Consumers are looking for affordability when purchasing cigarettes as the increase in the tobacco excise and the economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic have hit people’s purchasing power, according to publicly listed cigarette maker PT HM Sampoerna. Sampoerna president director Mindaugas Trumpaitis said consumers seemed to have a growing preference for products with higher tar […]
Read MoreMORE than one in three Singaporean consumers are less than satisfied with their digital commerce experience despite a majority spike in online spending during the pandemic. Singaporean consumers reported a spike in online spending in response to Covid-19, with 63 per cent of those surveyed now spending more online and the total spend for the […]
Read MoreThe Treasury Department is preparing to adjust investment privileges given to private investors in the department’s special economic zones (SEZs), aligning them with the incentives for the Eastern Economic Corridor. Adjusting the investment privileges is meant to attract investors who want to invest and develop land in the SEZs, which are located close to the […]
Read MoreCambodia has exported tobacco to five countries, said Veng Sakhon, Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries. The Minister pointed out that during this period, the exported tobacco products amounted to 5,376 tonnes. The main destinations for Cambodian tobacco products were Vietnam, Greece, Belgium, Indonesia and Hungary, he added. The areas along the delta of Mekong, […]
Read MoreJAKARTA: Indonesia has suspended exports from Indonesian seafood company PT Putri Indah into China after its frozen fish products tested positive for the coronavirus, the country’s fisheries ministry said in a statement on Saturday. The ministry said that an investigation was underway and that the suspension would only apply to PT Putri Indah “whereas the […]
Read MoreMANILA, Philippines — London-based think tank Capital Economics expects the peso to further appreciate to 47 to $1 by the end of the year on the back of the country’s robust external position and narrowing trade deficit. In a report, Capital Economics economist for Asia Alex Holmes said the peso may strengthen further in the […]
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