The Government of Kenya is fast-tracking setting up of three special economic zones (SEZs), which would also house apparel factories, Standard Digital reported. About 2,000 sq km are has already been set aside for the three SEZs being ...
Tags: Apparel, Accessories
"Ireland will be the first country in the European Union to introduce such legislation and the third country worldwide. Australia introduced plain packaging legislation in November 2011 and the New Zealand Bill had its first reading in ...
Tags: Packaging, Printing, Cigarette, Cigarette Packaging
If something could speak in favor of the electronic cigarette, their ability to act as a cessation aid for smokers. The electronic version of the traditional cigarette battery operated nicotine evaporation containing liquids. This ...
So far, the manufacture of electronic cigarettes has remained exclusively in China , almost. Electronic cigarettes circulating on the world market are almost all e- cigarettes "Made in China" . For some brands , which sell their products ...
Queensland's government expects the Australian state's exports of seaborne-traded coking and thermal coal to surpass 200 million mt for the first time in the current fiscal year ending June 30, budget papers released by state treasurer Tim ...
Tags: Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy, Coal
Cider Australia, the national association of cider and perry growers and producers, is set to revamp the labeling on cider bottles, in order to provide information about the ingredients used in the preparation of cider. The move comes ...
Tags: Bottles Labeling, perry growers
Beijing bureaucrats are all exhausted just by chasing a sputtering economy and trying to keep it moving. Some fine-tuning here, a bit of state spending there – all with the aim of meeting a GDP growth target. But if they want to stop ...
Tags: Economy Reform, China Economy
The UK Government has blocked the European Union (EU) proposals compelling retailers to introduce labels on meat informing whether prior to slaughtering, the animal had been stunned. In June 2010, the European parliament approved the ...
Tags: EU Proposals, Halal Meat
Shale gas regulations should be streamlined and the government should lend its weight to industry attempts at producing gas through hydraulic fracturing, the Economic Affairs Committee of the UK's upper house of parliament said. Launching ...
Tags: Shale gas, Energy security
The prospect of Beijing banning imports of low-calorific value thermal coal again loomed over the Chinese seaborne market as the policy was rumoured to form the centerpiece of a tough new environmental law enacted by China's parliament, ...
Tags: Thermal Coal, lignite
According to a report in the Daily Telegraph, Cuba claimed that the law would be "anti-capitalist" and would threaten free trade. The Communist country added that plain packaging would lead to an increase in counterfeit cigarettes, leading ...
Tags: economy, cigarettes, Agriculture
The European Commission (EC) has confirmed disbursement of €840,000 from the European Globalization Adjustment Fund (EGF) to help 300 workers made redundant in the textile sector of the Spanish autonomous community of Valencia to find ...
Tags: Textile
On the anniversary of the tragic collapse of Rana Plaza in Dhaka (Bangladesh), the Foreign Trade Association (FTA) highlights the efforts undertaken by European retailers and importers to contribute to the improvement of safety conditions ...
The Members of European Parliament (MEPs) have voted in favour of making ‘made-in’ labeling mandatory for non-food products sold on the single market, as a measure to tighten up product safety requirements and market ...
Tags: apparel, clothing accessories
MEPs’ plans to tighten up single market product safety rules and market surveillance include mandatory "made-in" labelling to improve the traceability of non-food goods, a sharper focus on goods that appeal to kids, an EU blacklist of ...
Tags: safety rules, Product Safety