A proposed free trade agreement between Canada and South Korea would remove the current 3% to 8% tariff that Canadian oil and gas producers have to pay for exports into that Asian nation, a Canadian government spokeswoman said Monday. ...
Tags: LNG Exports, Oil Exports
The European Union Committee of the House of Lords has recently published a report, 'Counting the cost of food waste: EU food waste prevention', which looks at the issue of food waste and what steps can be taken to reduce it. The report ...
Tags: Food Packaging, Packaging
Hydroponics and organics expected blossom in a thriving agricultural sector Hydroponics, organic farming and recently secured free trade agreements are expected to deliver increased revenue for agriculture over the next five years, ...
Tags: Agriculture, Food
New range of FODMAP 'digestive health' foods launched in Australia Melbourne-based dietitian Sue Shepherd has launched a new range of low FODMAP foods, designed for people with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS)and other digestive health ...
Tags: Agriculture, Food
China is the world's second largest carbon trading market following the European Union (EU), according to data released on Tuesday. Xie Zhenhua, deputy head of the National Development and Reform Commission, said Chinese enterprises ...
Tags: Carbon, Carbon Trading
According to a report Monday from the American Institute for International Steel (AIIS), US steel exports grew for the second month in a row in April, expanding 3.8 percent from March to 1.08 million net tons. Exports were 3.7 percent ...
Tags: Steel Exports, US steel
In April this year, seasonally-adjusted industrial production increased by 0.8 percent in the euro area and by 0.7 percent in the EU-28 as compared with March, while industrial production in March had decreased by 0.4 percent in the euro ...
"Ireland will be the first country in the European Union to introduce such legislation and the third country worldwide. Australia introduced plain packaging legislation in November 2011 and the New Zealand Bill had its first reading in ...
Tags: Packaging, Printing, Cigarette, Cigarette Packaging
The European Union Chamber of Business in China has released its latest survey, based on 552 European Chamber member companies and produced in partnership with Roland Berger Strategy Consultants. The survey indicates that business ...
Tags: Economy
While the European Union (EU) has settled disputes over dumping and subsidization of China-made PV products with the China government voluntarily setting a floor export price and annual export quota, the EU is likely to launch further ...
Tags: PV, taiwan, Lights, Lighting, PV Products
Global consumption of monoethylene glycol (MEG), an essential raw material for polyester fibres and polyethylene terephthalate (PET) polymer, is estimated to reach 31337 thousand tons by 2020, according to a new report. In 2013, worldwide ...
Tags: Textile
According to the report released by Eurostat, the Statistical Office of the European Communities, in April this year industrial producer prices decreased by 0.1 percent both in the euro area and in the European Union member states (EU-28) ...
Tags: Industrial Producer, EU-28
Gross steel production at Spanish plants was likely 1.2 million mt in April, a decrease of 9.3% year on year weighed down by the Easter holiday effect, Union de Empresas Siderurgicas, or UNESID, said in a note late Tuesday. The figure is ...
Tags: Steel Production, metal structures
Apparel exports from Turkey totaled $6.2 billion during the first four months of 2014, registering a rise of 11 percent, compared to the same period last year, as per the data released by the Istanbul Textile and Apparel Exporters’ ...
Tags: Apparel Exports, knitted apparel
Advantame, a new high intensity sweetener, has received approval from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for general use in foods and beverages. The new sweetener, whose safety is supported by 37 scientific studies, has ...
Tags: General Purpose Sweetener, US FDA