition of the successful B2B platform drew over 265,000 cosmetic beauty professionals, boasting an increase in visitors from abroad by 10% compared to the previous year.…

Ethiopia’s new government is liberalising the country’s politics and economy, with growth projected to be a frothy 8.5% this year. But increased wealth and freedom is increasing the risks posted by commercial crime. Elias Gebreselassie reports from Addis Ababa.

Kiya Tsegaye, a partner at SKY and Associates law office, based in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia’s capital, is used to dealing with local and foreign firms who come to his office frustrated by the increasing numbers and sophistication of commercial crimes in Ethiopia.  …

MALAYSIA has extended its grace period for taxpayers who have under-paid in the past, allowing for low penalties should undeclared income be filed on returns this year. This even covers taxpayers who have yet to register with the Inland Revenue Board of Malaysia, and those who have registered but have not submitted ITRF/PRF/RPGTRF returns.…

A potentially precedent setting case in the US is being brought to a district court in Pennsylvania over the right to impose controls on a special kind of meat producer – a so-called “private membership association” farm business. These producers, who sell to a restricted group of consumers, have thus far operated beyond the reach of US federal food safety and quality regulations.…

THE LATEST data from the General Department of Vietnam Customs shows that the country’s garment and textile exports grew by 19% in the first two months of the year from January-February 2018, outpacing 2018’s full-year growth of 16% and serving as an early indicator that official export targets for 2019 may easily be met.…

EXPERTS have raised concerns about what they regard an over concentration on arts and sharia-based courses by Somalia universities, when country’s re-emerging peacetime economy has a desperate need for science, business and industrial graduates.

A permanent political settlement in Somalia is still awaited, but the country is far more stable than the outright civil war and anarchy of the past – and so, say commentators, need more practical science expertise than the country’s universities and colleges produce.…

BODY artists in Europe may have to reconsider the pigments that they use in future, with the European Union (EU) drafting new rules that could regulate what chemicals can be used in tattoo inks. While today 12 out of every 100 Europeans are tattooed or have some sort of permanent cosmetic treatment, experts are increasingly concerned that these skin colouring agents may contain hazardous substances, known or suspected to have adverse health effects causing cancer, allergies or mutations.…

THE EGYPTIAN economy is still struggling to overcome the problem of low hard currency reserves, a challenge that has negatively affected the local paints and coatings industry due its high dependence on imports.

“There has been a crisis in terms of availability of US dollars to purchase raw materials and most of the raw materials are imported,” said Himanshu Vasisht, project lead for energy and chemicals at India-based market researcher Mordor Intelligence.…