Glass packaging production volumes in Europe grew by 1.9% in the first half 2012 according to data published today by the European Container Glass Federation (FEVE) (1). The growth is in response to the increasing demand on the domestic and ...
Tags: Glass packaging, glass, container glass sector, glass sector
Europe's flat glass manufacturers welcome the mid-term review of the EU's integrated industrial policy for the horizon 2020. In particular, they welcome that sustainable construction and related manufacturing industries are recognized as ...
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Africa and the Middle East have driven a rise in exports of food and non-alcoholic drinks from the UK in the first half of 2012, figures show. For the six months to the end of June, food and soft drinks exports increased by 2.2% to ...
Swiss agrochemicals company Syngenta has announced that it has received European Union(EU)approval for isopyrazam-a next generation fungicide.This move which is expected to help cereal farmers control fungal diseases and achieve higher crop ...
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Canada has become the latest country to approve the use of stevia in food and beverages. Health Canada said on Friday (30 November) it has authorised the use of the sugar substitute as a food additive for products. Previously it was only ...
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Increasing possibilities of a free trade agreement (FTA) between India and the EU is upsetting Bangladeshi readymade garment (RMG) exporters, who are already grappling against difficulties posed by Eurozone crisis and troubles in US ...
Tags: FTA, free trade agreement, RMG, Eurozone crisis
Administrative formalities for implementing EU’s Autonomous Trade Preference (ATPs) to Pakistan are underway and they are likely to be implemented from October 2012, Munawar Saeed Bhatti, Pakistan’s Ambassador to Brussels and ...
The textile sector of Pakistan would soon start benefiting as the autonomous trade preferences (ATPs) granted by the EU would be implemented within a month’s time, German Ambassador to Pakistan, Dr. Cyrill Nunn, said while speaking at ...
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The US in a complaint has accused India of wrongfully continuing and also providing fresh export subsidies to its textile export industry,instead of eliminating them,in clear contravention of trade rules of the World Trade ...
The UK food and non-alcoholic beverages (F&B) exports for the first six months of 2012 have increased 2.2% to £5.9bn compared to the same period in the prior year, according to the Food and Drink Federation (FDF). Exports to all ...
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Withdrawal of the GSP Plus facility extended by the EU to Sri Lanka has caused the Sri Lankan apparel industry to lose around US$1billion in exports to the EU markets,Rohan Masakorala,former Secretary General of the Joint Apparel ...