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The Importance Of Outsourcing To China

Mar 11, 2019

Often times companies, institutions and organizations either become swamped with work or do not possess the resources to carry out the work efficiently to their taste. Whatever the reason for branching out, outsourcing is mostly a good ...

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Ministry of Commerce: The Total Retail Sales up 9% in 2018

Mar 6, 2019

Qiankeming, the deputy minister of commerce claimed in the press that the total retail sales of social consumer goods maintained steady and relatively fast growth in 2018. The total sales reached RMB 38.1 trillion, up 9%. Data shows that ...

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Brief Report of The USA's Trade in July 2016

Sep 29, 2016

According to the statistics from United States Department of Commerce, the USA’s volume of goods trade was USD2069.15 billion from January to July in 2016, down 5.7% year-on-year (the same below). Exports fell by 6.4% to USD827.50 ...

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Brief Report of Canada's Trade in July 2016

Sep 13, 2016

According to the statistics from Statistics Canada, Canada’s volume of goods trade was USD451.08 billion from January to July in 2016, down 8.3% year-on-year (the same below). Exports fell by 9.4% to USD219.81 billion, and imports ...

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Brief Report of Costa Rica's Trade in June 2016

Sep 9, 2016

Brief Report of Costa Rica’s Trade in June 2016According to the statistics of Statistic Bureau in Costa Rica, its volume of goods trade was USD12.67 billion from January to June in 2016, up 2.7% year-on-year (the same below). Exports ...

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Brief Report of Costa Rica's Trade in May 2016

Sep 7, 2016

According to the statistics of Statistic Bureau in Costa Rica, its volume of goods trade was USD10.51 billion from January to May in 2016, up 2.7% year-on-year (the same below). Exports grew by 3.9% to USD4.20 billion, and imports grew by ...

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Chile's Trade Review in 2015

Mar 22, 2016

From January to November in 2015, Chile’s imports & exports volume was USD 109.69 billion, down 14.5% by year according to Chile's Customs data. The export volume was USD 57.34 billion, down 16.0% and imports volume was USD 52.35 ...

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IMF Raises Alarm Over Djibouti's Public Debt, Budgetary Deficit

Dec 31, 2015

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Tuesday raised alarm of Djibouti's continuing public debt and budgetary deficit. "Expenses relating to public investments have exerted considerable pressure on the budget and external debt," IMF ...

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Levp Announces Sino-Us Coproduction with Eye on Domestic Video Market Share

Dec 31, 2015

Le Vision Pictures, an affiliate of LeTV, is planning to seize a piece of China's video market. The company says it will release 20 of its own movies, 13 Sino-US coproduction films, and 30 Internet dramas in 2016. Meanwhile, Le Vision ...

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Six-Company Foreign Consortium Wins Bid for Implementing Sez in Myanmar

Dec 31, 2015

Myanmar authorities announced Wednesday that a consortium of six foreign group companies, led by China's CITIC, has won the bid for implementing two projects of the country's newly planned special economic zone (SEZ) in Kyaukphyu, western ...

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China's Outbound Direct Investment up 12.6 Pct

Dec 18, 2015

China made 8.92 billion U.S. dollars in non-financial outbound direct investment (ODI) in November this year, up 12.6 percent year on year, the Ministry of Commerce (MOC) said on Thursday. In the first 11 months of 2015, China made 104.13 ...

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U.S. Rate Hike Clarifies China's Policy Challenges

Dec 18, 2015

Yesterday's U.S. interest rate adjustment narrows the scope for China to balance currency stability with economic growth. The U.S. Federal Reserve raised the benchmark interest rate by 25 basis points on Wednesday, the first increase ...

Tags: U.S.Rate, China's Policy

Hong Kong Raises Base Rate after U.S. Fed's Move

Dec 18, 2015

The Hong Kong Monetary Authority raised its base rate from 0.5 percent to 0.75 percent on Thursday, following the U.S. Federal Reserve's lead overnight and raising concerns of capital outflows from the region. The Hong Kong dollar's peg ...

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China's Jan.-Nov. Outbound Direct Investment up 16 Pct

Dec 17, 2015

The Chinese mainland made around 104 billion U.S. dollars in non-financial investment in overseas markets in the first 11 months of 2015, up 16 percent year on year, an official of the Ministry of Commerce (MOC) said on Tuesday. Outbound ...

Tags: Outbound direct investment, manufacturing sector

Gold Hits Three-Month Low Under $1,100/Oz on Strong Dollar

Nov 10, 2015

Spot gold was trading at three-month lows Monday morning, below $1,100/oz on COMEX for the first time since August on a strong US dollar, boosted Friday by strong US jobs data. Data showed Friday 271,000 new jobs were created in the US in ...

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