News Madagascar Imports: Gibson Guitar to pay $300,000 for violating Lacey Act with illegal timber imports from Madagascar
Recent rosewood and ebony logging has been associated with a rise in commercial bushmeat poaching of threatened lemurs in Madagascar. Gibson Guitars has now admitted to knowingly importing ‘gray-market’ timber from Madagascar, but under a settlement reached with the Department of Justice, the guitar-maker has avoided criminal charges. Gibson Guitar Company has avoided criminal prosecution […]
News Madagascar Imports: Madagascar imports diesel cargo to address energy emergency
ANTANANARIVO (Reuters) – Madagascar’s government has imported a shipment of diesel to help ease energy supply disruptions triggered by the Iran war, but it has angered a group of private companies by bypassing them under a new system where the state imports fuel directly.
News Madagascar Imports: Chocolat Madagascar to exhibit new vegan range at ISM Cologne, as organisers prepare to welcome attendees
Madagascar’s pioneering export chocolate brand, Chocolat Madagascar, has confirmed it is attending ISM in Cologne 2022 and is staying on trend for ‘Veganuary’.
News Madagascar Imports: Cyclone Batsirai: Exports to Madagascar on the line
As a strategic trade partner to South Africa, Madagascar's dealing with Cyclone Batsirai could have an impact on local exports ...
News Madagascar Imports: Experts put Madagascar on path to food self-sufficiency
However, it had to import large amounts of rice as the yields of domestic varieties were relatively low due to poor irrigation infrastructure and field management, the leader of the expert team, Jiang ...
