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By: Mr. Takuya Katayama, Itoh Oil Chemicals Co., Ltd. The Japanese economy is on a gradual recovery trend with the rebound of domestic demand from late 2022 and forecasted to continue in 2023. Inflation has been controlled at the optimal range, less than 2%, through the last year, however from the beginning of this year,

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by Abhay V. Udeshi, Chairman, Jayant Agro-Organics Ltd. Dear Friends, Wishing everyone a Happy and a Prosperous New Year 2023. While the geo-political situation and global economic situation still remaining uncertain, the Indian Budget presented by the finance minister on February 1, 2023 has been a soothing touch. Indian economy takes the lead giving the

By: Denis Ginter, COFCO International Dear Friends, Castor planting in India was completed in October and the monsoon has meantime withdrawn from the main Indian Northwest castor belt (Gujarat and Rajasthan) leaving place for dry and warm weather conditions. Early November we received the first estimates of the castor acreage crop survey for 2022/2023 from

By: Haresh Vyas, Royal Castor Products Ltd. Castor scene: The major castor growing region of Gujarat and Rajasthan have been receiving insistent rains since July and have received more than 100% seasonal rain with still one month of rainy season left. On the sowing front the news is encouraging as in most places more than

US Regional Economy View Hello Everyone, Over the last 30 days, signals of a slowdown in the U.S. economy have surfaced. Weaker real spending suggests that the spending power of U.S. consumers is coming off, housing activity is slowing under the pressure of higher interest rates, and business investment is sliding amid growing slowdown fears.

Hello everyone, With covid improving in major parts, the world economies seemed to be getting back to normalcy. Increased vaccination has really helped to minimize the impact of the virus. However, the war in Ukraine has triggered higher food and energy prices, which have hammered households’ disposable incomes. Rising inflation and depreciating currencies have given birth to

Arkema Obtains Certification for its Advanced Bio-Based Materials

BASF first chemical company to be certified on sustainable castor products