Sozo to tap on Malaysia halal stature for global export
SHANDONG-BASED Sozo Global Ltd, a one-stop gourmet convenient food
specialist, is banking on tapping Malaysia’s halal food stature
on the world stage to penetrate the booming and lucrative global halal
food segment which boasts an annual worth of US$2 trillion. The group expects to use the halal
food hub to target the Middle Eastern markets over the longer term.
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Chinese halal market seen as source of rich potential
Thai exporters are being urged to tap into China's expanding Muslim food market. "China is one of the world's most eye-catching halal food markets, as Muslims there total more than 30 million, or 2.3% of China's population," said Srirat Rastapana, director-general of the Export Promotion Department.
CAFTA open doors for more Malaysian products in China
The full implementation of the China-Asean Free Trade Area (CAFTA) from
Jan 1 this year will allow more products from this country to be
marketed in China. Deputy International Trade and Industry Minister Datuk Mukhriz Mahathir said there would be zero tariff on 9,000 products.
Arabia takes the New Silk Road to China, spurning the West
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The link between China and the Middle East is not immediately visible to the distracted Western eye. You have to know both regions intimately, and speak both Arabic and Mandarin. One of the few to combine these skills is Ben Simpfendorfer, China economist at the Royal Bank of Scotland and author of The New Silk Road.
"These are regions with very rich civilisations that both experienced colonial occupation, and feel that they have fallen. Both peaked around the same time in the golden years of the 1500s, and now there is this sense of shared destiny that China and the Middle East are back and rising again together," he said at the annual FIKR Arab Thought summit in Kuwait.
The Pre-stunning Ritual Halal slaughter debate
At the World Secure Food Chain conference 2-4 December 2009, in Hong
Kong, Al Islami Foods
said that meat obtained from non-stunned animals is healthier and has a
longer shelf life.
And non-Halal and stunned meat is highly questionable, quoting a research conducted by the Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research on the same subject.
And non-Halal and stunned meat is highly questionable, quoting a research conducted by the Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research on the same subject.
China’s Halal food makes headway in Brunei
THE Haoyue Halal Meat Company is one of the meat suppliers in the
Sultanate. It will begin its planning beginning 2010 when the 11th of a
five year-plan ends.
China Expo To Raise Profile As Brunei Gateway
The lack of publicity and understanding of
CAEXPO led to a smaller than usual Brunei participation in this year's
5th China ASEAN Expo (CAEXPO) held in late October. However Nong Rong, Vice Secretary General and Vice Director General
of China Asean Expo Secretariat, has promised that things are about to
change as CAEXPO is looking to increase its efforts to "bridge"
Brunei's entrepreneurs with Chinese businessmen.
Brunei, China JV To Invest In Halal Fish Processing
Biomarine Sdn Bhd, a joint venture (JV)
between Bruneian and Chinese companies, will establish a halal
fish-processing facility in the Sultanate once the newly-formed company
has settled in and operations are running smoothly, it was announced
yesterday.