At a gathering of more than 1,000 leading suppliers, Chinese officials and non-governmental organizations in Beijing, Wal-Mart has outlined a series of goals to build a more environmentally and socially responsible global supply chain.

The Korean Trade Commission has made its final determination on its investigation into the dumping of biaxially oriented polyethylene terephthalate plastic film.

The China Consumers' Association, China General Chamber of Commerce, China National Light Industry Council, the China Packaging Federation, and the China Health Care Association have jointly proposed that manufacturers and operators should cooperate with consumers to reduce excessive packaging.

By a 6-0 vote, the US International Trade Commission recently announced its affirmative decision on the petition filed by US producers of laminated woven polypropylene sacks claiming that China is involved in dumping and subsidizing exports of these products.

China Bottles Inc., a Qingyuan, Guangdong based plastic packaging solutions and plastic bottle production equipment company has announced that its June contracts amounted to approximately USD3.3 million from both domestic and overseas clients.

Rohm and Haas announced a price increase for all products sold in the Asia-Pacific Region to the adhesives, plastic additives, textiles, non-woven, graphic arts, paper and leather industries.